The Displaced Years (Songs From Love Crescent) - 1975-1978 - Bob Bryden - Acoustic Archival Series - Demos 'Live' To Ghetto Blaster / Plus 2010 Bonus Track

by Bob Bryden

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1.	Guitar Man (demo) 02:52	info	buy track
2.	The Golden Spiral (demo) 05:09	info	buy track
3.	Love Is Like a Gold Star Shining (demo) 02:45	info	buy track
4.	The Friendship Song (demo) 01:53	info	buy track
5.	Violent Soul (demo) 03:34	info	buy track
6.	Como Estes (demo) 02:55	info	buy track
7.	For Those About To Make It (demo) 02:15	info	buy track
8.	Ain't No Answer (demo) 02:03	info	buy track
9.	Bosom of the World (demo) 03:20	info	buy track
10.	Too Many Chances (demo) 03:27	info	buy track
11.	Someone Somewhere Waiting (demo) 02:53	info	buy track
12.	Deep Are The Waters (demo) 02:45	info	buy track
13.	Theoretically Blue (demo) 02:18	info	buy track
14.	Dream Peace Is Coming (demo) 03:20	info	buy track
15.	One Smile (demo) 02:48	info	buy track
16.	(One Way Ticket to the) Mardi Gras (original version - demo) 02:32	info	buy track
17.	Singin' Just For Fun (demo) 02:20	info	buy track
18.	Too Late Tomorrow (Christmas Is Dead) (original version - demo) 03:43	info	buy track
19.	Vigil Strange (original version - demo) (words by Walt Whitman) 03:17	lyrics	buy track
Words by Walt Whitman. Music, acoustic guitar and vocal by Bob Bryden
20.	Rhythm of the Dark Master (original version - demo) 03:58	info	buy track
21.	The Garden of Eshorah / Evening In Bagdad (original version - demo) 07:41	info	buy track
22.	Ladybug (Father Goethe Said) 05:34	info	buy track
23.	I Can't See Me ('Live' at The Nervous Breakdown, Toronto) 02:39	info	buy track
24.	Bonus Track: Christmas Is Dead (AKA Too Late Tomorrow) - from the Design Hope CD - 'Love Is Everything' - 2010 03:32		buy track

about

From the time my group Christmas disbanded at the beginning of 1975 through to my arrival in Hamilton, Ontario to manage Star Records in July 1978, it was a period of great upheaval and uncertainty in my life. I had been bouncing around between Oshawa, various parts of British Columbia and Toronto for years. I had attempted a career as an actor and met with encouraging results in my first few forays on to the theatrical stage. I took training at Factory Theatre Lab, George Brown College and York University and spent most of my time hitting the pavement in search of work. I call these years the Displaced Years because I had no real direction - or home. One thing which didn't stop during this period - was songwriting. I wrote a group of songs which I still cherish. This 'album' is pure archive material. I recorded most of the songs using a Guild nylon string guitar given to me by my friend Jerry Ames. They were recorded 'live' to ghetto blaster when I lived with my girlfriend Debra Earhart on 15 Love Crescent in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto. One of the songs even dates back to the Christmas era. 'Garden of Eshorah / Evening in Bagdad' is a song which Christmas had jammed on but never recorded. One of the tracks ('I Can't See Me') was recorded 'live' to ghetto blaster at a gig at the long defunct Nervous Breakdown Cafe in Toronto. These are very crude recordings transferred from an ancient cassette tape but I believe the quality of the songs is discernible regardless. The bonus track is from a compilation CD called 'Love Is Everything'. A Design Hope project from 2010, produced by Christopher Clause and Amy King, it featured many artists from the Hamilton, Ontario contributing songs with a Christmas (The Season) theme. I chose to resurrect my 'Displaced Years' ditty for the project.

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released March 27, 2018

Bob Bryden - acoustic guitar and voice, words and music to all songs (except 'Vigil Strange' - words by Walt Whitman).

'Christmas Is Dead' from Design Hope CD, 'Love Is Everything'. Produced by Christopher Clause and Amy King, 2010. Christopher Clause on bass, drums and backing vocal.

Graphic assistance by Mark Tharme of Muse Marketing Group.

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Bob Bryden Burlington, Ontario

Formerly of Reign Ghost, Christmas, Benzene Jag and Age of Mirrors.

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