Oberon - A Midsummer's Night Dream (2CD) (1971, 2021)

Artist: Oberon
Title: A Midsummer's Night Dream
Genre: Folk Rock, Rock, Folk, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Year of publication: 1971/2010
Publisher: Grapefruit Records
Country: UK
Audio codec: WAV | lossless
Duration: 01:22:53

Tracklist:
CD1 - A Midsummer's Night Dream
1. Nottanum Town [4:46]
2. Peggy [2:43]
3. The Hunt [8:55]
4. Syrinx [2:49]
5. Summertime [5:03]
6. Time Past, Time Come [3:49]
7. Minas Tirith [8:19]
8. Epitaph [2:35]

CD2 - Oberon Live Spring 1971
1. Scarborough Fair [4:45]
2. Peggy [2:53]
3. Epitaph [4:06]
4. Nottamun Town [4:12]
5. Flute Sonata [5:13]
6. The Hunt [9:12]
7. Minas Tirith [12:30]

Personnel:
- Bernie Birchall / bass
- Chris Smith / guitar
- Jan Scrimgeour / guitar, vocals
- Robin Clutterbuck / guitar, vocals
- Nick Powell / percussion
- Julian Smedley / violin, vocals

First ever legit reissue of one the rarest psych-folk albums from the UK, originally released in 1971 as a private edition of 99 copies.

Oberon consisted of seven young musicians who met while studying at Radley College in Oxford. Influenced by Fairport Convention, Pentangle, King Crimson, Incredible String Band, Sandy Denny and such, they created this stunning piece of progressive folk. Fantastic sound and recording quality, killer flute, guitar, violin, haunting vocals and medieval atmosphere.

Digitally remastered by band member / sound engineer Jeremy Birchall, sounding better than ever.

Fold-out insert with extensive liner notes and rare pictures.

“At one point the UK’s most valuable folk album, this has a dark, claustrophobic sound, heightened by eerie, acid-induced lyrics. Probably the most notable track is “Minas Tirith”, a sinister extended psych-folk excursion which suddenly explodes into a bizarre and metallic (in the literal sense) drum solo. Also notable are “The Hunt”, a strange piece of progressive-folk and a doomy opening version of “Nottamun Town”