Lost Property

Description

Lost Property is an album by the British singer and songwriter Malcolm Tyrrell, released on Profile Records in 1973. The album was recorded in late 1972. An ECHO recording produced by Evangelical Communications Home and Overseas, Eastbourne.

Malcolm Tyrrell is backed by Dave Price on guitar, Geoff Cooper on steel guitar, accordion, and organ, Pat Morgan on bass, and Tony Taylor on drums.

Melodic British singer/songwriter, a musical jack-of-all-trades of sorts who samples folk/pop («Sunshine Man»), blues (the title cut), folk/psych (the organ-backed «Flowers»), country («Shoreline») and gentle acoustic («Holy Spirit»). Mostly folky soft-rock realms ala Graham Kendrick, along with a couple «Gentle On My Mind»-ish moves where he sounds like England’s answer to Glen Campbell. The opening acoustic rocker «Number One» compares an aimless life to a car ride, including sound effects at the beginning (car starting and speeding 011) and at the end (big loud car crash). Accordion backing brings a melancholy air to the minor-key ballad «The Waterfall». Instruments include acoustic and electric guitars, bass, banjo, piano, organ, steel guitar and drums. Same tiny custom UK label as the Meet Jesus Music debut. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Number One”
A2. “Footprints In The Sand”
A3. “Lost Property”
A4. “Flowers”
A5. “Running”
A6. “Sunshine Man”

Side Two
B1. “Faith”
B2. “My Christian Friend”
B3. “Shine Out”
B4. “The Waterfall”
B5. “Shoreline”
B6. “Holy Spirit”