The Battered Ornaments – Mantle-Piece

A1 Sunshades
Composed By – Chris Spedding
A2 Late Into The Night
Composed By – Chris Spedding, Pete Brown
A3 Then I Must Go
Composed By – Chris Spedding, Pete Brown
A4 The Crosswords And The Safety Pins
Composed By – Pete Brown (5)
B1 Staggered
Composed By – Nisar Ahmad Khan
B2 Twisted Track
Composed By – Chris Spedding, Pete Brown
B3 Smoke Rings
Composed By – Chris Spedding
B4 Take Me Now
Composed By – Chris Spedding, Pete Brown
B5 My Love’s Gone Far Away
Composed By – Chris Spedding, Pete Brown

Following the breakup of Cream, lyricist/vocalist Pete Brown formed his Battered Ornaments with guitarist Chris Spedding, drummer Rob Tait, bassist Butch Potter, percussionist Pete Bailey and saxophonist Nisar Ahmed Khan, but during the recording of sophomore album Mantle Piece, Brown fell out with Spedding, resulting in his departure. The resultant spacey venture has jazz and blues shades, riding the sonic waves under Spedding’s direction, with Khan’s sax and Potter’s bass fitting foils to Spedding’s guitar and keyboards. This is another great piece of the Spedding puzzle, with pleasantly meandering interludes.