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01. The Snowdon Song
02. Eclipse Of The Moon
03. Meg III
04. Snugglyug
05. Apocalypso
06. Sargasso Sea
07. Swordsman Of Samoa
08. There Are No Greater Heroes
09. Waltz For A Spaniel
10. Hole In My Heart
11. Morrison Heathcliff
12. Don't Sing This Song
13. Homecoming
14. All On The First Day
15. Swirling Sphere
16. Children Of Plenty
17. Forever And Ever
18. Tons Tons Macoutes
'Somewhere between the whimsy of The Incredible String Band and the stark beauty of Vashti Bunyan lie Tony, Caro and John. But it is better when Tony tells it. 'Fans of Fairport Convention, Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Espers, Vashti Bunyan... enjoy. All On The First Day by Tony, Caro and John was first issued in 1972, the result of a one year burst of creativity triggered by a lucky encounter between us -- three hippy folkie musicians and our first decent tape recorder... A lot has been written about the sixties and seventies as a social phenomenon, as a time of upheaval of values. However, at the time we had no idea that we were in some kind of historical transition. We were just being there. For all we knew, the eighties and nineties were going to be equally radical, or maybe there was not going to be any eighties and nineties at all. Vietnam was still raging, the Cold War was at its height, and nuclear destruction was just around the corner. But man, did we have a lot of fun. The only rule was anything goes, everything is equally valid. The songs were recorded by John on a Ferrograph tape recorder with track-to-track facility -- quite low tech even for the time, but the best we could do with almost no budget. The machine allowed us to overdub in mono but only by rerecording the backing track each time. That meant you had to play the part right and mix the backing track in at the right level all in one go -- tricky even on a good day. Luckily we didn't know the rules or we probably never would have started... After a while we figured enough people had told us they liked the tracks, and that we had enough outlets through friends, clubs etc., to put it out on a record, so we saved up our cash, chose our favorite tracks at the time and had them mastered at Eden Studios in South London. We pressed 100 copies, we sold them quite quickly, then moved on...' ~ Tony Dorè
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recently noticed this holy grail o' shimmering acid folklore has been re-ished on wax, so being the responsible sweetheart that i am [or total scum, depending on who you axe], it seemed an ideal occasion to drop the 'original' shadoks re-ish from moons ago & elevate awareness a twinge :) listen up me hearties cuz there are no greater heroes, than deez. 320k for the bit-racists, beautiful booklet incruded
