LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• Marc Brierley was a talented folk artist who made his name as a singer-songwriter during the second half of the Sixties.
• After making an EP in 1966 for Transatlantic, Marc signed with CBS for two albums, Welcome To The Citadel (1968) and Hello (1969), helped by some of the best musicians on the circuit. Both are now prized collector’s items by fans of the Acid Folk era.
• This welcome reissue of Marc’s debut album Welcome To The Citadel is swelled by a dozen bonus tracks: all five tracks from Marc’s self-titled Transatlantic EP, the stand-alone CBS single from 1969, ‘Stay A Little Longer Merry Ann’/’Flaxen Hair’, and five hitherto unheard home demos.
• Marc Brierley has written new sleeve-notes for this overdue reissue of a cult classic.
• Boasts the original cover art by painter Ron Henderson, who was also responsible for the psychedelic liquid light shows for Pink Floyd and others at the UFO club.

Track Listing:

1. THE ANSWER IS
2. VAGABOND OF SLEEP
3. MATCHBOX MEN
4. OVER THE HILLS
5. SYMPHONY
6. TAKE ME FOR A RIDE ON YOUR AEROPLANE
7. WELCOME TO THE CITADEL
8. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, THE GARDEN SURE LOOKS GOOD SPREAD ON THE FLOOR
9. AUTOGRAPH OF TIME (AFTER ALL THE HEAT WAS HUNG)
10. SUNLIGHT SLEEPER’S SONG
11. MAKING LOVE
12. TIME ITSELF
13. AND WHO WOULD BUT THINK
14. THOUGHTS & SOUNDS
BONUS TRACKS
15. A TIME FOR LOVE
16. DRAGONFLY
17. ARCTIC CITY
18. REL'S SONG
19. IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW
20. STAY A LITTLE LONGER MERRY ANN
21. FLAXEN HAIR
22. GODSPEED *
23. PHOENIX *
24. POWERS OF GLORY *
25. HEAR ME CALLING *
26. DON'T LET THE BUGS BITE *
* = previously unissued Demo