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lemonade kid
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Love and Poetry is the first studio album released by British psychedelic band Andwella's Dream on CBS Records in 1969.
Composed entirely by band member Dave Lewis, this album captures the true original sounds of Irish psychedelic rock. Relatively unknown, this album has achieved certain cult status after 40 years and is very well sought after by collectors of the genre.[citation needed]
It is featured in Record Collector's Top 100 British Psychedelic Records of the 1960s.[2]
Lost A Number Found A King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO-vIa3YNPk&feature=relmfu
Accepted by many reviewers as one of the best British psychedelic albums of the 1960's Love and Poetry captures the cusp of the moment just before the abstract abandon of psychedelia mutated into the leaden predictability of progressive rock. Composed entirely of Dave Lewis songs, the album evokes the heady atmosphere of the late '60's with druggy utopian themes and innocent musical experimentation.
Hard psychedelic rock with blistering guitar work is mixed with contemporary pop themes given a liberal dose of backwards effects exotic percussion, flute and acoustic guitar. The blend works to perfection and with the addition of perhaps one of the best psychedelic sleeve designs of the era the whole package oozes class. The album is recognised as one of the best psychedelic rock albums of the original psychedelic era. It is featured in Record Collector's Top 100 British Psychedelic Records of the 1960's.
This band started life as a trio from Northern Ireland called Method, changing their name to Andwella's Dream after moving to London in 1968. After the first LP they were known simply as Andwella.
Love And Poetry is a highly-rated psychedelic album, which featured guest artist Bob Downes playing sax, flute etc. All the songs were written by Dave Lewis. The highlights are the opening track, The Days Grew Longer For Love, which like most tracks is slow and melodic but with killer guitar leads; the heavier psychedelic number Sunday and Cocaine and Shades Of Grey, two tracks which veer towards progressive rock with plenty of organ and jazzy guitar. CBS released three singles from the album including two non-album sides: Missus Man and Mister Sunshine. Of these, Sunday is a superb slice of psychedelic rock with some Hendrix-influenced guitar work.
A lost 60s psychedelic tome from the Irish, via London trio Andwella's Dream -- a melodic, fuzzy and hooky batch of tunes! Love And Poetry touches on the psych rock calling cards of soaring guitar work, stratospheric melodies and thundering drums at the core -- with a top layer of more eccentric sounds with atypical instrumentation. Plus, it's all done with a focus on lyricism that sometimes approaches a Kinks-ian storysong quality! 13 original LP tracks -- plus 5 bonus cuts! Titles include "The Days Grew Longer For Love", "Sunday", "Lost A Number, Found A King", "Man Without A Name", "Clockwork Man", "Cocaine", "Shades Of Grey", "High On A Mountain", "Midday Sun", "Take My Road", "Felix", "Goodbye", "Mister Sunshine (Junkie Woman Blues)" (non album single) and more!
01. The Days Grew Longer For Love
02. Sunday
03. Lost A Number Found A King
04. Man Without A Name
05. Clockwork Man
06. Cocaine
07. Shades Of Grey
08. High On A Mountain
09. Andwella
10. Midday Sun
11. Take My Road
12. Felix
13. Goodbye
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Andwella were a psychedelic rock band from Northern Ireland, formed in 1968, originally as The Method and later renamed Andwellas Dream. The trio were fronted by Dave Lewis (Guitar/keyboard/vocals), with Nigel Smith (bass/vocals) and Gordon Barton (drums).[1]
Their first album, as Andwellas Dream, Love and Poetry, was recorded in London in 1968, and featured jazz musician Bob Downes on saxophone and flute.[1] However, the album failed to sell, and Lewis then recorded a solo album, privately pressed, on the Ax label in 1970; which included new versions of some of the Andwella's Dream songs.[1] Then in 1970 David Lewis wrote the music for and produced poet David Baxter's "Goodbye Dave" album, for which he was backed by Andwella.
With the addition of Dave McDougall on guitar and vocals, the band was renamed Andwella. This line-up issued World's End, before Dave Struthers replaced Nigel Smith on bass and Jack McCullock joined as drummer.[1] This lineup recorded the bands' last album, People's People, in 1971, after which the band broke up in 1972.
Lewis later went on to write "Happy to Be an Island in the Sun", recorded in the 1970s by Demis Roussos.
Discography
as Andwellas Dream:
* Sunday / Midday Sun (45, CBS 1969)
* Mrs Man / Felix (45, CBS 1969)
* Sunday / Mrs Man (45, Columbia - Canada 1969)
* Mr Sunshine / Shades Of Grey (45, CBS)
* Love and Poetry (LP, CBS 1969)
* Every Little Minute / Michael Fitzhenry (45, Reflection 1970)
as Andwella:
* World's End (LP, Reflection Records 1970)
* Hold On To Your Mind / Shadow of the Night (45, Reflection 1970)
* Are You Ready / People's People (45, Reflection 1970)
* Lady Love / Just How Long (45, Pink Elephant - Netherlands 1970)
* People's People (LP, Reflection 1971)
* I Got A Woman / Hold On To Your Mind (45, Stateside - Japan 1971)
* I Got A Woman / World's End (Part Two) (45, Dunhill - US - 1971)
David Lewis solo:
* The Songs of David Lewis (1969)
produced by David Lewis and performed by Andwella:
* David Baxter - Goodbye Dave (LP, Reflection 1970)
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Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find money cannot be eaten.
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 02/01/2013 22:00:40 |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 01/11/2012 : 16:07:47
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http://www.mediafire.com/?mmgttyy252t
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Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Prophecy |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Kula John
Old Love
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Posted - 03/11/2012 : 18:53:02
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It's a great album for sure.
For the time that I've been given's such a little while and the things that I must do consist of more than style....
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 02/01/2013 : 21:50:44
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Such brilliant British psych...some of the best late 60's psych of all time
The Day's Grew Longer For Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lRs7VASYac
Previously known as The Method, they signed with CBS in London for whom they recorded three albums and several singles. Their stunning debut LP "Love & Poetry" (1969) is regarded as a psychedelic classic by many collectors around the world. Their name was shortened to Andwella in 1970 and their further long players "World's End" (1970) and "People's People" (1971) were issued under this moniker. A privately-issued publisher's demo album by leader David Lewis "The Songs Of David Lewis" (1969) also exists in very limited form and fetches frightening sums at auction. (Clark Faville).
Andwella’s Dream was a thrusting injection of freakbeat that could not be ignored. Their slicing riffs were high core psyche injected from guitarist / keyboardist David Lewis, bassist Nigel Smith and drummer Gordon Barton who started out as The Method that at one time included Gary Moore.They were regulars at the Maritime Club where Van Morrison had his early days with Them.
The Method evolved into Andwella’s Dream and were the primal Irish psyche next to Eire Apparent. Dave Lewis the soaring guitarist who wrote all the songs also recruited keyboardist Dave McDougall, ex McCullochs Struthers & Paterson bassist Dave Stuthers, Nigel Portman Smith and ex One In A Million/Andromeda drummer Jack McCulloch.The bamboo flute and sax was played by future Egg Bob Downes. When Andwella’s Dream moved to London they released their primal 1969 debut Love And Poetry with surging numbers like the thrusty opener “The Days Grew Longer For Love” and guitar razzling “Sunday”.
Dave’s throttling axe exerts fury on “Lost A Number Found A King” with its ancient Indian flute and ambient acoustic textures. The two finest numbers “Cocaine” with McDougall pushing hard and the soaring “Shades Of Grey” where ex Thunderclap Newman Jack McCulloch’s drums are best heard create a furnace of fusion.
Acoustic delights are “Midday Sun”, “Goodbye” and the Hammond rolling “Felix” which opens into crescendo breaks by Lewis. In 1970 they evolved into Andwella and launched a further two albums Worlds End (1970) and Peoples People (1971) plus a bounty of singles. World’s End although a lyrical romantic masterpiece did ignite the past as on the psyche “Michael Fitzhenry” exalting frenetic flute and Dave’s insatiable guitar riffs. The harmonies and melody that bend around the brassy I’m Just Happy To See You Get Her are creative marvels.
Future Bad Company definitely copped the riffs from “Just How Long” while the double linked “World’s End” is just so underplayed. Sterling jazz riffs trip through Steely Dan styled “Back To The Road” with Bob Downes giving it stick in the wind. There’s a bit of Billy Joel in the People’s People or even Tremeloes in the opener “She Taught Me To Love” which crystalises into the spiritual “Saint Bartholomew”.
Lewis was the songwriter extraordinaire having written the award winning film War and songs as varied as “Happy To Be An Island In The Sun”, #1 for ex Aphrodite Child Demis Roussos. David’s 1969 The Songs Of David Lewis remain a collector’s dream (hippy.com)
WORLD'S END, 1970
1 Hold on to Your Mind
2 Lady Love
3 Michael Fitzhenry
4 I'm Just Happy to See You Get Her
5 Just How Long
6 Worlds End, Pt. 1
7 Worlds End, Pt. 2
8 Back on the Road
9 I Got a Woman
10 Reason for Living
11 Shadow of the Night
Full album play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLO2lVue3pE
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ANDWELLA'S DREAM-British psych 60's LP!! So Fine!
