Anche per il compianto Kevin Ayers (1944-2013) è pronto un nuovo box antologico per iniziativa di Esoteric/Cherry Red dopo l'eccellente All This Crazy Gift Of Time-The Recordings 1969-1973 di qualche tempo fa: si intitola Where Do The Stars End-The Recordings 1974-1980 e in sei cd documenta la seconda parte della carriera del Nostro ai tempi del breve passaggio dall'etichetta Emi alla Island e del successivo ritorno alla Emi: in copertina l'indimenticabile ritratto di Sweet Deceiver, cinque album dal classico The Confessions Of Doctor Dream And Other Stories a That’s What You Get Babe, singoli, molte sessioni radiofoniche per la BBC e diversi inediti dal vivo.
In 1974 Kevin Ayers departed EMI’s Harvest, his label home since 1969, and moved to Island Records, recording the classic album The Confessions Of Doctor Dream the same year. Produced by Rupert Hine, the album included the lengthy title track, a reworking of the Soft Machine track Why Are We Sleeping? and saw guest appearances from Mike Oldfield and Mike Ratledge, among others. It was also the first album to feature Kevin’s long-time musical collaborator Ollie Halsall on guitar and was greeted with praise from both critics and fans alike. The Sweet Deceiver album was released in 1975 and featured contributions from Elton John, following which, in 1976, Kevin returned to EMI Harvest to record Yes, We Have No Mananas-So Get Your Mananas Today another highly acclaimed record. To promote the album Kevin formed a new live band which included future Police guitarist Andy Summers within its ranks. Rainbow Takeaway appeared in 1978 and Kevin’s final album for Harvest, That’s What You Get Babe appeared in 1980. This new box set covering Kevin's work from the latter part of his career with Island and EMI Harvest has been remastered from the original master tapes and features all of the aforementioned albums, along with a further 35 bonus tracks drawn from singles, BBC Radio sessions and 13 previously unreleased live recordings from Paris in 1975 and Bremen in 1976. Where Do The Stars End also includes an illustrated book with a new essay.
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