On April 26, EMI will release a box set of recordings by Kevin Ayers, entitled The Harvest Years 1969-1974.

The 5-disc compilation highlights the incredible solo work of the Soft Machine co-founder, including FACT favourite Joy Of A Toy, a masterpiece of British psychedelia enhanced by the wonderful arrangements of David Bedford and instrumental embellishments from Mike Oldfield. Ayers’ first five solo albums – including The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories, which was released by Island rather than Harvest – are included in the set, along with a wealth of bonus tracks (though it doesn’t include all of those featured on the expanded editions of each albums released by EMI in the mid-2000s). Full tracklist below.

 

Disc 1
1.    Joy of a Toy Continued
2.    Town Feeling
3.    The Clarietta Rag
4.    Girl on a Swing
5.    Song for Insane Times
6.    Stop This Train (Again Doing It)
7.    Eleanor’s Cake (Which Ate Her)
8.    The Lady Rachel
9.    Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong
10.    All This Crazy Gift of Time
11.    Singing a Song in the Morning
12.    Clarence in Wonderland (Top Gear Session – 2/10/1970)
13.    Stop This Train (Top Gear Session – 2/10/1970)
14.    Why Are We Sleeping (Top Gear Session – 2/10/1970)
15.    You Say You Like My Hat (Top Gear Session – 2/10/1970)

Disc 2
1.    May I?
2.    Rheinhardt and Geraldine/Colores Para Dolores
3.    Lunatics Lament
4.    Pisser Dans Un Violon
5.    The Oyster and the Flying Fish
6.    Underwater
7.    Clarence in Wonderland
8.    Red Green and You Blue
9.    Shooting At the Moon
10.    Butterfly Dance
11.    Puis Je?
12.    Gemini Child (Alan Black Session – 5/20/1970)
13.    Lady Rachel (Alan Black Session – 5/20/1970)
14.    Shooting At the Moon (Alan Black Session – 5/20/1970)
15.    Derby Day (BBC Top Gear Session – 6/9/1970)
16.    Interview (BBC Top Gear Session – 6/9/1970)
17.    We Did It Again/Murder in the Air (BBC Top Gear Session – 6/9/1970)

Disc 3
1.    There is Loving/Among Us/There Is Loving
2.    Margaret
3.    Oh My
4.    Song from the Bottom of a Well
5.    Whatevershebringswesing
6.    Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes
7.    Champagne Cowboy Blues
8.    Lullaby
9.    Stars
10.    Fake Mexican Tourist Blues
11.    Lunatic’s Lament (Bob Harris Session – 5/17/1972)
12.    Oyster and the Flying Fish (Bob Harris Session – 5/17/1972)
13.    Butterfly Dance (Bob Harris Session – 5/17/1972)
14.    Whatevershebringswesing (Bob Harris Session – 5/17/1972)
15.    Falling in Love Again (Bob Harris Session – 5/17/1972)
16.    Queen Thing (Bob Harris Session – 5/17/1972)

Disc 4
1.    Don’t Let It Get You Down
2.    Shouting in a Bucket Blues
3.    When Your Parents Go to Sleep
4.    Interview
5.    Internotional Anthem
6.    Decadence
7.    Oh! Wot a Dream
8.    Hymn
9.    Beware of the Dog
10.    Connie on a Rubber Band
11.    Caribbean Moon
12.    Take Me to Tahiti
13.    Interview (BBC Bob Harris Session – 4/11/1973)
14.    Oh! Wot a Dream (BBC Bob Harris Session – 4/11/1973)
15.    Shouting in a Bucket Blues (BBC Bob Harris Session – 4/11/1973)

Disc 5
1.    Day by Day
2.    See You Later
3.    Didn’t Feel Lonely ’til I Thought of You
4.    Everybody’s Sometime and Some People’s All the Time Blues
5.    It Begins With a Blessing/Once I Awakened/But It Ends With a Curse
6.    Ballbearing Blues
7.    The Confessions of Doctor Dream: Irreversible Neural Damage
8.    The Confessions of Doctor Dream: Invitation
9.    The Confessions of Doctor Dream: The One Chance Dance
10.    The Confessions of Doctor Dream: Doctor Dream Theme
11.    Two Goes Into Four
12.    The Up Song
13.    After the Show
14.    Thank You Very Much
15.    Another Whimsical Song (John Peel Session – 7/30/1974)
16.    The Lady Rachel (John Peel Session – 7/30/1974)
17.    Stop This Train (John Peel Session – 7/30/1974)
18.    Didn’t Feel Lonely ’til I Thought of You (John Peel Session – 7/30/1974)

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