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Day One: A week recording in the Scottish hills.

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Our first day of recording…….

10am. The first track tackled linked us with the 1978 farewell concert….. then it was an eight bar round, ‘Peace n the Fire’, written and sung as the encore for that sole occasion.
This Simon …

Caedmon Bad Habits ?


Edinburgh fringe 1977

We cycled on pushbikes up and down Princes Street wearing these habits, during the main Edinburgh Fringe procession. Gordon Strachan dressed up as John Knox (considered the founder of the Presbyterians) who was hand in hand with …

Caedmon’s Farewell Concert 1978

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Caedmon’s farewell performance in 1978….. the last public performance before their comeback gigs of the 7th and 8th May 2010.

Caedmon Stage Style Statements

Caedmon on stage (c1977)c1977 (Edinburgh Fringe?)

Sam wears Snoopy, Angela goes angelic, Simon sports straw and Jim juxtaposed in jade (his wrap over kimono fashioned on the flat’s sewing machine by his own fair hand). Ken presumably stage left with camera?

Note Caedmon’s …

Caedmon Meadows Festival 1977

Carolyn (sound woman for Caedmon at this time), Sam, Sally and Lance (Lance Stone wrote ‘Deathknot’ a Caedmon song not currently available in recordings), and Simon.
Martin Lovell and Jim are just visible behind and between Carolyn and Sam. A …