LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

In the mid-60s, a prolific young singer-songwriter named John Williams was invited to record demos for Andrew Oldham’s troubled Immediate label, with guitar and sitar accompaniment from Jimmy Page and ‘Big’ Jim Sullivan. Nothing was released at the time, though in 1967 he did have an LP and a couple of singles issued on Columbia. A few years later he privately issued 300 copies of his wistful Immediate demos as The Maureeny Wishfull Album. A legendary underground folk rarity, it makes its long-awaited CD debut here.

Track listing:

1. Maureeny Wishful
2. To Something New
3. I Must Fly
4. I Know, You Know Too
5. Another Winter, Another Spring
6. City Blues
7. Gypsy Girl & The Poor Boy
8. Early Bird Of Morning
9. London Town
10. Sally You've Been On The Game Too Long
11. Dream Cloudburst
12. And She Is My True Love
13. Five Verses For My Love
14. C'mon Train