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