Eden – A2. Eden In My Eyes
Eden - 1977 Pupils Of Houghton Regis Upper School (Eden)
Pupils Of Houghton Regis Upper School (UK): Eden (No label, with inserts, 1978)
Folk/Rock
Sharon Dempsey (joint lead vocals), Debbie Harrison (flute), Jackie Munn (clarinet), Pauline Woolley (clarinet), Linda North (oboe)
This secondary school concept album comes housed in an absolutely stunning laminated black-and-white sleeve depicting a serpent in paradise. Musically it’s par for the course, featuring full band backing with lots of woodwind; instrumentally there’s a strong resemblance to Jaffray’s The Seven-Sided Dice but the vocals are amateurish and rather hesitant. The inserts comprise two photocopied letters and a printed sticker. This is a very rare record, with just a handful of copies known. As a footnote, the album credits numerous female backing vocalists in addition to the musicians listed above.