Enter now to win copies of Unicorn‘s “Too Many Crooks” (1976) and “Blue Pine Trees” (1974) — both produced by Floyd’s David Gilmour and newly reissued by Renaissance Records.
Gilmour discovered the country-rock group while attending a friend’s wedding. He went on to produce and play with the band, as well as cover chief songwriter Ken Baker’s “There’s No Way Out of Here” on his ’78 eponymous solo album.
Gilmour plays steel pedal guitar on both albums, which were remastered for CD by longtime Floyd sound engineer Andy Jackson aboard Gilmour’s houseboat studio Astoria. (Read our 2001 interview with Andy Jackson.)
Unicorn is country-rock in a similar vein as Firefall, Pure Prairie League, American Flyer and Poco. Good stuff.
Contrary to the buzz created by the label and its public relations firm, these two albums are far from “lost” works by Gilmour. Pat Martin, Unicorn’s bassist, tells us the titles are new to the Renaissance label, but were available for sale before that through It’s All About Music.
Either way, thanks to William James at Glass Onyon for providing the prizes.
