Release 10/10. This double CD set marks the long-overdue first reissue of Gary Farr's classic '69 solo debut, one of the best and rarest singer-songwriter albums to emerge from the UK underground. Having torn up innumerable R&B clubs with the T-Bones, by the late 1960s Farr had gone in a more pastoral, progressive direction. A superb set of reflective acid-tinged ballads, the album finds his soulful voice ably backed by his 12-string guitar and supporting musicians including members of Mighty Baby and the Blossom Toes, as well as Meic Stevens. It's presented here together with a plethora of non-LP 45s and previously-unheard demos, as well as a booklet featuring rare photographs, historical liner notes and personal memoirs from Meic Stevens and Farr's long-term partner, Carinthia West.
01 Don't know why you bother child 02 The vicar and the pope 03 Green 04 Two separate paths together 05 Take something with you 06 Dustbin 07 Time machine 08 Why not? 09 Curtain of sleep 10 Goodbye 11 Everyday (non-lp 45 bonus track) 12 Green (45 version bonus track)
13 Hey daddy (non-lp 45 bonus track)
Disc 2
01 A little piece of her (1967 demo) 02 Victorian dreams (1967 demo) 03 Two people (1967 demo) 04 Concerto for men in the country (1967 demo) 05 Images of passing clouds (1967 demo) 06 I see you (1967 demo) 07 Pondering too long (1967 demo) 08 Hey daddy (1968 demo) 09 Don't know why you bother child (1968 demo) 10 Green (1968 demo) 11 Two separate paths together (1968 demo) 12 Time machine (1968 demo) 13 Why not? (1968 demo) 14 Goodbye (1968 demo) 15 In the mud (1970 demo)