Released in September '08 by EMI this 4cd box set is an excellent foray into the world of Kevin Ayers with tracks culled from his classic albums recorded for Harvest EMI and Island Records. The 4th CD features a previously unreleased concert recording from 1973 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
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Songs
for Insane Times: Anthology 1969-1980
This is only available on import in the USA and Canada. If your local indie store does not have it in stock you can get it from Amazon.com
Numbered limited edition 7" vinyl Baby Come Home b/w Walk on Water The numbered limited edition 7” (1000 copies) is pressed on quality vinyl with a hard card art cover.
the sound quality of the vinyl is amazing
Fine quality posters of Tim Shepard's Unfairground gatefold image (27.5 x 55cm on A2 paper)
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it is ideal if copies of The Un fairground were bought from high street shops -- but.....if you can't find a copy there is always amazon......
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Kevin Ayers listened to this recently discovered collection of his private demo recordings and out-takes, and found them to be a refreshing reminder of a musical innocence, unique to the nineteen seventies. Of special note is the fourteen minute private demonstration for the Doctor Dream suite, a stunning 'audio letter' synopsis with acoustic performances and wry commentary. These beautifully recorded reel-to-reel tapes are an indispensable portrait of an artist as a young man.
This summer 1970 Hyde Park Free Concert recording brings to life a deliriously heavy, heady rock experience in overdrive! How else to handle Kevin's Soft Machine classics Did It Again and Why Are We Sleeping.
"That was a happy band!"
Robert Wyatt 2007
