Never Thought I'd See the Day
Paradise Square
LP Rel Date: 2015-02-17
Singer/songwriter Pete Ryder was a key player on two of the most rare and sought-after private folk albums from the UK: Paradise Square's Never Thought I'd See the Day and Cair Paravel's Some Other Morning (SOMM 019 LP). Paradise Square was his first project, a group formed at Sheffield University's Christian Union in the early '70s. In 1974, the band released their only album as a private pressing of 100 copies, later rated at five stars by Hans Pokora. Fragile, homemade, lo-fi psychedelic folk with acoustic guitars, violin, delicate male-female vocals, Christian overtones, and hints of the Incredible String Band or Dando Shaft. This reissue features re-mastered sound, a reproduction of the original lyrics insert, and new liner notes by Richard Allen (Shindig!).
Tracklist:
- Never Thought I'd See The Day
- Freedom
- Bird In A Cage
- Rosemary's Song
- Ask Me Who I Am
- Lorraine
- A Song For Judas
- Winter Lady
- The Lord Jesus Said 1
- Soaces 1
- Lead Me To Jesus 1
- Lullaby 1
- Day Sinks