I was on the search for the album with this on it for a long time, David McWilliams' "Days Of Pearly Spencer". It was another of those that I ended up settling on the c.d. version when it was finally reissued. I always had a great fondness for this song, especially the strings that lead to the echo, "......the days of pearly spencer....". I know someone, maybe Marc Almond, did a cover version of it in the eighties, but as is with many covers of this kind, I thought it a little pointless as the original could never really be topped. The album, from 1968, whilst being good doesn't have anything that stands out for me quite as much as this, but I guess that is the curse of the hit; if this song hadn't been on it, the other songs may have shone in a different light. Alas, the song.......
