Artist: Music Box
Title: Songs Of Sunshine
Year Of Release: 1972/2006
Label: World In Sound
Genre: Folk Rock, Psychedelic
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 40:00
Total Size: 242 Mb (scans)
Tracklist:
1. Songs Of Sunshine - 4:18
2. Caillavie - 3:53
3. Harmonium Joe - 3:21
4. Leezie Lindsey (Traditional arr. by Rob Armstrong) - 5:29
5. Calico Shoeshine Boy - 2:45
6. The Happy King - 4:58
7. The Magic Cloak - 2:34
8. Seaside Sunshine (Colin Armstrong) - 2:58
9. Tom Thumbs Blues (Bob Dylan) - 6:34
10.Downstairs On The Floor - 3:24
Rob Armstrong - Six, Twelve String Guitars, Vocals
Colin Armstrong - Six String, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Pip - Glockenspiel, Recorder, Organ, Percussion, Vocals
Echoes of the mid '60s folk rock boom, and whimsical lyrics with a twist of Dylan (his "Tom Thumb's Blues" is the only non-original song on the album) were perhaps at odds with the sounds of that era. Whatever the reasoning, the album quickly disappeared... shame. Here is an album about a more intimate, predominantly acoustic music. Flutes, chimes, and gentle organ sounds. It spins tales of faraway lands, sand, sea, castles, kings, queens and even Peter Pan...
