Box Of Surprises (RSD25) Vinyl LP

Dana Gillespies second long player and first UK album Box of Surprises is being reissued on vinyl for the first time. Tracklist: Side A Box Of Surprises Like I\’m A Clown Taffy When Darkness Fell For David, The Next Day If You\’re Dreaming Side B Foolish Seasons Grecian Ode By Chasing Dreams I Was A Book Describing You I Would Cry Dana was at the vanguard of the immerging female singer-songwriter scene and Box of Surprises is notable for being the first entirely self-penned album by a British female artist to be released in the UK on a major label. There were other distinguished British women publishing and singing their own songs at this point including fellow Decca labelmates Twinkle and Marianne Faithfull and in the wider folk / rock scene Sandy Denny and Christine McVie, but none of these artists had as yet released an album of entirely self-penned material. On the indie scene Bridget St John released her self penned debut Ask Me No Questions around the same time.