Wow! You're here!

Er- welcome! In case you wonder if you've landed on a typical sales page - rows of bullet points, why you need this, the lives I've changed, how this bundle would normally cost you $300k, here's a story about what a compelling salesman I am:

After a gig some years ago, a friend whispered in my ear,
Norman - a tip. When someone says "I really want to buy your CD", the correct response is not "Are you sure?"

So no hard sell here.

Photo: Nik Watt

Cover image of album Ten Objects showing box with a red rose on top

OK - you just want the free album!

I said there was a free album - if you want it with no further ado, just tell me where to send it! All I ask is that you cover the postage.

"Wry songwriting reminiscent of Nick Lowe at his best."

Findlay Napier

So, a free CD. Not a sampler, not a throwaway, but one that actually means a lot to me and to people who've bought it before.

Why? I just want to get it heard, plain and simple.

It's a niche piece of work and the people that might really like it are not to be found in the everyday marketplace of the music biz. And they're not likely to be looking for their music on Tik Tok or places like that.

And hey - you might just be one of those people!

And who's that?

Well not to put too fine a point on it, people who've been around a time or two. This is not an album about being a teenager. Or even a twenty-something or thirty-something. You've been around, done stuff, some of it went well, some didn't and here you are. Every now and then you look back and think oh - is this what I intended?

And you like songwriters who talk to you from the same place.

Hang on a minute though!

This isn't an album of songs about bus passes, Rhine cruises, checking where the loos are, or Viagra. That would really be hard to sell (well maybe if you're Loudon Wainwright!)

Last time I sang about those things

So what have we got here? Songs about how we miss people who've gone, songs about sexual and financial fantasies, one or two about long relationships grinding to a halt, songs about waking up in the night in a 'What's it all about?' sweat, and a weird little story about a boy who sleeps on railway tracks ( I don't know how that one crept in at the end!).

Before this I'd done a series of rock albums with quite a few almost comedy tracks - I like having a laugh with music. But this album was a challenge from my producer friend to do a stripped-down, heartfelt, authentic acoustic singer-songwritery kind of thing. So I did it and I'm proud of it.

The title song Story of a Love in Ten Objects takes you through a couple's life, from the ticket to the conference where they first met, to the family ornaments they feel obliged to display, through to ... well I won't give it away.

OK I'm in! Give me a stripped-down, heartfelt, authentic acoustic singer-songwritery kind of CD!

A quietly contemplative album that needs you to listen to the words ... it might just make yours feel a little less lonely in its shared emotions. A life that's sometimes happy, sometimes sad. Unlike his namesake, Lamont has his books well-balanced.

FATEA

Cleverly orchestrated songs (pedal steel, or cello, or oboe and cor anglais, piano, harmonica) help give a contemplative, sober depth to the understated, personal songs.

Spirit of Progressive Rock

The ten songs presented on Ten Objects contain some clever and insightful lyrics set to a broadly acoustic backing. Some tracks on this solo album are just that - simply Lamont and an acoustic guitar; others are enhanced by a smattering of well-chosen accompaniment..

RnR Magazine

Excellent - I can really recommend this!

Nic Toczek, RnR Magazine

Quality songwriting. Do yourselves a favour and savour the intelligence, wit and heart in these songs.

Fiona Thom, Radio Saltire

So that's you (maybe) and that's the album - who's this Norman Lamont?

Well not the former Tory chancellor - let's get that out the way.
Great for helping people remember my name, not great for much else.

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Photo: Philippe Monthoux

The REAL Norman Lamont

I started playing and writing songs at 16, in the Scottish seaside town of Ayr, inspired by Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Kinks, vintage David Bowie and then, to alienate my peer group, The Incredible String Band and early Marc Bolan. I carried on through my twenties and thirties.

But to send cassette demos to Big Record Companies you had to be great and I had to face it, I wasn't! I never really committed to music, being sidetracked by the storms of romance, travel, being an expat and of course trying to make a living.

It wasn't till I was in my 40s (in the eyes of the music industry, old beyond the realms of imagining) that I suddenly started coming up with stuff that I knew was good and people liked. I was 50 before I got an album out so forget about anything other than DIY releases. But people did keep coming back for more, complementing me with names like Dylan, Cohen, Loudon Wainwright and Jonathan Richman.

So that's my story, and the story of Ten Objects. It comes in a lovely gatefold CD case with art by Liz Jones.

PLUS

You'll get access to an exclusive website Ten Plus Three, which has the stories behind the songs, live versions, lyrics, guitar chords and videos from the recording of the album.

So if I've got you interested, and you don't mind covering the postage and packing, I'd love to send you the CD and all the digital goodies that go with it!