Reaching For The Sun The Major Minor Ant

At the height of the protest singer boom that spawned the likes of Dylan and Donovan, Irish-born music industry heavyweight Phil Solomon received a demo tape from a young Ballymena-based singer/songwriter by the name of David McWilliams. Sensing the possibilities, the entrepreneur added McWilliams to his Irish-based roster of acts (The Bachelors, The Dubliners, Van Morrison's Them, etc.) and placed the youngster on his fledgling record label Major Minor. This 2-CD set, 'Reaching for the Sun', is the first-ever compete anthology of David's Major Minor recordings. It includes mono and stereo versions of his signature tune 'Days of Pearly Spencer' alongside more than a dozen tracks making their CD debut, including 'Who Killed Ezra Brymay', only released at the time in America.