Shadow - Sweet Sweet Dreams

Shadow - Sweet Sweet DreamsI take my guitar and strum and sing some tings and blow peoples mind. But I aint trying to do anybodys music. Im doing what I feel Shadow. When it came out in 1984 the far out album Sweet Sweet Dreams by Trinidad & Tobagos Shadow (aka Winston Bailey) was described as way ahead of its time. Undeservedly it was panned by critics and, unable to reach markets, disappeared into the dusty record collections of a few music aficionados. Now, more than three

Four seamless sides of vinyl unfold a world of aching sadness and beauty

They’re all pretty different in the sense that at first they were just heads and solos

as they prove to be some of the most interesting and innovative of Fela's '70s material

along with one brief french horn piece that was multi-tracked

Over the course of his career Florian put out countless Popol Vuh albums and two solo albums

When it came out in 1984 the far-out album Sweet Sweet Dreams by Trinidad & Tobago’s Shadow (aka Winston Bailey) was described as “way ahead of its time”

fighting with ‘Silver Bullets’ or the observant nature of Southern Lights on ‘Aurora Corona’

and the explorations of Jimi Hendrix

an album of a sort we haven't seen since the 1970s

Each piece moves with the ease and progression of a cloud formation

Composer Alison Chesley uses the instrument to access and channel the extremities of human emotion

Presented in a beautiful gatefold 2LP on high quality classic black 160gm vinyl with original artwork as well as new gatefold layout by Tom Ellard with extensive liner notes detailing the back story and creation of each individual track