"Glastonbury" by People, included on the compilation Staircase to Nowhere, Volume 12 in Bam Caruso's Rubble series. Per the liner notes on the inner sleeve:
"People were essentially a squeaky-clean folk group, but something of [Glastonbury's] atmosphere must have touched them for this flipside, where they suddenly sounded so at ease with ley lines and King Arthur."
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A cursory web search has not turned up a way to listen to the A-side, which is entitled "In Ancient Times," presumably a reference to Blake. When I first noticed the writing credit given to "Oliver" I got excited thinking it might be the same fellow who released the 1974 private press classic, Standing Stone. But I doubt it. Seems like both sides of the single would have been appropriate for the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, though, no? If the powers that be had heard the B-side, they might not have been able to resist those funky breaks.
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