Bread Love And Dreams

Bread Love And Dreams (1969)


Another acid-folk act coming from Scotland, this time Edinburgh, BREAD LOVE AND DREAMS was a trio lead by Glaswegian David McNiven, joining in with a two-women act: Carolyn Davis on guitar and Angie Rew on flute and lead vocals. They toured around Scotland for a while and started a loyal local following, but they sounded much influenced by another Scot act THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, which was not surprising since they ruled acid folk and it was not the first band inspired by ISB: indeed the Irish Dr STRANGELY STRANGE sounds much like BL&D.
Spotted by Decca staff Ray Horricks at the Edinburgh Festival in 68, they were brought down to London by him to record their first album and it was released in early 69. This self-titled album contained some acid folk with some string arrangements, but the market being flooded by such albums, it sold poorly, enticing guitarist Carolyn Davis to quit. (thanks to Hugues Chantraine)


TrackList:

01 Switch Out The Sun
02 Virgin Kiss
03 The Least Said
04 Falling Over Backwards
05 Lady Of The Night
06 Main Street
07 Artificial Light (Of All The Living Lies)
08 Until She Needs You
09 Mirrors
10 Poet's Song
11 The Yellow-Bellied Redback
12 95 Octane Gravy

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Strange Tale of Captain Shannon and the Hunchback from Gigha (1970)


This is the second album, probably his best. It's full of really nice melodic progressive folk songs with beautiful acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, drums and some piano, organ, moothie, flute, African and other percussion and gorgeous female and male vocal and vocal harmonies. Released on Decca in 1970.

Musicians:
David McNiven - Vocals, guitars, Moothie, Flute
Angie Rew - Vocals, Guitars, African and other percussion.
Carolyn Davis - Vocal and guitar on Purple Hazy Melancholy


TrackList:

01 Hymn For Sylvia
02 Masquerade
03 Sucking On A Cigarette
04 He Who Knows All
05 The Lobster Quadrille
06 Butterflyland
07 Purple Hazy Melancholy
08 Sing Me A Song
09 The Strange Tale Of Captain Shannon And The Hunchback From Gigha

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Amaryllis (1971)


Amaryllis is the third and final album by the Edinburgh-based duo of David McNiven and Angie Rew. It was recorded simultaneously with their classic album with the long title The Strange Tale of Captain Shannon and the Hunchback From Gigha. By the time they entered Decca's West Hampstead studio for five days in the summer of 1970, they had enough material to fill two albums, so Captain Shannon were concieved as a double LP. For the sessions, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox of Pentangle joined the duo.
Decca baulked at the cost of issuing the albums together, however, so they were separated, with Captain Shannon appering first, in november 1970. Though it recieved warm reviews, when it didn't sell, the label barely bothered to release Amaryllis at all.
This album included the 22 minutes long epic title track on the entire a-side of the LP.
When it finally was rereased in july 1971, the press was again enthusiastic, but Amaryllis was damned by lacklustre publicity and poor distribution, and when it didn't sell, Decca droped the duo.
Amaryllis is now one of the mot sought after psych albums and essential for all fans of psychedelic singer-songwriting.


TrackList:

01. Amaryllis
Part 1 Out of the Darkness and Into the Night
Part 2 Zoroaster's Prophecy
Part 3 Light

02. Time's The Thief
03. My Stair-Cupboard at 3 a.m.
04. Brother John
05. Circle Of Night

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