Kevin Ayers ‎– The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories
Label:
Island Records ‎– ILPS 9263, Island Records ‎– ILPS.9263
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Embossed Sleeve
Country:
UK
Released:
1974
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Art Rock, Avantgarde
 
Tracklist
Position    Title/Credits    Duration
A1    Day By Day
Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic] – Kevin*
Backing Vocals – Doris Troy, Joanne Williams, Rosetta Hightower
Bass – John Perry*
Drums – Mike Giles*
Electric Guitar – Mark Warner, Sam Mitchell
Percussion – The G'Deevy Ensemble
A2    See You Later
Acoustic Guitar – Mark Warner
Backing Vocals – Sean Milligan
Bass – John Perry*
Drums – Mike Giles*
Percussion [Percussion (?)] – Ray Cooper
A3    Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought Of You
Backing Vocals – Doris Troy, Joanne Williams, Rosetta Hightower
Bass – John Perry*
Drums – Mike Giles*
Electric Guitar – Mark Warner, Sam Mitchell
Electric Guitar, Soloist – Ollie Halsall
Percussion – Rupert Hine
A4    Everybody's Sometime And Some People's All The Time Blues
Electric Guitar – Cal Batchelor, Kevin*, Sam Mitchell
Electric Guitar, Soloist – Mike Oldfield
Piano – Henry Crallan
A5    It Begins With A Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends With A Curse
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Kevin*
Backing Vocals – The Hulloo Choir
Bass – John Perry*
Drums – Mike Giles*
Electric Guitar – Mark Warner
Organ – Steve Nye
Organ, Synthesizer [ARP Synthesiser] – Rupert Hine
Piano – Mike Moran
Saxophone – Lol Coxhill
A6    Ballbearing Blues
Acoustic Guitar, Body Percussion [Foot] – Kevin*
Electric Piano – Rupert Hine
The Confessions Of Dr. Dream    
B1a    Part One: Irreversible Neural Damage
Acoustic Guitar – Mark Warner
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer [ARP Synthesiser] – Rupert Hine
Vocals – Nico (3)
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Piano, Organ – Kevin*
B1b    Part Two: Invitation
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Kevin*
Bass – John Gustafson
Drums – Mike Giles*
Electric Piano – Rupert Hine, Steve Nye
B1c    Part Three: The One Chance Dance
Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars] – Kevin*
Bass – Trevor Jones (9)
Drums – Mike Giles*
Electric Piano – Steve Nye
Organ [Organs] – Rupert Hine
Percussion – Ray Cooper
B1d    Part Four: Dr. Dream Theme
Bass – John Perry*
Choir – Choir*
Drums – Mike Giles*
Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars] – Mark Warner
Organ – Mike Ratledge
Organ, Synthesizer [ARP Synthesiser] – Rupert Hine
B2    Two Goes Into Four
Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars] – Kevin*
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Ltd.
Pressed By – EMI Records
Printed By – Robor Ltd.
Published By – Blackhill Music Ltd.
Produced For – Banana Productions Ltd
Recorded At – Ramport Studios
Recorded At – Air Studios
Mixed At – Air Studios
Credits
Arranged By [Brass Arrangement] – SImon Jeffes
Design Concept [Cover Designs Conceived And Commissioned By] – Group Five (2)
Engineer – John Punter, Steve Nye
Engineer [Assisted By] – Gerry Leitch, Sean Milligan
Illustration – George Smith (7), James Wedge
Lacquer Cut By – Porky (5)
Producer – Rupert Hine
Written-By, Composed By – Kevin Ayers
Notes
First pressing, with original pink-rim Island labels and laminated sleeve with the masks on the front embossed.
Printed card inner sleeve with lyrics on one side and credits on the other side (see images).
Individually-stamped letters and numbers spaced apart from the -2U/-1U matrix number are plate markings. Except that lower letters may indicate earlier plates these have no significance: many combinations exist.
No durations are given on this release.
Rhythm tracks recorded at Ramport Studios, London
Recorded and mixed at Air Studios, London
℗ 1974 Island Records Ltd
Printed In England By Robor Limited.
Cat. no. ILPS 9263 on rear sleeve, spine and inner sleeve; ILPS.9263 on centre labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): ILPS 9263 A - 2 U A D PORKY
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): ILPS 9263 B - 1U R R RUPO · PECKO · MELO
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): ILPS 9263 A - 2 U RO PORKY
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): ILPS 9263 B - 1U H G RUPO · PECKO · MELO
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 3): LPS 9263 A - 2 U RA PORKY
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 3): ILPS 9263 B - 1U GL RUPO · PECKO · MELO