Regular readers will know I'm a big fan of the obscure British pop group
This Other Eden, and last time I pondered what their unreleased album
Freewill might have been like.
I've since been in contact with
Chris Thow, who was in the band with
Mike Perry, and he was kind enough to send me a couple of tracks and some more information.
The
Freewill sessions were recorded near Taunton at a studio owned by
Annabel Lamb. The following tracks would have been on the album:
Man's World / Black / Mama's In Love / Face of an Angel / Freewill / Ordinary Man / Wake Me Now / All Fools Day / Take A Leaf From My Book / Teach Me To Cry
In addition another track "The Word" would have been a bonus track on the compact disc version.
This leaves a further six tracks which were used as B-Sides. These are:
Heaven / Question of Love / Heart to Heart / Sweet Wine / Angels Tell Lies / Mama's In Love (Live Acoustic Version)
I've featured the singles
Man's World and
Teach Me To Cry previously. Here's the 12" Single of
Face of an Angel, which I think was the second single released.
This Other Eden - Face of an Angel (1989)
Face of an Angel
Heart to Heart
The Word
[UPDATE] Well, it took a few years, but I finally got a copy of the album from
Niall Power, who played drums for the group. The track list was slightly different, as follows:
Man's World / Face Of An Angel / Black / All Fools Day / Ordinary Man / Wake Me Now / Freewill / Take A Leaf (From My Book / Mama's In Love / The Good Old Boys
Chris and Mike have been performing gigs since 2014 under the name
The Blue Amen and you can find clips and info via their Facebook page and Soundcloud. Great stuff!!
Niall has also sent me a bunch of photos from some of his gigs. Great bloke.