This, the band’s second album, was issued in June 1970 and gained good reviews in the underground music press. Always fluid with their line-ups, UrsulaSmith and Richard Coff departed the band in September 1970, some weeks after recording a soundtrack to a German television film, “Abelard and Heloise”, tobe replaced by Ben Cartland and Paul Buckmaster. At this point the Third Ear Band began to explore a more experimental rock direction, stating that theywould go “electric” for their next album, tentatively entitled “The Dragon Awakes”. Despite an album’s worth of studio sessions being recorded at Abbey Roadstudios in late 1970 and the Spring of 1971, the project was eventually shelved.This 3 disc digipack edition of THIRD EAR BAND features eleven previously unreleased tracks; the entire “Dragon Awakes” sessions, all previouslyunreleased, along with alternate session takes, two BBC John Peel sessions from 1970 and 1971 and a newly re-mastered version of the “Abelard andHeloise” soundtrack produced from recently discovered first generation master tapes. The set also includes a booklet with new essay by Third Ear Bandaficionado Luca Ferrari.Disc11 : AIR2 : EARTH3 : WATER4 : FIRE5 : EARTH (TAKE FOUR - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)6 : THE SEA (FIRE) (EDITED VERSION - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)7 : DOG EVIL (MOSAIC) (BBC “SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES”SESSION - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)8 : THE SEA (A.K.A. AIR) (BBC “SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES”SESSION - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)9 : WATER (BBC “SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES” SESSION -PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)Disc21 : ABELARD & HELOISE PART ONE2 : ABELARD & HELOISE PART TWO3 : ABELARD & HELOISE PART THREE4 : ABELARD & HELOISE PART FOUR5 : ABELARD & HELOISE PART FIVE6 : ABELARD & HELOISE PART SIXABBEY ROAD STUDIOS SESSION - RECORDED & MIXED 11th NOVEMBER1970:7 : VERY FINE…FAR AWAY (ABBEY ROAD SESSION NOVEMBER 1970 -PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)8 : THE DRAGON WAKES (ABBEY ROAD SESSION NOVEMBER 1970 -PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)9 : SUNRISE (ABBEY ROAD SESSION NOVEMBER 1970 - PREVIOUSLYUNRELEASED)Disc31 : MISTRESS TO THE SUN (ABBEY ROAD SESSION FEBRUARY 1971 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)2 : EVENING AWAKENING (ABBEY ROAD SESSION MARCH 1971 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)3 : IN D (ABBEY ROAD SESSION JUNE 1971 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)4 : WATER (BBC “JOHN PEEL CONCERT” SESSION - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED OFFICIALLY)5 : DRUID ONE (BBC “JOHN PEEL CONCERT” SESSION - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED OFFICIALLY)6 : ETERNITY IN D (BBC “JOHN PEEL CONCERT” SESSION - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED OFFICIALLY)Powered by HMV