{"product_id":"druid-toward-the-sun","title":"Druid - Toward The Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the hot summer month of 1975 when Toward The Sun was released, Druid were a young band on a roll with the patronage of DJ Bob Harris [producer of the album] and British music paper the Melody Maker [whose competition they had recently won].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDruid's debut album occupies the kind of AOR space that some of the major Prog bands would turn to during the late 70s.\u003cbr\u003eLaced with acoustic guitars, 'flutes' and lush keyboards, neatly wrapped in a Symphonic Prog overcoat of more adventurous instrumental passages.\u003cbr\u003eIn other words, Toward The Sun is a fairly generic example of mainstream Prog from the later 70s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe songwriting is first class with some lovely tunes and lyrics which 'sound right'.\u003cbr\u003eThere is a common theme spread throughout the album - dreams and dreaming: from the \"long nights' dreams\" of opener Voices to Shangri-La \"there I'll find my dreams, and some day I'll return when the world has changed\".\u003cbr\u003eAll instruments meld together quite naturally to produce a full and balanced sound, full of light and shade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToward The Sun is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on yellow \u0026amp; orange marbled coloured vinyl and contains an insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MUSIC ON VINYL","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition 180G Yellow \u0026 Orange Marble Vinyl","offer_id":53634955903303,"sku":"TRI-72310","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/73e9516143eaaa9f783887f01432e958.jpg?v=1775125584","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/druid-toward-the-sun","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}