The Strange Brew - artist stories behind the greatest music ever recorded
Sep 28, 2026 · 24 min · 12 segments
Randy Edelman is probably best known to British listeners for the records he made in the 1970s and early 1980s, including *Uptown Uptempo Woman* and *Concrete and Clay*. The Carpenters recorded his…
Randy EdelmanGuest
Jason BarnardHost
It is great to talk to you because obviously you've got a new album out, but from a selfish perspective, there's quite an anglophile element.
It is called Green Park, so I understand that the theme of the album is London, is that correct? Yes.
Okay, well then, if you've listened to the album, the fact of the matter is that, yes, Green Park is about a particular place, but the rest of the album, seriously, is not really, it's not about that.
There's a couple of things that refer to it, but it seems because of the tune and the cover that the whole thing is about that.
So it may be that I use that because I could have called it anything to tie it in, which is and you picked up on it.
Other than that tie in, which really, to be honest with you, I could say, oh, yes, I wrote that overlooking Down Street when I was leaving, saying goodbye.
It is great to talk to you because obviously you've got a new album out, but from a selfish perspective, there's quite an anglophile element.
It is called Green Park, so I understand that the theme of the album is London, is that correct? Yes.
Okay, well then, if you've listened to the album, the fact of the matter is that, yes, Green Park is about a particular place, but the rest of the album, seriously, is not really, it's not about that.
There's a couple of things that refer to it, but it seems because of the tune and the cover that the whole thing is about that.
So it may be that I use that because I could have called it anything to tie it in, which is and you picked up on it.
Other than that tie in, which really, to be honest with you, I could say, oh, yes, I wrote that overlooking Down Street when I was leaving, saying goodbye.
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