From Loudersound.
Arthur Brown, the God Of Hellfire himself, has hooked up with as number of fellow musicians to record a version of House Of The Rising Sun, the classic folk tune popularised by The Animals in 1964.
Working together under the name Arthur Brown’s Crazy World of Lockdown, the musicians – who also include former Big Country bassist Tony Butler and Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg – hope to raise awareness of the Help Musicians charity, and independent UK body for professional musicians of all genres.
“One thing can lead to another, and in this case it did,” says Brown, who recorded his vocal at home while on lockdown. “We wanted to be proactive in supporting a charity that has supported so many of our friends and colleagues across the music industry during this most difficult of times, so we are delighted to be working Help Musicians. They do an amazing job.”
“Help Musicians is spending millions of pounds right now supporting the thousands of musicians who cannot make ends meet,” says Help Musicians Chief Executive James Ainscough, “so we are delighted that Arthur Brown and many other musicians, music lovers and music industry figures are fundraising for us.
“As other parts of the UK economy are given the green light to reopen, a return to capacity for the live music sector still seems a distant prospect. Musicians will need direct financial help from the government for many more months to come.
“The current Self-Employed Income Support Scheme leaves many musicians unsupported and, when it ends, even more will only have Universal Credit to turn to, which does not provide a level of financial support to sustain people over the long-term.”
Ainscough continues: “The music industry is a crucial element of the UK economy and we have all seen the true value of music to connect us and lift our spirits during lockdown. We all need to rally round and do what we can to support musicians over the coming months.
“The government must do more to help the music industry, which currently generates over £5billion a year to the UK economy. It’s so much more than supporting an industry in its time of need – it’s a critical investment.”
Joining Brown, Pegg and Butler on the recording are keyboard player Josh Phillips, session sax player John Altman, The Dirty Strangers’ Alan Clayton on guitar (playing a guitar that Keith Richards used during the recording of The Rolling Stones classic Exile On Main Street), Sadie And The Hotheads drummer Terl Bryant, and session musician and producer Paul Mitchell.
House Of The Rising Sun will be released on July 24 on all streaming platforms. All proceeds will be donated to Help Musicians.
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- Arthur Brown - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $161.25, €148.75 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jun-2024 12:01)on July 26, 2024 at 9:58 am
ARTHUR BROWN The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (One of the rarest issues of one of the greatest albums ever made. This is the original 1968 UK 8-track MONO version of the classic LP. Of particular interest to collectors is the fact that thefirst side of this gem, containing the immense 'Fire Suite', features a completely different mix to the more common stereo version. The sleeve shows a little laminate creasing & wear to the reverse & is fully intact with all text clearly legible. Despite the conditions of the cover, the vinyl is also graded VG with some hairlines and scuffs visible - however, play testing reveals just the odd light click and background noise - overall a more than acceptable copy of this cult classic)
- Kingdom Come (Arthur Brown) - Journey - German - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jun-2024 15:46)on July 26, 2024 at 9:58 am
KINGDOM COME (ARTHUR BROWN) Journey (1976 German 'Star Power' reissue 7-track LP, a great mind-expanding 'journey' from Arthur Brown & his Kingdom Come band, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light shelfwear whilst the vinyl displays minimal signs of play)
- Arthur Brown - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Dutch - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jun-2024 15:27)on July 26, 2024 at 9:58 am
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (1980s Dutch issue of the 1968 11-track stereo LP. The glossy picture sleeve displays some minor general wear and the vinyl looks barely played)
- Arthur Brown - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £195.00, $251.55, €232.05 (New Item) (arrived 15-Jun-2024 09:57)on July 26, 2024 at 9:58 am
ARTHUR BROWN The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (One of the rarest issues of one of the greatest albums ever made. This is the original 1968 UK 8-track MONO version of the classic LP. Of particular interest to collectors is the fact that thefirst side of this gem, containing the immense 'Fire Suite', features a completely different mix to the more common stereo version. Housed in a front laminated picture sleeve with pinched spine. The sleeve displays only very minor wear. Thevinyl is Excellent with just faint axial wear visible in a couple of places and is otherwise very clean - with Mint copies regularly fetching well over £250, this is a strong EX example of this cult classic)
- Arthur Brown - Chisholm In My Bosom - German - vinyl LP - £19.99, $25.79, €23.79 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jun-2024 14:32)on July 26, 2024 at 9:58 am
ARTHUR BROWN Chisholm In My Bosom (2020 German 7-track LP, of the 1977 album by the CRAZY frontman. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve and pressed 180-gram CLEAR VINYL. The cover shows light wear wit the start of a small split to the topedge & the vinyl appears barely played CARLP222)
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