Choices Under Pressure (An Acoustic Retrospective) by Peter Blegvad, released on Resurgence in 2000.

Choices Under Pressure Review by Brian Beatty

Blegvad reprises songs from some out-of-print albums (solo and with Slapp Happy) in a stripped-down acoustic setting and adds two new numbers to entice the completists among his small cult audience. The songs are well chosen, though none sound remarkably different in their new minimal arrangements. But Choices Under Pressure remains a retrospective that's greater than the sum of its re-recordings. Whether singing about watching his "Daughter" grow up or pondering Romantic poets in the womb ("The Unborn Byron"), Blegvad understands that even the oddest dramas are best rendered in a few simple details. Onetime Blegvad producer XTC's Andy Partridge co-wrote the album's two new tunes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-lpsQwDEA&list=RD9J-lpsQwDEA&start_radio=1

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Today's tune is... #PeterBlegvad - Irma

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wn-qyDlcPY

Slapp Happy’s Ça Va got me through Friday afternoon, and a whole lot more than that. Also, Donnie approves.

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Treasures luminous and numinous from Peter Blegvad and @Uniformbooks

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🔴 The Daily Heller: The Udder Truth About Milk
Featuring Book: "Milk: Through a Glass Darkly" by Peter Blegvad
By Steven Heller @thedailyheller at @printmag
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https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-the-udder-truth-about-milk/

John Greaves, Peter Blegvad and Lisa Herman
Kew Rhone. (Full Album)
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This is a remarkable piece of music. Peter Blegvad's lyrical conceit is brilliant. And the contributions of Andrew Cyrille, Michael Mantler & Carla Bley are stellar.

https://youtu.be/z9yb3LKB1Tc via @YouTube

Peter Blegvad ~ Powers In The Air
(from The Naked Shakespeare, 1983)
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Great track from his excellent debut album, featuring and produced by Andy Partridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIU5Qeji1ac

#TheMorningLine:

#BuddyHolly, Not Fade Away
#TheNorthernPikes, Walk Away
#Luna, Lost In Space
#TheLast, I Don't Wanna Be In Love
#SamCooke, Summertime
#LCDSoundsystem, Someone Great
#MiltJackson, On The Scene
#BettyEverett, You're No Good
#ABBA, Another Town, Another Train
#Boygenius, Ketchum, ID
#PeteTownsend, Corina, Corina
#PeterBlegvad, The Incinerator