Rare original issue from 1975. Recorded with Jesse Colin Young, Armchair Boogie is Hurley’s debut album proper, and the one in which he set out his stall as purveyor of charming, homely, folksy songs. It is, essentially, 14 songs about love and strange things – werewolves (‘Werewolf’), institutionalized English gentry (‘English Nobleman’) and aquatic birds (‘Penguin’) all appear. Credited to Michael Hurley and pals, Young is among the friends who appear. Largely acoustic, it features little more than the sound of Hurley’s guitar and voice and the occasional mouth trumpet.

Sleeve has ageing / shelf / storage / edge wear but is almost fully intact without rips, tears, writing etc. There are two inch long splits at the top edges of the sleeve.

• A1 The Werewolf
• A2 Grand Canyon Line
• A3 English Nobleman
• A4 Be Kind To Me
• A5 Troubled Waters
• A6 Red Ravager's Reel
• A7 Sweedeedee
• B1 Open Up
• B2 Jocko's Lament
• B3 Light Green Fellow
• B4 Get The Best Of Me
• B5 Biscuit Roller
• B6 When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
• B7 Penguins