Kevin Ayers - The Confession Of Dr Dream & Other Stories - BGO Vinyl - BGOLP86

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This is my BGO file copy, which although has sat on shelf for 20 years, as far as I can remember has not been played - sleeve condition is as new, although might have occasional marks just from being on shelf for this length of time. Kevin Ayers is one of rock's oddest and more likable enigmas, even if often he's seemed not to operate at his highest potential. Perhaps that's because he's never seemed to have taken his music too seriously -- one of his essential charms and most aggravating limitations. Since the late '60s, he's released many albums with a distinctly British sensibility, making ordinary lyrical subjects seem extraordinary with his rich low vocals, inventive wordplay, and bemused, relaxed attitude. Apt to flavor his songs with female backup choruses and exotic island rhythms, the singer/songwriter inspires the image of a sort of progressive rock beach bum, writing about life's absurdities with a celebratory, relaxed detachment. Yet he is also one of progressive rock's more important (and more humane) innovators, helping to launch the Soft Machine as their original bassist, and working with noted European progressive musicians like Mike Oldfield, Lol Coxhill, and Steve Hillage. Ayers cultivated a taste for the bohemian lifestyle early, spending much of his childhood in Majorca before he moved with his mother to Canterbury in the early '60s. There he fell in with the town's fermenting underground scene, which included future members of the Soft Machine and Caravan. For a while he sang with the Wilde Flowers, a group that also included future Softs Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper. He left in 1965, met fellow freak Daevid Allen in Majorca, and returned to the U.K. in 1966 to found the first lineup of the Soft Machine with Allen, Wyatt, and Mike Ratledge. Label: BGO Records – BGOLP86 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: UK Released: 1990 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Experimental TracklistHide Credits? A1 Day By Day Acoustic Guitar – Kevin* Backing Vocals – Doris Troy, Joanne Williams, Rosetta Hightower Bass – John Perry* Clavinet – Rupert Hine Drums – Mike Giles* Electric Guitar – Mark Warner, Sam Mitchell Percussion – G'Deevy Ensemble, The 3:50 A2 See You Later Acoustic Guitar – Mark Warner Backing Vocals – Sean Milligan Bass – John Perry* Drums – Mike Giles* Percussion [?] – Ray Cooper 4:40 A3 Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought Of You Backing Vocals – Doris Troy, Joanne Williams, Rosetta Hightower Bass – John Perry* Drums – Mike Giles* Electric Guitar – Mark Warner, Sam Mitchell Electric Guitar [Solo] – Ollie Halsall Percussion – Rupert Hine 3:05 A4 Everybody's Sometime And Some People's All The Time Blues Electric Guitar – Cal Batchelor, Kevin*, Sam Mitchell Electric Guitar [Solo] – Mike Oldfield Piano – Henry Crallan 5:09 A5 It Begins With A Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends With A Curse Acoustic Guitar – Kevin* Backing Vocals – Hulloo Choir, The Bass – John Perry* Drums – Mike Giles* Electric Guitar – Kevin*, Mark Warner Organ – Rupert Hine, Steve Nye Piano – Mike Moran Saxophone – Lol Coxhill Synthesizer [Arp] – Rupert Hine 3:08 A6 Ballbearing Blues Acoustic Guitar [& Foot] – Kevin* Electric Piano – Rupert Hine 0:56 The Confessions Of Dr. Dream B1a Irreversible Neural Damage Acoustic Guitar – Mark Warner Electric Guitar – Kevin* Piano, Organ – Kevin*, Rupert Hine Synthesizer [Arp] – Rupert Hine Vocals – Kevin*, Nico (3) 4:41 B1b Invitation Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Kevin* Bass – John Gustafson Drums – Mike Giles* Electric Piano – Rupert Hine, Steve Nye 1:12 B1c The One Chance Dance Acoustic Guitar – Kevin* Bass – Trevor Jones (9) Drums – Mike Giles* Electric Piano – Steve Nye Organ – Rupert Hine Percussion – Ray Cooper 7:40 B1d Dr. Dream Theme Bass – John Perry* Drums – Mark Giles* Electric Guitar – Mark Warner Organ – Mike Ratledge, Rupert Hine Synthesizer [Arp] – Rupert Hine 5:19 - B2 Two Goes Into Four Acoustic Guitar – Kevin* 1:39 Credits? Arranged By [Brass Arrangement] – Simon Jeffes Design [Cover Designs Conceived And Commissioned By] – Group Five (2) Engineer – John Punter, Steve Nye Engineer [Assistant] – Gerry Leitch, Sean Milligan Illustration [Illustrations] – George Smith (7), James Wedge Producer [For Banana Productions Ltd] – Rupert Hine Notes? Reissue of the 1974 LP. Includes an insert with lyrics on one side and credits to each song on side two. Mike Oldfield Courtesy Virgin Records Mike Ratledge Courtesy C.B.S. Records Barcode and Other Identifiers? Barcode: 5 017261 000866 Other Versions (Showing 5 of 7) View All ? Title, Format Label Cat# Country Year The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories (LP) Island Records ILPS 9263 UK 1974 The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories (LP, Album) Island Records ILPS 9263 Canada 1974 The Confessions Of Dr Dream And Other Stories (CD, Album, RM) Harvest, EMI 268 2952 Europe 2009 The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories (LP, Album) Island Records ILPS 19263 Italy 1974 The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories (LP, Album) Island Records ILPS 9263 US 1974