The possessor of one of the finest voices in popular music, Claire Hamill signed to Island records at the age of 16, recording two albums which featured contributions from John Martyn, Free & Terry Reid.
She then signed to Kink's founder Ray Davies' Konk label recording two more classic albums. In the late 70's she collaborated with Wishbone Ash, Steve Howe & Jon & Vangelis before recording a series of albums for Beggar's Banquet collaborating with Gary Numan on one track.
In 1987 the "Voices" album was the soundtrack to a successful BBC TV series and reached the top of the new age chart. This was followed by the release of "Love in the Afternoon". In the 1990's Claire returned to recording with albums "Lost & the Lovers" and "Summer" and Songstress Eva Cassidy covered Claire's "You Take My Breath Away" gaining her a new audience. Cited by Kate Bush as an influence, this compilation precedes the reissuing of Claire's work by Esoteric Recordings.
Urge For Going / River Song / The Man Who Cannot See Tomorrow's Sunshine / Baseball Blues / Speedbreaker / Crying Under The Bedclothes / To The Stars / Warrior Of The Water / You Take My Breath Away / All The Cakes She Baked Him / Something To Believe In / Geronimo's Caddilac / One Sunday Morning / Forbidden Fruit / For Sailors / Celluloid Heroes / The Moon Is A Powerful Lover / Two Fools In A Storm / Denmark / First Night In New York Cd Two: / Awaken; Larkrise / Icicle Rain / Tides / Trees / Japanese Lullabye / Glastonbury / Love In The Afternoon / Someday We'll All Be Together / Mother Of All / The Last Shirt / He Moved Through The Fair / Oregon Inlet / We'll Be Glad We Cried / Beautiful Moon / Blue
