Artist: Marvin, Welch & Farrar
Album: Marvin, Welch & Farrar/ Second Opinion
Country England
Released : 2006 (recorded in 1971-1973)
Genre: Soft Rock
Audio codec: WAV | lossless

After the famous quartet "The Shadows" broke up in 1969, thirty-year-old Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch invited Australian guitarist, singer and composer John Farrar. The idea of ​​the musicians was to move away from the big-beat roots and instrumental passages of "Shadows" and record their own album with a new line-up, noticeably different from the established clichés of the previous line-up. The band members focused entirely on vocals, and keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw, by the way, also from "Shadows", and other invited musicians helped in the recording. The album took 30th place in England, thanks to high-quality musical material and excellent vocals. 12 tracks were recorded in the style of soft rock with some folk influence, reminiscent of "Crosby, Still, Nash & Young". In the same year, the musicians were noted for another LP - "Second Opinion". Both albums plus bonus singles were reissued on a double CD in 2006.

Tracks:
CD 1  Marvin, Welch & Farrar (1971)
01. You’re Burning Bridges - 4:01
02. A Thousand Conversations - 2:16
03. Brownie Kentucky - 2:33
04. My Home Town - 3:15
05. Silvery Rain - 2:32
06. Throw Down A Line - 3:17
07. Baby I’m Calling You - 2:45
08. Faithful - 2:20
09. Mistress Fate & Father Time - 3:13
10. Take Her Away - 1:57
11. Wish You Were Here - 3:21
12. Mr. Sun - 2:45
CD 2  Second Opinion (1971)
01. Black Eyes - 3:22
02. Tiny Robin - 2:35
03. Simplify Your Head - 2:47
04. Ronnie - 3:06
05. Far Away Falling - 2:15
06. Let’s Say Goodbye - 2:38
07. Lonesome Mole - 3:16
08. Thank Heavens I’ve Got You - 2:32
09. Lady Of The Morning - 3:38
10. The Time To Care - 2:26
11. Come Back To Nature - 2:55
12. All Day, All Night Blues - 3:05
Bonus:
13. Marmaduke (Single A-Side, 1972) - 3:00
14. Strike A Light (Single B-Side, 1972) - 2:56
15. Music Makes My Day (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 3:46
16. Skin Deep (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 4:24
17. Galadriel (Spirit Of Starlight) (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 6:20
18. Small And Lonely Light (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 3:10

Personnel:
Marvin, Welch & Farrar
Hank Marvin - all guitars & vocals, producer
Bruce Welch - all guitars & vocals, producer
John Farrar - all guitars & vocals, strings arrangements, producer
+
Dave Richmond - bass guitar
Alan Hawkshaw, Peter Vince - organ, piano
Clem Cattini - drums
Graeme Hall - conductor

Second Opinion
Hank Marvin - all guitars & vocals, producer
Bruce Welch - all guitars & vocals, producer
John Farrar - all guitars & vocals, producer
+
Dave «Champagne» Richmond - bass
«Big Al» Hawkshaw - organ, piano
Duffy Power - harmonica
Johnny Van Derek - fiddle
Brian Bennett - drums, percussion