MIKE PATTO - PATTO (1970) VERTIGO RARE DELETED MINT LP

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PATTO 'PATTO' (1970)

VERY RARE & DELETED COLLECTORS ITEM. ORIGINAL PRESSING WITH EMBOSSED GATEFOLD PICTURE SLEEVE BY TONY BENYON

CAT NO: (1970) VERTIGO RECORDS UK 6360 016

CONDITION OF RECORD/S:     AS NEW, VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED. NR MINT, PRISTINE CONDITION.

CONDITION OF COVER:           A FEW THINGS TO NOTE

SLIGHT SCUFFING TO SPINE, CORNERS
ONE TINY WHITE SCUFF SPOT IN FRONT TOP LEFT CORNER AS INDICATED IN PICTURE.
TWO SIMLIAR SMALL MALKS ON THE INSIDE SLEEVE.
OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION

SMOKE FREE / PET FREE HOME.

ALL OF THESE REOCRDS WERE BOUGHT BY MY DAD WHEN FIRST RELEASED 30 YEARS AGO & WELL LOOKED AFTER FOR MANY YEARS

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ADDITIONAL INFORMAITON:

"PATTO"

Released December, 1970

Vertigo Records
Vertigo 6360 016 (UK)
VEL-1001 (US)

Produced by Muff Winwood

SIDE A SIDE B THE MAN SAN ANTONE HOLD ME BACK GOVERNMENT MAN TIME TO DIE MONEY BAG RED GLOW SITTIN' BACK EASY Side A Selections (Halsey/Griffiths/Patto/Halsall) Engineer: Brian Humphries Side B Selections (Halsall/Patto) Illustration by Tony Benyon All selections published by PRS, Ltd (ASCAP) Photographs by Allen Melina

MIKE PATTO
VOCALS
Born Mike McCarthy
on 22.9.1942
Former bands included
Breakaways
Continentals, Blue Bottles,
Bo Street Runners,
Patto's People,
Chicago Line Blues Band, Timebox. CLIVE GRIFFITHS
BASS
Born on 16.5.1945
Former bands included
Take Five, Timebox. JOHN HALSEY
DRUMS
Born on 23.2.1945
Former bands included
Felder's Orioles, Timebox. PETER HALSALL
LEAD GUITAR
ACOUSTIC GUITAR
PIANO
VIBRAPHONE
Nickname "Olly"
Born on 14.3.1949
Former bands included
Peter & the Pawnees,
Gunslingers,
Rhythm & Blues
Incorporated, Music
Students, Take Five, Timebox.

Vertigo/Mercury must have had a good feeling about this record. It was the second LP the label released in America, Jimmy Campbell's "Half Baked" being first.

"Patto" Album Review From
Melody Maker Magazine
December, 12 1970

PATTO: "Patto" (Vertigo).

Considering that Patto are named after their lead vocalist, Mike Patto, one would be inclined to think initially that this four-piece band was essentially a vehicle for his vocal talents. Not so! in fact, if anyone is to the fore it is Olly Halsall, who plays lead guitar, acoustic, piano and vibraphone on the band’s debut album, and is outstandingly good. It is beyond my comprehension that he has not been heard before, seeing that he has been on the music scene for quite some time, most notably with Timebox, from the ashes of which b (sic) and Patto has arisen. Clive Griffiths, on bass, achieves a high degree of empathy with Halsall -- very subtle and understated -- and drummer John Halsey is the spur for much of the music, although occasionally he is a hit too busy and fond of flashy rolls, which threaten at times to disturb the delicate balance which the others are maintaining.

Patto, who is one of the four vocalists with Keith Tippett’s Centipede, has a lovely funky soul voice, with traces of both Stevie Winwood and Long John Baldry. The music moves from rock to jazz and back again, but they are hardly a jazz-rock band in the popular concept; there is certainly a very free-form approach on "Money Bag," on which Halsall's hard-edged guitar work solos over a loose backdrop of bass and drums, with Patto’s voice dropping in at the end in an almost detached fashion. Producer Muff Winwood has produced the album with great restraint and simplicity. I’m very impressed by it. --M.W.

Note: Not certain who M.W. is, but it is probably Michael Watts who also did live reviews of the band for Melody Maker.