{"title":"Bridget St John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridget St John is a British singer and songwriter, best known for her three albums recorded between 1969 and 1972 on John Peel's Dandelion label. Her debut album, Ask Me No Questions, was produced by Peel himself. With her accomplished guitar playing skills, she credits John Martyn as her guitar mentor. St John's popularity peaked in 1974 when she was voted fifth most popular female singer in that year's Melody Maker readers poll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter recording the second album Songs for the Gentle Man with producer Ron Geesin, St John released another album called Jumble Queen under Chrysalis Records in 1974. She then moved to Greenwich Village in 1976 and remained out of the public eye for over two decades. However, she made a comeback at a Nick Drake tribute concert in New York in 1999 where she performed \"Northern Sky\" and \"One of These Things First\". In 2006, she toured Japan alongside minimalist French musician Colleen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to her solo work, Bridget St John has collaborated with various artists including Mike Oldfield on his album Amarok, Kevin Ayers, and Robin Frederick. She reunited with Kevin Ayers in 2007 to record on his album The Unfairground in New York where they duetted on the song \"Baby Come Home\". Regarded by John Peel as \"the best lady singer-songwriter in the country\", Bridget\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"thank-you-for","title":"Thank You For...","description":"\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trading Places","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50416209494347,"sku":"2199555","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5060672880435_grande_c2fcbeb4_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1726698522"},{"product_id":"from-there-to-here-uk-us-recordings-1974-1982","title":"From There \/ To Here – UK \/ US Recordings 1974-1982","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridget St. John\u003c\/strong\u003e’s post-Dandelion career from 1974 to 1982 is captured in this 3CD set. The collection features 17 previously unreleased tracks, including alternate versions and previously unheard compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter releasing three classic albums on \u003cem\u003eJohn Peel\u003c\/em\u003e’s Dandelion imprint in the early 1970s, Bridget St. John needed to find new outlets as the label ceased operations in 1972. She released the album \u003cem\u003eJumblequeen\u003c\/em\u003e on Chrysalis and eventually found herself drawn to New York City. In 1976, she relocated there and became part of the city’s underground folk music and singer-songwriter circuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn New York, Bridget explored different influences and sounds, collaborating with various musicians and experimenting with new approaches to her songs. Recently, recordings from this period have been discovered in Bridget’s tape archive. She has selected 17 previously unheard highlights for this collection, complete with her own contextual sleevenotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe set also includes \u003cem\u003eJumblequeen\u003c\/em\u003e and 1995’s \u003cem\u003eTake The 5ifth\u003c\/em\u003e, which features material from the same New York era. \u003cem\u003eFrom There \/ To Here\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive overview of the decade following Bridget St. John’s time with John Peel and Dandelion. It serves as a perfect companion to our previous box set covering those years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Red","offers":[{"title":"CD | x3","offer_id":50452192952651,"sku":"1156454","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4b0ea0b3-17d0-4320-93ad-7ab8c3a88181_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727143965"},{"product_id":"songs-for-the-gentle-man-1","title":"Songs For The Gentle Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eBack in stock. A reissue of the second album from \u003cstrong\u003eBridget St John\u003c\/strong\u003e that was originally released in 1971 on John Peel's Dandelion Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe London folk-cellar acoustic guitars are augmented by lush, baroque orchestral arrangements. The three-part suite \"\u003cem\u003eSeagull Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\" irresistibly pulls together these disparate sounds. The soaring strings, horns, and woodwinds are an ideal foil for Bridget's sonorous singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll tracks have been remastered and feature detailed sleeve notes written by Nigel Cross in co-operation with Bridget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50488836456779,"sku":"265204","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/09320ded-eb00-4cd3-abec-10ec6702a56d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727631802"},{"product_id":"jumble-queen","title":"Jumble Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish singer-songwriter Bridget St. John grew up in a musical family in Surrey, beginning on piano, viola and trumpet before picking up the guitar in high school. In the late 1960s she met the brilliant John Martyn who quickly became a fan and brought her music to a larger audience, which included the legendary DJ John Peel, for whose label Dandelion St. John recorded her first three albums. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJumble Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, St. John’s fourth album, was originally released in 1974 on Chrysalis, following the dissolution of Peel's label. Featuring help from members of Jethro Tull, King Crimson alum Michael Giles, American guitarist Stefan Grossman, and, most surprisingly, founding Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden, the album is heady, dreamy folk-rock that stands up alongside the singer’s more well-known Dandelion albums. St. John’s voice – best described as a more refined Nico – is the focal point here. Her breathy, earthen tones perfectly complement the lovelorn lyrical content. With a more subdued sound than the rock-heavy backing group might suggest, \u003ci\u003eJumble Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential bit of UK folk-rock and singer-songwriter brilliance. After this album, St. John moved to the States and all but left the music business, not releasing another album for more than twenty years. 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Recorded in a brief session that lasted for some nine or ten hours, debut album \u003ci\u003eAsk Me No Questions \u003c\/i\u003efeatures Martyn on second guitar on opener \u003ci\u003eTo Be Without A Hitch\u003c\/i\u003e and the equally chilling \u003ci\u003eCurl Your Toes,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the haunting title track, while future Fairport Convention and Soft Machine member Ric Sanders appears on \u003ci\u003eLizard\u003cbr\u003eTongue Boy\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Many Happy Returns\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trading Places","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50905439633739,"sku":"331287","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/84168aff-1894-4b73-b980-726aa05fbcd7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732841017"},{"product_id":"songs-for-the-gentle-man","title":"Songs For The Gentle Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe English singer and guitarist Bridget St John was introduced to the bourgeoning London folk scene by guitarist John Martyn, her rich and unusually deep voice being highly distinctive. 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