18072014 - Lone Justice "This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983"

A simply lovely collection of songs by the most excellent band Lone Justice, recorded before their superb 1985 debut album! Led by the unfairly overlooked genius that is Maria McKee, a true angel among the songbirds of this planet, this band had deserved to be multi million sellers, but that never happened. This album shows a rawness and edge that surpasses even their first album and is a fine document of the way they were, but none of the songs here are better than, say, "East of Eden" or "Ways to Be Wicked" from the debut. If you love Ms. McKee you should definitely own this, but you would fare just as well getting her more recent solo stuff, such as "Peddlin' Dreams" or "Late December", as well as the two "proper" Lone Justice albums, both of which are wonderful, each in its own way!