Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock.progressive
Titolo: Presence & Andwellas Dream

Ho acquistato alla convention di Modena "Presence" dell'omonimo gruppo e
"Love and Poetry" dei Andwellas Dream.
Qualcuno sa dirmi in che anno vennero pubblicati? Le note di copertina sono
pressochè nulle... qualcosa in più? Grazie mille!

 Qualcuno sa dirmi in che anno vennero pubblicati?
Prendo proprio, come dicevo, dalla scheda della borderline:
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http://www.borderlinebooks.com/uk6070s/a4.html#Andwellas_Dream
Personnel:
 GORDON BARTON
                                 drms
                                                    A
                                                      B
                                                        C
 DAVE LEWIS
                                 gtr, piano, organ,
                                 vcls
                                                    A
                                                      B
                                                        C
 NIGEL SMITH
                                 bs, vcls
                                                    A
                                                      B
                                                        C
 DAVE McDOUGALL
                                 keyb'ds
                                                      B
                                                        C
 JACK McCULLOCH
                                 drms
                                                        C
 DAVE STRUTHERS
                                 bs, vcls
                                                        C
 ALBUMS:
 1(A)
            LOVE AND POETRY
                                                  (CBS 63673)
1968 R4
 2(B)
            WORLD'S END
                                                  (Reflection REF 1010)
1970 SC
 3(C)
            PEOPLE'S PEOPLE
                                                  (Reflection REFL 10)
1971 SC
NB: (1) reissued on CD (Fingerprint No #) 1995. (2) and (3) credited to
Andwella.
 45s:
 1 Sunday/Midday Sun
                                              (CBS 4301)
1968
 2
        Missus Man/Felix
                                              (CBS 4469)
1968
 3
        Mister Sunshine/Shades Of Grey
                                              (CBS 4634)
1969
 4
        Every Little Minute/Michael Fitzhenry
                                              (Reflection RS 1)
1970
 5
        Are You Ready / People's People
                                              (Reflection RS 6)
1970
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 can also be found on A Trip In A Painted
World. It's a superb slice of psychedelic rock with some Hendrix-influenced
guitar work. Felix has recently turned up on Perfumed Garden Vol. 3 (CD).
In 1970 they switched to Reflection for whom they recorded two albums, neither
of which matched their first effort and two 45s. The World's End album was also
comprised entirely of Dave Lewis compositions, but most of the tracks were more
mainstream with string orchestrations, brass arrangements and background
vocals. The best tracks are the mid-tempo R&B influenced I Got A Woman with
flute
solo, jazzy piano and guitar; two tracks (Reason For Living and Shadow Of The
Night), which sound similar to Traffic and the slowinstrumental Michael
Fitzhenry which featured some good guitar work and flute. On the down side Back
On The Road was pale imitation of The Band's The Weight. The flip side of their
first 45 was an instrumental credited to Andwella. A Mike Fitzhenry appears on
the credits of the first album as one of the recording engineers.
Lewis was a multi-instrumentalist and an acclaimed songwriter who also recorded
a privately-pressed album in 1970. He also made further solo albums. McCulloch
had previously played with One In A Million, Thunderclap Newman and with
Struthers had been with short-lived group 'McCullochs, Struthers and Patterson'
(the other members being Jimmy McCulloch and Robbie Patterson). After Andwella
he went on to a group called 'White Line', with his brother Jimmy. McDougall
went on to work with Speedy Keen (ex-Thunderclap Newman), while Smith joined
Khan.
You can also find Sunday on Rubble Vol. 17: A Trip In A Painted World (LP) and
Rubble Vol. 10 (CD).
(Vernon Joynson/Mike Warth/CA/Jim McMaster)
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