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The 1970 Ember Records album by actress/model/singer/songwriter Polly Niles, was for many years the stuff of internet rumour and legend, said to exist only in test pressing form. Now, it is finally released. Polly, who later appeared in the film Super Fly (1972), was a singer/songwriter from New York married to folk revival star, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She signed with the London-based Ember label in 1969 and recorded an album that blended her songwriting with cuts by Stephen Stills, Goffin/King, John Barry and Bob Dylan. Only one track from Polly's album was ever released at the time - the gently psychedelic 'Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind' on an Ember sampler release, Future Star Explosion - New Faces Of The 70s, in 1970. The song was also recorded by fellow Ember artist Milly Scott and covered in 2012 by indie band The Primitives. In 1970, two Polly Niles singles made it to acetate stage before being cancelled: 'Since I Lost You Baby'/'The Milk Of The Tree' and 'Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind'/'Get High On Jesus'. Another, 'If I Let You'/'East Virginia', was cancelled prior to any manufacturing. Over the last decade, six tracks from Polly's Ember sessions have emerged on compilations, but now, newly remastered, they can finally be heard, as originally intended. This 2-CD set consists of twelve titles but has been expanded to over twice its original length. Also included are cancelled mono singles, alternative mixes, works in progress, and some new 2019 mixes made from the original multi-tracks. This is an artist-approved release, with Polly on board as a consultant. And for the first time, Polly's story is told in a 3000-word liner essay by journalist, Charles Donovan. Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind has been assembled with luxurious, period-appropriate design work, with top flight remastering. The album is illustrated by Ember-era photographs from Polly's own archives.

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