DAVID BEDFORD "NURSES SONG WITH ELEPHANTS" UK DANDELION '72 (M Oldfield on bass)
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WIKIPEDIA:
Bedford's work with The Whole World led to collaborations with the group's saxophonist Lol Coxhill, with whom he formed the Coxhill-Bedford Duo. The Duo released several singles of old vaudeville and British music hall songs featuring Bedford on piano and lead vocal, and Coxhill on saxophone and second vocal, for John Peel's Dandelion Recordslabel in the early 1970s. One of these singles was released under the pseudonym, Will Dandy and the Dandylettes (covering a medley of Al Jolson songs), with the B-side credited to the Coxhill-Bedford Duo. More tracks by the Duo appear on Coxhill's solo album, Ear of Beholder (1971) on which they play three songs, including an early version of "Don Alfonso" which Bedford would record again later. Still more Coxhill-Bedford Duo songs can be found on Banana Follies, a 1972 BBC concert radio broadcast featuring Kevin Ayers, released on CD in 1998. In that broadcast, Bedford and Coxhill also perform a short radio play titled "Murder in the Air". Coxhill later re-recorded the play without Bedford and released it as a 12-inch single, stating in the liner notes that he would have preferred to record it with Bedford, who was unavailable.
The first album to consist entirely of David Bedford compositions was Nurses Song with Elephants, recorded at the Marquee Studios, and released in 1972 on John Peel's Dandelion label. On this album, Bedford mixed classical ensemble with poems and voices. Some Bright Stars for Queen's College uses twenty-seven plastic pipe twirlers, John Peel himself being among the pipe twirler players. There are five tracks on the album: It's Easier Than It Looks, Nurses Song With Elephants, Some Bright Stars for Queen's College, Trona (1967), and Sad and Lonely Faces. Bass guitar on the title song is played by Mike Oldfield and the final track features a poem by Kenneth Patchen that is sung by Kevin Ayers.
Bedford collaborated even more extensively with Mike Oldfield, The Whole World's bass guitarist. He orchestrated and conducted Oldfield's The Orchestral Tubular Bells album (1975),[3] an adaptation of Tubular Bells, the record that had given the Virgin record label its first major success in 1973. Bedford also orchestrated Oldfield's follow-up album-length composition, Hergest Ridge (1974) as The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, which was performed live and recorded for radio broadcast from concert performances twice, once in 1974 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Steve Hillage on guitar, and once in 1976 by the Scottish National Orchestra, again with Hillage on guitar, although Andy Summershad played on other performances that year. The latter recording was acquired by Virgin, but not released as an album, although portions of it were used in The Space Movie(1979), which featured Oldfield's music.
DISCOGS:
David Bedford ?? Nurses Song With Elephants
Label: Dandelion Records ?? 2310 165 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UK Released: 1972 Genre: Rock, Classical Style: Art Rock, Contemporary, Prog Rock
Tracklist Hide Credits
A1 It's Easier Than It Looks Performer, Tracking By, Recorder [Descant], Melodica [Alto] ? David Bedford A2 Nurses Song With Elephants Bass Guitar ? Mike OldfieldConductor ? Gilbert BiberianGuitar ? The Omega PlayersWords By ? William Blake B1 Some Bright Stars For Queens College Vocals ? The Queens College Girls Choir B2 Trona Ensemble ? Sebastian Bell Ensemble B3 Sad And Lonely Faces Narrator, Vocals ? Kevin AyersPiano, Tracking By ? David BedfordWords By ? Kenneth PatchenCompanies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) ? Dandelion Records
- Copyright (c) ? Dandelion Records
- Recorded At ? Marquee Studios
- Printed By ? MacNeill Press Ltd.
- Marketed By ? Polydor
Credits
- Composed By, Producer ? David Bedford
- Engineer ? Phil Dunne
Notes
Released in a gatefold cover.Recorded at Marquee Studios 1972
© Dandelion Records 1972
? Dandelion Records 1972
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