Every once in the while, pieces of music from my past spring back to me, things I haven’t even thought about in years, decades even. Yesterday, as I was out walking Gizmo, my head suddenly filled with the beautiful rhythms of the Asmoto Running Band, and I realised that I absolutely had to hear some Principal Edwards Magic Theatre again. Well, I’ve got feelers out on SoulSeek, but no luck as yet.
Principal Edwards (apparently another of the many things we have John Peel to thank for) was one of the many things I have Keith to thank for. When I was 16 and first met Keith at Richmond college, we used to go over the road to his house at lunch time, smoke the occasional spliff, and get carried away with his brother’s incredible collection of original 60s and 70s vinyl. It was through Keith that I discovered the Soft Machine, Principal Edwards, Deep Purple Mk I, Tractor, and I’m sure a whole host of others. Every week I would borrow a new carrier bag full of LPs, take them home to tape them, and bring them back to exchange for more.
But… mmm, Principal Edwards, gotta be one of the strangest and the greatest discoveries from way back then.
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