PRINCIPLE EDWARDS MAGIC THEATRE SOUNDTRACK=DANDELION=WO

	£		24
	$		32

 PRINCIPAL EDWARDS MAGIC THEATRE

SOUNDTRACK

VERY RARE RECORD

GATEFOLD

MEGA RARE DANDELION LABEL

STEREO

FIRST PRESSING

1969

ENIGMATIC INSOMNIAC MACHINE = THE DEATH OF DON QUIXOTE = TO A BROKEN GUITAR = PINKY A MYSTERY CYCLE

PLUS MANY MORE GREAT TRACKS

 DANDELION RECORD LABEL

CAT#  S 63752

MATRIX#  A1 /B1

Principal Edwards Magic Theatre was a 14 member communal performance art collective of musicians, poets, dancers and sound and lighting technicians originally formed at Exeter University in the late 1960s, and later based at a farmhouse in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Principal Edwards were signed to John Peel's Dandelion Records, releasing a single "The Ballad of a Big Girl Now" in 1969 followed by two albums for the label, "Soundtrack" and "The Asmoto Running Band", the second of which was produced by Nick Mason of Pink Floyd.

The sometimes whimiscal, sometimes epic verging on prog rock writing style of guitarist Root Cartwright was matched by the eclectic lyrical contributions of David Jones, Gillian Hadley and Monica Nettles and sung with striking crystal clarity by vocalist Vivienne McAuliffe, easily one of the finest singers of the era. The violin and recorders of Bindy Bourquin were another key element of PEMT's trademark sound.

John Peel once claimed he used to play "The Kettering Song" to drive away visitors who'd overstayed their welcome at Peel Acres, but the title track of "The Asmoto Running Band" and songs like "Enigmatic Insomniac Machine", "Freef(R')All", "The Death of Don Quixote" and "Weirdsong of Breaking Through at Last" reveal there were some rare talents at work in the band.

With a smaller nucleus including new bassist Richard Jones from The Climax Blues Band, and now simply called Principal Edwards, they recorded acouple of singles and a third album "Round One" for Deram Records. Most of the Deram recordings were also produced by Nick Mason.

Since the 1970s members' fortunes have varied greatly, ranging from singer Martin Stellman directing Denzil Washington in "For Queen and Country", David Jones running a community centre, and Root Cartwright becoming a gardener and photographic artist. Bindy Bourquin and Richard Jones married and both went into teaching. Richard plays in two bands: The Climax Ceilidh Band and Meridian. Jeremy Ensor toured (as sound engineer/tour manager) with the likes of Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, and Greenslade (co-producing two of their LPs) and then worked as an A&R man for CBS and Phonogram Records. He currently lives in North London and is an IT Consultant. Les Adey was lighting man for Genesis. Serious illness and breakdowns have befallen some of the other former members, and dancer John McMahon Hill and the angelic voiced Vivienne McAuliffe have both died.

VINYL - in excellent  condition

 SLEEVE - sleeve excellent condition

COVER - in very good ++ condition (some edge wear and spine well worn two small splits top and bottom  )

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