S9E459 - World Party 'Goodbye Jumbo' with Anne Richmond Boston
This week's guest, singer Anne Richmond Boston (longtime member of Atlanta band The Swimming Pool Q’s), brings us World Party and their wonderfully effortless pop-rock gem, 'Goodbye Jumbo'. Essentially the solo project of songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger, this 1990 release - which according to Q magazine and dozens of critics was one of the best albums of that year - definitely warrants a deep-dive.
Songs discussed in this episode: Put The Message In The Box (World Party cover) - Mary Chapin Carpenter and The Mountain Goats; More Than One Heaven - The Swimming Pool Q's; I Should Be Happy - Anne Richmond Boston; The Bells Ring - The Swimming Pool Q's; Give In - Anne Richmond Boston; The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys; Is It Too Late, Way Down Now - World Party; Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones; When The Rainbow Comes, When The Rainbow Comes (Live 2014 Nashville, TN), Put The Message In The Box - World Party; Give A Little Bit - Supertramp; Ain't Gonna Come Till I'm Ready - World Party; Jesus Children Of America - Stevie Wonder; The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix cover) - Anne Richmond Boston; And I Fell Back Alone, Take It Up, God On My Side, Show Me To The Top, Love Street, Sweet Soul Dream, Is It Like Today, Ship Of Fools, Thank You World - World Party; The Music Weaver (Sandy Denny cover) - Anne Richmond Boston
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I Should Be Happy on DB Records is the long-lost solo album by singer Anne Richmond Boston (longtime member of Atlanta band The Swimming Pool Q’s). Originally recorded and produced by Rob Gal at Snack ’n’ Shack studio in Atlanta, Georgia, the mostly-originals album also includes covers of the Jimi Hendrix song, “The Wind Cries Mary,” Sandy Denny song, “The Music Weaver,” and a beautiful piano-and-voice-only song, “Who Cares,” featuring Terry Adams on piano.
I Should Be Happy was originally recorded with a core band of Anne on vocals, Rob Gal, guitar; Eric Weissinger, bass; John Cerreta, keyboard; and Dirk Dominick, drums. Other musicians include David Barbe (Sugar, Mercyland) on piano; Billy Conway (Morphine, Treat Her Right) drums; Bob Elsey (The Swimming Pool Q’s), guitar and mandolin; Michael Lorant (Big Fish Ensemble, Indigo Girls), drums; Barry Sell, bass and mandolin; William Tonks, dobro and guitar; Brad Quinn (Tommy Keene), bass; and McKendrick Bearden, piano and guitar.
Joining Anne to support the new record are: Bob Elsey, guitar, mandolin; Neil Golden, keyboard, bass, vocal; John Neff, guitar, dobro; and Sam Webber, drums.
Recorded as a follow up to Anne’s 1990 solo album, The Big House of Time, I Should Be Happy was recorded, roughly mixed, and then shelved for 30-plus years for reasons not quite clear to her. Of the twelve songs on the shelved version, eight were kept (and remixed) and seven added for this release. With the help and encouragement of friend, Clay Harper (The Coolies, Fellini’s Pizza), the DATs and other tapes were tr…Read More