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player, who first became known in the late 1960s through his recordings for

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's Dandelion Records label. He released two albums on

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– ''Beau'' (1969) and ''Creation'' (1971) (which featured Jim Milne and Steve Clayton from Tractor as backing musicians on some tracks), plus the single "1917 Revolution" which had greater success abroad than it did in the United Kingdom. "1917 Revolution" is said to have been the inspiration for America's "

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". His best known song however is probably "The Roses of

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" (written under the name of John Trevor) which folk singer Roy Bailey took around the world and which he recorded on his ''Hard Times'' LP in 1985. This version was subsequently re-released on Bailey's ''Past Masters'' CD in 1998. Beau himself released the song officially for the first time as a bonus track on the 2007 British reissue of the original ''Beau'' disc ( Cherry Red), and on the 2008 Japanese release of the same album (Airmail Recordings). A CD of eighteen previously unissued songs – ''Edge of the Dark'' – was issued on the

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label in 2009, followed in 2011 by the Cherry Red download albums ''The Way It Was'' and ''Creation Recreated''. The latter was a remastered, partially remixed and much expanded version of 1971's ''Creation''. Beau also contributed a previously unreleased song – ''In The Court of Conscience'' – to vinyl specialist Fruits de Mer Records' ''2012 Annual'', and a 180gram vinyl version of ''The Way It Was'' was issued by Ritual Echo Records in 2012. A download album – ''Fables & Façades'' – was also released in 2012 on the Cherry Red label. An unusual departure, this was made up of eighteen mostly full-band arrangements recorded between 1978 and 2000. Beau has produced several hundred songs - newly recorded albums continue to be released by Cherry Red for both download and streaming - and he has also recorded under the names of John Trevor, Trevor Midgley and Simfonica. Though mostly known as a "folk" performer, his writing has also been strongly influenced by

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and rock. He co-wrote ''"

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– The Musical"'' with Steve Clayton of the band

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List of work

Discography

* ''1917 Revolution'' ingle(Dandelion, 1969) * ''Beau'' (Dandelion, 1969) * ''1917 Revolution'' ingle(Dandelion (Netherlands), 1970) * ''Creation'' (Dandelion, 1971) * ''Creation/Beau'' (See For Miles, 1995) * ''Beau'' (Cherry Red, 2007) * ''Beau'' (Air Mail Archive (Japan), 2008) * ''Creation'' (Air Mail Archive (Japan), 2008) * ''Edge of the Dark'' (Angel Air, 2009) * ''The Way It Was'' (Cherry Red, 2011) * ''Creation Recreated'' (Cherry Red, 2011) * ''The Was It Was'' inyl(Ritual Echo, 2012) * ''Fables & Façades'' (Cherry Red, 2012) * ''Twelve Strings to the Beau'' inyl(Salvation Records, 2013) * ''Fly the Bluebird'' (Cherry Red, 2014) * ''Recorded @ Rocker’s – The Dandelion Radio Sessions…'' (Local Underground, 2014) * ''Creation'' inyl(Sommor (Spain), 2015) * ''Shoeless In The Desert'' (Cherry Red, 2015) * ''An Original Thought'' (Cherry Red, 2016) * ''Song Of The Volcanoes'' s Simfonica(Cathedral Transmissions, 2016) * ''When Butterflies Scream'' (Cherry Red, 2017) * ''Letters In Time'' VD s Simfonica(TM Studios, 2017) * ''Rattle The Asylum Bars'' (Cherry Red, 2018) * ''Body Mass'' s Simfonica(TM Studios, 2018) * ''Damascus Road'' (Cherry Red, 2019) * ''The Magic Of Public Relations'' (Cherry Red, 2020) * ''The Methadone Of Time'' (Cherry Red, 2021) * ''Travelling The Highway'' s Trevor Midgley(Felt Production Music / Cherry Red, 2021) * ''Beau'' inyl(Trading Places (Italy), 2021) * ''Al Killem's Final Show'' (Cherry Red, 2022) * ''Creation'' inyl(Trading Places (Italy), 2022)

Compilations and other recordings

* ''There Is Some Fun Going Forward'' ompilation(Dandelion, 1972) * ''There Is Some Fun Going Forward… plus'' (See For Miles, 1995) * ''The Dandelion Sampler'' (See For Miles, 1996) * ''Life Too, Has Surface Noise – The Complete Dandelion Records Singles Collection 1969–1972'' (Cherry Red, 2006) * ''Plain Sailing: An Acoustic Alternative'' (Cherry Red, 2008) * ''All For Tomorrow (Cherry Red, 2009) * ''Favourites From John Peel's Record Collection'' (Cherry Red, 2011) * ''2012 Annual'' (Fruits de Mer Records, 2011) * ''Summer Folk Festival'' (Cherry Red, 2012) * ''Indie Xmas'' (Cherry Red, 2012) * ''The Crabs Sell Out / The Crabs Freak Out'' (Fruits de Mer Records, 2012) * ''My Acoustic Valentine'' (Cherry Red, 2013) * ''strange fish 5'' (Fruits de Mer Records, 2013) * ''Vintage Folk Festival Favourites'' (Cherry Red, 2013) * ''A Vintage Summer Holiday'' (Cherry Red, 2013) * ''Fruits de Mer Annual 2014'' ith The Raiders(Fruits de Mer Records, 2013) * ''Love, Poetry and Revolution'' (Grapefruit, 2013) * ''An Alternative Guide to Singer Songwriters'' (Cherry Red, 2014) * ''Classic John Peel Collection'' (Cherry Red, 2014) * ''Memories of a Folk Festival'' (Cherry Red, 2014) * ''Dust On The Nettles'' (Grapefruit, 2015) * ''The 13th Dream of Dr. Sardonicus Festival CD 1'' (Fruits de Mer Records, 2015) * ''The 13th Dream of Dr. Sardonicus Festival CD 3'' s Simfonica(Fruits de Mer Records, 2015) * ''The 14th Dream of Dr. Sardonicus - Day Two'' s Simfonica(Fruits de Mer Records, 2016) * ''Ascending Scales'' ith The Honey Pot(Fruits de Mer Records, 2017) * ''Strangers In The Room: A Journey Through British Folk-Rock (1967-1973)'' (Grapefruit, 2019) * ''The Forme To The Fynisment Foldes Ful Selden'' (Cold Spring Records, 2020) * ''Peephole In My Brain – The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1971'' (Grapefruit, 2020) * ''Separate Paths Together – An Anthology Of British Male Singer/Songwriters 1965-1975'' (Grapefruit, 2021)

References

External links

Beau’s websiteBeau’s Recordings blogBillboard Russia interviewStrange Brew Podcast interview45cat biography"In Beau Regard" interviewPrimitive Man Soundz interviewThe Strange Brew Podcast on Dandelion RecordsDiscogs.com entry for BeauDiscogs.com entry for John TrevorDiscogs.com entry for SimfonicaDiscogs.com entry for The RaidersDiscogs.com entry for Christopher John Trevor Midgley
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