The Enid - Touch Me (1979) [Reissue 2011]

Posted By: Andi_Deris

Date: Aug. 8, 2017

1979 saw The Enid move to Pye records. Having been given the biggest advance in the label's history, Godfrey made the smart move to purchase the recording equipment they needed to make their next album, Touch Me. A smart move, as the label collapsed shortly after. Touch Me continued the band's trajectory away from mainstream 'rock' music. Eschewing much of the 'hippies play the proms' sound of the previous two albums, and favouring more complex, densely layered piano and synthesizer compositions to tracks such as Gallivant and Albion Fair, the band sounded less like a rock band and more like accomplished classical musicians pushing the boundaries of the new electronic technology.

The Enid
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Track Listing

01. Humouresque (06:16)
02. Cortege (05:13)
03. Elegy (Touch Me) (03:18)
04. Gallavant (07:19)
05. Albion Fair (part 1) (05:29)
06. Albion Fair (part 2) (10:57)

Bonus tracks
07. Joined By The Heart (solo release by Robert Godfrey) (14:43)
08. Albion Fair (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1979) (11:39)
09. Dambusters March/Land Of Hope And Glory (7'' Version) (04:05)
10. The Skyeboat Song (04:55)

Produced by The Enid

The Band

• Robert John Godfrey - keyboards
• William Gilmour - keyboards
• Francis Lickerish - guitars
• Stephen Stewart - guitars, percussion
• David Storey - drums, percussion
• Terry Pack - bass guitar

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• Tony Freer - Cor Anglais, Oboe

EAC Log

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EAC extraction logfile from 14. December 2012, 22:12

The Enid / Touch Me

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