st<\/sup> century on small overseas labels, it\u2019s current out of print and fairly difficult to locate.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s where things get confusing. Demonstration is described in its brief liner notes by Hazzard as \u201ca reincarnation\u201d of Tony Hazzard Sings Tony Hazzard<\/i>. With a track list that\u2019s identical save for the deletion of Sings<\/i>\u2019 opening track and the addition of two new recordings, it tracks like a revised version of that album. But Hazzard describes this new album as consisting of demos. And his list of personnel cites six musicians, a roster that pointedly does not include Cole nor Spedding.<\/p>\n
So why, you may well ask, is this confusing? Well, because a quick A\/B comparison of tracks on Demonstration<\/i> and Sings<\/i> doesn\u2019t seem to present different recordings. They sound identical. So it remains unclear what exactly the story is with regard to these recordings\u2019 provenance.<\/p>\n
What we are left with, then, is the music. And it\u2019s fantastic. Leaning toward the lighter, pop side of the musical spectrum, these tunes feature inventive arrangements and excellent production values. In short, they sound not at all like demos, but like professional, finished, fit-for-release studio recordings.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Ha! Ha!\u2019 Said the artist,\u201d one might quip.<\/p>\n
Weirder still, Hazzard\u2019s liner notes tell us that he and his team \u201cre-recorded \u2018Fox on the Run\u2019 and \u2018You Won\u2019t Be Leaving\u2019 again for this album.\u201d But here\u2019s the thing: the sound and character of those two songs is completely in line with the other tracks, and has not a whiff of modernity about it. In short, they\u2019re great, and don\u2019t sound like re-recordings at all. And the cover photo is clearly one of a current-day (or at least comparatively recent) Hazzard, who\u2019s currently 78 years of age.<\/p>\n
And just to keep you completely off balance, note that the tracks \u201cBrown Eyed Girl,\u201d \u201cHello It\u2019s Me\u201d and \u201cFox on the Run\u201d are not<\/i> the songs made famous by Van Morrison, Todd Rundgren and Sweet respectively; they\u2019re original Hazzard songs. Good ones, too, with a hint of that veddy<\/i> English borderline-baroque popsike feel that characterized many songs of that era.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I\u2019m making too much of all this. If we focus strictly on the music and care not about its context, we can simply enjoy what sounds like a very good, bubbling-under album from 1970, one we certainly haven\u2019t heard until now and for which we\u2019re grateful. And ultimately, that\u2019s what\u2019s important, and it\u2019s why you should definitely listen to Demonstration<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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An absolutely delightful if somewhat perplexing collection, Demonstration<\/i> features thirteen song by Tony Hazzard. The Liverpool-born singer, songwriter and guitarist is best known as a composer; his songs have been recorded by Manfred Mann, the Yardbirds and other sixties British bands. One of Hazzard\u2019s most popular tunes, \u201cHa! Ha! Said the Clown\u201d was covered twice: the Manfred Mann single was a hit in the UK and Australia, and a remake by Yardbirds singer Keith Relf charted in the U.S.<\/p>\n