Fly on Strangewings DELUXE

[clive gash]

In the pantheon of rare Folk Rock albums from the genre’s golden era of the early Seventies, FLY ON STRANGEWINGS by Jade is a bona fide classic. Largely ignored on its release on DJM in 1970, the album is now widely acclaimed, which has led collectors and connoisseurs to consider Jade’s main singer and songwriter, Marian Segal, as a much-overlooked talent.

FLY ON STRANGEWINGS is now treated to a deluxe 3-CD edition which finally tells the full story of Marian Segal’s musical career. Compiled and annotated with Marian’s involvement, this new package offers a second disc of early recordings of Marian with fellow Jade member Dave Waite, while Disc Three brings the story more up-to-date with solo and Marian Segal Band recordings.

Disc One re-presents the classic Fly On Strangewings album with seven contemporaneous bonus tracks, two of which are previously unissued.

Before becoming Jade, Dave Waite and Marian (or Marianne) Segal were a duo, playing the university circuit and in London clubs at the height of the Swinging London era. Their music was a fusion of British and American folk, but already contained many original elements, including superlative vocals, in the vein of Sandy Denny and The Strawbs. This period is remembered on Disc Two, recordings which have been out of print for a decade. Four tracks are previously unissued.

Disc Three includes two historic mid-70s recordings with Jeff Wayne (of War of The Worlds fame).

The albums include a host of session talent from the 1970s including Dave Mattacks, Herbie Flowers, Clem Cattini, Pete Sears, John Wetton, Chris Spedding and Terry Cox as well as sweeping string arrangements by Phil Dennys (Rodriguez).

Tracklist
[CD1: Jade – Fly On Strangewings]
1. Amongst Anemones
2. Raven
3. Fly On Strangewings
4. Mayfly
5. Alan’s Song
6. Bad Magic
7. Clippership
8. Five Of Us
9. Reflections On A Harbour Wall
10. Mrs. Adams
11. Fly Me To The North
12. Away From The Family
Bonus Tracks:
13. Big Yellow Taxi
14. Carolina In My Mind
15. Chicago Radio Spots
16. Moses
17. Raven (Rehearsal) *
18. September Song (Rehearsal)
19. How Can That Be Right (Demo) *

[CD2: Dave Waite & Marian Segal – Paper Flowers]
1. Paper Flowers
2. It’s Really Quite Alright
3. I Can’t Love You More
4. Safe In Your Castle
5. Miranda In The Sun (Demo)
6. Percy’s Song
7. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
8. Dawn Song
9. Milkwood Dragon
10. September Song
11. All The Reasons
12. Rainbow
13. I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
14. Miranda (Demo)
15. Released
16. All The Good Times
17. It’s Really Quite Alright (Demo)
18. I Can’t Love You More (Demo)
19. Country Meets Folk (Radio Introduction)
20. Shine A Candle (Live)
21. Circles (Live)
22. The Hedgehog Song *
23. The Dove *
24. Chelsea Morning *
25. Alan’s Song (Demo) *
26. Paper Flowers (Demo)

[CD3: Marian Segal – Kiss Of The Buddha]
1. Circle Round The Sun
2. Middling Man
3. Gold Dust And Dirt (Song For Leonard Cohen) (Demo) ^ *
4. Sit Yourself Down (Demo) ^
5. Lucky Seven (Demo) ^ *
6. Fly Me To The North (Live) *
7. Deal Out The Cards
8. Miranda (Master)
9. Peaceful Easy Feeling *
10. So Sure Tonight *
11. Kiss Of The Buddha
12. Outside The Wall *
13. Gypsy Girl *
14. This Life (Demo) *
15. The Water Is Wide
16. Better Side Of Me (Demo) ^ *
17. Topanga (Demo) ^ *
18. Swallow (Demo) ^
19. Bullseye On A Rainy Night (Demo) ^^ by The Marian Segal Band

* previously unissued

[Walk In My Shadow]

Seems there's a bit too much Segal solo. But the Jade album remains a treasure.

[toomanyhatz]

It's...of its time.

Classic? Not so much, though it's a pleasant listen.

[Charlie O.]

It's...of its time.

Classic? Not so much, though it's a pleasant listen.

He speaks for me.