Dando Shaft - Shadows Across The Moon (2021)

Not always in this case either, but often. They were never (officially) sent to Coventry but left there for five brief years 1968 to 1973. Named after a shady character in a yank pulp sex-thriller that nobody had heard of let alone, hopefully, read, Dando Shaft debunked to a communal house in leafy Ealing well-loaded with an intriguing blend of “good vibes and spirituality …an airy tapestry of influences resulting in a singular repertoire”.

Dando Shaft were a psychedelic/progressive folk and folk jazz band and known primarily as one of the major influences on the progressive stream of the 1960s folk revival. They released four studio albums from 1970 to 1977 and at the encouragement of an Italian promoter, Dando Shaft re-formed for a week-long concert series in Italy in 1993. An Italian live album Shadows Across the Moon was released from material recorded during this session but was never released anywhere else.

Talking Elephant have managed to secure the master tapes and remaster the album with the original engineer and are able to give this album the much deserved release it warrents.