Anton taught me about perfect mistakes." Lipinski's life has been one of wanderlust. The slight imperfections add to the feel. But the album captures the character of the songs live with no frills. We added small overdubs on the record later. Anton set up a gig there the following night and played old folk records, then we played a live set. We ended the evening by going to a great bar called 8mm. The first evening we rattled though the songs, a take or two of each and in those six hours everything clicked. We had initially planned to be in the studio for three or four nights. I recorded with an old guitar, because he wanted to capture the effortless, timeless '60s records that he had in his mind. With older brother and fellow musician Adam Lipinski by his side at Newcombe's residential studio in Berlin, Alex basically took six hours. He has followed in the footsteps of his hero Dylan to write in the Chelsea Hotel, and sung Elvis songs in the home of an admiring Liam Gallagher, who responded with a roaring "Acquiesce". Alex Lipinski's caressing sympathy, full-throated resentment, and the raw rockabilly excitement of earliest Elvis have grabbed unwary listeners from the West Country to Krakow, Berlin and New York, since he first left Somerset to become a crucial habitué of Soho's legendary, lost 12-Bar Club.
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