They were a great proposition, SHARKS, formed in 1972, when Andy Fraser and Chris Spedding joined forces to play music that differed from what the pair had played previously only to fall apart. But though the ensemble disintegrated only after two albums, Spedding and singer Stephen Parsons, also known as Snips, reformed the collective later on – first, briefly, in the mid-’90s, and then in 2015 – to soldier on into the present and spend this year promoting their “Not a Rock-Doc” film. Yet if this movie and the “Car Crash Supergroup: The Island Years 1973-1974” box set, scheduled for release in January, seem to assign the veterans to the past, they also have just issued a rather recent concert recording to show the band still are a viable offering.
Live At The Lex
Titled “Live At The Lex” and documenting the combo’s London performance in 2017, it features not only Spedding and Parsons but also keyboardist Nick Judd who worked with them back in the ’70s, as well as bassist Tosh Ogawa and drummer Gene Clark. The album’s available – digitally and and as a limited run of CDs – on their Bandcamp, and that’s a piece of history one wouldn’t want to miss out on.
1. World Park Junkies
2. Ya Ya Pop
3. Snakes And Swallowtails
4. Killer On The New Tube
5. (Brand New) Cocaine Blues
6. Mr Sloane
7. Music Break Out
8. Sophistication
