| Outside Looking Out | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Channel One Studios, Atlanta, Georgia; Signal Sound Studios, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 47:44 | |||
| Label | Landslide Records LD-1001 | |||
| Producer | Hampton B. Coles (Ret.) (Bruce Hampton) and Ben "Pops" Thornton (Billy McPherson) | |||
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Outside Looking Out is the debut album by The Late Bronze Age, a collaboration between musicians Bruce Hampton and Billy McPherson. It was recorded in the summer and fall of 1980, and was released on LP later that year by Landslide Records as the first entry in their catalogue. In 2002, the album was reissued on CD by Terminus Records.[1][2][3]
On the album, Hampton appears as "Hampton B. Coles (Ret.)," and McPherson is listed as "Ben 'Pops' Thornton." The cover photo features Hampton made up to look like a much older man, while McPherson is seen wearing a marching band jacket. The duo are joined by a number of guest musicians, and the credits also list bogus players supposedly performing on imaginary instruments such as "oozic" and "potarth."[1][4]
- ^ a b Grillo, Jerry (2021). The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton: A Basically True Biography. University of Georgia Press. p. 79.
- ^ Wickstrom, Ann. "Outside Looking Out: Col. Bruce Hampton". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ "Col. Bruce Hampton". Landslide Records. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ Palmer, Robert (June 21, 1981). "Recordings; Pop Eccentrics Revisited". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2022.