Murray Roman

Briefly touted as a likely successor to Lenny Bruce, late-60s comedian Roman achieved a cult popularity in Britain through import copies of You Can't Beat People Up And Have Them Say I Love You. His routines centred chiefly on sex and drugs and were punctuated by discotheque soul as if to emphasize a party-like atmosphere. The UK rights were later acquired by Track Records, which also issued Roman's second set, Blind Man's Movie. The title was inspired by a remark attributed to Ray Charles and the album's fold-out sleeve was entirely matt black. The collection failed to emulat...