DANDO SHAFT s/t ORIGINAL UK NEON 1971 LP RARE PROG ACID FOLK PSYCH PSYCHEDELIC
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DANDO SHAFT - s/t Original UK pressing on the RCA Neon label (NE5) from 1971. The textured gatefold sleeve is in EX condition. The record is in EX+ condition.
Comes in the original black inner sleeve.
Dando Shaft - Coming Home To Me 1971 - YouTube
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Dando Shaft- River Boat - YouTube
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Dando Shaft - Sometimes 1971 - YouTube
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The major change on Dando Shaft's second album was the addition of singer Polly Bolton, whose lead and harmony singing added considerable color and appeal to the group's vocal blend. The band might have been edging just a bit closer to the folk-rock mainstream, too, with a more standard rhythmic and melodic base to some of the tunes. Generally, though, they remained in the same mindset as they were on their 1970 debut: just barely rock-influenced folk, similar to Pentangle but folkier, and given to a greater emphasis on mandolin, violin, and unusual tempos. While something like "Whispering Ned" sounded as traditional as British folk-rock got, other songs nodded a bit toward the more wistful romantic pop song tradition, like "Sometimes," "'Til the Morning Comes," and "Waves Upon the Ether." The nature imagery of the debut was still present, too, if not as prominent, in songs like "Riverboat" (one of the highlights, with its lovely Bolton vocal).
First up on the RCA Records imprint NEON in 1971. Their second album, the original five piece band added Polly Bolton on vocals and produced one of those stunning pieces of music that on first hearing is a cut above the rest. Naming the band after Don Calhoun's American comic novel "Dando Shaft" the original line-up formed in Coventry in 1969. After one LP these five talented folk musicians added Polly Bolton (vocals and piano) in late 1970. They moved south and set up in Ealing, West London. This album was released in May 1971 and is really a fine example of progressive folk music of that time. The band survived a short while after this but as was so often the case they eventually split. They still continued to make music, Polly Bolton working with Bert Jansch.
Musicians: Kevin Dempsey - vocals, acoustic guitar
Martin Jenkins - vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle
Ted Kay - percussion, tabla
Roger Bullen - bass
David Cooper - vocals, guitar
Polly Bolton - vocals, piano
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