Monday, 29 December 2008

The wild places - Duncan Browne

Duncan Browne was born on March 25, 1947. Together with Peter Godwin he formed the band Metro in the mid-70s. In 1978, he released his solo album 'The Wild Places'. Having had a hit in the UK in 1972 with 'Journey', much was expected from the title track, but surprisingly, it was only a hit in the Netherlands. Duncan Browne died of cancer on May 28, 1993.

I found the picture disc in 1989 in London. Contrary to a previous copy I had, pressed in Holland, this picture disc features an edited version of 'The wild places'. I didn't know this when I bought this single - the fact that this was a picture disc was reason enough for me.

My collection: 7" single no. 87
Found: Record Exchange, London, October 17, 1989
Cost: 1 pound
Tracks: 'The wild places' / 'Camino Real parts 2 & 3'
Download: here

1 comment:

  1. Hello Marcel
    This fact is most interesting as I did not know this.
    Best, Johan L. de Jong

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