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KEVIN AYERS EMI Harvest reissues Ayers catalogue in June EMI Catalogue Marketing will release four remastered Harvest Label classics on June 2nd 2003, all with bonus tracks Joy Of A Toy (582 7762): Bonus tracks: Religious Experience (Syd Barrett Session) Lady Rachael (USA Remix) Soon Soon Soon Religious Experience (Take 103) Lady Rachael (Single Edit) Singing A Song In The Morning Whatevershebringswesing (582 7782) Bonus tracks: Stars, Don’t Sing No More Sad Songs, Fake Mexican Tourist Blues, Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes (Early Mix) Shooting At The Moon (582 7772) Bonus Tracks: Puis Je? Butterfly Dance,Joile Madame, Hat (take 4) Bananamour (582 7802) Bonus tracks: Decadence (Early Mix), Take Me to Tahiti, Caribbean Moon Market Square issues new album in the autumn These days Kevin Ayers is a resident of the thirteenth century monastery town of Montolieu hidden in the Pyrenees at the foot of the Montagne Noir. Picture if you will a backdrop of castles, caves, alleys, forests and glorious fields of Sunflowers. In recent months Ayers has ventured out from his South of France retreat to return to recording albeit a mere ten years since his acclaimed solo effort "Still Life With Guitar," the new album is tentatively titled "The Unfairground." “The Unfairground” is well under way at Oxford's Observatory Studio with producer Michael de Albequerque (offspring of the one-time Electric Light Orchestra bassist of the same name). If there was such a thing as a musical tectonic plate this would be it, as the seasoned Ayers and the young producer clash creatively yet successfully at a new take on Ayers's work which is eagerly awaited by followers of the eccentric, reclusive yet perennially hip former-Soft Machinist. Studio guest list includes Lol Coxhill, whose horn playing was a trademark of Ayers's 70's output with backing band The Whole World (line-up featured a pre-Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield). Peter Muir owner of Market Square Music fights shy of a specific release date at present but hopes to see the finished work out by early Autumn (2003). He did however relay the experience of singing “Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf” with the boy from Herne Bay as they motored to Winslow. BRIEF FACTS: (A full but very concise four page bio and pictures are available on request) DOB: Aug 16 1944, Herne Bay, Kent, spent much of his childhood in Malaysia Bands: Wilde Flowers 1964/65 Soft Machine 1966/68, The Whole World 1969 with David Bedford, Mike Oldfield & Lol Coxhill (Robert Wyatt was one of numerous drummers to play with the Whole World. Gong 1971/72 (Hon Member). Solo projects and collaborations, see website for further details, check out the musicians who played on his albums. Kevin Ayers Homepage http://www.ping.be/kevin-ayers More Ayers http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~marwak/frameset.html Soft Machine http://connect.to/softmachine Catalogue Available Now on Market Square Records. Distributed By BMG/RSK. MSMCD 112 Still Life With Guitars. MSMCD 105 Turn The Lights Down.
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