1972
LONELY WOMAN * HORACE ANDY * SONG BIRD 1085 * UK
1972 was a year of some memorable recordings from Horace Andy; a.k.a. Horace Hinds, at Studio 1 he cut his heavenly version of Mammie Blue, Every Tongue Shall Tell, Just Say Who, the all time classic Skylarking, and the incredible Where Do The Children Play, to name but a few. Lonely Woman was cut for Derrick Harriott and released on his Move & Groove imprint in JA, late in 1972; it was reissued again in 1974 on Harry J 6699. Horace Andy's voice is well suited to this melancholic lamentation on the common human condition of loneliness. According to the Existentialist, a human being's existence is a lonely existence. At the end of the day, we are all alone. Can anyone ever truly understand what it is to be you, to experience all the things you have experienced, to understand your joys and happiness, your pains and sorrows? Surely we can talk to other people about how we feel, we can draw pictures, we can play music, but all this attempt to communicate ultimately leaves something behind. We cannot always get our feelings, ideas or experiences across exactly. There is a painful reality that ultimately we are alone, by ourselves, and ultimately lonely.
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