Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream (1970) & Beyond Hollywood (2010)

Thunderclap Newman was probably the greatest one-off band in rock history. This, their only album, is the proverbial minor masterpiece. The three bandmates--a songwriter known only to Pete Townshend, a postal clerk turned jazz pianist, and a sixteen-year-old guitarist--caught some kind of British late-Sixties "zeitgeist", for this record is a perfect evocation of that time and place. Fire, charm, cleverness, and some downright silliness are compounded in this strange brew of...well, you'll just have to hear it. 

Hollywood Dream

This, their only album, is the proverbial minor masterpiece. The three bandmates--a songwriter known only to Pete Townshend, a postal clerk turned jazz pianist, and a sixteen-year-old guitarist--caught some kind of British late-Sixties "zeitgeist", for this record is a perfect evocation of that time and place. Fire, charm, cleverness, and some downright silliness are compounded in this strange brew of...well, you'll just have to hear it. 

 01. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 

 02. Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood #1 

 03. Thunderclap Newman - The Reason 

 04. Thunderclap Newman - Open The Door, Homer 

 05. Thunderclap Newman - Look Around 

 06. Thunderclap Newman - Accidents 

 07. Thunderclap Newman - Wild Country 

 08. Thunderclap Newman - When I Think 

 09. Thunderclap Newman - Old Cornmill 

 10. Thunderclap Newman - I Don't Know 

 11. Thunderclap Newman - Holllywood Dream (Instrumental) 

 12. Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood #2 

 13. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (Single Version) 

 14. Thunderclap Newman - Wilhemina 

 15. Thunderclap Newman - Accidents (Single Version) 

 16. Thunderclap Newman - I See It All 

 17. Thunderclap Newman - The Reason (Single Version) 

 18. Thunderclap Newman - Stormy Petrel 

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Beyond Hollywood (2010)

2009 lineup:

Andy ‘Thunderclap’ Newman: keyboards, coranglais, oboe, soprano saxphone, tin whistle

David Buckley: vocals

Stefanos Tsourelis: electric lead guitar

Brian Jackson: bass

Antonio Spano: drums and percussion

István Deréky: rhythm guitar

  1. Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood #2 (Live)

 2. Thunderclap Newman - When I Think (Live)

 3. Thunderclap Newman - Accidents (Live)

 4. Thunderclap Newman - Wild Country (Live)

 5. Thunderclap Newman - The Old Cornmill (Live)

 6. Thunderclap Newman - Wilhelmina (Live)

 7. Thunderclap Newman - Look Around (Live)

 8. Thunderclap Newman - I See It All (Studio) 

 9. Thunderclap Newman - I Don't Know (Studio) 

 10. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (Studio) 

 

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