Magic Shoemaker [Original recording remastered]

Fire | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1970
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Castle - Old Numbers
• ASIN: B00008J2IU
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,009,680 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this extremely rare 1969 album. Fire was Hounslow's finest Psychedelic Rock group. Fronted by Dave Lambert (later to join The Strawbs), the band recorded two legendary singles for the Decca label before signing to Pye Records and recording this legendary Psychedelic Rock rarity. Featuring guest appearances by guitarist Paul Brett and Dave Cousins of The Strawbs, the album failed to sell in significant quantities at the time of release but is now hailed as a masterpiece of the genre. This new remastered edition features four bonus tracks, namely both sides of the two Fire singles released by Decca in 1968 along with an extensive booklet featuring new liner notes and an interview with Lambert. Esoteric. 2009. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magic Shoemaker, June 5, 2006

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Audiologicist (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic Shoemaker (Audio CD)

1970 concept album is a glorious fairytale acid trip on a coach journey composed and narrated by David Lambert (pre-STRAWBS). The album contains the fantastic opening cut "Children of the Imagination" and the R&B tinged "I Can See The Sky" along with the acid experimental passages that crop up through the album.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fire Is On Firer, August 16, 2010

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Jonathan D. Berke "Berkestir" (Pleasant Hill, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic Shoemaker (Audio CD)

Fire's av-ant-grade masterpiece is a rock and roll fairytale about a Magic Shoemaker. Dave Lambert ,later of the Strawbs , is the songwriter of this story. The Magic Shoemaker is a must have for fans of late 60's psychedelic rock concept Alums. The only weak point to this wonderful reissues is a few of the bonus tracks that could of been lost forever.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fire - 'The Magic Shoemaker' (Esoteric), April 5, 2010

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic Shoemaker (Audio CD)

When this sole album from the UK psychedelic band, Fire was originally released in 1969, it apparently didn't sell that well. However, these days it's said to be sought out by record collectors who consider this vinyl to be an 'underground classic'. This is a much-welcome CD reissue - you get the lp' cuts + four added bonus tracks that include Fire's hard-to-find 7" singles. Tunes here that sure to fully captivate it's listener(s) are "Tell You A Story", "Magic Shoes", the awesome "Flies like A Bird", "Shoemaker" and I think I might even like the bonus material better - like the Who-inspired "Happy Man Am I", probably their best known song "Father's Name Is Dad", "Treacle Toffee World" and "Round The Gum Tree" (reminds me of the 1910 Fruitgum Company). As a 'huge' of a live album nut that I am, I really enjoyed hearing this disc every bit as much as I did their reunion 'The Magic Shoemaker Live' {see my review}. 100% essential.