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CAEDMON 001CD
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Amazing second Caedmon album from 2010 never properly distributed, A Chicken To Hug. An intriguing, personal album; clearly Caedmon from the first note, but come of age. A 2010 album of twelve recently penned songs from Caedmon's original line up: Angela Webb (Naylor), Jim Bisset, Ken Patterson, Sam Wilson, and Simon Jaquet. The much-loved fragile female vocals, searing electric guitar licks, 'cello, mandolin, and bass remain from the '70s sound; now supplemented with accordion, drum kit, trombone, and whistle. 32 years on from their eponymous album Caedmon, the content of the songs is personal, poignant, and sometimes challenging, Acoustic acid folk, mixed, in well-judged doses, with jazz, soul, African and gospel groove.
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CAEDMON 002LP
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New Caedmon album featuring seven new songs and six previously unreleased tracks from the '70s. For their 40th anniversary, legendary psych-folk band Caedmon wrote seven new songs and found unreleased archive material from the '70s to make the album here, titled Rare. Side A consists of five new tracks. Highlights are the eight-minute prog-folk rock epic "Dream Of The Rood", the folk-funk of "Go" the folk-rock of "Runaway", and more. The bonus 7" includes "Rare" (a new song about record collecting and searching for a Holy Grail) and "Peace" (another new song with a beautiful guitar solo at the start). Side B includes six previously unreleased songs from 1975-1978. Featuring the studio version of "London Psalm" from 1975 (a live version was included on the Kissing Spell live CD), the Pentangle inspired "Born To Die", a folk-rock rendition of traditional hymn "God Is Love" and more. Full color matte sleeve; Includes insert with lyrics; Edition of 500.
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GUESS 156LP
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Guerssen Records present a reissue of Caedmon's legendary debut from 1978, originally released as a private pressing. One of the most sought-after progressive folk-rock albums from the UK. Caedmon -- a five-piece student band in the '70s -- recorded this album to mark their farewell concert in early 1978, before they went their separate ways after university. They had literally no idea of the myths, rumors, and tales that would embellish (and sometimes distort) the musical arc traced by this album in the decades to come. The album contains twelve songs. Ten were written by the band. One was based on an ancient text by seventh century poet Caedmon. And the final track was a traditional gospel song. Angela Naylor's lead vocals are supported by close harmony male vocals throughout. Acoustic guitars, mandolin, and cello jostle with electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, and bass. The resultant blend can only be described as eclectic, conjuring a slightly bizarre mix of folk ballad, bossa-nova, and psychedelic jazz and funk. Little did they know that this would be described as acid-folk in years to come. Unusual time signatures, tight arrangements, improbable instrumentation, oblique and poetic stories tackling spirituality, distorted fuzz guitar, and the odd recorder solo. 1978 was the era of punk. Caedmon adopted a self-produced approach and recorded their farewell to fans in Barclay Towers Studio in Edinburgh, an attic flat, patronized by the Rezillos, among others. Essentially each song was recorded "live" in two or three takes on a four-track tape machine, with occasional overdubs. During the pressing, a call from the pressing plant informed the band that they had too much music recorded to fit on a 33rpm 12" vinyl. A quick decision resulted in two tracks being moved across to a 45rpm 7" single. The band was unsigned, boasted a small fan-base (mostly in Scotland), only occasionally played south of the border (notably at a disastrous gig at the Greenbelt Festival in 1977), enjoyed some success at the Edinburgh Fringe. Their niche fame came twenty years later. Both a re-release of the original album on CD by Kissing Spell Records, and a burgeoning world-wide vinyl collectors market made possible by the internet led to feverish demand for copies of the original vinyl of 1978. First licensed reissue of the 1978 album since the Kissing Spell CD. 24-bit remastering from the original master tapes; Four-page color insert with lyrics, rare photos, and liner notes; Original artwork.
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