If Only for a Moment
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If Only for a Moment is the second L.P. by the Blossom Toes, released in 1969.
Line-up features a guest appearance on sitar from US folk musician Shawn Phillips.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Peace Loving Man" (Brian Godding) – 4:52
- "Kiss of Confusion" (Godding) – 4:45
- "Listen to the Silence" (Jim Cregan) – 4:50
- "Love Bomb" (Godding) – 7:39
- Side two
- "Billy Boo the Gunman" (Godding) – 7:08
- "Indian Summer" (Cregan) – 5:55
- "Just Above My Hobby Horse’s Head" (Richie Havens) – 2:53
- "Wait A Minute" (Cregan) – 5:49
- Bonus tracks (2007 Sunbeam Records)
- "Postcard" (45 A-side) – 2:55
- "Everyone’s Leaving Me Now" (45 B-side) – 4:45
- "Ever Since a Memory" (demo) – 4:25
- "Nobody But" (demo) – 4:03
- "Peace Loving Man" (demo) – 6:29
- "Listen to the Silence" (live) – 3:58
- "New Day" (demo) – 5:16
"Bears the influence of heavy California psychedelia and Captain Beefheart in its intricate, interwoven guitar lines and occasional gruff dissonance, leavened by close harmonies and sparkling guitar interplay" – Richie Unterberger, www.allmusic.com
Personnel
- Jim Cregan – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (3, 6, 8)
- Brian Godding – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (2, 4, 5), organ, piano
- "Big" Brian Belshaw – bass, lead vocals (1, 7)
- Barry Reeves – drums (all but 1), percussion, congas (1)
- John "Poli" Palmer – drums (1)
- Shawn Phillips - 12-string acoustic guitar (7), sitar (7)
- Giorgio Gomelsky - backing vocals (4)
- Paragon Publicity - design (sleeve design)
- Blossom Toes, Giorgio Gomelsky - producer
- Reggie King - producer (assistant)