Fat Mattress

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Mr. Moonshine 04:05 Tools
Magic Forest 00:00 Tools
I Don't Mind 00:00 Tools
All Night Drinker 00:00 Tools
Petrol Pump Assistant 00:00 Tools
She Came In The Morning 00:00 Tools
Walking Through A Garden 00:00 Tools
Mr Moonshine 00:00 Tools
How Can I Live 00:00 Tools
Everything's Blue 00:00 Tools
Bright New Day 00:00 Tools
How Can I Live? 00:00 Tools
Little Girl In White 04:10 Tools
Cold Wall Of Stone 00:00 Tools
Which Way To Go 00:00 Tools
Naturally 00:00 Tools
The Storm 00:00 Tools
Future Days 00:00 Tools
Roamin' 00:00 Tools
Anyway You Want 00:00 Tools
Childhood Dream 00:00 Tools
At The Ball 00:00 Tools
Happy My Love 00:00 Tools
Highway 00:00 Tools
She 00:00 Tools
Everything Blue 00:00 Tools
People 00:00 Tools
Iridescent Butterfly 00:00 Tools
Leafy Lane 00:00 Tools
Margarita 00:00 Tools
Margerita 00:00 Tools
Long Red 00:00 Tools
Black Sheep Of The Family 00:00 Tools
Hall Of Kings 00:00 Tools
Naturally - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Eric The Red 00:00 Tools
Iridescent Butterfly - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Words 00:00 Tools
Little Girl in White - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Black Sheep of the Family - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Magic Forest - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
The River 00:00 Tools
Eric the Red - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Hall of Kings - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Which Way to Go - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Leafy Lanes 00:00 Tools
Iridescent Butterfly (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Naturally (Mono 45 Mix) 00:00 Tools
Naturally (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Magic Forest (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Which Way To Go (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Eric the Red (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Hall of Kings (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Little Girl In White (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Naturally (Radio 1 Session) 00:00 Tools
Walking Through the Garden 00:00 Tools
Iridescent Butterfly (Stereo Version) 00:00 Tools
Little White Girl 00:00 Tools
Magic Forest (mono single version) 00:00 Tools
Iridescent Butterfly (A & B Sides Of Single) * 00:00 Tools
Magic Forest (Mono 45 Mix) 00:00 Tools
I Don’t Mind 00:00 Tools
Long Red (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Liitle Girl In White (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Little Girl In White * 00:00 Tools
Hall Of Kings (Recorded During Sessions For ''Fat Mattress II'') * 00:00 Tools
Iridescent Butterfly - Stereo Version 00:00 Tools
Black Sheep Of The Family (B-Side Of Single) * 00:00 Tools
Eric The Red (Recorded During Sessions For ''Fat Mattress'') * 00:00 Tools
Naturally - Mono 45 Mix 00:00 Tools
Childhood Dream-She 00:00 Tools
Words (Bonus) 00:00 Tools
The River (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Magic Forest - Mono 45 Mix 00:00 Tools
Naturally * 00:00 Tools
Happy My Love (Radio 1 Session) 00:00 Tools
Mr Moonshine Live (rare) 00:00 Tools
Which Way To Go (Unreleased Jim Leverton Solo Single) 00:00 Tools
Hall Of Kings (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Magic Forest (Mono Single Version) * 00:00 Tools
Which Way To Go (Unreleased Jim Leverton Solo Single) * 00:00 Tools
Mr. Moonshine (Radio 1 Session) 00:00 Tools
Black Sheep Of The Family (single B-side,1970) 00:00 Tools
Naturally (single A-side,1969) 00:00 Tools
Naturally (Mono 45 Version) 00:00 Tools
Liitle Girl In White 00:00 Tools
The Magic Forest 00:00 Tools
Eric The Red (recorded during sessions for Fat Mattress) 00:00 Tools
Happy My Love (Live BBC Session) 00:00 Tools
Little Girl In White (recorded during sessions for Fat Mattress) 00:00 Tools
Naturally (Live BBC Session) 00:00 Tools
Little Girl In White (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Magic Forest (Mono 45 Version) 00:00 Tools
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Fat Mattress are primarily known as the just-post-Jimi Hendrix Experience band of Noel Redding, putting out a couple of albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Jimi Hendrix connection was probably responsible for gaining Fat Mattress much of whatever attention they managed to attract. It might have been a double-edged sword, however, as Fat Mattress' music wasn't at all similar to what Redding had played with Hendrix, being in far lighter folk-rock, psychedelic, and early prog rock styles, and integrating plenty of vocal harmonies. Too, Redding wasn't a dominant figure in the band, though he was an important one; Fat Mattress was a true group effort, with fellow members Neil Landon and Jim Leverton writing about as much of their material as Redding did.Fat Mattress formed in late 1968 shortly before Redding's ultimate departure from Hendrix's band. Redding had been frustrated to an extent in the Experience, playing bass although he had more experience as a guitarist, and barely being allowed to write anything on their records. Fat Mattress would open up more opportunities for him to both play guitar (and sing), and to record more original material. The rest of the band were, like Redding, from Folkestone in England. Singer Landon had done a stint in the Ivy League, and multi-instrumentalist Leverton had been in the backing band of Engelbert Humperdinck, where he met Fat Mattress' drummer, Eric Dillon.Fat Mattress came to the attention of the music business quickly, not only via the mere presence of Redding, but also from playing support on an American tour by the Jimi Hendrix Experience (in which Redding would double as the Experience's bassist and Fat Mattress' guitarist). Polydor signed them, and their first album, issued in 1969, was very influenced by American west coast psychedelic and folk-rock bands, as well as British pop-psychedelic bands like Traffic (whose reedsman, Chris Wood, played flute on one of the tracks). At the end of the day, the album wasn't nearly as distinctive as the best acts in those styles, but it did contain some pleasant and accomplished work. It was also modestly successful, making number 134 in the U.S., with one of the songs, "Magic Forest," becoming a big hit in Holland.Fat Mattress ran into problems soon after that, when they returned to America to do their own tour, completing only five of 30 planned dates before going back to England. A second album, the unimaginatively titled Fat Mattress 2, ran over the same ground as their debut did, but with less flair and distinction, remaining derivative and suffering in comparison with other bands using similar approaches. Having failed to graduate to the big leagues, the group broke up soon after that. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.