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Lindisfarne "Roll on Ruby" 1973

This was the first album under the 'new' Lindisfarne lineup following the split of the original lineup in 1973. Alan Hull and Ray Jackson were joined by Ken Craddock on guitar, keyboards, and vocals, Charlie Harcourt on guitars, Tommy Duffy on bass and vocals, and Paul Nichols on drums.

Review by Michael Clayton:
There has been a long silence from Lindisfarne. Not an album since Dingly Dell (unless you count the Lindisfarne Live one) and apart from vague reports of faraway gigs, little else. But the silence is soon to be broken. We are at last to hear some positive proof that Lindisfarne did not die when three of their members left more than a year ago.

The proof is an album called Roll On, Ruby. "Unfortunately we had to do it in a rush," ray Jackson says. "We crammed it in-between one lot of gigs and another. We're quite pleased with the final result - the only problem is we know it could have been better. When we went back and listened to the tape again there was a lot we thought could be improved. We did go back and do some again. Country Boy for example. That now sounds completely different from the way it was originally recorded. We'd have liked to re-do some more of the stuff but there just isn't a chance if we're going to get the record out on time."

Although the album may not reach the standards of perfection Jacka would like to have achieved, it should be some indication of what the new band's direction will be. There certainly is an audible difference between Ruby and Dingly Dell.
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