Easy Street was an English pop-rock trio that issued two albums on Polydor/Capricorn: Easy Street (1976) and Under the Glass (1977). They evolved from a musical partnership between singing guitarists Ken Nicol and Peter Marsh, who bookended Easy Street with two albums as a duo. Marsh surfaced in the synthpop band Blanket of Secrecy. Drummer […]
Ears Have Walls is the lone album by phantom English art-pop trio Blanket of Secrecy, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Vocalist/guitarist “Tinker” was later revealed to be former Easy Street co-head Peter Marsh. Bassist “Tailor” turned out to be veteran soundman Andy Howell, whose prior engineering credits include albums by The Jam, Elvis Costello, […]
Easy Street is the first of two albums by the English pop-rock trio of the same name, released in 1976 on Capricorn. The band was named after an album that singing/songwriting partners Ken Nicol and Peter Marsh recorded two years earlier as a duo. Tracklist: A1. “Feels Like Heaven” (4:28) A2. “Lazy Dog Shandy” (4:43) […]
Under the Glass is the second of two albums by English rustic-rock/pop trio Easy Street, released in 1977 on Polydor/Capricorn. Tracklist: A1. “Flying” (3:36) A2. “How Can You Take It So Hard” (5:55) A3. “Rely On You” (3:43) A4. “What Does the World Know” (5:45) B1. “Is This Real” (3:46) B2. “Look For the Sun/Only […]
