Nikki Sudden lit out of Little England to live the Keith Richards cliche, dying seven years ago, at 49, in a New York hotel.
He bequeathed a treasury of sloppy garage Stones riffs, decadent dirges, beautifully bent guitar breaks and challengingly wayard vocals, via a variety of fly-by-night labels. These six, rarity riddled, discs selectively sculpt Sudden’s chaotic catalogue into a coherent case for cannonisation.
The romantically reflective Green Shield Stamps is a Wild Horses for seventies suburban Solihull and a posthumous pinnacle.
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Al Murray, Comedian
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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