Description
A beautiful, trippy album originally released in 1973, with lovely female vocals sounding glorious in a dreamy setting — this album contains incredibly good and extremely rare home recordings from the same line-up (headed by psychedelic-folk masters Peter Howell and John Ferdinando), that had made the remarkable Agincourt “Fly Away” album two years earlier. There is a slightly different musical emphasis this time, as the band sounds more like a folk version of Pink Floyd. Howell had just joined the BBC (where he would later work on the Doctor Who theme), and inspired by the Moody Blues, conceived a prog-rock project exploring life’s grander themes, with Ferdinando handling producer duties.
The Ithaca album opens with the sound of pages turning, and follows a journey through a cycle of questions, times, feelings, and dreams. Beautiful interwoven songs with nice tape experiments and added sounds in a pastoral prog psych vein, made all the better by the fragile female vocals on offer from Lee Menelaus. From the original quarter inch master tapes — with the addition of three previously unreleased bonus tracks cause for much additional rejoicing! The sixteen-page booklet has a lengthy band history, lyrics, and rare photos.
Track List:
Journey
1a. Destruction/Rebirth
1b. Patterns Of Life
Questions
2a. Did You Know?
2b. Will We Be Alive?
Times
3a. Seven Seasons
3b. The Path 3c. Given Time
Feelings
4a. Look Around
4b. I Want To Feel You
Dreams
5a. Story Of Our Time
5b. Beneath This Sky
Journey (Il)
6. A Game For All Who Know
Bonus Tracks
7. All My Life (Stereo)
8. The Poem (Stereo)
9. Peace Of Mind (Stereo)
GENRE: Psychedelic Folk/Pop
BARCODE: 778578100322
RELEASE DATE: 17/01/2025
