{"product_id":"friends-fragile-cd","title":"Friends - Fragile [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: ACLN1007CD\u003cbr\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 778578100728\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 17 Jan 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowell\/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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn album so incredibly rare (only a single acetate exists), that many have doubted the album's existence... until now!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks: 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LION PRODUCTIONS (CODE 7)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44654090977436,"sku":"ACLN1007CD","price":12.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/8_7df0cd5b-d4cb-4e5e-b78a-5014beb04f9c.webp?v=1734377246","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/friends-fragile-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}