JULY Dandelion Seeds LP BAM CARUSO 1968 UK reissue KIRI 097 RARE BRIT PSYCH-PROG

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JULY

 They started out as a skiffle act from Ealing, called The Playboys and then became a R&B combo The Tomcats. 

John (Speedy) Keen was in them for a while. In 1966, The Tomcats went to Spain with a new line-up (the future July one). 

As Los Tomcats, they got in the Charts with four EPs, one of which was all in Spanish! 

They returned to the UK in 1968, still basing themselves in Ealing. 

July recorded what has become one of the most sought-after British psychedelic sixties albums. 

Fifty years (circa) on time has not been kind to all the tracks (e.g. Jolly Mary) but overall 

it's well worth purchasing for its eerie brand of psychedelia (on Dandelion Seeds and My Clown) 

and some fine psychedelic guitar work (Crying Is For Writers). 

More accessible are the Bam-Caruso reissue, which was put out in a different sleeve and title and 2 bonus track

<reissue, originally published in 1968>

LP     BAM CARUSO RECORDS    KIRI 097

MADE IN ENGLAND    1987 REPRESSING with 2 bonus track

SINGLE SLEEVE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 015683 109716

LABEL:  BAM CARUSO - BLACK LABEL- SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) KIRI 097

Catalog on labels: KIRI 097 (Side One / Side Two)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): KIRI 97 A-1C-1-1-112 DD

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): KIRI 97 B-1C-1-1-112 DD

On labels: ?1968 Major Minor Records

©1987 Bam-Caruso Records

Produced by Tommy Scott

Scott/Soloman Prods. Ltd.

All titles by Tom Newman

(on Side B only): All titles by Tom Newman - except track 3 - C. Jackson

On back cover: All tracks originally released on MAJOR MINOR MMLP 29,

except those marked*; taken from the single MAJOR MINOR MM580

Licensed from EMI Records Ltd.

© 1987 Bam Caruso Records

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: MY CLOWN - DANDELION SEEDS - JOLLY MARY

HALLO TO ME - YOU MISSED IT ALL

HELLO, WHO'S THERE?* - THE WAY

Side B: TO BE FREE - MOVE ON SWEET FLOWER

CRYING IS FOR WRITERS - I SEE - FRIENDLY MAN

A BIRD LIVED - THE WAY*

  grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

July has come to be highly prized, mainly for the presence of "My Clown," which is considered to be one of the 

great psychedelic singles of all time. Tom Newman, who went on to glory as the engineer of choice for Mike Oldfield, 

handles the vocals for the majority of the album (the exception being Chris Jackson's "Crying Is for Writers"), 

as well as the majority of the songwriting. Tony Duhig, who later moved on to start Jade Warrior and Assagai, 

provides guitars and a strong sense of Indian music, although the greater part of his participation is 

via warbling and groaning guitars, and a fortunately blazing solo in the midst of the otherwise 

painful "Crying Is for Writers." Very good psychedelia, for the most part, but a bit dated in places 

and heavily influenced by much of the music coming from the direction of San Francisco at that time...(AllMusic)