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LAURENCE COOPER'S ALBUMS
TCD 4036 "Phosphorescence" - Acoustic Pop Album
TCD 4041 "56 Coopers Lane" - Acoustic Pop EP
TCD 4032 "Kiwi Made Music" Vol.1 (Gutbucket & Rick Bryant)
Song: "Goin' Down Slow" - "56 Coopers Lane" (TCD 4041)
Meet Laurence Cooper
Mataura Music
Laurence's "Blues" Connection
Laurence's "Blues" Connection
LAURENCE COOPER'S ALBUMS
Laurence in Gutbucket (1969) Laurence the Soloist (2008)
Meet Laurence Cooper
Gutbucket in 1969 were a popular Wellington Blues Band who
linked up with a young Blues Singer called Rick Bryant to get more Gigs as they had no singer and he, no Band. The partnership worked well and they performed together on Sundays at the popular Wellington Blues Club, as did HMV 1960's star Val Murphy.
Laurence plays the slide guitar on Rick Bryant's slow burning song about unrequainted love, "Wild About You", which won the 1969 "Best Blues Song" Award issued by the NZ Blues Clubs who deemed it the best locally written blues song at the time. It probably still is, as is Laurence's guitar work on it.
GUTBUCKET in 1969.
Laurence is far right
Tapestry
Tapestry
Tapestry was a Wellington band in the early 1970's, formed by Dave and Wayne Feehan. Laurence Cooper was invited to join the group (as guitarist) to replace Derek Archer who had resigned suddenly. Graham McFarlane was the group's drummer.
Laurence Cooper has been in the music business since the mid 1960's and made his first commerical recording with the blues band Gutbucket and their side-kick, blues singer Rick Bryant. His career successes continued as a member of the 70's high flyers Tapestry and with modern bands in the 90's before embarking on a solo career which has taken him full circle back to Tree Records in 2007.
Laurence’s first inspiration to get into music was hearing the electrifying and strident guitars of Hendrix, Cream, and the first John Mayall's Bluesbreakers album, with Eric Clapton. Cream especially were, and still are, an inspiration. Laurence was lucky enough to be working at EMI and got to first hear these albums before they were released.
His love of music lead him into playing with other musicians. In the '60's and 70's he toured and recorded with two New Zealand bands Gutbucket and Tapestry. Gutbucket is mentioned in two New Zealand publications about local musicians called When Rock Got Rollin' and Stranded in Paradise (where Gutbucket is mentioned as an underground band, demonstrating how the mainstream Labels failed to pick up on the NZ upsurge in interest in the blues). Tapestry is also mentioned in Stranded in Paradise.
Gutbucket is also featured on the New Zealand Jayrem Label's "Legenz" CD compilation "Out From the Cold" and on the Tree Label's compilation "Kiwi Made Music Vol.1." Tapestry is featured on Jayrem's "Legenz" CD compilation "Get the Picture".
In 1986 Laurence played with New Zealand alternative band Sneakers Fall Apart and with their encouragement began composing and performing his own songs and in the early days of the local cafe scene, also played with a Sneakers Fall Apart offshoot duo/trio called Face to Face.
By the 90's Laurence had branched out to a successful solo career, playing blues but also writing and playing more of his own songs. He has performed at local events, including the National Folk Festival, the Bluegrass Society, Arts Council concerts, the Poets Pub and as back the up artist for visiting American artists Suede and Kristina Olsen.
He also plays the blues with Hudson, who are a duo of Laurence Cooper and double bass player Andrew Bicknell. They play at numerous local gigs while Laurence also performs with Felix Fine, another local group.
Laurence’s first CD “56 Coopers Lane” was released in 1998 to favourable reviews. This featured Laurence on vocals/guitars with Sydney group The Hippos. The CD was also recorded at Sky Lab Studios in Sydney in 1995 and 1997.
All members of the band sang but the main vocalists were by Dave (bass) and Wayne (keyboards).
Laurence Cooper was with the band for approximately 18 months and in that time, played to a wide variety of venues and audiences, from Fashion Shows to Private Colleges.
56 Coopers Lane EP
56 Coopers Lane EP
"56 Coopers Lane" is a 5 track EP and is the first time Laurence recorded outside of New Zealand, going across the Tasman Sea to Australia. Issued in 1998, Laurence started planning the project in 1996.
Backed by The Hippos from Australia, the 5 songs are: Going Down Slow, Night Games, Fading To Black, Set A Date and Storm Birds. Only 2 tracks are cover-version, the rest are Cooper Originals.
A new sound developed here progressed on his later "Phosphorence" Album.
Key Links To Laurence's Other
Websites:
* Visit Laurences' MySpace Page HERE
THE EPIC SAGA OF
"PHOSPHORESCENCE"
THE EPIC SAGA OF
"PHOSPHORESCENCE"
Laurence Cooper's Album "Phosphorescence" took four years to complete and many joked that Laurence would never get it finished but when you live in New Zealand and the Studio is in Australia, it does take a lot of flying back and forth across the Tasman Sea and when you consider a person can only give a maximum performance for a limited time span, it did take a lot of trips over a period of time.
“Phosphorescence” was produced and recorded by Dave Russell at Sky Lab Studios in Sydney and it was released on 21 October 2006 then issued by Tree Records as a digital delivery product in late 2007, via CD Baby and iTunes. Laurence wrote all the songs, sang and played all the guitars. Programming
and keyboard arrangements were by
Phil Groves of Sydney, with
additional instrumentation by
Dave Russell.
Laurence Cooper released these
recordings on his own
Mataura Music Label and is
marketed globally by Tree Records
Laurence's Photo Gallery
Laurence's Photo Gallery
Laurence's Career In Pictures ... from Gutbucket & Rick Bryant, to Tapestry and onto his current solo career
1968
2008
Sneekers Fall Apart
Gutbucket 1969
Solo in 1998
2007
Gutbucket publicity
photo cira 1969
* iTunes "Phosphorescence"Link HERE
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Canada: Pure Tracks, Napster. Mexico: Beon. Brazil: iMusica.
EUROPE
Denmark: Telenor. Germany: Amazon mp3. Finland: Net Antitila, Telenor. Hungary: Telenor. Netherlands: Yeahronimo.
Sweden: Telenor. United Kingdom: 7 Digital, Amazon mp3, Napster, Karma Download, Music-Net/AOL,Sony Connect, MetroTunes, Virgin.
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* Visit Laurence's eMusic Page HERE.
* At 7 Digital HERE
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