Honeybus - Story 1970

Honeybus cut three singles in 1967 and 68, written and fronted by Pete Dello who promptly quit after I Can't Let Maggie Go hit and embarked on a fascinating and complex solo career. Not to be outdone, the band re-grouped and cut three further singles and an album that almost never got released. The story goes that upon their split in early 1970, somebody at their label, Deram Records, heard the recordings and demanded that it be released. And hence it was, posthumously and to little fanfare in 1970.

Blending the kind of pure, crystalline folk-tinged baroque pop that had characterised most of their singles with flashes of psychedelia, country and bubblegum, the twelve songs that make up Story are uniformly stunning creations, played with skill and confidence, arranged for strings and woodwind and blessed with a sympathetic, understated production.


Tracks
1. Story
2. Black Mourning Band
3. Scarlet Lady
4. Fresher Than the Sweetness In Water
5. He Was Columbus
6. Ceilings No 1
7. Under The Silent Tree
8. She's Out There
9. She Said Yes
10. I Remember Caroline
11. How Long
12. Ceilings No 2