New Arrivals/Restock

Title: Reaching For The Sun: The Major Minor Anthology 1967-1969
Artist: The David McWilliams Quintet
Label: Grapefruit
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929193123
Genre: Folk
Release Date: 2023-10-20
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT

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.

Tracks:
1.1 God and Country
1.2 Redundancy Blues
1.3 The Silence Is Shattered
1.4 Hiroshima
1.5 Question of Identity
1.6 Time of Trouble
1.7 Echo of My Heart
1.8 In the Early Hours of the Morning
1.9 I'll Be Home
1.10 Leaves That Fall
1.11 Twilight
1.12 Hey Sally Sally
1.13 Reaching for the Sun
1.14 Sheelo Gone So Long
1.15 Midnight Sun
1.16 Pretty Bird
1.17 Days of Pearly Spencer
1.18 Can I Get There By Candlelight
1.19 For Josephine
1.20 How Can I Be Free
1.21 Brown Eyed Gal
1.22 Marlana
1.23 For a Little Girl
1.24 Lady Helen of the Laughing Eyes
1.25 Time Will Not Wait
1.26 What's the Matter with Me
1.27 There's No Lock Upon My Door
1.28 Tomorrow's Like Today
2.1 Three O'Clock Flamingo Street
2.2 Harlem Lady
2.3 Four Seasons
2.4 Turn Homeward Stranger
2.5 Letter to My Love
2.6 City Blues
2.7 Reflections
2.8 Poverty Street
2.9 And I'm Free
2.10 September Winds
2.11 Young Man's Dream
2.12 Born to Ramble
2.13 This Side of Heaven
2.14 Mr. Satisfied
2.15 The Stranger
2.16 Follow Me
2.17 Oh Mama Are You My Friend
2.18 I Love Susie in the Summer
2.19 Who Killed Ezra Brymay
2.20 Fiori Nel Vento (Poverty Street, Italian Language Version)
2.21 Correrai, Correrai (MR. Satisfied
2.22 Italian Language Version)
2.23 Un Sasso Nel Cuore (Intangible, Italian Language Recording)
2.24 Lo Straniero (The Stranger, Italian Language Version)
2.25 Harlem Lady (Mono Version)
2.26 Days of Pearly Spencer (Mono
2.27 Version)