AMBER - PEARLS OF AMBER

CD (Compact Disc)

Label: MERLINS NOSE

Release date: 05/09/2011

Barcode: 2090503546417

Catalog no.: MN0001003

Stock level: LIMITED STOCK

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Item ID: 354641

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Remastered Version. Awesome clear sound! Re-release of the long time sold out 10 inch vinyl originally released by SHAGRAT RECORDS. Amber were MacLeod and Julian McAllister, both friends and contemporaries of Donovan on the early 60s St. Albans folk scene. This CD collects the only extant studio tapes of the band, recorded in 1970 and '71 during a period that saw the band playing regularly around London. The strapline on the sleeve reads "acoustic music that derives from folk and blues with a touch of psychedelia" which is true as far as it goes but gives too much significance to the blues, not enough to the occasional immensity of McAllister's vocal and none at all to the importance of the sitar in the mix. The lilting glory of "Sea Shell Rock Me" (appearing in two versions) is a highlight. The song is basically a folk love song which coils in around itself in time to a beautiful winding sitar line and reminds of all the possibilities music seemed to offer 30 years ago.

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