BREAD, LOVE & DREAMS " Amaryllis" £900 1971 Very Rare UK Decca LP `Acid Folk`

Very Rare `Amaryllis` (Decca SKL 5081) by UK Acid Folkies `Bread Love & Dreams` suffered the same fate as Leafhound's sole album in receiving a tiny pressing/distributed by major label Decca! Making it incredibly hard to find today, thus the LP is now reaching figures of £900 when coming up for sale. Decca retained copyright of all the band`s songs but lost interest by the third album (Amaryllis) in spite of it being performed at Edinburgh’s Royal Court Theatre. Few copies had been pressed & only in the UK despite strong European interest due to touring plus with botched marketing, the album went unnoticed in spite of its eye-catching cover (Deram would have been a far more suitable home for them). It’s now suggested that Amaryllis was probably a tax scam by the label. Huge batches were dispatched to Ceylon from where they returned unsold (few inhabitants of pre-Sri Lanka had record players or even electricity of course) with the band expected to reimburse the label £19,999, 19s 11pence, against their first royalty statement of £20,000!! Why not subscribe to my channel as I post regularly!! Side 1 1. Amaryllis: part 1 – Out of the Darkness Into the Night part 2 – Zoroaster`s Prophecy part 3 – Light Side 2 1. Times the Thief 2. My Stair- Cupboard at 3 a.m 3. Brother John 4. Circles of Night • Bass – Danny Thompson • Bass Guitar – Dave Richmond • Drums – Terry Cox • Engineer – Derek Varnals • Organ, Piano – Alan Trajan • Producer – Ray Horricks • Vocals, Guitar – David McNiven • Vocals, Guitar, Percussion – Angie Rew The mouthful named Bread Love and Dreams was a relatively short-lived two woman/one man folk trio hailing from the fair township of Edinburgh, Scotland. The self-titled debut in 1969 failed to ruffle any feathers. Their producer, Ray Horricks (Davy Graham, The Human Beast), had taken the original four-track recordings made by David McNiven, Angie Rew, and Carolyn Davis without their knowledge, threw them on an eight-track, and tacked on a bunch of strings. Horrick’s idea was to turn it into a concept album, but sales figures indicate that no one got it. Davis walked half way out the door after that, to unsuccessfully embark on a solo career. Somehow, by an act of uncertain mercy, McNiven and Rew were granted an extension to their Decca contract and headed back into the studio with Mr. Horricks. This video focuses on a rare vinyl record, identifying the original 1st rare pressing or the rarest version of the record, also the prices it sold for and features photos of labels and covers of the original record, subscribe to our channel if you love rare vinyl records #vinyl #collecting #records #rare