Battered Ornaments

Mantle-piece

Following the breakup of Cream, lyricist/vocalist Pete Brown formed his Battered Ornaments with guitarist Chris Spedding, drummer Rob Tait, bassist Butch Potter, percussionist Pete Bailey and saxophonist Nisar Ahmed Khan, but during the recording of sophomore album Mantle Piece, Brown fell out with Spedding, resulting in his departure. The resultant spacey venture has jazz and blues shades, riding the sonic waves under Speddings direction, with Khans sax and Potters bass fitting foils to Speddings guitar and keyboards. This is another great piece of the Spedding puzzle, with pleasantly meandering interludes.

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