One of the most mysterious and sought after albums ever... A masterpiece of dark and enigmatic downer orchestral folk-rock beauty redolent of Nick Drake or even, er, Peter Sarstedt if you please! But who on earth was Nick Garrie-Hamilton? And why was this a France-only album?Rev-Ola is in a position to answer all this. The amazing adventures of the Russian/Scottish Euroboy, wandering the hip hotspots of Europe, San Tropez to Amsterdam, from his parental homebase in Paris writing songs with the likes of Francis Lai, having megahits in Spain, recording with Cat Stevens and his band, touring and hanging out with Leonard Cohen, it just goes on, and yes, it is impossibly romantic - but the meat of this all is the amazing "Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislas" itself. A languid, orchestral post-psychedelic treat, it's equal parts UK baroque-downer pop/folk, with echoes of Peter Sarstedt and Al Stewart, and Euro grown up yet now-sounding pop, where Dutronc meets Aznavour...and Gainsbourg is the Daddy. Never before on CD (possibly because no one could actually find a mint copy to bootleg!), in this wonderful post-modern age where 'quiet is the new loud', Nick Garrie-Hamilton's lone 1969 album returns like a long lost uncle clutching armfuls of oranges and lemons. Which should please lovers of lite popsyke and symphonic pop no end. Its closest musical relatives are probably Twice As Much, Piccadilly Line or Duncan Browne's Immediate recordings, so it ought to appeal especially to those of a Fading Yellow persuasion a growing tribe and that's not all...oh no! We have added NOT ONLY Nick's rare-issimo 1968 psych pop single Queen Of Spades/Close Your Eyes BUT ALSO tracks from his earliest recording, done for a label which planned to take over the European music business by issuing music only on 8-Track Cartridges - unheard even by Nick for years due to the 8-Track player not recovering from being dead! So, this new version of "Stanislas" is INTENSIFIED beyond belief and will be the DEFINITIVE version!
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