Track Listing

1. Diamond day
2. Glow worms
3. Lilly pond
4. Timothy grub
5. Where I like to stand
6. Swallow song
7. Window over the bay
8. Rose hip November
9. Come wind come rain
10. Hebridean sun
11. Rainbow river
12. Trawlerman's song
13. Jog along Bess
14. Iris's song for us
15. Love Song
16. I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind
17. Winter Is Blue
18. Iris's Song Version Two

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8379 in Music
• Released on: 2000-07-24
• Number of discs: 1

From the Label
After meeting Joe Boyd (who had already produced Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, John Martyn & Incredible String Band) Vashti agreed to make an album for his Witchseason Productions company. The songs were written in 1968 and recorded in 1969 with Joe Boyd in the producer's chair. He engaged the help of string arranger Robert Kirby (who also famously worked with Nick Drake on his first two albums), Simon Nicol & Dave Swarbrick (from Fairport Convention) and the Incredible String Band's Robin Williamson.

The album was released in 1970. Not long after, Vashti retreated to the Outer Hebrides and was never heard of again.

Until now.

Customer Reviews

Sheer Gossamer Nostalgia
I heard Diamond Day on the TV advert and thought 'that's Vashti Bunyan!'.I hadn't heard the album in years. It was obscure when I first heard it and I never met anyone who had even heard of her. I checked out the website, got all the history and the cd and rediscovered the magical delights of endless summer holidays by the sea, walks in the woods, gypsy caravans, picnics- all the good old fashioned values of pleasure, joy, love & peace.
Gentle, easy to sing along to, quirky rhymes and repeats. This is an album to play to kids at bedtime to ensure sweet dreams.If this works for you then try HMS Donovan as a companion album.

Another Fine Joe Boyd Production
I first heard Vashti when her mid sixties singles were played on Pirate Radio - competition was strong at that time and she didn't gain much success. As the sixties ended, and the more earnest seventies began, albums replaced singles as the dominant music format and Vashti tried for success once more, with this offering. In 1970 radio airplay was very limited and competition in this area of music was very intense - Joni Mitchell leading a strong field. I heard some of this album, probably played by John Peel or Pete Drummond, but I didn't like Vashti's voice as much as some of her contemporaries. However, like for most people, Vashti was reintroduced via that commercial and I finally succumbed to temptation and bought the reissued CD. I had forgotten quite how good Joe Boyd's production was and, although I still found Vashti's voice a little much for extended listening, the album had aged much better than I had expected! I can't think of anything that Joe Boyd has been connected with that I have disliked, and his input here raises my rating to the full five stars. Don't just buy on the strength of one track because there is some variety here; try to listen first.

discovery ...
off all the places out there, I heard the "Diamond Day" while I was on hold, waiting for the response of the T-mobile's customer service. They play it off the reel to their bored customers.

This music was so outstanding, that I finally plucked up courage and asked the operator what was that song. Luckily she knew and I bought it within 5 minutes, here on Amazon.

dejan