PILLOWS & PRAYERS | Watch the trailer and get a special price on our new anniversary edition…
NEW GATEFOLD SLEEVE EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC 1968 ALBUM BY PROCOL HARUM.
The release of the Pillows & Prayers 40th Anniversary Edition is nearly here, so for this week only we’ve dropped the price on the vinyl edition to £9.99! (plus p&p).
This is the first time the classic album has been re-issued on vinyl and we’ve been delighted and proud to hear from everybody who still has their original copy!
Grab a copy of this iconic compilation at a special price!
Featuring early 80s Cherry Red figureheads Tracey Thorn, Thomas Leer, Felt, Marine Girls, Monochrome Sett, Ben Watt, Eyeless In Gaza, Atilla The Stockbroker and more, Pillows & Prayers was or originally conceived as a simple label sampler by Cherry Red A&R man Mike Always.
Famously retailing at “No more than 99p”, the album provided an accessible gateway to both the Cherry Red label and the independent scene it was a part of. Ultimately, over 100,000 people took up the offer, found a pound from somewhere and became a part of something that resonated perfectly with its own time and place.
From the hesitant lo-fi of Marine Girls, through the ranting verse of Attila The Stockbroker and the delicate spoken word of Quentin Crisp to The Passage’s state-of-the-art synth pop, ‘Pillows And Prayers’ remains a fascinatingly eclectic brew, and something of a membership card to that world, standing alongside the NME’s ‘C86’ cassette as an 80s indie time capsule which remains relevant and in demand today.
Reissued on vinyl for the first time, and accompanied by a companion deluxe 3CD edition, ‘Pillows And Prayers’ continues to endure, and to invite new listeners.
The 3CD expanded edition is presented in a deluxe hardbacked book format, and including no fewer than 17 previously unheard recordings, this edition of ‘Pillows And Prayers’ arrives complete with insight from the men who made it happen – Iain McNay and Mike Alway – the artists and The Times’ Will Hodgkinson. All of which makes for a must have review to a time and place when the aftershocks of punk were still being felt, “indie” wasn’t yet a genre and a pound could buy you entrance to a whole new way of thinking.
| SIDE ONE 1 FIVE OR SIX – PORTRAIT 2 THE MONOCHROME SET – EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS 3 THOMAS LEER – ALL ABOUT YOU 4 TRACEY THORN – PLAIN SAILING 5 BEN WATT – SOME THINGS DON’T MATTER 6 KEVIN COYNE – LOVE IN YOUR HEART 7 PIERO MILESI – MODI 2 (EXTRACT) 8 JOE CROW – COMPULSION |
SIDE TWO 1 MARINE GIRLS – LAZY WAYS 2 FELT – MY FACE IS ON FIRE 3 EYELESS IN GAZA – NO NOISE 4 THE PASSAGE – XOYO 5 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – ON MY MIND 6 ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER – A BANG AND A WIMPY 7 THE MISUNDERSTOOD – I UNSEEN 8 THE NIGHTINGALES – DON’T BLINK 9 QUENTIN CRISP – STOP THE MUSIC FOR A MINUTE |
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