Just Another Diamond Day
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| Studio album by Vashti Bunyan | ||||
| Released | December 1970 | |||
| Recorded | November - December 1969 at Sound Techniques, London | |||
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| Length | 31:24 (original release) 39:17 (CD reissue) |
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| Label | Philips | |||
| Producer | Joe Boyd | |||
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| Pitchfork Media | (9.0/10) |
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Just Another Diamond Day is the debut album by the English folk singer-songwriter, Vashti Bunyan, and was released on Philips Records in December 1970. Much of the album is a musical reflection on Bunyan and traveling partner Robert Lewis's experiences while traveling by horse and wagon through Scotland in 1968. It highlighted Bunyan's vocals with minimal instrumental accompaniment that was arranged by contemporary musical artists supervised under record producer Joe Boyd.
Upon release, Just Another Diamond Day went relatively unnoticed commercially as it failed to chart nationally. Stricken by the demoralizing and disillusioning outcome, Bunyan began a self-imposed exile from the music industry to live a low-profile lifestyle. Over the years, the album has received more attention among record collectors and bootleggers, resulting in official reissues that sparked a revival in Bunyan's music career. Although it was largely overlooked by the public at the time of its release, the album's critical standing has improved over the years and today Just Another Diamond Day is now by many considered one of the best works in British folk.
Vashti Bunyan had initially appeared on the English music scene in 1965 after meeting record producer Andrew Loog Oldham with a promising assortment of original material. Even with the hype boasting that Bunyan could replace Marianne Faithfull, who had recently departed Decca Records, her debut single, the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards-penned "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind", did not achieve much critical traction. Sensing a follow-up release would not materialize, Bunyan decided to depart Oldham's staple to record with Peter Snell. Bunyan recorded "Train Song", the melody of which stemmed from her own composition, "17 Pink Elephants", with lyrics written by folkie Alastair Clayre. Upon release, however, "Train Song" failed to fulfill Bunyan's vision of her acoustic arrangements appealing to pop culture as the single was met with the same lack of commercial success as Bunyan's debut. As a result, the brief media exposure surrounding her faded by late 1966, Bunyan detached herself from the London music scene, and had been all but forgotten by mainstream pop audiences.
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