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Margaret's Daughter : The Early Days (Original demo recordings)
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Like Heather Nova having drinks with KT Tunstall after a Sarah McLachlan concert... in Africa (Original "professional demo recordings" of South African pop-rock band, Margaret's Daughter.)
Genre: Rock: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Release Date: 2006
The Early Days (Original demo recordings)
Margaret's Daughter
Record Label: Margaret's Daughter
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Camel-lashes 2:57 Album Only
2. Crazy 3:00 Album Only
3. Where is the sun 3:19 Album Only
4. Lonely 3:50 Album Only
5. Lay your weapons down 3:49 Album Only
6. Charmless young man 4:14 Album Only
7. 24 4:10 Album Only
8. Prayer 5:48 Album Only
9. Daydream 4:39 Album Only
10. Backbeat 3:28 Album Only
11. Rhythm 4:08 Album Only
12. Right beside me 4:40 Album Only
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Album Notes

Once upon a time, not so long ago, Margaret had a daughter. She called her Adri-Mari or Ami for short. Fast forward a couple of years and Ami has established herself as one of South Africa's top singer-songwriters. Along with indie producer/multi-instrumentalist Etienne Ghyoot, the duo recorded this CD in drips and drabs over a period of 2 years in Etienne's "home studio" (read: spare bedroom connected to his PC). Between the two of them, they wrote and produced all the songs and even played all the instruments.

These "professional demo recordings" became the basis of the Margaret's Daughter sound and some songs were later re-recorded in a "proper studio" with additional session musicians and a co-producer. These new versions can be found on Black Hole Express.

Fans are still very fond of these early recordings, and some songs have even been play-listed on South African national radio stations. Therefore, the band decided to keep this CD available for download, so new fans can discover where the band's journey started.

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REVIEWS

we had a hard time choosing which songs to put into rotation (we like them all!)
author: David Schneider from RadioFreeDavid
                            
We’re excited about our latest artist in our playlist: Margaret’s Daughter. Their music is absolutely wonderful to listen to, and they show off many styles throughout this album; each tune has its own feel and flavor and discovering each one is a joy. The songwriting is very well done on this album, and we have to warn you that you will find yourself singing along in no time. We definitely recommend Margaret’s Daughter for your personal collection.
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What a great cd.
author: RUSSELL PAYNE
                            
I brought this CD because of the reference to Heather Nova and was not disappointed. It is extremely well recorded and has many different influences running through it, which makes the music a very interesting listen. I am now eagerly awaiting the next CD due out next year.
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A brilliant, great, superb, enjoyable, fab, CD! It's Good as well!
author: Rob Orton
                            
I have now been listening to this cd for around 2 weeks solid! I have to say it did not disappoint when it arrived. I first heard their music on myspace, and after a few exchanged messages decided to buy! It is an extremely well recorded cd, and has a feel of quality about it, which for a small independently run outfit, without the money of the big labels is amazing. My favourite 2 tracks are "Backbeat" because it has a real deep bass that just annoys my neighbors so much and makes me smile! My other fave is because it just sticks in my head, and I walk around singing or humming it for hours after, and that is "Daydream", however picking a fave is so hard as they are all so good. I think this would now be a cd I would take to a desert island with me (of course this island has electricity), well that is until they do another cd! It gets 5 stars from me, I would have given more but it only went to 5! Buy it from the nice people at cd baby and enjoy it as much as I do!
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Quality of the US band HEART, but with much more soul and better writing!
author: Daniel Work
                            
I had to write again, I am reviewing tunes for our site, I just kept playing yours over and over and over... WOW, really GREAT! These are the BEST home recordings I have ever heard. You've got the quality of the US band HEART, but with much more soul and better writing!
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