The first and only solo outing from Honeybus founder member Pete Dello is a highly regarded album by not only Honeybus fans and '60's-'70's collectors, but by anyone who has been lucky enough to fall into its magic spell. Though reissued several times, this is the first ever reissue to feature the original album's mix, on CD and as Thomas Walsh states in the liner notes, it's a different musical animal altogether. Some of the songs feature alternate vocals, different instrumentation, different lead and harmony vocal melody lines, extra brass, no brass...all in all a revelation.
This special double CD edition contains a second disc with Hanky Panky's 2005 edition, that features the reissues mix of the album and 10 bonus tracks (rare singles sides and three originally unreleased recordings). The 20-page booklet includes two sets of liner notes: one based on a new interview with Pete Dello by Ivor Novello nominated songwriter Thomas Walsh (Pugwash) and another set by Andy Morten (Shindig!).
A beautifully refreshing little album, if you like soft songs composed with a sense of humour, feeling for romance and old-fashioned charm... The tunes are almost all painfully simple; that's their beauty. An outstanding album that's been too long in coming - Ray Coleman - Melody Maker, 1971
It's a well-produced, arranged and thought-out album, and just about the direction everyone imagined McCartney would have gone as a solo artist - Disc & Music Echo, 1971
- Special double CD edition. The first disc features the original 1971 Nepentha mix available for the first time on CD, and the second disc contains Hanky Panky's 2005 edition that includes 10 bonus tracks (rare singles, demos & originally unreleased recordings).
- Liner notes based on a new interview with Pete Dello by Thomas Walsh (Pugwash) & Andy Morten (Shindig!).
