July recorded what has become one of the most sought-after British psychedelic sixties albums. Twenty-five years on time has not been kind to all the tracks (e.g. ‘Jolly Mary’) but overall it’s well worth purchasing for its eerie brand of psychedelia (on ‘Dandelion Seeds’ and ‘My Clown’) and some fine psychedelic guitar work (’Crying Is For Writers’).

More accessible are the Bam-Caruso reissue, which was put out in a different sleeve, and the Aftermath CD reissue. Both also include the second 45, which wasn’t on the first album. Duhig and Field went on to be in Jade Warrior and Tom Newman later released solo albums on Virgin and Decca. He also set up Branson’s Manor Studios and engineered ‘Tubular Bells’ I and II. Duhig was also later in Assagai. Alan James went on to play for Cat Stevens, Duffy Power, Neil Innes and Kevin Coyne. They were managed by Spencer Davis.

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