{"product_id":"fragile-5","title":"Fragile","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pastoral psychedelic folk stroll in the sunshine, with a few tracks reminiscent of 1960's soft psych!! This is the rarest, and I would dare to say best, folk\/psych album from Peter Howell and John Ferdinando, musical brainchildren behind Ithaca, Agincourt, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Tomorrow Come Someday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowell\/Ferdinando had just completed this album around 1974 when the partnership came to an end. Howell had been working at the BBC as a studio manager since 1970 (he'd provided a stiff upper lip voiceover for John Peels Top Gear shows), but was now offered a position with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, which he accepted, and still holds. \"Friends\" still has the recognizable Ithaca and\/or Agincourt sound, with lead vocals mainly by Peter Howell mostly, but with all the same elements and participants, and four tracks featuring the lovely vocals of Ruth Cubbin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn album so incredibly rare (only a single acetate exists), that many have doubted the album's existence... until now!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acme","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50949630165323,"sku":"2235673","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0778578100728_9d01bd0f_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1733685277","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/fragile-5","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}