Release Date: 17 January 2025
Label: Lion Productions
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 778578100728
Genres: Folk Psychedelic Rock
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!
Tracklisting
Sinn Sisamouth
The Plastic Cloud
Infinity
Bulldog Breed
Peter Howell and John Fernando
Peter Howell & John Ferdinando
Ithaca (Peter Howell and John Ferdinando)
Golem
Gong
Ozric Tentacles
Various Artists
Dando Shaft
Altin Gun
Buddy Miles Express
JD Simo
The Third Mind
