HONEYBUS Story LP DERAM 1970 UK orig+Stereo PETE DELLO-COLIN HARE
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HONEYBUSRAY CANE, PETE DELLO, COLIN HARE, PETER KIRCHER
The story of Honeybus is almost a cautionary tale. Considering that most have never heard of them,
it's amazing to ponder that they came very close, in the eyes of the critics, to being Decca Records'
answer to the Rubber Soul-era Beatles. The harmonies were there, along with some catchy,
hook-laden songs and usually tastefully overdubbed brass and violins.
The pop sensibilities of Honeybus' main resident composers, Pete Dello and Ray Cane,
were astonishingly close in quality and content to those of Paul McCartney and the softer sides
of John Lennon of that same era. What's more, the critics loved their records. Yet, somehow,
Honeybus never got it right; they never had the right single out at the proper time,
and only once in their history did they connect with the public for a major hit, in early 1968
"STORY"
Produced by Ivor Raymonde
1970 LP DERAM RECORDS STEREO SML 1056
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL COPY
with an "indicator hole" in the backcover to let the inner sleeve
peep through: red = mono, blue = stereo.
Released in a laminated (on front) single cover
WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: DERAM - RED/WHITE LABEL - BLACK & WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear): RED-MONO DML 1056 BLUE-STEREO SML 1056
(spine): M DML 1056 S SML 1056
Catalog on labels: SML 1056 (ZAL 9187P / ZAL 9188P)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ZAL-9187.P-1W
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ZAL-9188.P-1W
On labels: Made in England The Decca Record Co. Ltd.
?1969 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 6 o'clock)
Rights Society:
(on Side 1): White Dove Music
(on Side 2): White Dove Music, Ambassador Music, Apollo Music
On Back Sleeve: U.K. Patents Applications No. 43212/68
STORY (Music For White Doves)
Notes by Ivor Raymonde
Producer: Ivor Raymonde for Honeybus Productions
*Recorded at Central Sound Studios
DERAM Regd. Trade Mark
Deram Records, The Decca Record Company Limited, Decca House, 9 Albert Embankment, London S.E.1.
Sleeve printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd.
Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited
All Titles Published By White Dove Music Excepting +
tracklisting
Side A: STORY - BLACK MOURNING BAND - SCARLET LADY
FRESHER THAN THE SWEETNESS IN WATER
HE WAS COLUMBUS - CEILINGS NO.1
Side B: UNDER THE SILENT TREE - +* SHE'S OUT THERE
SHE SAID YES - + I REMEMBER CAROLINE
+* HOW LONG - CEILINGS NO.2
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Honeybus' sole album was recorded in 1969 and released in early 1970, by which time "I Can't Let Maggie Go"
was fading from the memory of the British public, original leader Pete Dello was long gone,
and the band itself had been inactive for months. It's therefore not entirely representative of what the group was about.
Honeybus did show themselves to be one of the few bands that could emulate the lighter and quieter sides
of the 1968-1969 Beatles with a degree of competence, although as is usual when the Beatles were imitated,
the songs and execution were much more lightweight than what the Beatles themselves recorded.
At times it sounds like Badfinger without the muscle or occasional outstanding songs that made
Badfinger recall the Beatles without sounding like tepid wannabes. The Beatlesque harmonies are nice
and the lyrics sometimes clever, and the arrangements are tasteful,
sometimes employing substantial traces of country music and subtle orchestration...(AllMusic)
