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"The Olde World" / Michael Head & The Strands(CD, Album, Promo)
"The Olde World" / Michael Head & The Strands(CD, Album, Promo) canceling the official release (CD and Vinyl LP, 29.June .2015) from Megaphone Music – cdmega23 promo Promo cd released in a cardboard sleeve. The official release has been cancelled. Promotional CDs exist. I made a Vinyl LP for personal enjoyment only . --- 1.It's Harvest Time (Band Version) 4:13 2.Fin, Sophie, Bobby And Lance 5:13 3.Poor Jill 4:22 4.Something Like You (Quartet) 2:57 5.Glynys And Jaqui (Acoustic) 4:05 6.Hocken's Hey (Alternative Instrumental) 2:45 7.And Luna (Acoustic) 4:44 8.Lizzie Mullally 2:42 9.Wrapped Up In Honour 3:28 10.The Olde World 3:38 --- Producer – Mark Coyle Written-By – Michael Head Recorded from 1993 to 1995 in Liverpool and Sheffield at studios Avid, Oceanic and Fon. Mixed in 2014 and 2015 --- http://megaphonemusic.blogspot.com/?m=1 https://www.withguitars.com/michael-head-and-the-strands-to-release-the-olde-world-june-29-and-reissue-the-magical-world-of-the-strands-july-13/ Michael Head’s 1997 classic album 'The Magical World Of The Strands' is given a sibling 20 years after its completion : 'The Olde World' 'The Olde World' is an exclusive new album of recordings from the same sessions released on 29 June 2015, followed by a reissue of 'The Magical World of the Strands' on 13 July, both on Megaphone, digitally, on CD and vinyl in its original form with a new extensive booklet. https://www.soul-kitchen.fr/53435-michael-head-the-strands-the-magical-world-of-the-strands?fbclid= --- 「It's Harvest Time (band version)」 https://soundcloud.com/megaphone-5/its-harvest-time-band-version/s-rhHW9 --- "The Olde World" Michael Head & The Strands The album "The Olde World" contains rare tracks derived from "The Magical World Of The Strands" released in 1998. Scheduled to be released on June 19, 2015. "The Olde World" includes unreleased sound sources produced during the recording session of "The Magical World Of The Strands" (under the name of Michael Head & The Strands) and new mixes of songs from that time. There are CD and LP versions. (The release was canceled just before the release. Some CD promo was distributed.) ●『The Olde World』 [Tracklist] ☆It’s Harvest Time (band version) The version of this song on 1997’s 'The Magical World of the Strands' was an acoustic rough mix. This full band version feels like lifting a veil, uncovering all the hidden tracks from the original recording. ☆Fin, Sophie, Bobby and Lance Quite typical in style of The Strands sessions, the song has a distinctive jazz feel and after a country-like start veers to improvisation. The song was recorded again, as Shack on the album ‘The Corner of Miles and Gil’ (2006), with a different melodic line and a more folky tone. ☆Poor Jill To a few insiders, the song that was most wanting on the 1997 album. Although it fitted in perfectly, it still lacked a certain something. Starting afresh in 2014 Mark Coyle managed to produce this excellent new mix on the very first day of the mastering session. ☆Something Like You (quartet) A strings-only version of this classic from ‘The Magical World of The Strands’. And a tribute to the beautiful work of Helen Caddick who wrote the arrangement and conducted the quartet. ☆Glynys and Jaqui (acoustic) An acoustic mix that embellishes the vocal work on the song. ☆Hocken’s Hey (alternate instrumental) An earlier take of this song from ‘The Magical World of The Strands’ without vocals but with Les’s flute at the forefront. ☆And Luna (acoustic) A favourite of Mark Coyle’s. An acoustic mix of the original take. This song evokes the aforementioned encounter with West Coast hero Arthur Lee. ☆Lizzie Mullally The only mix here from the 1995 sessions. Sounding exactly like The Strands especially when compared to the later version by Shack – the B-side of ‘Cup of Tea’ (2006), – yet feeling so different to the 1997 album that it couldn’t fit anywhere, whatever running order was tried. ☆Wrapped up in Honour A second thought, sparse, new idea trial, shortly after the recording of 1994’s ‘Fontilan’. ☆The Olde World Another exclusive song from The Strands sessions that testified that Michael Head had not completely chased Shack away from his dreams --- https://amass.jp/57033/?fbclid=IwAR1_ac84Je92r1uSDgKVrJAJwfdRPBDvwNXO_Szm-okv6iZkVwNn39UUvfI
Michael Head & The Strands France CD (album, promo) Megaphonehiro.monstera
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"Magical World of The Strands" / Michael Head & The Strands
The Magical World Of The Strands / Michael Head & The Strands – Released 2.Mar.1998 via LPMEGA 01 (CD MEGA 01) ーーー ●LP MEGA01:LP, Album, 12" Vinyl 33RPM, Gatefold sleeve (France) ●CD MEGA01:CD, Album, Jewel Case (UK / France) ●CD MEGA01:CD, HDCD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Cardboard Sleeve (UK) First edition in cardboard sleeve limited and numbered. Some copies have no 'limited edition' and printed number on rear. 1" diameter round black sticker on the front of the sleeve reads "Singer Songwriter of Shack & The Pale Fountains" in orange and white text. Spine credits main artist as "Michael Head". Front cover as "Michael Head Introducing The Strands". ●LPMEGA24: Reissue(31.Jul.2015), LP, Album,Gatefold(UK) Repressed on 180 gram heavy weight vinyl, including a 20 page booklet. Gatefold sleeve. Recorded from 1993 to 1995 in Liverpool and Sheffield at studios Avid, ●CDMEGA24:Reissue(31.Jul.2015),CD, Album, Super Jewel Box Bonus Track #12 & 13 originally released on the Somethin' Like You single ーーー 1(A1).Queen Matilda 3:58 2(A2).Something Like You 3:46 3(A3).And Luna 5:01 4(A4).X Hits The Spot 3:54 5(A5).The Prize 4:41 6(A6).Undecided (Reprise) 4:10 7(B1).Glynys And Jaqui 4:48 8(B2).It's Harvest Time 4:19 9(B3).Loaded Man 7:32 Written by John Head 10(B4).Hocken's Hey 3:23 11(B5).Fontilan 5:37 <Bonus track: CDMEGA24:Reissue> 12.Green Velvet Jacket 13.Queen Mathilda (Demo) ーーー Written by Michael Head (1 to 8, 10, 11) John Head (9) Produced by Michael Head (1 to 8, 10, 11) John Head (9) Co-producer – Mark Coyle Engineer – Ian Eastwood, Steve Powell Executive-Producer – Stephane Bismuth Vocals, Guitar – Michael Head Guitar, Bass, Vocals – John Head Bass – Michelle Brown Cello – Robert Spriggs Drums, Percussion – Iain Templeton Flute – Leslie Roberts Viola – Oliver Kraus Violin – Becca Ware, Lucy Wilkins Orchestrated By – Helen Caddick Sleeve – Sparta Wink Photography (Inside Cover Photgraphy) by Renaud Monfourny ーーー ℗&© 1997 Megaphone Music Ltd. http://megaphonemusic.blogspot.com/?m=1 --- MICHAL HEAD The Strands evolved one beautiful summer of 1993. I was label-less at the time, I wouldn't quite say penniless but there was no more lobster. Shack, the mothership in a way, had disbanded and we went our separate ways, which was still only about ten minutes from each other on foot. I was living at my girlfriend Sarah's then and me Ma, who was ill, lived just down the street on Kenny. So most of the day, l'd go between the two. We'd all congregate at me Ma's. Me, John, my sister Joanne and a host of other acquaintances coming and going. There were always two or three guitars knockin' round the house so a lot of the time, me and John would end up in one of the rooms playing each other our new ideas for songs, such as Queen Matilda and Something Like You. At the time Liverpool was like a big mop top of creativity and the idea that we were just Strands plucked from it. We were to record in Steve Powell's studio, at the corner of Mount Pleasant and Clarence Street. It wasn't like any other studio I had worked in. You got the feel of the place immediately. It had a great atmosphere primarily because it had lots of windows. It was like being in someone's flat. The album's title could not have been called anything else. Magical. The best way I can describe the whole period is like what John portrays on one of his later songs. You're sitting on the platform of a railway station in the middle of nowhere. The next train's gonna be hours. It's a blistering hot summer's day and as you look down at the train track you see these vapours shimmering on the tracks. Colours. Movement. And it grabs hold of you and you can't take your eyes out of it. Like when you were a kid sitting on the kerb, putting your fingers on the tar bubbles. A parked car pulls away and the residue of oil makes little oceans of wonder. And for that moment you don't have a care in the world. Or even if you do, for that moment you're somewhere else. That's what making Magical was like. Mick --- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kaxDqOTGJ8B7yGjqb2SubAZLHG7QlBjJI
Michael Head & The Strands France 12" Vinyl / CD (LP) Megaphonehiro.monstera