Andwella were an Irish psychedelic rock band formed in 1968, originally as The Method and later renamed Andwella's Dream. The trio were fronted by Dave Lewis (guitar/keyboard/vocals), with Nigel
Smith (bass/vocals) and Gordon Barton (drums). Andwellas Dream began in the late '60s as a heavy psychedelic trio, tapping into the multicolored imagery and fuzzy guitars of the era while remaining grounded by bandleader David Lewis' solid songwriting. After releasing 1969's Love & Poetry, Andwellas Dream shortened their name to Andwella, and released two more albums before breaking up in 1972.
Their first album, as Andwella's Dream, Love and Poetry, was recorded in London in 1968, and
released in August 1969. It featured jazz musician Bob Downes on saxophone and flute, and Wilgar Campbell on drums on the track "Felix". The album failed to sell, and Lewis then recorded a solo album, privately pressed, on the Ax label in 1970; which included new versions of some of the Andwella's Dream songs. In 1970 David Lewis wrote the music for and produced poet David Baxter's Goodbye Dave album, for which he was backed by Andwella.
With the addition of Dave McDougall on guitar and vocals, the band was renamed Andwella. This line-up issued World's End in August 1970, before Dave Struthers replaced Nigel Smith on bass and
Jack McCulloch joined as drummer. This iteration of Andwella recorded their third album, 1971's People's People, which brought into greater focus some of the country and folk-rock tendencies that appeared in latent form on earlier material. Shortly after the album's release, Andwella broke up. While relatively obscure during their time, the band became highly regarded by psychedelia collectors and historians in years to follow.
DISCOGRAPHY
Andwellas Dream: Love And Poetry (LP, CBS 1969-08)
Andwella: World's End (LP, Reflection Records 1970-08)
Andwella: People's People (LP, Reflection, rel. Late 1970)
01. ANDWELLAS DREAM - LOVE AND POETRY 1969
Although Andwella's Dream were a versatile psychedelic group, they were nonetheless generic no matter
what angle they were taking. On Love & Poetry, you get sustained guitar that walks the line between freakbeat and heaviness, some swirling organ and husky vocals that betray the influence of Traffic and Procol Harum, pastoral acoustic folky tunes in the Donovan style, airy-fairy dabs of phased guitars and storybook lyrics, etc.
Andwellas Dream – 1969 - Love And Poetry
Label: Sunbeam Records – SBRCD5063
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 2009
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01. The Days Grew Longer For Love
02. Sunday
03. Lost A Number, Found A King
04. Man Without A Name
05. Clockwork Man
06. Cocaine
07. Shades Of Grey
08. High On A Mountain
09. Andwella
10. Midday Sun
11. Take My Road
12. Felix
13. Goodbye
BONUS TRACKS
14. Mrs. Man (45 A-side)
15. Mr. Sunshine (45 B-side)
16. Every Little Minute (45 A-side)
17. Micheal FitzHenry (45 B-side)
18. Take My Road (Alt. Mix)
19. Man Without A Name (Alt. Mix)
20. Paradise Isle (2008)
21. Miles Away From My Baby (2008)
LINE - UP
Guitar, Piano, Organ, Vocals, Written By – Dave Lewis
Bass, Vocals – Nigel Smith
Drums – Gordon Barton
Flute, Bells [Chinese], Tam-tam, Finger Cymbals, Percussion [Dry Leaves], Ti-tse [Chinese Bamboo Flute] – Bob Downes
Flac Size: 440 MB
02. ANDWELLA - WORLD'S END 1970
In 1970, Andwella dropped the dream and woke up to a new morning sound that traded flutes for trumpets
and shredding guitars for pounding pianos. With a little help from Bobby Scott, David Lewis proved once again his mastery over the craft of songwriting with “The Weight” style epics “Back on The Road,” proto arena-rock power ballads like “Just How Long,” and portraits of tenderness in the epic love song on “Lady Love.” Highly recommended.
Andwella – World's End
Label: Geffen Records – UICY-93049
Series: Rock Legend Series
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Apr 26, 2006
Country: Japan
Released: 1970
Genre: Rock
Style: Psych - Rock
TRACKS
01. Hold On To Your Mind
02. Lady Love
03. Michael Fitzhenry
04. I'm Just Happy To See You Get Her
05. Just How Long
06. World's End Part I
07. World's End Part II
08. Back On The Road
09. I Got A Woman
10. Reason For Living
11. Shadow Of The Night
LINE - UP
Guitar, Flute, Piano, Lead Vocals – David Lewis
Bass, Vocals – Nigel Smith
Drums, Percussion – Gordon Barton
Piano, Organ, Vocals – Dave McDougall
Written-By – David Lewis (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 11)
Flac Size: 400 MB
03. ANDWELLA - PEOPLE'S PEOPLE 1970
People’s People finds David Lewis and his band of freewheelers stripping their sound down to the
essentials. Emerging from the psychedelic haze, the trio find themselves at a crossroads of American southern rock and a pastoral English countryside and deliver an album with booming harmonies and transcendental hooks that could go head-to-head with The Band or The Allman Brothers. The final chapter in the Andwella story has all the makings of a classic LP, and if not for the Reflection label’s own chaotic dissolution around the time of the release, it probably would have been.
Andwella – People's People
Label: Geffen Records – UICY-93050
Series: Rock Legend Series
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered Apr 26, 2006
Country: Japan
Released: 1970
Genre: Rock
Style: Psych - Rock
TRACKS
01. She Taught Me To Love
02. Saint Bartholomew
03. The World Of Angelique
04. Mississippi Water
05. I've Got My Own
06. Are You Ready
07. Four Days In September
08. Lazy Days
09. People's People
10. Behind The Painted Screen
11. All For You
LINE - UP
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ – David Lewis
Piano, Organ – Dave McDougall
Bass, Vocals – Dave Struthers
Percussion – Jack McCulloch
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