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Nigel Lived | ||||
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Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | 25 June – 30 July 1972 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Producer | Joseph Wissert | |||
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Nigel Lived is the first album by the British vocalist and actor Murray Head, released in 1973 on CBS Records.
It is a concept album which tells the story of Nigel, a young singer who arrives in London seeking a career in the music business. His early optimism gives way to disillusionment, struggle, and finally heroin addiction. The original vinyl release came in an elaborate package, with a lyric sheet featuring pages from Nigel's diary to depict the course of his gradual disintegration.
In 2017 Intervention Records reissued Nigel Lived on 180-gram double 45RPM vinyl. The reissue was 100% analog mastered using the original master tapes provided to the label by the original sound engineer on the project, Phill Brown. The album quickly became Intervention's best selling reissue ever[1] and resulted in Murray Head's decision to perform songs from the album live for the first time ever.[1]