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RECORD COLLECTOR THE WAY WE
LIVEA Candle For
JudithOriginal UK LP
released on Dandelion Records in 1971.
Gatefold sleeve.DAN-8004-A1
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OTHER RARE PROG PSYCH AUCTIONS THIS WEEK The first time Dandelion label head John Peel heard the
Way We Live, courtesy of a demo tape they mailed him, he thought someone
was playing a trick on him -- some accomplished superstar band, perhaps.
Only when he actually met the duo did he discover that they really were as
good as their demo insisted, and A Candle for Judith -- itself comprising
exactly the same songs as that original tape -- allows the listener to
share in Peel s amazement.Eight tracks find the band drifting across the musical
spectrum, sometimes heavy the opening King Dick II sounds
almost Sabbath-like , sometimes folky, but never less than fascinating.
Comparisons to Pink Floyd, one of the few bands to exercise similar
disparate energies over the course of one album, are misleading, however.
Although the closing The Way Ahead could be allied with
certain passages in Echoes, there is no space rock, or
distorted blues in sight here, just a series of ambitiously complex and
supremely melodic numbers that marked the Way We Live as one of the most
remarkable bands of the early- 70s era.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------A progressive band with intricate songwriting and
musical textures ranging from heavy rock to psychedelia, Tractor
originated in the mid- 60s when guitarist/vocalist Jim Milne and drummer
Steve Clayton of Tractor came together in a Rochdale beat group called the
Way We Live.
By 1970, the quartet -- which also featured bassist Mick
Slim Batsch and founding member, lead vocalist Alan Burgess --
were down to just Milne and Clayton.
They continued to make recordings in
the bedroom studio of their friend, sound engineer John Brierley, and soon
had transformed themselves into a heavy psych rock group, with Milne
playing all of the guitars, bass, and lead vocals, while Clayton provided
drums and bass.On the strength of their demo tape, Elektra AR man
Clive Selwood signed them to Dandelion, a label he and BBC Radio One DJ
John Peel had started.
The group was booked into London s Spot Studios and
finished its first album sessions in two days time.
In January 1971,
Dandelion released the Way We Live s debut, A Candle for Judith, named
after Clayton s girlfriend.
The album earned critical praise if little in
the way of sales.
Peel and Selwood soon convinced the duo to change their
name, and it was Peel who, looking out of his kitchen window, spied a
tractor on his farmhouse property and recommended it to them.
Tractor s
first release was an EP for Dandelion.
They also backed up a Dandelion act
called Beau on the album Creation.
The duo s first full-length follow-up,
Tractor, was released in 1972.Tracks Are :-Side OneKing Dick II
Squares
Siderial
Angle
StormSide TwoWillow
Madrigal
The Way Ahead Released on
Dandelion Records in 1971Catalogue No.
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