{"product_id":"druid-toward-the-sun-2026-reissue","title":"Druid - Toward The Sun (2026 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the hot summer month of 1975 when \u003ci\u003eToward The Sun\u003c\/i\u003e 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].\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDruid's debut album occupies the kind of AOR space that some of the major Prog bands would turn to during the late 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaced with acoustic guitars, 'flutes' and lush keyboards, neatly wrapped in a Symphonic Prog overcoat of more adventurous instrumental passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn other words, \u003ci\u003eToward The Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a fairly generic example of mainstream Prog from the later 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe songwriting is first class with some lovely tunes and lyrics which 'sound right'. There 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\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll instruments meld together quite naturally to produce a full and balanced sound, full of light and shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Music On Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Yellow \u0026 Orange Marbled LP","offer_id":51081248866582,"sku":"RMX-64031","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/5718dde4b38bdc04086267d212e6cfa3.jpg?v=1772811400","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/druid-toward-the-sun-2026-reissue","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}