{"id":1236,"date":"2011-12-16T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T21:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/12\/16\/new-album-featuring-the-singers-of-pavlovs-dog-and-fairport-convention\/"},"modified":"2011-12-16T21:48:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T21:48:11","slug":"new-album-featuring-the-singers-of-pavlovs-dog-and-fairport-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/12\/16\/new-album-featuring-the-singers-of-pavlovs-dog-and-fairport-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"New album featuring the singers of Pavlov\u2019s Dog and Fairport Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"


David Surkamp (of Pavlov’s Dog) and Ian Matthews (of Fairport Convention) came across each other in Seattle in 1979. Surkamp had moved from St. Louis to Seattle, quite frustrated after Pavlov’s Dog disbanded. Matthews had achieved several chart hits with Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort and as solo artist. He was ready to meet new challenges. Both mutually were tired of being reduced to singers, as they saw themselves equally as guitar players. Consequently, they founded a new band \u201eHi-Fi\u201c, for having fun with no less than 3 guitar players, and shared lead vocals.
Hi-Fi released two albums: \u201eDemonstration Record\u201c from 1981 was recorded live, and \u201eMoods for Mallards\u201c was a regular studio album released in 1982. \u201eThe Complete Collection\u201c includes both albums, plus 5 bonus tracks, remastered, plus a DVD with original footage of the \u201eDemonstration Record\u201c recording sessions & interviews. The release comes in precious 8-page Digifile cardboard. It includes the original vinyl artworks and the story of Hi-Fi by David Surkamp.
Listening to \u201eDemonstration Record\u201c (and watching the DVD), you immediately get Surkamp’s & Matthews’ joy playing, free from musts & expectations of their previous bands, just fun rockin’. \u201eDemonstration Record\u201c is literally Hi-Fi’s \u201ebig bang\u201c: Original, live, unmasked. On \u201eMoods For Mallards\u201c some keyboards were added, and a bit of early 80ies Wave, Pop and even Punk can be heard.
After two albums, a winking Christmas single and a support tour with the Beach Boys, Hi-Fi disbanded. Surkamp owed another single to the record company and delivered \u201eSummertime \/ Louie, Louie\u201c – which was more about playing a trick on them than being serious. He returned to St. Louis, quit music for many years and became a music journalist. After he – as rumor has it – \u201edied\u201c in the 80ies, he successfully reformed Pavlov’s Dog in 2005. Their 2011 album \u201eLive & Unleashed\u201c includes Hi-Fi’s \u201eHeart Of Mine\u201c. Matthews as well quit music for a while. In 1986 he joined in a short Fairport Convention reunion. Since the 90ies he released several solo albums. Today he performs live in seated acoustic concerts.
Stylistically, Hi-Fi is nothing close to Pavlov’s Dog or Fairport Convention. Anyway Hi-Fi is an important and for a long time unavailable piece of the musical history of the protagonists. Fans of well-done 80ies rock music should have a listen! <\/p>\n

CD Tracks :
Tracks 1-5: Album \u201eDemonstration Record\u201c (1981)
Tracks 6-15: Album \u201eMoods For Mallards\u201c (1982)
Bonus tracks 16\/17: Hi-Fi Christmas single (1981)
Bonus track 18: Studio outtake of \u201eDemonstration Record\u201c (1981)
Bonus tracks 19\/20: David Surkamp single (1983)<\/p>\n

Tracklist CD:
01 Savage, 02 Heart Of Mine, 03 I Can’t Fade Away, 04 9 o’Clock, 05 Man In A Station, 06 Walk Away, 07 Blue Shirt, 08 Holding Out For Rain, 09 Throw A Line, 10 S.O.S, 11 Knocking On Your Door, 12 Desire, 13 Time After Time, 14 When You Were Mine, 15 Alcohol, 16 It’s Almost Christmas, 17 Winter Wonderland, 18 She May Call You Up Tonight, 19 Summertime, 20 Louie, Louie<\/p>\n

DVD: live recordings and interviews from 1981<\/p>\n

Source: Rockville Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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