LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Bonfire Records present a reissue of Siren's self-titled album, originally released on John Peel's Dandelion label in 1969. Siren was the debut album by Kevin Coyne with Siren, the band he founded with former Bonzo Dog Band bassist Dave Clague and pianist/guitarist Nick Cudworth. An artist who would later inspire John Lydon, Sting, Ben Watt, and Will Oldham and would collaborate with Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Dagmar Krause, Brendan Croker, Gary Lucas, and The Mekons' Jon Langford, Kevin Coyne deserves a royal place between the likes of Syd Barrett, Peter Hammill, and Daevid Allen. Standing on the verge of British blues, folk and rawk n' roll, Siren could have been easily labeled as the British answer to Canned Heat, but there's even more.

Track Listing:

• A1 Ze-Ze-Ze-Ze 3:01
• A2 Get Right Church 3:17
• A3 Rock Me Baby 3:26
• A4 Wake Up My Children! 3:34
• AA5 Wasting My Time 2:18
• A6 Sixteen Women 3:45
• A7 First Time I Saw Your Face 2:50
• B1 Gardener Man 3:30
• B2 And I Wonder 2:28
• B3 The War Is Over 4:38
• B4 Asylum 3:42
• B5 Bertha Lee 3:10
• B6 I Wonder Where 5:00