Signed Mike Batt The Penultimate Collection Double CD (2020)
Batt’s latest album issue, - an in-depth, 36 track collection of his own versions of hits written by him for other artists (Art Garfunkel, David Essex, Barbara Dickson etc) and international hits from his own solo albums. Disc 2 of the set emphasises some tracks that would never have been singles by virtue of their non-mainstream character, and some earlier items such as his highly original 1971 single cover of the Beatles “Your Mother Should Know”. There are three Wombles tracks on the album, the first time Batt has included Wombles tracks on a compilation of his solo work. There are two brand-new recordings on the tracklist, “Nine Million Bicycles” and “It’s Only Pain “ - both of which were written for Katie Melua but which he has never recorded himself until now.
Batt’s latest album issue, - an in-depth, 36 track collection of his own versions of hits written by him for other artists (Art Garfunkel, David Essex, Barbara Dickson etc) and international hits from his own solo albums. Disc 2 of the set emphasises some tracks that would never have been singles by virtue of their non-mainstream character, and some earlier items such as his highly original 1971 single cover of the Beatles “Your Mother Should Know”. There are three Wombles tracks on the album, the first time Batt has included Wombles tracks on a compilation of his solo work. There are two brand-new recordings on the tracklist, “Nine Million Bicycles” and “It’s Only Pain “ - both of which were written for Katie Melua but which he has never recorded himself until now.
Batt’s latest album issue, - an in-depth, 36 track collection of his own versions of hits written by him for other artists (Art Garfunkel, David Essex, Barbara Dickson etc) and international hits from his own solo albums. Disc 2 of the set emphasises some tracks that would never have been singles by virtue of their non-mainstream character, and some earlier items such as his highly original 1971 single cover of the Beatles “Your Mother Should Know”. There are three Wombles tracks on the album, the first time Batt has included Wombles tracks on a compilation of his solo work. There are two brand-new recordings on the tracklist, “Nine Million Bicycles” and “It’s Only Pain “ - both of which were written for Katie Melua but which he has never recorded himself until now.