Michael Nyman Band – Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds

This is a recording of a live performance of “Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds” from “The Draughtsman’s Contract”.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

‘FREEDOM’ by the EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND – from the DVD ‘EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND’ available from www.voiceprint.co.uk DVD Tracks are 1. American Boy Soldier 2. Love In The Rain 3. Drop Out Boogie 4. Silver Needle 5. Poppy 6. Freedom 7. Out Demons Out. The Edgar Broughton Band was formed in Warwick in 1968 under the original name of The Edgar Broughton Blues Band. The band moved to London and was signed by the emerging Blackhill Enterprises management team who also managed to secure the band a recording contract with EMI’s progressive label Harvest. The bands first single entitled Evil was also the first single to be released on the Harvest label in June 1969. The debut album Wasa Wasa followed in July 1969. The band achieved notoriety not to mention Police interest at the time by performing a series of “Free Concerts” some performed from the back of a truck. The Edgar Broughton Band achieved a suitably large cult following and enjoyed widespread popularity across the UK and also into Europe. The band also enjoyed commercial success with albums at this time such as Sing Brother Sing, The Edgar Broughton Band, Inside Out and Oora all of which were released on the Harvest label. In addition to the albums the band also released a number of singles with two of these singles Out Demons Out and Apache Drop Out achieving chart success. Following the release of Oora in 1973 the band signed to the NEMS record label and released the album Bandages in 1975 although due to legal problems …