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Artist: | David McWilliams |
Title: | David Mcwilliams Reaching For The Sun: The Major Minor Anthology 1967-1969 2CD |
Released: | 20/10/2023 |
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Format: | 2CD |
Country | EU/US |
Barcode: | 5013929193123 |
Catalogue number: | QCRSEG2131D |
Store location: | pre-order |
SKU: | WLF15906 |
Condition: | BRAND NEW & SEALED |
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Two CD set. First complete anthology of late 60s recordings by highly-regarded Irish singer/ songwriter. Includes his best-known song, the huge European hit 'Days Of Pearly Spencer', as well as more than a dozen tracks making their CD debut. At the height of the protest singer boom that spawned the likes of Dylan and Donovan, Irish-born music industry heavyweight Phil Solomon received a demo tape from a young Ballymena-based singer/songwriter by the name of David McWilliams. Sensing the possibilities, the entrepreneur added McWilliams to his Irish-based roster of acts (The Bachelors, The Dubliners, Van Morrison's Them, etc) and placed the youngster on his fledgling record label Major Minor. Launched in a blaze of publicity in mid-1967, McWilliams coupled voguish songs about social deprivation with lighter, more romantic material, with producer and occasional Beatles/ Rolling Stones associate Mike Leander providing the striking string arrangements. Success was immediate: three charting albums were released in the space of eight months, with 'Days Of Pearly Spencer' - a swirling, cinematic slice of psychedelic pop/folk - becoming a huge hit single across Europe. However, that punishing schedule and a puzzling lack of financial reward saw a disillusioned McWilliams turn his back on the music industry in 1969, although he would return after a three-year sabbatical to resume his career elsewhere.
1 | God and Country |
2 | Redundancy Blues |
3 | The Silence Is Shattered |
4 | Hiroshima |
5 | Question of Identity |
6 | Time of Trouble |
7 | Echo of My Heart |
8 | In the Early Hours of the Morning |
9 | I'll Be Home |
10 | Leaves That Fall |
11 | Twilight |
12 | Hey Sally Sally |
13 | Reaching for the Sun |
14 | Sheelo Gone So Long |
15 | Midnight Sun |
16 | Pretty Bird |
17 | Days of Pearly Spencer |
18 | Can I Get There By Candlelight |
19 | For Josephine |
20 | How Can I Be Free |
21 | Brown Eyed Gal |
22 | Marlana |
23 | For a Little Girl |
24 | Lady Helen of the Laughing Eyes |
25 | Time Will Not Wait |
26 | What's the Matter with Me |
27 | There's No Lock Upon My Door |
28 | Tomorrow's Like Today |
1 | Three O'Clock Flamingo Street |
2 | Harlem Lady |
3 | Four Seasons |
4 | Turn Homeward Stranger |
5 | Letter to My Love |
6 | City Blues |
7 | Reflections |
8 | Poverty Street |
9 | And I'm Free |
10 | September Winds |
11 | Young Man's Dream |
12 | Born to Ramble |
13 | This Side of Heaven |
14 | Mr. Satisfied |
15 | The Stranger |
16 | Follow Me |
17 | Oh Mama Are You My Friend |
18 | I Love Susie in the Summer |
19 | Who Killed Ezra Brymay |
20 | Fiori Nel Vento (Poverty Street, Italian Language Version) |
21 | Correrai, Correrai (MR. Satisfied |
22 | Italian Language Version) |
23 | Un Sasso Nel Cuore (Intangible, Italian Language Recording) |
24 | Lo Straniero (The Stranger, Italian Language Version) |
25 | Harlem Lady (Mono Version) |
26 | Days of Pearly Spencer (Mono |
27 | Version) |
format | 2CD |
year of release | 2023 |
artist | David McWilliams |
Recently In Stock | No |
Forthcoming | Yes |
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