R1352 – EARLY DAYS TO LEAVING THE KINKS LABEL singer-songwriter Claire Hamill tells her story
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Here The Saint of RETROPOPIC RADIO talks with musical artist and singer-songwriter Claire Hamill about her earliest days up to the point she left Konk by 1976
Topics discussed include:
Her Teeside upbringing
The musical infleunce of her family
How she got to sign For Chris Blackwell's Island Records label
To what extent in those early days she became The British Joni Mitchell
That debut album 'One House Left Standing'
Her memories of John Martyn, Simon Kirke & Terry Reid playing on the sessions
The loneliness of that first solo tour when she was 18
Performing 'The Artist' & 'Please Stay Tonight' on The Old Grey Whiste Test
How she left Island for The Kinks new label 'Konk'
The relationship she had with Ray Davies
Her thoughts on self producing at just 21 4th solo album 'Abracadabra'
Why she left the Konk label
Global chart history
Top position held by this upload
Comments
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I didn't know about her work, but I think I need to change that; thanks for introducing me.
Interesting interview!