Settled again, they signed with Polydor, for whom they recorded Backwoods in 1975. After touring extensively throughout Europe, the band fell apart and Gay and Terry returned to Ireland. The Woods lasted for just one album before striking out on their own as the Woods Band, releasing an eponymous debut in 1971, where they mixed traditional and original material. When Sweeney's Men members Irvine and Moynihan decided it wasn't what they wanted, another duo, England's Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, went in with Woods and Hutchings.

At that point, negotiations were underway for Sweeney's Men plus Gay Woods to join Fairport Convention bassist Ashley Hutchings in a new band, to be called Steeleye Span. The husband-and-wife duo of Gay and Terry Woods got their beginning in 1969, when Terry Woods was still a member of Sweeney's Men. Posted by Nada at 01:24:00 PM 0 comments Links to this post Labels: C, Nada It is fairly rare to find (especially on vinyl) but if you dig, you should go and buy the CD reissue. Unfortunately, most tracks are rather prosaic and they lack energy (.mind you, my tastes are a bit eclectic) but I am sure that some of you will consider it an interesting album.

It was somehow connected to my life and thoughts at the time. I used to play that track every day, for quite a while. The latter was a funky anti-drug confession of a fucked-up pothead. Nevertheless, it contained some nice tracks such as the real funky 'Somebody (Outta Turn Your Head Around)' and 'Let Me Get Straight Again'. Their music is kinda anodyne and, to be honest with you, I was a little bit disappointed by the album, since I expected it to be funkier. The Crystal Mansion were a band signed to Rare Earth Records (a subsidiary of Motown) and they were one of the numerous 'white soul-funk' bands of the label. The owners were very polite but they hadn't a clue about rare records!!! The price of this album was 2 quid (we are talking about original pressing gatefold vinyl with lyrics included)!!! I grabbed it immediately (I had been looking for it for a while) and I also bought a couple of other original vinyls at ridiculous prices (Golden Earring's 'Moontan' and Amon Duul II's 'Dance Of The Lemmings' were among them). The shop was at Brudenell Road, Hyde Park and it used to sell every kind of second hand stuff such as flares and retro gadgets in general, as part of the sixties/seventies revival that had taken over England as a trend in those days.

I found it in a small shop that had opened very close to my house. There is always a little story behind every record posted here, so bear with me!

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