Timon

Today you're escaping to 1968! 

The first album I've made available on the site is one not available anywhere else on the net, mainly because it doesn't exist - yet.

Timon is a singer/song writer who became better known in the 70s when he renamed himself Tymon Dogg, started playing the violin and began hanging out with Joe Strummer of the Clash. (For those interested in his later work, check out a high quality fan created site: http://www.tymondogg.net/)

However, before all that, he wrote some terrific acoustic guitar driven melodies. Unfortunately, he only managed to have two singles released  during this era of his career. Fortunately, one of them, "The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane" was placed on the Nuggets II box set, which inspired me to track down as many mp3s of his in existence. This led to a rather short, 7 track album that I've cobbled together (with help from Tymondogg.net) that I've uploaded here:

Link:  http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R608UJMP

Review:

Track Listing (Song ratings are 1-5 stars)

1) I am Not Important ****
2) Rambling Boy ***
3) Seagull ***
4) And Now She Says She's Young ****
5) I'm Just a Traveling Man ***
6) The Bitter Thoughts of Little Jane ****
7) Who Are You? ***

The first track, "I am Not Important" is a lofi recording of just Timon with his acoustic guitar. Basic open E and A chords, with a simple repeated lead. Yet it sounds magical. Seagull and Who are You are recorded in a similar vein, and Timon's plaintive vocals are a stand out for each.

The rest of the album is made up from the singles Bitter Thoughts/Rambling Boy and And Now She Says She's Young/I'm Just a Traveling Man, meaning that these tracks are polished studio efforts. They're backed with strings/brass, but none of them are overproduced. In fact, to give you an idea of the quality of the studio recordings, Bitter Thoughts features future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass. 

As to what is so intriguing about Timon, I think the lyrics to The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane say it best:

The bitter thoughts of Little Jane
are locked away
and will remain
unspoken
Been let down
And kicked around
been sent away
without her token

Chorus: 
But she'll find her place
she'll find a head to pound on

Never cries
or even tries
so no-one really knows 
she wants to die
been too long
on her own,
she's growing old
she's growing cold
 
Chorus

Peter's playing
with his trains 
And Sally kisses
her dolls again 
Andrew plays
at wild cowboys
But Little Jane
she's got no toys 

Chorus

All the vibe of Alice Cooper at his most twisted, but with a surreal backing of pretty pop balladry...

Download the heck out of this.