Friends - Fragile [CD]

Cat. no: ACLN1007CD
Format: CD
Barcode: 778578100728
Release Date: 17 Jan 2025
Genre: Folk

A pastoral psychedelic folk stroll in the sunshine, with a few tracks reminiscent of 1960's soft psych!! This is the rarest, and I would dare to say best, folk/psych album from Peter Howell and John Ferdinando, musical brainchildren behind Ithaca, Agincourt, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Tomorrow Come Someday

Howell/Ferdinando had just completed this album around 1974 when the partnership came to an end. Howell had been working at the BBC as a studio manager since 1970 (he'd provided a stiff upper lip voiceover for John Peels Top Gear shows), but was now offered a position with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, which he accepted, and still holds. "Friends" still has the recognizable Ithaca and/ or Agincourt sound, with lead vocals mainly by Peter Howell mostly, but with all the same elements and participants, and four tracks featuring the lovely vocals of Ruth Cubbin.

An album so incredibly rare (only a single acetate exists), that many have doubted the album's existence... until now!

Tracks: You Need Friends / A Tale Of Your Life / Summer Sunday Blues / One Sweet Day / Memories / Lonely Road / In The Morning / Come Inside / Take A Walk / River Song / Once In A Winter Town / Time To Run