Release Date: 23 February 2024
Label: Grapefruit / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5013929194106
Description
• First-ever release of legendary late 60s demos from one of the finest British songwriters of all time.• Includes early versions of classic Lindisfarne songs 'Lady Eleanor', 'Winter Song' and 'Clear White Light – Part 2'
Lindisfarne were the hottest new band around in 1972, with a couple of huge hit singles and three albums reaching the Top Five that year – including chart-topping second LP 'Fog On The Tyne', a sales phenomenon that stayed in the listings for more than 12 months.
Many of their finest songs had been written by band member Alan Hull while he was working as a trainee psychiatric nurse from late 1966 to early 1969.
After ending the decade as a solo act in regional folk clubs, he'd linked up with local bandBrethren to form Lindisfarne in mid-1970.
Lindisfarne consolidated their success with constant touring, but Alan struggled to write on the road, and he would regularly dip into his late 60s cache of songs that had been recorded for publishing purposes at Impulse Sound, a Wallsend studio owned by Hull's manager and enabler David Wood. Those late 60s demos would become legendary amongst fans and pop media alike,but very few tracks have ever surfaced – until now.
A remarkable 4CD, 90-track anthology, the painstakingly-assembled 'Singing A Song In The Morning Light' includes no less than 77 hitherto-unreleased tracks, with several dozen titles previously undocumented.
It features revelatory early demos of 'Lady Eleanor', 'Winter Song', 'Scarecrow Song', 'Clear White Light – Part 2' and other Lindisfarne classics, the original, semi-mythical 'Clear White Light – Part 1', recordings with backing from Brethren and psychedelic band Skip Bifferty as well as other collaborations alongside many solo performances.
Almost 30 years after Alan's tragically early passing, 'Singing A Song In The Morning Light' is a thrilling addition to the body of work left behind by one of the all-time great British songwriters.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE1 HERE I AM2 CLICK CLOCK TICK TOCK3 BANG IT ON THE BIG BASS DRUM4 BETTER TOWN5 I DON’T WANT TO LISTEN6 LOOK IN MY FACE7 BARNEY SWAYNE8 ARTHUR McLEAN MORRISON JONES9 CONVERSATION WITH A CHINESE CAT10 SONG FOR A SLEEPING PRINCESS11 WHERE IS THE LITTLE GIRL12 LIKE I ALWAYS DO13 SO HARD DOING IT EVERY DAY14 SOMETIMES I WONDER15 SOME OTHER TIME16 I COULD NOT BELIEVE ALL THE GOOD THINGS17 THE VILLAGE IDIOT18 THIS LAND IS COLD19 YOU PUT THE LAFF ON ME20 SCOTCH EGG21 LADY ELEANOR (Alan Hull with Brethren)All tracks recorded 1967-1970, previously unreleased DISC TWO1 WINTER SONG2 WINDY MILLER3 HOW COME YOU KNOW ME4 OVERSTRUNG AT 3 A.M.5 STAY WITH YOU6 RIVER7 OPPOSITES8 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE9 LOVE LASTS FOREVER10 JUSTANOTHERSADSONG11 NEVER BE THE SAME FROM TODAY12 STRANGE WORLD13 SPAIN – 6714 THE LONG WAIT15 LITTLE THINGS16 TAKE YOUR TIME17 SCOTCH EGG BLUEBIRD PIE18 PUB WITH NO TASTE19 BUTTERFLY20 SCARECROW SONG21 THE UNIVERSE IS22 THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND THIS SONG23 WE CAN SWING TOGETHER (Alan Hull with Brethren)All tracks recorded 1967-1970, previously unreleased except for 23, from the vinyl album Take Off Your Head And Listen, Rubber LP 001, released 1971 DISC THREE1 SCHIZOID REVOLUTION (with Skip Bifferty)2 THIS WE SHALL EXPLORE (with Skip Bifferty)3 TOMORROW – IF I’M HUNGRY4 WHERE IS MY SIXPENCE5 ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT6 DINGLY DELL7 DOCTOR OF LOVE8 DO NOT BE AFRAID9 SMILE10 PICTURE A LITTLE GIRL11 DON’T TRY TO TELL ME12 FOR NO APPARENT REASON13 GO THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY14 IF I OWNED15 FIRST DAY OF SPRING16 LIKE A LEAF17 I WILL REMEMBER (FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE)18 PERSONAL HISTORY BOOK19 FIND MY TIME20 WHY WAS I BORN AT ALL21 GO TO SLEEPAll tracks recorded 1967-1970, previously unreleased except for 1, 2 From the 2-CD set The Story of Skip Bifferty, Castle CMEDD 518, released 2003. 3 From the Lindisfarne CD Buried Treasures Volume 2, Virgin CDVM 9012, released 1992. 4 From the vinyl album Take Off Your Head And Listen, Rubber LP 001, released 1971. 5-10 Bonus tracks from the CD reissue of Lindisfarne album Happy Daze, Market Square MSMCD 148, released 2009 DISC FOUR1 WE CAN SWING TOGETHER2 OBIDIAH’S GRAVE3 SHE4 WILD FLOWER5 I AM AND SO ARE YOU6 297 WORDS7 IT’S MUCH EASIER8 DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY9 BERENICE PATRICIA10 GOLDEN APPLES11 ALL THE WAY HOME12 MARY McGHEE AT LAWS STORES13 STORYBOOK OF MAN14 BE WITH ME15 SWINGING ALONG16 WE ALL GET DRUNK NOW HUH?17 NEVER MISS THE WATER18 ACCIDENTAL TIME19 WHAT YOU’RE DOING20 WORKING21 SCARECROW SONG (alternative version)22 IT’S ALL OVER TOWN23 WHEEL OF FORTUNE24 CLEAR WHITE LIGHT25 CLEAR WHITE LIGHT – PART 2,
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