DAVID McWILLIAMS Lord Offaly - Original UK LP on Dawn Folk Rock Prog Baroque Pop

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DAVID McWILLIAMS

Lord Offaly

Original UK LP released on Dawn Records in 1972.

Like several other Dawn/Pye pressings, the vinyl is shown to be dark red (translucent) in colour when held up to a bright light source.

Textured gatefold sleeve. Lilac labels.

DNLS 3039 A-1▲ G   /   DNLS 3039 B-1▲ G

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From Belfast, Ireland, folk-rock/pop singer/songwriter David McWilliams recorded several albums in the late '60s in a style similar to Donovan. Here, too, was a youthful but slightly ragged-looking troubadour, obviously influenced by Bob Dylan, whose songs were also dressed up with Baroque orchestration. In the early 1970s he signed a contract with Pye Records' newly established “Progressive” label, Dawn Records, and would record three albums for the label. His first, released in 1972, was “Lord Offaly”, arguably the finest of his work for Dawn. The album was dominated by the epic title track, but featured a collection of well-crafted songs.

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Before the days of Pearly Spencer: esteemed Irish minstrel explores medieval lore.

Those who know David McWilliams only by his 1967 classic may be familiar with the singer’s storytelling flair and attention to detail, but they will hardly be ready for the album which takes it all on a time warp to the 16th century Eire. This record’s warm ride through pop-folk eschews eerie enchantment in favour of deeply charming songs, and though “Go On Back To Momma” is rather misleading in its country-rock ramble, and the equally boisterous “I Will Always Be Your Friend” is where sentiment and social satire meet, the stately ballad “She Was A Lady” – laced with acoustic guitars over contemplative piano – evokes a new kind of mystique: rooted in tradition yet modern in spirit.

Of course, “I Would Be Confessed” could be an answer to a certain Dylan cut, but there’s more ancient poetry taking root in a Renaissance melody which leaves four walls for a whistle-accompanied walk of “Spanish Hope” to see through the years, and that’s where “Blind Men’s Stepping Stones” comes alive in a web of mandolins and harmonium to conjure up the Cromwell era. Back to the edge of Dark Ages, the title track delves into history in a sparse, troubadour way to gain dramatic weight and then embrace the silence again, before “The Prisoner” pours sweet poison into a sad tale of a poor man, and the fiddle-fanned dance of “The Gipsy” offers a satisfying finale to what essentially is a morality play set in a real world.

McWilliams would continue down that path with “The Beggar And The Priest” the following year, yet “Lord Offaly” remains the Irishman’s finest hour – unjustly overshadowed by the “Pearly” glory.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Go On Back To Momma (from the film "Gold")
She Was A Lady
I Will Always Be Your Friend
Heart Of The Roll
I Would Be Confessed

Side Two

Spanish Hope (Instrumental)
Blind Men's Stepping Stones
Lord Offaly
The Prisoner
The Gypsy

Released on 'Dawn Records' in 1972

Catalogue No. DNLS 3039

Disc is in EX condition (some light surface marks)

Sleeve is in EX condition

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