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Studio album by Mike Harrison
Released	2006
Label	Halo
Producer	Mike Harrison, Mark Stevens
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Late Starter is the fourth solo album by Mike Harrison, best known as a principal lead vocalist of Spooky Tooth. Released in 2006, it is Harrison's first solo album in over thirty years, following the release of Rainbow Rider in 1975.^[1]

History and Critical Reception

The album came about following Harrison's engagement with the Hamburg Blues Band, which commenced in 1999. Michael Maslen, who owned Halo Records and was a Spooky Tooth fan, heard Harrison with the Hamburg Blues Band and persuaded Harrison to record another solo album.^[2]

The album is primarily a collection of soul and blues covers, including "Sinner's Prayer", a song by Lowell Fulson and Lloyd Glenn that had most recently been covered two years earlier, on Ray Charles' final studio album, Genius Loves Company. To be more consistent with the history of much of what they were recording, Maslen and Harrison decided to record the album in analogue format.^[3]

The album was well received. According to one reviewer, "This is an album haunted by unspoken promises and soulful regret, where hearts are betrayed by love's sweet delusion and sinners pray for forgiveness, delivered in a voice to shatter the strongest of hearts. He might be bloodied by his past, but he's vocally unbowed."^[4] Another reviewer commented that "...Harrison has the balls and ballast to not only pay tribute to the likes of Otis Redding and Etta James, but paint their musical fireplaces with his own vocal colour. Harrison’s rasping, yet soulfully blue, voice is perfect for Night Time, Your Good Thing Is About To End and I’ve Got Dreams To Remember. It’s an album of warm surprise for those who recall when Harrison was dubbed ‘the white Ray Charles’ (he really gets his hand into the glove of the master’s Drown In My Own Tears). The gospel shout of Let’s Go Get Stoned is also a winner, showing that Harrison has still got it what it takes."^[5]

Track listing

"Out of the Rain" (Tony Joe White)
"A Fool in Love" (Frankie Miller)
"Jealous Kind" (Delbert McClinton)
"Come Back Baby" (Ray Charles)
"I Can Give You Everything" (Terry Anderson)
"Don't Touch Me" (Hank Cochran)
"You Were Never Mine" (McClinton, Gary Nicholson, Benmont Tench)
"Night Time" (Roosevelt Sykes)
"Your Good Thing Is About To End" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter)
"The Rock" (Jim Varsos)
"Sinner's Prayer" (Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn)
"Drown In My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
"Let's Go Get Stoned" (Ashford and Simpson, Jo Armstead)
"I've Got Dreams to Remember" (Otis Redding)

Credits

Lead Vocals – Mike Harrison
Bass, Backing Vocals – Trotter Schmidt
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals –Hans Wallbaum
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ralf Lehmann
Organ, Backing Vocals – Axel Fuhrmann
Piano, Backing Vocals – Mischka
Backing Vocals – Rietta Austin
Recorded at The Grange Studio
Engineer – Dave Williams
Produced by Mike Harrison and Mark Stevens
Executive Producer - Michael Maslen

References

^ In the interim, Harrison had left the music business for nearly twenty-five years, prior to reforming Spooky Tooth and releasing Cross Purpose in 1999, followed by the release of Touch, with the Hamburg Blues Band, in 2001.
^ Dave Ling, Archive: Lost In Time and Space. Teamrock.com, May 23, 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
^ Liner notes, Late Starter.
^ Andrew Darlington, Review of Late Starter; www.soundchecks.co.uk.
^ Ian Shirley, Review of Late Starter; Record Collector, March, 2007. Retrieved 2018-01-13.

[1] In the interim, Harrison had left the music business for nearly twenty-five years, prior to reforming Spooky Tooth and releasing Cross Purpose in 1999, followed by the release of Touch, with the Hamburg Blues Band, in 2001.

[2] Dave Ling, Archive: Lost In Time and Space. Teamrock.com, May 23, 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-14.

[3] Liner notes, Late Starter.

[4] Andrew Darlington, Review of Late Starter; www.soundchecks.co.uk.

[5] Ian Shirley, Review of Late Starter; Record Collector, March, 2007. Retrieved 2018-01-13.

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-'''''Late Starter''''' is the fourth solo album by [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]], best known as a principal lead vocalist of [[Spooky Tooth]].<ref>The other being [[Gary Wright]]; see [[Spooky Tooth]].</ref>  Released in 2006, it is Harrison's first solo album in over thirty years, following the release of ''[[Rainbow Rider (album)|Rainbow Rider]]'' in 1975.  According to one reviewer, "This is an album haunted by unspoken promises and soulful regret, where hearts are betrayed by love's sweet delusion and sinners pray for forgiveness, delivered in a voice to shatter the strongest of hearts. He might be bloodied by his past, but he's vocally unbowed."<ref>Andrew Darlington, [http://www.soundchecks.co.uk/reviews/mikehars1.html Review of ''Late Starter'']; www.soundchecks.co.uk.</ref>
+'''''Late Starter''''' is the fourth solo album by [[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]], best known as a principal lead vocalist of [[Spooky Tooth]].  Released in 2006, it is Harrison's first solo album in over thirty years, following the release of ''[[Rainbow Rider (album)|Rainbow Rider]]'' in 1975.<ref>In the interim, Harrison had left the music business for nearly twenty-five years, prior to reforming Spooky Tooth and releasing ''[[Cross Purpose (Spooky Tooth album)|Cross Purpose]]'' in 1999, followed by the release of ''[[Touch (Mike Harrison Hamburg Blues Band album)|Touch]]'', with the Hamburg Blues Band, in 2001.</ref>
+==History and Critical Reception==
-== Track Listing ==
+The album came about following [[Touch (Mike Harrison Hamburg Blues Band album)|Harrison's engagement with the Hamburg Blues Band]], which commenced in 1999.  Michael Maslen, who owned [[Halo Records]] and was a Spooky Tooth fan, heard Harrison with the Hamburg Blues Band and persuaded Harrison to record another solo album.<ref>Dave Ling, [http://teamrock.com/feature/2014-05-23/archive-lost-in-time-and-space Archive: Lost In Time and Space].  [[Teamrock]].com, May 23, 2014.  Retrieved 2018-01-14.</ref>
-#Out Of the Rain ([[Tony Joe White|White]])
-#A Fool In Love ([[Frankie Miller|Miller]])
+The album is primarily a collection of soul and blues [[cover version|covers]], including "Sinner's Prayer", a song by [[Lowell Fulson]] and [[Lloyd Glenn]] that had most recently been covered two years earlier, on [[Ray Charles]]' final studio album, ''[[Genius Loves Company]]''. To be more consistent with the history of much of what they were recording, Maslen and Harrison decided to record the album in [[analogue recording|analogue]] format.<ref>Liner notes, ''Late Starter''.</ref>
-#Jealous Kind
-#[[Come Back Baby]] ([[Ray Charles|Charles]])
+The album was well received.  According to one reviewer, "This is an album haunted by unspoken promises and soulful regret, where hearts are betrayed by love's sweet delusion and sinners pray for forgiveness, delivered in a voice to shatter the strongest of hearts. He might be bloodied by his past, but he's vocally unbowed."<ref>Andrew Darlington, [http://www.soundchecks.co.uk/reviews/mikehars1.html Review of ''Late Starter'']; www.soundchecks.co.uk.</ref>  Another reviewer commented that "...Harrison has the balls and ballast to not only pay tribute to the likes of [[Otis Redding]] and [[Etta James]], but paint their musical fireplaces with his own vocal colour. Harrison’s rasping, yet soulfully blue, voice is perfect for Night Time, Your Good Thing Is About To End and I’ve Got Dreams To Remember. It’s an album of warm surprise for those who recall when Harrison was dubbed ‘the white Ray Charles’ (he really gets his hand into the glove of the master’s Drown In My Own Tears). The gospel shout of Let’s Go Get Stoned is also a winner, showing that Harrison has still got it what it takes."<ref>Ian Shirley, [http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/late-starter Review of ''Late Starter'']; ''[[Record Collector]]'', March, 2007.  Retrieved 2018-01-13.</ref>
-#I Can Give You Everything
-#Dont Touch Me
+== Track listing ==
-#You Were Never Mine
-#[[Night Time is the Right Time|Night Time]] ([[Roosevelt Sykes|Sykes]])
+#"Out of the Rain" ([[Tony Joe White]])
-#[[Your Good Thing Is About To End]] ([[Issac Hayes|Hayes]], [[David Porter (musician)|Porter]])
-#The Rock (Miller)
+#"A Fool in Love" ([[Frankie Miller]])
+#"Jealous Kind" ([[Delbert McClinton]])
-#Sinner's Prayer
-#[[Drown In My Own Tears]] ([[Henry Glover|Glover]])
+#"[[Come Back Baby]]" ([[Ray Charles]])
+#"I Can Give You Everything" ([[Terry Anderson (musician)|Terry Anderson]])
-#[[Let's Go Get Stoned (Ray Charles song)|Let's Go Get Stoned]] ([[Ashford and Simpson]], Armstead)
+#"Don't Touch Me" ([[Hank Cochran]])
-#I've Got Dreams to Remember ([[Otis Redding|Redding]])
+#"You Were Never Mine" (McClinton, [[Gary Nicholson (singer)|Gary Nicholson]], [[Benmont Tench]])
+#"[[Night Time is the Right Time|Night Time]]" ([[Roosevelt Sykes]])
+#"[[Your Good Thing Is About To End]]" ([[Isaac Hayes]], [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]])
+#"The Rock" ([[Jim Varsos]])
+#"Sinner's Prayer" ([[Lowell Fulson]], [[Lloyd Glenn]])
+#"[[Drown In My Own Tears]]" ([[Henry Glover]])
+#"[[Let's Go Get Stoned (Ray Charles song)|Let's Go Get Stoned]]" ([[Ashford and Simpson]], [[Jo Armstead]])
+#"I've Got Dreams to Remember" ([[Otis Redding]])
+==Credits==
+*Lead Vocals – Mike Harrison
+*Bass, Backing Vocals – [https://www.discogs.com/artist/245599-Interzone-2 Trotter Schmidt]
+*Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals –[https://www.discogs.com/artist/245599-Interzone-2 Hans Wallbaum]
+*Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ralf Lehmann
+*Organ, Backing Vocals – [https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/interzone Axel Fuhrmann]
+*Piano, Backing Vocals – Mischka
+*Backing Vocals – [http://www.riettaaustin.com/Rietta_Austin/Bio___CV.html Rietta Austin]
+*Recorded at [http://www.grangestudios.co.uk/index.php The Grange Studio]
+*Engineer – Dave Williams
+*Produced by Mike Harrison and Mark Stevens
+*Executive Producer - Michael Maslen
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