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Milk And Honeyland: Esoteric Reissues Nick Mason-Produced "Round One" From Principal Edwards

June 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has just rocketed into the orbit of Pink Floyd with the first time expanded U.K. reissue of Round One from the band Principal Edwards.  The 1974 Deram album from Belinda Bourquin (keyboard/violin/recorder/vocal), Root Cartwright (guitar/mandolin), Richard Jones (bass/vocals), David Jones (bongos/congas/percussion), Nick Pallet (lead vocals/guitar) and Geoff Nicholls (drums/percussion) was produced by Pink Floyd's Nick Mason.

Principal Edwards emerged from the ashes of Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, a 14-person artistic collective encompassing music, mime, theatre, poetry and even a light show.  When the Magic Theatre split (after having released two albums on John Peel's Dandelion label including 1971's Mason-produced The Asmoto Running Band), the streamlined group emerged.  Bourquin, Cartwright and David Jones were all members of the Magic Theatre; Richard Jones, Nick Pallett and Geoff Nicholls were recruited for the new endeavor.  All of the compositions on Round One were contributed by the band members in various permutations.

The group had many influences.  In his new liner notes for Esoteric's reissue, Malcolm Dome quotes Cartwright as admitting, "I'd say I was influenced by just about everything, except pop music!"  That isn't to say that the music on Principal Edwards doesn't have accessible moments, however.  Pallett cites David Bowie and Frank Zappa as well as classical composers Maurice Ravel and Edvard Grieg as influences.  Nick Mason corralled all of the disparate elements as producer, recording at Wembley's De Lane Lea Studios.  The Floyd drummer also was an expert on the use of sound effects, and helped the band utilize a synthesizer for the album.  He additionally aided the band in streamlining expansive stage arrangements for a tight, 8-song album (including the closing, five-part suite "The Rise of the Glass-White Gangster").

Round One, incorporating everything from straight-ahead rock to carnival sounds and classical music, was released in 1974 after two singles hit the market to give a taste of the band.  "Captain Lifeboy" was backed with "Nothing," and then "Weekdaze" was backed with "The Whizzmore Kid."  Though the latter was included on Round One, the other three tracks remained non-LP singles.  All three of those tracks have been appended to this reissue.  Round One remained the only album completed by Principal Edwards, though demos recorded subsequent to the album were released in 2008 by Cherry Red as The Devon Tapes.

This blend of the progressive and the whimsical has been remastered from the original Deram master tapes by Paschal Byrne.  The release contains a 20-page booklet with Dome's notes (featuring new quotes by band members as well as Nick Mason) and copious illustrations.  Principal Edwards' Round One is available at the links below!

Principal Edwards, Round One (Deram SML-1108, 1974- reissued Esoteric ECLEC 2535, 2016) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

  1. Average Chap
  2. Halibut Rock
  3. Milk and Honeyland
  4. The Whizzmore Kid
  5. Juggernaut
  6. Dear Mrs. O'Reilly
  7. Triplets
  8. The Rise of the Glass-White Gangster (Moody as a Shark on Heat/Lady of Danger/Glass-White Gangster/Sirens/Mechanical Madness)
  9. Captain Lifeboy (Deram DM 391-A, 1973)
  10. Nothing (Deram DM 391-B, 1973)
  11. Weekdaze (Deram DM 398-A, 1973)

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd, Principal Edwards

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. Rick says

    June 1, 2016 at 10:50 am

    A terrible album and not a patch on the first two. Nick Mason didn't save them!

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