Various Artists - Earl's Closet: Lost Archive Of Earl Mcgrath (Various Artists) - CLR

Various Artists - Earl's Closet: Lost Archive Of Earl Mcgrath (Various Artists) - CLR"Earl was a wonderful man with a great eye for new and innovative art. And such an amusing companion, too." Mick Jagger Earl McGrath was the ultimate '70s jet setter, an art collector and comic bon vivant who stumbled into the record business between legendary parties in New York and LA and discovered Daryl Hall and John Oates and then Jim Carroll. Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun gave Earl his own label, Clean Records, in 1970; Mick Jagger hired him to

Having already graced the cover of Mixmag and numerous billboards across the US and UK

This retrospective includes the first LP Live at Fairmont

The music is rich

lush orchestration

Maggie Bell and Colin Allen

and vocal producer

With glorious production and performances

Engineered and produced by Brendan at his Quivvy Church studio in Ireland

With a hugely impressive over a million combined album sales and over a billion streams under their belt

which numbers Randy Miller on bass

During this period of much perceived inactivity

channeled through powerhouse riffs and undeniably potent choruses