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The brainchild of Strawberry Studios chief engineer Davy Rohl, The Eye of Wendor was the first of a projected musical trilogy describing a Tolkienesque world and its inhabitants, performed by the Mandalaband. The band were actually a group of musicians assembled by Rohl to help him realise his musical vision, and included several well-known names from the panoply of mid-70s rock artists. Not surprisingly given the Strawberry Studios connection this album relied heavily on the talents of both 10cc and Barclay James Harvest. They along with people like Justin Hayward (from The Moody Blues), Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span) and Paul Young (Sad Cafe), gave their services free, often recording in the small hours when the studio was otherwise unoccupied.

The whole project took two years to complete, but was a difficult album to promote in 1978. It quickly disappeared, and interest from collectors of the musicians involved ensured that copies were changing hands for ever higher prices.


Zowel in FLAC als in MP3 (320kbit).




Studio Album, released in 1978

Songs / Tracks Listing:

1. The eye of Wendor (4:47)
2. Florian's song (2:36)
3. Ride to the city (3;25)
4. Almar's tower (1:56)
5. Like the wind (2:42)
6. The tempest (1:03)
7. Dawn of a new day (4:15)
8. Departure from Carthilias (2:37)
9. Elsethea (2:48)
10. Witch of Waldow Wood (4:37)
11. Silesandre (3:29)
12. Aenord's lament (1:52)
13. Funeral of the king (1:33)
14. Coronation of Damien (2:23)
15. Dawn of a new day (Original mix)(4:14)



Line-up / Musicians:

- Davy Rohl / synthesizers, backing vocals
- Kim Turner / drums, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals (all except 12)
- Stuart Wolstenholme / synthesizers, Mellotron (all except 12-14)
- Norman Barrett / voice box guitar (4-9)
- Steve Broomhead / guitars, vocals (1-2-4-5-7 to 14)
- Friday Brown / vocals (5)
- Mike Carlton / trombone (3)
- Phil Chapman / sax, flute (1-2-3, 8 to 11, 13)
- Ritchie Close / piano, orchestra (1-2-3-5-9-10-11-13-14)
- Lol Creme / vocals (9)
- Andy Crompton / trombone (3)
- Terry Davies / orchestra score (7-12 to 14)
- Michael Davis / conductor of Hallé orchestra (1-2-3-5-6-7-9-11-12-14)
- Paul B.Farr / French horn (3-5-14)
- Mark Gilbanks / trumpet (2-3-10-11-14)
- John Gilstron / sweep (4)
- Pete Glennon / bass (2-10)
- Kevin godley / lead& backing vocals (9-10)
- Dave Gorton / trombone (3)
- Graham Gouldman / bass, lead & backing vocals (2-9-11)
- David Hassle / percussion (3-7-8-10-11-14)
- Justin Hayward / lead & backing vocals (7)
- Russell Hayward / French horn (3-5-14)
- Les Holroyd / bass (1)
- Martin Lawrence / percussion, vocals (5-7-10-14)
- John Lees / electric guitar (1-10)
- Jimmy McDonnell / electric guitar (3-5-7-9-11-14)
- Gerry Murphy / North Umbrian pipes (1), Uilian pipes (7)
- Fiano Parker / vocals (7-12)
- Mel Pritchard / drums, percussion (1-6-10)
- Micky Purton / French horn (3-5-14)
- Maddy Pryor / lead vocals (5)
- Noel Redding / bass (3-13)
- Richard Scott / recorders (14)
- Tony Spath / oboe (10-12)
- Eric Stewart / lead vocals (2)
- Alf Tramontin / bass (5-7-8-14)
- Jon Turner / organ
- Andy Wardaugh / trumpet (2-3-10-11-14)
- Ian Wilson / vocals (11)
- Paul Young / lead & backing vocals (11)
- The Gerald Brown Singers (2-7-8-12-13-14)



For detailed information, see:

https://www.bjharvest.co.uk/wendor.htm