{"title":"Five Day Rain","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"five-day-rain-2","title":"Five Day Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnigmatic psychedelic proto-prog act Five Day Rain was formed in Sussex in the late 1960s by guitarist Rick Sharpe and bassist Clive Shepherd of Iron Prophet, and keyboardist Graham Maitland, who had been in Les Fleur Des Lys with Bryn Haworth, whose brother Kim joined on drums. This mythic self-titled debut has pop harmonies from all 3 members of America in places, the prog spiced with shades of blues, but somehow only 15 acetates were cut before a dispute quashed the project. This lost gem is as unique as it is rare, prefacing Procol Harum, Elton John and Styx in equal measure; grab it and be blown away by the musical complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trading Places","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50415187657035,"sku":"2019721","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0-1_72fbbe76_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726688156"},{"product_id":"good-year-the-five-day-rain-anthology","title":"Good Year – The Five Day Rain Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eDefinitive two-CD anthology of much-loved 1970 British psychedelic \/ progressive LP that failed to get beyond test pressing stage at the time. Includes several previously-unissued tracks from those 1970 sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the rarest vinyl albums of the era, the last original copy to be openly offered (in 2017) sold for £4000. In early 1970, Sussex-based power trio \u003cstrong\u003eIron Prophet\u003c\/strong\u003e linked up with former Scots of St James \/ Fleur de Lys member \u003cstrong\u003eGraham Maitland\u003c\/strong\u003e to cut an album at IBC Studios under the name \u003cem\u003eFive Day Rain\u003c\/em\u003e. They worked on the album throughout 1970, with the intended release pressed up as a demo LP that summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat version was then rejected, although a number of cuts were salvaged and added to new recordings in the autumn for another test pressing-only album at the end of the year. When the recordings failed to gain a release, the band changed their name at the beginning of 1971 to \u003cem\u003eStudd Pump\u003c\/em\u003e, issuing a single in March via the Penny Farthing label before breaking up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years later, the second version of the \u003cem\u003eFive Day Rain\u003c\/em\u003e album was disinterred and finally released, although the intended opening track was excluded, and a couple of other songs were tampered with in the re-mastering studio. All subsequent releases of the album have used those versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContaining over two hours of music, \u003cem\u003eGood Year\u003c\/em\u003e corrects these issues to finally give a release to all of the band’s recordings as they were originally cut, although we have also included those ‘90s “amendments” for the sake of completeness. Both 1970 test pressing albums are included in their entirety, together with the \u003cem\u003eStudd Pump\u003c\/em\u003e single and three tracks that, slightly remixed, were included without the band’s permission or knowledge on a 1978 album credited to \u003cem\u003eOne Way Ticket\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith rare photos, band reminiscences and a note that details the full astonishing story, \u003cem\u003eGood Year\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive, unexpurgated version of this legendary unissued-at-the-time studio project.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50416273359179,"sku":"1139092","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1a285c77-e408-4110-acd7-9f4f00c81fff_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726700557"},{"product_id":"more-from-1970","title":"More from 1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eMythical Sussex psychedelic protoprog band Five Day Rain cut an album that never was in 1970, since a dispute nixed its official release. This must-have collection of rarities includes outtakes such as the fuzz box-filled ‘Dartboard’ and the raunchy ‘Floating’, as well as a tasteful cover of Bobby Hebb’s ‘Sunny,’ plus full version of ‘Rough Cut Marmalade.’ ‘Spare The Children,’ released as a 45 by side project Studd Pump is included here too. Required listening for all who wish to understand the Five Day Rain story in full.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trading Places","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":51245931495755,"sku":"2019722","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0-2_60013693_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1739229623"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/five-day-rain.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}