Eire Apparent was a psychedelic band from Northern Ireland, noted for launching the careers of Henry McCullough and Ernie Graham, and for having Robert Wyatt and Jimi Hendrix play on, and Jimi Hendrix produce, their only album. Originally formed as "The People" in , they.
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The harder sounds of songs such as "Morning Glory" were juxtaposed with more lyrical moments, vocally and instrumentally, without ever losing sight of their basic heavy electric sound. The results -- to which Robert Wyatt and Noel Redding also apparently contributed -- were off-putting to some who expected something different from a project related to Jimi Hendrix , and also may have arrived a little late for the psychedelic influences.
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The album, entitled Sunrise , was issued on the Buddah label in the United States, and thanks to Hendrix 's name on it and the time they put in touring, it did sell better than some Buddah releases of the era that didn't have a hit single to drive sales or get AM radio play. Copies of the record turned up in collections and used bins from time to time from the s through the s and, indeed, still sometimes show up , which is more than can be said for some Buddah LPs of the era.
But sales were nowhere near what was needed to break the group properly in the U. Additionally, Eire Apparent had run into serious trouble on two fronts. Their extended time touring America had left them without an audience in England, and the gigs there dried up when the bandmembers were left to their own devices and not touring with Hendrix.
Additionally, they parted company with Jeffery after a tour of Europe opening for Hendrix. Without him, Burdon , or Soft Machine to headline, however, and without a hit record, their prospects in America were now dimmed considerably. Cox left the band in early and was succeeded by Tiger Taylor , who filled the lead guitar spot for their final year together.
The band finally broke up at the start of and was almost instantly forgotten.
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In later years, Eire Apparent were mostly remembered as a footnote to Hendrix 's career, though the members remained active throughout the ensuing decade and beyond. Ernie Graham helped to found the pub rock band Clancy , after cutting a genuinely brilliant solo album -- indeed, one of the great albums and perhaps the greatest unknown album of the s, backed by Brinsley Schwarz.
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Mick Cox organized a band of his own and worked with Van Morrison , among others, while Dave Lutton passed through the lineup of Heavy Jelly , before crossing paths professionally with Marc Bolan and Chris Spedding. Chris Stewart went on to become a top session man, while Henry McCullough , following his sudden exit from the band, jumped to Spooky Tooth and then the Grease Band.
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The band continued to tour through and into After a long year spent touring the small clubs and universities in Britain and with nothing to show for it, the band finally split in late or May ? Tiger Taylor had left by this stage to form Anno Domini. Ernie Graham recorded an excellent solo LP for Liberty Records in , on which he was backed by members of Brinsley Schwartz, and was involved in Help Yourself briefly, in and then formed Clancy.
His list of guest appearances is long. Orchestration by Vic Briggs.
Produced by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix plays guitar on all tracks though the Flawed Gems reissue explicitly omits his credit from "Got To Get Away" and "". This track was added to the UK and other European? The Flawed Gems PR blurb This ambitious pop-psych masterpiece was recorded in Los Angeles in October , but released only in May - when British psychedelia belonged to the past and as a result the record went unnoticed. It was [a] stylistically varied and exceptionally well-played record which contained elaborate, imaginative and complex tracks full of interesting ideas, psychedelic sounds, memorable hooks and catchy songs reminiscent of The Beatles, Pretty Things, Tomorrow, early Grapefruit and of course The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Without a doubt this is one of the very best UK psychedelic albums ever! The CD claims these tracks were recorded with Peter Tolson in the lineup, but this is unconfirmed. This is the band's complete set, recorded at the Liederhalle in Stuttgart on 11 January as opening act for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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The front cover shows Tiger Taylor, the back cover Mick Cox -- but it's Tiger Taylor on guitar, playing through Hendrix's marshall amp. This outing was given an official release on the Flawed Gems CD reissue of Sunrise see above though the liner notes fix the date as 19 January This is the band's complete set, recorded in Vienna on 22 January as opening act for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The running time is 44 minutes approx but there's quite a lot of tuning up and between song chat.