SPIROGYRA - Bells, Boots & Shambles Mega Rare 1973 UK Folk Psych LP £2375
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Here we have `Bells Boots & Shambles` the 1973 LP released by `Spirogyra` in the UK on the Red Polydor Label (2310 246). Although released on a major label it sold poorly and the band went their separate ways soon after which is why a top condition copy sold in 2016 for £2375 making it one of the rarest Folk Lp`s ever released. So an original UK issue in decent condition is well worth looking out for. Often referred to as Psych-Folk because of it`s beautiful ethereal sound, singer Barbara Gaskin re-emerged later with a hit song `It`s My Party`
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Side 1
1.The Furthest Point 0:00
2. Old Boot Wine 8:16
3. Parallel Lines Never Separate 12:34
4. Spiggly 17:38
Side 2
1. An Everyday Consumption Song 18:51
2. The Sergeant Says 23:20
3. In The Western World 27:02
a) In The Western World
b) Jungle Lore
c) Coming Back
d) Western World Reprise
Founded in Bolton although hailing from Canterbury, the original line-up consisted of main writer Martin Cockerham as singer and guitarist, the beautiful Barbara Gaskin on vocals, Steve Borrill on bass and Julian Cusack on violin. Although Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention played drums on all three albums, he was never a member.
When Martin went to the University of Kent at Canterbury in December 1969 he expanded the band to include fellow students Barbara Gaskin (vocals), Steve Borrill (bass guitar), and Julian Cusack (violin). They were soon spotted by student union entertainments officer Max Hole, who offered to manage them and got them a recording contract with B&C Records. Their debut album, St. Radigunds, was named after the street that their student house was on. It established them as a cult act on the underground club circuit, and sold respectably. Its follow-up, 1972's Old Boot Wine, appeared on Peg Records and showcased a harder-edged sound than their predominantly acoustic debut. After the release of Old Boot Wine, the band was pared back to the duo of Cockerham and Gaskin, who were by now romantically involved. Their final album, Bells, Boots and Shambles, appeared on Polydor in April 1973 and sold poorly.
Widely regarded today as one of the classics of British 'acid folk', it featured guest appearances from the band's former members, as well as contributions from Henry Lowther on trumpet. Copies of all three albums are rare and expensive today. All three also appeared on Brain Records in Germany, with gatefold sleeves (unlike their UK counterparts). Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention played drums on all three albums as a guest. 
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The lockdown is good; I'm listening to musick I never would have listened to before; and reading great books that I never had time for before. I will never go back to a rat race again. Woke up. They don't own me.
Major make great affairs from this..They have not expense as tours or promotions ....Pandemic is the age d'or of the Oldies , for the label and streaming platform...I don't mind of this...But I preferred lose my self in a crowd and see the artists...
People need to produce things in order to consume them.And the lock down sucks,it's for slaves
@@bootlegapples Funny, your post is the exact opposite of OP’s. You both view each other as slaves. You’re both right in a way, although I tend to agree more with OP.
Mr. W . Very good observation. It gives insight into the paradox of humans and how we think.
As the pandemic and political strife consume us, we also are growing from it.
If you are advocating for lockdowns, you are soooo owned.
As the music industry is getting mad nowadays we need to wash our ears with such music🌹
This music does not wash your ears, but the ears get gummed up with candy 8) Too sweet, too much Hippie for me, sorry.
I saw them at Watford technical college.they were sensational
Brilliant comment thank you
Today music sucks. Music back then was music for the soul.
World has gone nuts....a gnostic nightmare come true. This nice strange music announces it.
This is that exact magical sound I remembered from my childhood that people think I'm lying about
Yeess
Has same vibe as album simply called THE FOOL...bunch of hippies on cover of old album...long time ???1971 .
Happens. All. The. Time.
Sweet i love it. Wish i heard this music when i was young
people think you lie about sound?!
Ahh, the Canterbury sound :~)
I knew Barbara and Martin back in the day and yes, I still have my signed copies of all three original albums in good condition and no, I would never consider selling them. Some things are more precious than money.....
Old Boot Wine and St Radiguns I am fortunate to own !But Bells has always eluded me 😔But I live in hope !👍
Bravo. From Edgar Allan Poe:
I wake and sigh,
And sleep to dream till day
Of truth that gold can never buy
Of the baubles that it may.
The era of music was hypnotizing like a light mellow buzz. Having been a part of the 60s and70s it was great times and music. Probably never to be repeated
For sure......Peace
It was an innocent time that will likely never be repeated
We were so fortunate, Roger!!!!
Keep on rockin brothers and sisters!
✌❤
How wonderful to see that Spirogyra’s music continues to delight people 50 years after it was first recorded. My older brother went to Canterbury University in 1969 and returned home for the summer holidays with St Radigunds (and Unhalfbricking). I lapped them up and my love of all things folk started there and then.
No idea why the youtube algorithm pointed me to this but I'm glad it did. Thanks for this!
Welcome!
So do I!
I love classic prog rock, and are in constant search for more prog rock stuff that I don't know (yet). Quite logical that the algorithm directed me here - this fine music has some of the same characteristica as good prog, in melody and instrumentation. Thank you Google 👍😍
I was listening Wakeman 1973, may be thats the reason why Mr. RUclips guide me here..
Same! It's magic!
First time I'm hearing Spirogyra. Heavenly. It's as if I'm in a forest watching them dancing and playing their fresh, eloquent songs and music. The world needs more of this today. Barbara Gaskin & Co will continue to be heard many years from now.
I love Barbara Gaskin's vocals, and Martin Cockerham is a great songwriter, not only in this great album, but even more in their 1st masterpiece St Radigunds.
Thank you for the upload of this diamond of an album!
There’s something very warm and comforting about this album. I really enjoy it.
Ahh, this takes me back... I'm so blessed to have grown up in a time were things were so much simpler and made sense!
If only we could go back...
My friend Andy says the exact same thing he wants a time- machine with the controls set for 1967-8
Remember when you had to see someone..to “see” them? Unless you happened to have a photo... a real physical picture...
I’m with you guys in the time machine!
Thought I’d have a quick listen & ended up mesmerised by the entire album. Great stuff!!
love the steady weaving of sound and emotion throughout this album.
reminds me of crass in deeper ways, bowie in a lot of ways, strawberry switchblade's hypnotic permanent dream state, and grass widow's mysterious quirkiness.
I've clicked through so many videos, through so many incredible, weird ambient landscapes... I feel like I'm going on a train trip, seeing a succession of crazy, never-before-seen scenes from history, important, weird musics through the window as I pass.. there's so much to explore. So many places to alight and dwell in the ambiences that are on offer. This stop, in particular is brilliant !
I don't know how to thank you for presenting me this. Profoundly beautiful.
Long live to Psychedelic Rock!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'd call this Psychedlic Folk. It's pretty cool.
I was little and my sister played this for me very special!! ...busy life took it away so good to hear again! And just breathe.....
That's really a treasure. Great music! These woman vocals are beautiful. Discoveries like this are the reason I click unknown videos with music.
Greetings from Russia!
Thanks for listening
THANK YOU SO MUCH ! This is an absolute masterpiece. A travel in time. I'm only 33, but musically I'm a lot older. Such a peaceful and magical sound . Made my month. Will be diffusing it just like I did with Nick Drake , Fairport Convention and others
Any other recommendations? :-)
@@sophiezett7560 Do try Tim Buckley, Linda Perhacs (Parallelograms), Bonnie Dobson, Shelagh McDonald (Dowie Dens of Yarrow version 2), Pentangle (Basket of Light), Steeleye Span (Hark!), Comus (First Utterance), King Crimson (In the Court), Midwinter (The Oak Tree Grove), Forest (Graveyard-The Full Circle), John Fahey (Dance of Death/Wine and Roses) and the soundtrack to the marvellous "The Wicker Man" (1973) of course. Cheers !
I believe the drummer of fairport played on this
@@sophiezett7560
“It’s A Beautiful Day” 1969
My dad had the spirogyra but I never gave them a chance, I’m just glad I got a chance with this beautiful artwork!
Even now Barbara Gaskin still melts my heart.
Hypnotic unconventional without being pretentious, fantastic, a real gem!
Couldn't agree more!
So happy for the age of sharing rare gems. Had it not been so rare, this could have been gracing so many playlists and influencing so many musicians for decades. But it's here now and bless you for sharing.
This reminded me of one of my favorite albums my grandmother let me buy out of the 99cent bin at RadioShack back in the mid 70's.
Skin Alley's album "two quid deal"
Holy crap....I have Two Quid Deal!!
I met Martin Cockerham and Barbara Gaskin at a friends house in Bolton sometime in the early '70's. A lovely couple and without the usual rock music pretensions. I had forgotten they formed as a band in Canterbury. That city has nurtured some fine bands: Caravan, Soft Machine etc.
Thanks for sharing!
And Barbara Gaskin went on to this with Dave Stewart of EGG..... ruclips.net/video/fUlcfF5Dnvc/видео.html&feature=share
Why did I think Caravan's Geoff Richardson played with them briefly?
I first knew of Barbara Gaskin from Hatfield & the North when I bought their debut in 1994 as a recommendation (I was 22 at the time). Never regretted it. Years later I found out about Spirogyra and found out this was where Barbara Gaskin came from. And I was already aware of the similarly named American band Spyro Gyra before I became aware of Spirogyra.
Discovered Vashti Bunyan few weeks ago, and for the first time in a long time I stopped everything just to listen to music, now this kind of masterpiece is just randomly showing on my recommendations, algorithm rocks!
One of the very best and most incredible english folk-folk rock-albums ever. I got it from a Viennese record shop in 1974 in my home country, it is since 46 years one of my all-time-albums. And this means anything, I got the discography of Fairport, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Pentangle, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Nick Drake, Steeleye Span, Incredible String Band, Robin Williamson, Mike Heron and many more (and the two first weaker albums of them) ...
Have you heard the Spring and Fuchsia lps? Both excellent
Thanks for the reminiscence, redolent alike of nostalgia and affection. I would only suggest that the first two albums are not weaker, but that the third is stronger!
Está música debió tener mas difución en su tiempo, era como el aire fresco necesario de la época, me alegra poder oirla hoy. Gracias a sus creadores y a quienes tuvieron el buen acierto de registrar las grabaciónes.
👏👏👏me fascina.
I feel enriched, edified and blessed when listening to this. Incredibly beautiful when listen to via a DAC or even better on Vinyl.
beatiful Band.angelical voice Bárbara Gaskin 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Sometimes I'm sad albums have to end. This, to me, is what the U.S. Kaleidoscope and Comus were trying to achieve (and sometimes did). So amazing.
Great to listen to this for free on RUclips. It just saved me £2,375! 😉
Exactly! 😄😁
This is a beautiful album! No hits but lovely songs. This is the kind of music we need again. Real playing of instruments and singing. It sounds so good! Now I’ve got to get a copy on CD 💿. Thanks for sharing this Gem!
Thanks for listening
..These were superb musicians!! ...geniuses ahead of their time!!
I was born in 1973. I’ve heard of this band but don’t remember listening to them. This is wonderful. Thanks RUclips algorithm.👍
'73 was more than likely the bubble gum jazz group?
It has been 40+ years since I last heard this band. WOW!
Interesting, i like this stuff! It is amazing how productive 70-s were.
Many thanks for reminding of the creative Summer of Love generation. This channel a gem
Our pleasure!
Blimey , the missing link between Fairport Convention Gong and the Hatfields! Lovely
Never heard of them before but i am really enjoying this morning (:
What a fine band they were . Three classic albums of evocative and creative folk influenced songs .{ now defined as Acid Folk ] . For trivia fans singer Barbara Gaskin was featured in the girl group , " The Northettes" who did backing vocals on " Hatfield and the Norths " debut album and also on" Egg "s l.p. " The Civil Surface" .
Thanks
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Recommended to me by YT ~thanks RarestRecords i am huge old spirogyra, strawbs, genesis, king crimson, ELP, Pink Floyd type rock genre fan. many years gone by now
Thanks Foggy
Thanks for this magic upload . I was at uni at Canterbury and shares the stage with him many times . A talanted musician and composer and a good friend . I am so sorry to hear he has passed away .
Spirogyra...Que som maravilhoso!!! Ouvi pela primeira vez a uns 30 anos atrás e voltando a ouvir agora em plena Amazônia Brasileira...obrigado por postarem.
One of my favorite Progressive Rock bands at the 70's.
Good composition.
Her voice is lovely.
Never heard of them. Blown away. Instant fan. This stuff has really held up! o_O
I am still listening mesmerized.
Znakomite.Pozdrawiam z Polski 🇵🇱🇪🇺
This is such a gift. Thank you so much for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
Not to be confused with the late 70s/80s jazz fusion group
Aha , was that the same group?
Different spelling.
Wasn't here Stewart Copland?
@@mikaelsjoberg1894 No, different band and it was spelled in two words with another y for the i.
@@pablosantander5739 Copeland wasn't a member of Spirogyra, or the American band Spyro Gyra. You may be confusing the British band Spirogyra with Curved Air, for which Copeland was drummer on their albums Midnight Wire and Airborne.
Whoa, I thought this was going to be funky groovy 73 music, and I just found a pleasant surprise!
Super! Super! Super! Thanks for bringing us great lost music! This is great record!🙂
Soundcrafting deliciousness. What a superb album. As freshly triumphant today.....Thankyou!!!
Nice to discover a new band. I like music from 1967 to 1973. These albums can be heard on Spotify.
This album doesn’t appear on my Spotify.
Under which category or search tag ?
Merci Monsieur ...... je retrouve mes 14 ans . Mémories TANK YOU !
I loved Spirogyra. I had forgotten about it after all these years. Nice to hear it again.
Still sounds current. Never heard of them in the early 70's. Relaxing sound. Thank you. God bless you. ♥️🎸🎤
Glad you enjoyed it
When I got the notice of the video I did not want to open it because I thought it was a rare recording of the group Spirogyra from Bufalo NY that played jazz and that was not very to my liking, but when I see the cover it caught my attention, and as in the time of the vinyls a good cover almost always ensured a good musical work, when I read UK I opened the video discovering this great work, thanks for uploading it
Holy random album Batman ...blooddy ripperr!!
Thats what i say, batman, except usually holy heatwave batman
There's no way words can do justice to what you've graced us with by way of background information and photo montage. Worthy of an entire life work. Barbara Gaskin had one of the most pure, noble, inspiring voices in my lifetime. I would add Judy Dyble to that category.
You unearth fantastic relics!
This was my favorite group that I had forgotten about.
I am back in the 70’s. Love it x
This record often was the first choice for me to play since about 20 years. I have it on CD, but I often looked for the record on vinyl.
It was reissued by Klimt records a few years ago. I've seen it on E-bay and Amazon for not too much money. Original pressings are quite a different story!
I remember the name of this group being mentioned to me by my second cousin in the middle of the seventies when we were just barely in our teens.I nerver heard them then. I got the feeling they were more jazzrock as he liked that kind of music as well as all the other things going around.So now i've finally heard them. This is really some kind of strange beautiful pop.Very good. Thanks for uploading.
He was talking about Spyro Gyra
RIP Martin. You are my HERO!!!
First time listen in gym to Spira Gyra. I suppose this was the moment. Love it. Soothing and Earthy. Who I AM
after all this years..beautiful fresh air and music. thanks for uploading.
Thanks for listening
Me coming at the end this period, but I apreciat clear and calm melodies and singing f this band. They were looking nice so. thanks.
Thanks very much for unearthing this and putting it on You Tube.... I wish I’d bought this LP at the time, it’s the first time I’ve heard it since it came out.. So good to sit back and drift away to its charms....
You're very welcome!
There should be a genre - “goosebump music,” based on this.
Most of the 70's prog folk bands are "goosebump music", really good stuff
For example?
@@sophiezett7560 Eg. Jimmie Spheeris.
Прекрасное звучание прекрасной музыки. Как бальзам на душу. Эта группа - открытие для меня. Благодарю, что дарите нам такие сокровища.
Thank you from India. You're a real blessing to us old folks.
Our pleasure!
Posting is 👽 2me.. but reading it and still alive never thinking to be beyond 30 pondered you in India me in North Am. others 🌎 wide and deep..in SPACE. What were so-called world "leaders" listening to... nothing GROOVY apparently
@@charlesprostak386 Thank ye very much. I am with you. Life is good whatever goes on and whenever for those who listen to what's groovy.
Beautiful, mesmerizing, timeless and magical music... Thank you, Spirogyra
goosebumps... thanks folks for playing and sharing.... wonderful!
Woow!! Beautiful...
This is a really nice find. Thank you. -- For those who say they aren't making good music anymore and it was better then, I respectfully disagree; there IS a quantity of good music being made now and there was a lot of bad music "back then" too, not a small amount pushed by "those dreaded record companies" for whatever deal was made. But yes, it was easier to find the good stuff then; please thank us radio people on FM who were passionate about music and made ridiculously low wages so that we could play it for you on the air. The difference is that distribution is much more diffuse now, and there's no "central clearing house" like radio to bring it to the fore. We have to dig for it, but the wells are deep. A suggestion: if you find something you like that's modern on RUclips, check out RUclips's recommendations in the column on the right. I've found a lot of good stuff that way.
I agree with you there is great music now it's like a treasure hunt though.when I was a teen-ager inth 8,0s I read nme and melody maker religiously and listened every week night to John peel.now I join yt and bandcamp .I've discovered awesome music that way.
@@rassephardi6767 John Peel was one of my heroes. He did so much for music! I miss him.
Agreed but collective concious equals what's on the radio, need those who dont dig into the crates to hear it once in a while too
Yes, I often find myself giving the exact same rant to people. Your not alone in these thoughts.
I hear this music and am 16 again oh!! For a time machine 😃😋
This sounds like Renaissance meets Steeleye Span. I like it... a lot.
Exactly.
Yes!
Such a pleasant blast from the past . One love 💘
Estou ouvindo pela primeira vez, muito bom.
Reminds me of Renaissance if you're looking for more of this type.
Great album ! one of my fav legendary UK prog folk albums ever! I guess their albums are still really famous among Korean ppl cos their CD was reissued in Korea before. Side A 1,3,4...a lot of their songs were my favorites and your posting reminds me of those time when i enjoyed them.
Yes, quite progressive.
Siwan is a great Korean re-release label - all good in that catalogue...
I actually have heard of them before and I have this album. I'm old. :D
From the era of Fairport Convention and Nick Drake, it's too bad this album didn't take off during its time. It's a bit strange and wonderful at the same time. Gaskin has a lovely voice.
It happened a lot back then.I think many record companies were run by what my friend Andy calls ' suits'- who had no idea about the new sounds or how to promote them . For instance Decca were run by classical- heads that's why Deram was started as an offshoot to release the more 'way- out' music nick Drake likewise sold very little at the time but his lps fetch a lot now.Also I'm told that the big bands like the stones , were keen that they didn't have too much competition and could make sure these releases were kept quiet.
@@rassephardi6767 they probably didn't take off because their name is awful and nobody would know how to pronounce it. the music speaks for itself, it's brilliant
This is wonderful! Thank you so much!
Glad you like it!
Wow thanks for uploading these! So grateful
My pleasure!
I have just subscribed. Thank you VERY much for posting this! I loved Pentangle and Fairport Convention back in the day, and I'm sorry I never got to know this band before now. (Never too late, eh?)
Welcome!
I also subscribed
@@robertmacmoneagle6917
I’m not Rarest Records but I’ll go ahead and welcome you too, Bob.
Merry Christmas, brother. From Jim, in Columbia, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Ahhh, A place to rest my ears and listen to music that doesn't stink. This and Glass Harp, just a nice evening of music.
Cze!!!!!!!!!!!świetna MUZYKA,LUBIE,TAKIE GRANIE/WSZYSTKO TUTAJ JEST JAK TRZEBA i JAK LUBIE 😀😀😀😀
Not since the days (and nights) of underground FM radio here in the states have I heard SPIROGYRA. Good going on posting this gem up
THANK Y O U
That was back when DJs were in more control of their playlists. It's a shame how radio has gone down hill. The internet has been such a blessing to access all these different types of music.
many days lighting up in front of the FM dial
I heard it on "underground" AM radio, late night only from a high-power station in Little Rock Arkansas. I can't remember the call letters or the name of the late-night show, but nowadays there are a few (very few) stations that broadcast/stream good music that doesn't "sell" in terms of a mass market.
PS - I liked the American jazz-ish band with a similar name too, but I was older by the time they appeared, and didn't have a transistor AM radio....
@@jameskislanko8364 KAAY, Little Rock Arkansas, "Bleeker Street" ??? 50,000 Watt. Then sold, and became a ' Christian' radio station. KAAY could be 'heard' all the way to Winnipeg Manitoba, and Havana Cuba, Nostalgia. Greetz from North East MN.
Thanks for sharing this treasure. Very relaxing and musically nostalgic. Like listening through a magical time machine.
Our pleasure!
Curved Air come to mind. Shades of Phantasmagoria about this.. splendid stuff.
1973 and 1974 were great years for music.
bedankt voor het delen van deze prachtige heerlijke muziek
Beautiful record! From the time when beauty still existed !
Already wiggin' out a few seconds in because I know this is gonna be F A N T A S T I C
The Lonely Rocker digs this kinda music! very enjoyable!
let us expand our musical horizons. It starts here.
Martin stayed with us in the wild hills of west Cork , he gave me his guitar & went to India for a few years.He went off to live in the wild by himself for a while, I went for a visit & we shared some baby carrot soup . When he returned he borrowed it back & that was the last we saw him
Thanks for sharing that anecdote. Sadly, Martin is no longer with us.