Description
A pastoral psychedelic folk stroll in the sunshine, with a few tracks reminiscent of 1960’s soft psych!! This is the rarest, and I would dare to say best, folk/psych album from Peter Howell and John Ferdinando, musical brainchildren behind Ithaca, Agincourt, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Tomorrow Come Someday.
Howell/Ferdinando had just completed this album around 1974 when the partnership came to an end. Howell had been working at the BBC as a studio manager since 1970 (he’d provided a stiff upper lip voiceover for John Peels Top Gear shows), but was now offered a position with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, which he accepted, and still holds. “Friends” still has the recognizable Ithaca and/or Agincourt sound, with lead vocals mainly by Peter Howell mostly, but with all the same elements and participants, and four tracks featuring the lovely vocals of Ruth Cubbin. An album so incredibly rare (only a single acetate exists), that many have doubted the album’s existence… until now!
01. You Need Friends
02. A Tale Of Your Life
03. Summer Sunday Blues
04. One Sweet Day
05. Memories
06. Lonely Road
07. In The Morning
08. Come Inside
09. Take A Walk
10. River Song
11. Once In A Winter Town
12. Time To Run
GENRE: Folk/Psychedelic Pop
BARCODE: 778578100728
RELEASE DATE: 17/01/2025
