Aerie Faerie Nonsense
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Aerie Faerie Nonsense is The Enid
's second album. It was released in 1977 by EMI and later re-released by The Enid in 1983 following its deletion from the EMI catalogue.
In 1983, frustrated by the unavailability of the album, The Enid reconstructed it so that they could re-release it by themselves. They re-recorded all the tracks except Ondine. It was released on Vinyl LP with Slightly altered track names and the poem "To Sleep" by John Keats featured on the album cover.
In 1985 Robert John Godfrey and Stephen Stewart recorded an extended version of Fand that was released for the fan club. This extended version appears on CD releases of the reconstructed Aerie Farie Nonsense.
In June 2010, following the poor quality illegal bootlegs that Inner Sanctum released, EMI agreed to grant an Exclusive Worldwide License for the original EMI release of the album to Operation Seraphim. The album was subsequently transferred from the original 30IPS 1/4 inch Dolby A tapes to 96 kHz 24 bit digital by Christian Curtis at Abbey Road. The tracks were mastered for CD by Max Read at The Lodge Recording Studio. The CD Artwork was taken from the original releases and incorporated into an eight page booklet. The album was released on Thursday 15 July 2010 and made available from The Enid’s online shop.
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The Enid
The Enid is a British rock band founded in 1975 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish. Another early member was William Gilmour, who subsequently founded his own band Craft and now plays keyboards in Lickerish's band Secret Green....
's second album. It was released in 1977 by EMI and later re-released by The Enid in 1983 following its deletion from the EMI catalogue.
Release
Aerie Faerie Nonsense was recorded at Morgan Studios between August and September 1977 and released that year on EMI Records. EMI deleted it from their catalogue soon after.In 1983, frustrated by the unavailability of the album, The Enid reconstructed it so that they could re-release it by themselves. They re-recorded all the tracks except Ondine. It was released on Vinyl LP with Slightly altered track names and the poem "To Sleep" by John Keats featured on the album cover.
In 1985 Robert John Godfrey and Stephen Stewart recorded an extended version of Fand that was released for the fan club. This extended version appears on CD releases of the reconstructed Aerie Farie Nonsense.
In June 2010, following the poor quality illegal bootlegs that Inner Sanctum released, EMI agreed to grant an Exclusive Worldwide License for the original EMI release of the album to Operation Seraphim. The album was subsequently transferred from the original 30IPS 1/4 inch Dolby A tapes to 96 kHz 24 bit digital by Christian Curtis at Abbey Road. The tracks were mastered for CD by Max Read at The Lodge Recording Studio. The CD Artwork was taken from the original releases and incorporated into an eight page booklet. The album was released on Thursday 15 July 2010 and made available from The Enid’s online shop.
Original 1977 Version
Side one- Prelude (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (1:20) - Mayday Galliard (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (6:09) - Ondine (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
, Francis LickerishFrancis LickerishJohn Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
) – (4:01) - Childe Roland (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
, Francis LickerishFrancis LickerishJohn Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
) – (7:09)
Side two
- Fand I (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
, Francis LickerishFrancis LickerishJohn Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
) – (11:46) - Fand II (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (5:41)
1983 Re-Issue
Side one- A Heroe's Life "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
/Stephen StewartStephen StewartStephen John Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the younger brother of the dual bronze medal winning Olympic rowers James Stewart and Geoffrey Stewart...
/Francis LickerishFrancis LickerishJohn Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
) – (7:09) - Ondine "Dear sweet thing of wonderful beauty, Roland's childe" (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (3:47) - Interlude (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (1:00) - Bridal Dance "Mayday Galliard" (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (6:39)
Side two
- Fand
- 1st Movement
- Isle Of Brooding Solitude (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (2:51) - The Silver Ship – Landfall (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
/Francis LickerishFrancis LickerishJohn Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
/Stephen StewartStephen StewartStephen John Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the younger brother of the dual bronze medal winning Olympic rowers James Stewart and Geoffrey Stewart...
) – (5:02) - The Grand Loving (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
/Francis LickerishFrancis LickerishJohn Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
/Stephen StewartStephen StewartStephen John Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the younger brother of the dual bronze medal winning Olympic rowers James Stewart and Geoffrey Stewart...
) – (9:37)
- Isle Of Brooding Solitude (Robert John Godfrey
- 2nd Movement
- Love/Death...The Immolation of Fand (Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
) – (12:09)
- Love/Death...The Immolation of Fand (Robert John Godfrey
- 1st Movement
Personnel
- Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
: Keyboards - Stephen Stewart: Guitars and Bass
- Francis LickerishFrancis LickerishJohn Francis Lickerish, known professionally as Francis Lickerish , is a British composer, guitarist and lutenist, and founder member of British art-rock band The Enid....
: Guitars - Glen Tollet: Bass
- Chris North: Drums and Percussion
- Dave Storey: Drums and Percussion
- Dave Hancock: Trumpet
- Angus Boucher: Executive producer
- John Sinclair: Producer
- Gary Lyons: Engineer
- Dean Pywell: Sleeve design
- Colin Dunbar: Original concept