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Megaphone

Michael Head And The Strands

The Olde World

British European New album with unreleased tracks and remixes from the sessions of classic album 'The Magical World of The Strands' produced by Oasis producer Mark Coyle After a couple of demos for the French promoter who paired him with his childhood hero Love's Arthur Lee in 1992 Pale Fountains and Shack legend Michael Head entered a Liverpool recording studio the following year with a new project in mind 'The Strands' Michael teamed up with his brother and lifelong companion John his longtime drummer Iain Templeton and two new recruits Michelle Brown on bass and Les Roberts on flute The recording sessions would last two years and were only halted because Michael was offered a new major label deal A deal not for his current work but for him to record as Shack again So it came to be that Stephane Bismuth the French promoter was left with 100 or so minutes of a thwarted project only a third of which had made it to the mixing studio in Sheffield in the summer of '95 Patchworking and weaving rough mixes and sketches by engineer Steve Powell made in Liverpool with completed mixes by producer Mark Coyle who had hired an arranger and string section for sessions in Sheffield Stephane Bismuth founded a new label Megaphone and finally released 'The Magical World of The Strands' in autumn of 1997 This workinprogress comprising sketches rough mixes and fully orchestrated tracks garnered great critical acclaim and is still rated by many as the rarest jewel of the 90s Still a whole hour's worth of recordings had not made it onto the album and over time the label by now also known for its discovery of the late Karen Dalton in 1999 along with original producer Mark Coyle delved deeper into the tapes found further gems altogether different yet true to the original and entirely worthy of a second album In 2014 Megaphone and Mark Coyle agreed to pursue and realise this album using both unreleased songs from the sessions as well as songs from the original album which they felt deserved a new lease of life

Tracklist

• 1. It's Harvest Time (Band Version)
  2. Fin, Sophie, Bobby and Lance
  3. Poor Jill
  4. Something Like You
  5. Glynys and Jaqui
  6. Hocken's Hey
  7. And Luna
  8. Lizzie Mullally
  9. Wrapped Up in Honour
  10. The Olde World