In May 1974, “Island” label released “The Confessions of Dr.Dream and Other Stories”, the fifth Kevin Ayers studio album. It was recorded February – March 1974, at “AIR Studios” and “Ramport Studios” in London, and was produced by Rupert Hine.

Personnel:

• Kevin Ayers – vocals, guitars, piano, organ
• Nico – vocals
• Mark Warner – acoustic and electric guitar
• Sam Mitchell – electric guitar
• Ollie Halsall – electric guitar solo
• Cal Batchelor – electric guitar
• Mike Oldfield – electric guitar solo
• Henry Crallan – piano
• Mike Moran – piano
•  Rupert Hine – keyboards
• Steve Nye – organ, electric piano
• Mike Ratledge – organ
• John Perry – bass
• John Gustafson – bass
• Trevor Jones – bass
• Michael Giles – drums
• The G’Deevy Ensemble – percussion
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Lol Coxhill – alto saxophone
• Doris Troy, Rosetta Hightower, Joanne Williams – backing vocals
• Sean Milligan – backing vocals
• Hulloo Choir – backing vocals
• John Punter – engineer
• Steve Nye – engineer
• Gerry Leitch, Sean Milligan – engineer assistant
• Simon Jeffes – additional brass arrangements
• George Smith, James Wedge – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Ayers.

1. Day By Day
2. See You Later
3. Didn’t Feel Lonely Till I Thought of You
4. Everybody’s Sometime and Some People’s All the Times Blues
5. It Begins with a Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends with a Curse
6. Ballbearing Blues
7. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 1: Irreversible Neural Damage
8. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 2: Invitation
9. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 2: The One Chance Dance
10. The Confessions of Doctor Dream, Part 4: Doctor Dream Theme
11. Two Goes into Four