An intriguing piece of work I can't get any info about other than what's stated on the issue itself. If anyone reading this has more to offer, don't hesitate to tell. British music theater group who themselves, with some support by The Arts Council Of Britain, defrayed a private recording of the songs to their "England Expects..." show. Don't believe it was ever issued in England, but after performing at a couple of places in Sweden they got a contract with the independent MNW label who released the recordings as they were. Plot is about an Irish girl who moves to England and there becomes aware of a harsh capitalist system and what that does to people. Among her adventures are going to mass meetings, participating in strikes and getting arrested for shop-lifting. Musically an amalgamation of rock, folk and prog, partly with female vocals. It's clear some of the melodies are there just to push the story forwards, but a couple stand out as memorable. Favorite track - "Money" folky prog with some really good rock guitar towards the end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2AP18kaLM . Not sure how to tag the album as such, but "political rock opera" could fit. To my knowledge only issued in Sweden and never reissued in any shape. As it seems the record with label, fully laminated cover and yellow lyric insert were made in England and original, but I'm not sure if the printed 28 page lyric/ credit/picture booklet included with this copy was meant as an insert or just a programme handed out for the live performance that some previous owner decided to put in. In any case it's a full decription of the play with the English lyrics and plot partly translated to Swedish and thus in some way belong. (NÅY*) (CCÖ*) (FÄV*) (BRBÄ*) (RÖKÖ*) (ÖRJ*)
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