Name: Reaching For The Sun: The Major Minor Anthology 1967-1969
Brand: David McWilliams

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Catalogue number

QCRSEG2131D

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-10-20

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Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

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Standard:20

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5013929193123

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CDx2

Artist

David McWilliams

Genre GB

Classic

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Grapefruit

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<p>Grapefruit is a UK-based music label that specializes in psych/garage-era music from the 1966-70 timeframe. Managed by Cherry Red, Grapefruit focuses on releasing single-artist career anthologies and definitive versions of rare and classic albums. Each release features sympathetic artwork, rare photos, detailed liner notes, and high-quality sound from the original masters.</p>

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First complete anthology of late 60s recordings by highly-regarded Irish singer/ songwriter. Includes his best-known song, the huge European hit ‘Days Of Pearly Spencer’, as well as more than a dozen tracks making their CD debut. At the height of the protest singer boom that spawned the likes of Dylan and Donovan, Irish-born music industry heavyweight Phil Solomon received a demo tape from a young Ballymena-based singer/songwriter by the name of David McWilliams.

Sensing the possibilities, the entrepreneur added McWilliams to his Irish-based roster of acts (The Bachelors, The Dubliners, Van Morrison’s Them, etc) and placed the youngster on his fledgling record label Major Minor.&nbsp;Launched in a blaze of publicity in mid-1967, McWilliams coupled voguish songs about social deprivation with lighter, more romantic material, with producer and occasional Beatles/ Rolling Stones associate Mike Leander providing the striking string arrangements.&nbsp;Success was immediate: three charting albums were released in the space of eight months, with ‘Days Of Pearly Spencer’ – a swirling, cinematic slice of psychedelic pop/folk – becoming a huge hit single across Europe.

However, that punishing schedule and a puzzling lack of financial reward saw a disillusioned McWilliams turn his back on the music industry in 1969, although he would return after a three-year sabbatical to resume his career elsewhere.

A 2-CD set, ‘Reaching For The Sun’ is the first-ever compete anthology of David’s Major Minor recordings. It includes mono and stereo versions of his signature tune ‘Days Of Pearly Spencer’ alongside more than a dozen tracks making their CD debut, including ‘Who Killed Ezra Brymay’, only released at the time in America.

Reaching For The Sun: The Major Minor Anthology 1967-1969

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Discover Reaching For The Sun: The Major Minor Anthology 1967-1969 by David McWilliams. The first complete anthology of his late 60s recordings, including his European hit 'Days Of Pearly Spencer'. Available in various formats from Grapefruit label.