The Frost
Side One: Jennie Lee, The Family, Long Way Down From Mobile, Take My Hand, Mystery Man. Side Two: Baby Once You Got It, Stand In The Shadow, Little Suzie Singer, The First Day of May, Who Are You?
To most of the people who will read this review the Frost will not be a new sound. You’ve been watching them at local ‘hops’ for years. This is their first album and it’s released on Vanguard.
Out-of the 10 cuts, you have probably already heard six of them incessantly. The Frost have been playing these six songs for a long time but the other four - Long Way Down from Mobile; Jennie Lee; Little Suzie Singer; and First Day in May, are new or relatively so.
Jennie Lee opens Side one. An up tempo number - clearly written by Wily Wagner and his crew.
The Family is the next cut. I’ve been listening to this song for about 10 months now - both live and on an acetate of the group made about a year ago. Another fairly speedy number the song tells of a family and itvs troubles (oddly enough very similar to the life-lines of one of the group members). The only fault I can find, apart from the recording -which I shall say more about lateris the 4 'line opening which is somewhat of a drag after the 3rd time. I usually skip it.