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01. BEAU - Nine Minutes
02. BEAU - There Once Was a Time
03. BEAU - Spider
04. BEAU - April Meteor
05. BEAU - Is This Your Day
06. BEAU - Creation
07. BEAU - Blind Faith
08. BEAU - Ferris Street
09. BEAU - Release
10. BEAU - Reason to Be
11. BEAU - Silence Returns
12. BEAU - The Smoke of Eden (bonus track)
13. BEAU - Sky Dance (Take One) (bonus track)
ARTIST
TITLE
Creation
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SOMM 021LP SOMM 021LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/31/2015

Originally released in 1971 on John Peel's Dandelion Records, Creation is the second album by underground folk troubadour Trevor "Beau" Midgley. Influenced by Tom Paxton, Lead Belly, and Dylan, Beau started to write his own songs in the late '60s. After trying to secure a contract with Elektra Records with no success, he was approached by Clive Selwood (Elektra) and Peel as they were launcing Dandelion Records. Beau signed with them and released his eponymous debut album in 1969. For his second effort, Beau decided to experiment with a more folk-rock sound and add to the mix some avant-garde influences. Jim Milne (lead guitar and bass) and Steve Clayton (drums) from Dandelion stablemates The Way We Live/Tractor were the perfect backing band for him. Creation is a brilliant psych/acid folk offering with superb 12-string guitars, heartfelt vocals, studio effects, and occasional acid-fuzz guitar. Beau's avant-garde influences come to the fore on the title-track, which verges into White Noise territory. The album closes with "Silence Returns," featuring one of the most ear-splitting fuzz assaults ever committed to wax, courtesy of Jim Milne. This first vinyl reissue includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks from 1972 (featuring Tractor as backing band), recorded for aborted third album High Mass. Also includes four-page insert featuring the first cover design (which was never used), plus detailed liner notes by Beau himself and lyrics. Master tape sound.