Dave Allen - Ganf Of Four

[Bass In Ya Face]

Just discovered the album "Return the gift". Dave Allen play some of the best lines i've ever heard, especially on the track "damaged goods".

Can anyone recommend any older stuff.

[David Wilson]

Check out the 'Entertainment' album, which has the original recording of 'Damaged Goods' on it. While Return The Gift has better recording technically, I personally prefer the Entertainment version for groove/vibe.

[ed khalimba]

check out solid gold and another day/another dollar too. some of the most simple yet amazing basslines ever. you can find both of these albums on one disc, too.

[Peter McFerrin]

YES!

In addition to being an amazing player, Allen is enormously influential. Every note Andy Rourke played with the Smiths or Mike Mills played on the first 4-5 R.E.M. albums owes a huge debt to Allen. The styles of guys like Simon Gallup, Mike Watt, and Krist Novoselic also show a clear lineage through Allen.

His tone on Entertainment! was pretty awful, though. It got better on Solid Gold, thankfully, but then he and Hugo Burnham left the band--and it went in the toilet soon thereafter.

[Bass In Ya Face]

I just got "A history of the 20th century" which is a compilation. Four or five decent tracks but found the rest a hard going

I can see the Andy Rouke connection, i think Simon Gallup looks more influenced by Hooky from New Order, mind you they are pretty the same age so i'm not sure. I know Hooky was influenced by Jean Jacques Burnel from the Stranglers