Wreckless Eric Le Beat Group Électrique

LP - FIRELP32019 - £15.99

Following the premature death of the Len Bright Combo, Wreckless Eric, by then dry and living in rural France, put out 'Le Beat Group Électrique' with Catfish Truton (drums) and André Barreau (bass) in 1989.  LBGE were almost as grimy and roughshod musically as the LBC but with less noise-for-noise's-sake and more sharp song-writing. Eric sounds like a ramshackle Buddy Holly on tunes like "Tell Me I'm the Only One", while "Sarah" is Dylan-esque put-down that sounds somewhere between the early Beatles (hopped-up in Hamburg era) and Van Morrison (circa early Them).