Listen to ‘One Of Those Days’ a never-before-released demo from Lal and Mike Waterson

Listen to ‘One Of Those Days’ a never-before-released demo from Lal and Mike Waterson

On 4th August, Bright Phoebus – Songs by Lal and Mike Waterson will be remastered and reissued through Domino. This will be the first time since its release that the album will be widely available.
 
Alongside the reissue, the deluxe editions of the vinyl and CD come with 12 demos for the album, themselves tinged with their own mythology and previously unreleased.
 
Today, we pleased to share ‘One Of Those Days’ from those 1971 recordings, a track that only exists in demo form.

The 1972 folk-noir masterpiece Bright Phoebus has long been recognised as one of British music's legendary lost records. Following the parting of ways of The Watersons and freed from the strictures of folk orthodoxy, Lal and Mike Waterson’s love of words allowed them to serve the needs of their songs in ways that weren’t possible when singing already written songs.
 
Featuring performances from Lal, Mike and Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, amongst others, the album is recognised as a forward-thinking benchmark for the genre. Fans include Arcade Fire, Stephen Malkmus, Billy Bragg, Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley – the latter two performed the record themselves in 2013 on the Bright Phoebus Revisited tour.

Under the supervision of David Suff (Topic/Fledg'ling) and Marry Waterson (daughter of Lal), the album has been remastered from the original tapes. Alongside the reissue of the original album, there will be a deluxe version containing 12 demos for the album. The standard single-disc CD and LP editions replicate the original artwork with lyrics; the deluxe editions of both are double-disc and contain sleeve notes by Pete Paphides.     

Tracklisting: 
1. Rubber Band 
2. The Scarecrow 
3. Fine Horseman 
4. Winifer Odd 
5. Danny Rose 
6. Child Among The Weeds 
7. Magical Man 
8. Never The Same 
9. To Make You Stay 
10. Shady Lady 
11. Red Wine Promises 
12. Bright Phoebus 
  
Disc 2 – The 1971 Demos 
1. Danny Rose                                                                          
2. Fine Horseman                                                                  
3. Winifer Odd                                                                        
4. Child Among The Weeds                                             
5. Magical Man                                                                        
6. Bright Phoebus                                                                 
7. Red Wine Promises                                                       
8. Song For Thirza                                                                  
9. The Scarecrow                                                                  
10. Never The Same                                                            
11. One Of Those Days                                                       
12. Jack Frost