The Wind In The Willows: A Musical Adaptation By Alfie Shepherd
Label | Wooden Hill – WHCD023 |
Format | CD, Album, Stereo |
Barcode | 0823566485827 |
Country | UK |
Released | 2008 |
Genre | Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country |
Style | Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Lo-Fi |
In 1969, Angel Pavement linchpin Alfie Shepherd took time out from the groups hectic schedule to demo a concept album that hed written around his favourite childhood story, Kenneth Grahames The Wind In The Willows. Sadly Angel Pavement broke up before theyd had a chance to record the work, which was duly left to gather dust. Forty years later, Alfies homemade recording of the proposed album finally gains a long-overdue release. Taken from the original mastertapes, and bolstered by a clutch of similarly unissued home demos from the same timeframe, The Wind In The Willows is now revealed as one of the great lost projects of the late 1960s, a thrilling psychedelic pop song-suite bursting with melodic invention, ambitious vocal arrangements and the boundless spirit of adventure that characterised the era.In other words:Magnificent, previously unreleased English psychedelic pop concept album from 1969, based on the classic childrens story The Wind In The Willows, which also inspired Syd Barrett-era Pink FloydWritten and recorded by Alfie Shepherd, leader of highly regarded baroque pop act Angel Pavement Re-mastered from the original mastertapesFeatures ten bonus cuts, also previously unreleased, that were recorded around the same time
1 | Spring Fever | |
2 | Floating On A Dream | |
3 | The Wild Wood | |
4 | Dulce Domum | |
5 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | |
6 | The Open Road | |
7 | Lost In His Life | |
8 | Bargin' | |
9 | The Call Of The South | |
10 | "Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears" | |
11 | The Return Of Ulysses | |
12 | I'm Only The Postman | |
13 | Tomorrow's Dreams Today | |
14 | The Swallow's Song | |
15 | Sandy's Song | |
16 | Won't Be Loving Again | |
17 | I'm Moving On | |
18 | Friends | |
19 | Sad Statue | |
20 | Elizabeth Knows | |
21 | The Resurrection Men |
Tracks 12-21 are bonus demos