Bread, Love And Dreams

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Bread, Love and Dreams was a British acid-folk trio from Edinburgh who released three albums between 1969 and 1971. Led by Glaswegian David McNiven (died 18 December 2015), the trio featured Carolyn Davis on guitar and Angie Rew on flute and lead vocals. They toured around Scotland for a while and started a loyal local following, but they sounded much influenced by another Scot act THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, which was not surprising since they ruled acid-folk and it was not the first band inspired by ISB: indeed the Irish Dr STRANGELY STRANGE sounds much like BL&D. Spotted by Decca staff Ray Horricks at the Edinburgh Festival in 68, they were brought down to London by him to record their first album and it was released in early 69. This self-titled album contained some acid folk with some string arrangements, but the market being flooded by such albums, it sold poorly, enticing guitarist Carolyn Davis to quit. Decca wanted to cut the band from its roster, but Horricks held good and the group was grudgingly allowed a second chance. Aware of this BL&D first went on the road (sharing stages with MAGNA CARTA and TYRANOSAURUS REX) and wrote new material for their upcoming album. It was during this time that BL&D developed a working project with the Traverse Theatre Group in Edinburgh. Their director Max Stafford wanted McNiven to adapt one of his pieces Mother Earth to the stage actors. It eventually became Amaryllis, given a twist of name. This piece was then performed in

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Late Night Tales: Midlake

Amaryllis (Remastered)

The Strange Tale of Captain Shannon and the Hunchback From Gigha

Bread, Love and Dreams

Amaryllis

Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music

LateNightTales: Midlake

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Late Night Tales - Midlake

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Amaryllis - EP (Remastered)

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V.a. - Acid Folk

Strange Tale of Captain Shannon and the Hunchback from Gigha

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LateNightTales - Midlake

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