PHILIP RAMBOW
SHOOTING GALLERY (1979) JUNGLE LAW (1981)
Philip Rambow left The Winkies around 1976 and went solo. He recorded a single for Chrysalis before going back to the States, there he recorded a couple of Phil Spector covers for the Bionic Gold album (1977), and one song for the Live at Max's Kansas City Vol2. In 1979, he released his first solo album "Shooting Gallery". Two years later, Jungle Law turns the heat up considerably, boasting sharper musicianship, memorable material and impassioned singing. The tunes seem drawn from life, especially "Snakes and Ladders" and "Beyond the Naked and the Dead." Phil Rambow may not be capable of matching the white-hot histrionics of Elvis Costello or Graham Parker, but Jungle Law proves he can make a direct, emotionally credible record. Jungle Law also features his version of a song written in 1976 "A Star In His own Right" and given to Nick Gilder. The albums flopped and it was the end of his solo career. Rambow resurfaced to perform at the Kirsty MacColl tribute concert in 2002, following the singer's accidental death. (AMG + Trouser Press)
Shooting Gallery
Strange Destinies / Fallen / Don't Call Me Tonto / Victim / Sound and the Fury / Rebel Kind / Priviledge / Young Lust / Deep River
Jungle Law
Don't Come / Jungle Law / Magnificent Obsession / Star / Jessica / Snakes and Ladders / Creature Comforts / Bike Boys / Beyond the Naked and the Dead / Mansion on the Hill / Love Is a Hard Time
