Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company ‘Like A Duck To Water’ (Earthquack, 1976)

byJoe Silva
June 10, 2021

Imagine a time when, as a concession to your audience, you’d show them cartoons while you were busy repatching your synthesisers between songs.

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Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company ‘Like A Duck To Water’ (Earthquack, 1976)

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Joe Silva

Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

The Magnficents ‘The Magnificents’ (KFM, 2004)

Charlie Tate ‘Alta Plana’ (OM, 2005)

Money Mark, ‘Mark’s Keyboard Repair’

Shrift ‘Lost In A Moment’ (Six Degrees, 2006)

Robert Logan ‘Cognessence’ (Slowfoot, 2007)

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Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company ‘Like A Duck To Water’ (Earthquack, 1976)

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