Duncan Browne - Journey

[fluketobase]

I was looking for this for 40 years. I eventually got it through quora. Sad to hear that he's passed away. Still a great song.

[MyHils]

This is weird. Saved this to 'somewhere'? on my pc - hadn't thought about it in ages, but lately woken up with it playing in my head, dunno why. Had bad news today- and knew i needed to listen to this song. Two  brief searches and found it. Comfort and Joy.

[acquiesce67]

How is this not more well known?

[Sentinel1969]

So extremely beautiful ..... <3

[cli55den]

Excellent song bringing back so many memories......

[Edman910]

This is absolutely beautiful. I can remember hearing this in the 70's and wondering who the hell it was by --It was in my sub concience for years and every now and again i would find my self humming the tune......................A few weeks ago Johnny Walker played it on his Sunday afternoon 70's show - - i was driving at the time --alone and i started to feel quite emotional -----at last I had found this song again -----------thankyou Mr Walker and thankyou for posting it here

[Multivaaac]

@Edman910 That's literally exactly where I heard this for the first time (wasn't alive in the 70's) and I now have it on repeat. I'm worried I might over-play it

[burdessp]

This was a masterpiece

Even now it makes me go cold when I hear it.....Thats genius

[davelamy]

Great song this from Duncan Browne, the B side 'In A Mist' is also a very good song with quite thought provoking lyrics like "we are all in a mist'! 

[1957WalkerAdrian]

Thanks for posting this, been looking for it for ages, such a beautiful song , 1972 , So long ago , so far away.

[alanpowell1957]

1972! young, carefree, life was great, alright i was only 15, but fortunatly we had the best music.

[TheApollopotter]

Howbout this one Stuart???

[Geoffgibbins1]

Reminds me of Newquay when I was camping there as a teenager. Such a beautiful song bringing back wonderful memories.

[CaptBubble]

Great to hear this again for the first time since about 1974! An old friend of mine was his cousin, and later band-mate in Metro, and we visited Duncan sometimes, and listened to the album on his hi-fi soon after its release. Sad to hear this talented person passed away.

[iminsmim]

good vibe 

[SteffanLlwyd]

This song places me on the lawn in my parents' house when I was 17 (sunny day with it on the radio).... Beautiful song.

[DirkjeA]

@SteffanLlwyd Thanks for sharing Steven, ah yes indeed, happy memories of sunny days...seems so

long ago ....

[daffonfire]

always on the jukebox when we were at college! And all good wishes to Duncan's family x

[daffonfire]

always on the jukebox when we were at college!

[mickb55]

This is, quitey, a beautiful song, beautifully sung -nuff said!!

[kontrapunkti]

Its incomprehensible how underrated and unknown Duncan Browne is

Tragic!

[KEVLIVY]

the great duncan brown such a shame he was not the star he should have been his music was magic and i am so pleased his olf friend and band mate peter goswin is still going strong check out nuevo great music

[TheApollopotter]

Seems like this song has been stirring memories for a lot of people.

I have little holes in my recall, resulting from a brain haemhorrage a few years back. This song has helped me recapture some missing weeks in the latter part of 1972

[kontrapunkti]

Duncan wos blody GENIUS!!

[Emmett006]

......Along with Clifford T Ward and Phillip Goodhand Tait.

Same for me and add a bit of Colin Blunstone for good measure :-) 

[thehilligan]

hi..there is still beauty and romance in the world..we just forget how to see it..that`s why music is so important..i remember singing this song walking down goldthorn hill in wolves just having heard it. on the radio...brilliant..hopefully the single is stil in my daughter`s collection..i gave her a lot of my vinyl..happily she appreciates the old as well as the new..

[greatburbo]

This is a gem of a song produce by real talent in the midle of the glam rock erea

Agreat song that brings back so many memories of Tech College,

Along with Clifford T Ward and Phillip Goodhand Tait.

I know I sound like my dad but where is there talent like that today

Thank you so much for posting it

[kewlkatspike]

one of the first singles I ever bought

[FatJud]

Great! Was played on my local radio station just this morning (29/12/2010) . First time i heard it broadcast for years. I bought the album in 73, still have it, much the worse for many,many playings. Ordered a re-mastered cd from Amazon today!

[TheApollopotter]

Absolutely Fantastic Song!!!

Thankyou very much for uploading it.

[peterwilliamham]

Thankyou for posting....

[SteffanLlwyd]

Unique. Heard it on BBC Radio 2 at about 6:00am (our wake up call). Never feeling very good first thing normally, this was all the lift I needed. Joyous.

[stevecowdry]

A treasured single from my teenage years - wonderful stuff!

[whizzbelle1]

Summer of 1972 Cornwall a girl called Lyn, happy times and good memories.

[SouthCoastMackem]

Superb. Yet another very talented artist who was taken from us too soon. Several posters have said this is timeless, and I couldn't agree more. Thanks for posting it.

[jeremyholloway]

I bought another song of his before this was ever released, "Reserrection Joe", with "The final Assylum" on the B side. I thought then that he was going to be a big name in music. Perhaps in another world........

[alfiesgirluk]

Oh just wonderful, I can't be anymore straight forward

[chisongs]

I somehow never got around to buying it when it came out, although I loved it. I suspect as a teenager, I ran out of cash ...

Almost 40 years on, it sounds fantastic.

Timeless is a perfect description.

[evetsm2]

Always loved this track, timeless.

[Spacklette]

Just been listening to an old cassette tape (remember them?) and heard a snippet of this recorded from an old radio broadcast. Was delighted to hear it in its entirety. Lovely stuff.

[pontello3]

that was often in the radio in italy in early 70's ! ... good times!

cool song a bit paulmacrtnish but good

[redant59]

Lovely...as a 13 year old when i bought it, brings back so many memories.

[petershram2]

I bought this as a single when it was released in 1972. It's always been one of my favourite ever songs. I have requested it many times on radio and also had it as my pick for a compilation CD at work when I was a postman. So sad when I read of Duncan's death but so pleased to find this on here. Thanks Rod.

[martynzp1234]

heard this for the first time yesterday what a song very romantic !! its the kinda song you want to dance to with someone you love and look deep into their eyes wow ! 

[vegnej]

Heard this in 74 was living in Norfolkd at the time, great song.

[lindalidl]

Thank you for posting this song, it's lovely - helped me pack up my boxes on our new adventure! 

[fightming]

Between rock and punk there was this whole load of singer songwriters who brought so much joy to the early 70's. I loved it then and love it now.

[BillMinworth]

I finally found it. This song has had a subliminal influence on all my stuff since I first heard it but I couldn't quite remember who it was until now. I like it cus it is devoid of most seventies clichés. I remember the TOTP performance too. Magic.

[WELLSPURS]

Brilliant.. reminds me of Johny Walker DJ he was always playing it. Quiz who also mentions being 24 in a song?

[UREATINHAIR]

Love this song. R.I.P. Duncan much missed.

[thurstons]

This is one of the most underated songs ever. Really beautiful!

[kayjayscouse]

When I was a teenager, wanting to learn the guitar, I always aspired to play guitar as nimbly as this.

I still can't and I'm 52. I didn't realise this fella had died, let alone so early. Sad.

Thanks Duncan.

[MrMontonman]

this is one of the first singles i ever bought. thank you for the post ,

[doubts]

From the heart

[anthonyjohnclarke3]

love this ... we learned to play this at school and were thrilled to get it right (nearly) Love the run in the middle

[otleyfella]

@anthonyjohnclarke3 Have been trying to find the tab for this great song for years. Any idea where I can find one. Cheers

[jocksmen]

wow memories of GRAN in

Derby UK who got me this in

72 at our newsagents when I

lived in England.

THANK YOU.

UK/USABOY.

[seesaw75]

it sounds like a good mc cartney

[TumblingDice1972]

one word......classic.....similar to peter sarstead,another underrated songster

[magicfingers987]

bunchie1966 this song has made it through the years on merit ask any one in 30 years about the manufactured garbage (generalisation as there are some good songs out there) that is out there at the moment and they will say "who or what" because it is a fad that will pass as fast as it arrived... LONG live the MUSICIANS of this world and long live "live" music.

[magicfingers987]

this is a great song played by an excellent guitarist, what a sad loss to music/ If only there were musicians like this now

[bunchie1966]

@magicfingers987 Makes you wonder how a great song like this gets only 20,000+ views, while some teenage girl singing some banal crap she has 'written' herself in her bedroom gets hundreds of thousands of views!

[tonythekingfisher]

Takes me back to my A level year; this was almost a fixture in the Sixth Form Common Room.

Duncan may have paased away, but his memory lives on in this beautiful song.They don't make music like this any more!

[doubts]

@tonythekingfisher ... you were at a good school!! We had horrendous house music blarring out in 93.

I feet sorry for friends that wouldnt open their ears/minds to the wonderful music thats out there.  Like this

[nicktheo59]

i fell asleep while listening to radio 2 then re-awoke to this wonderous song, surreal!

[magicfingers987]

Absolutely amazing guitar work. heard this many years ago and still listen to it with the same awe as i did when i first heard it.

[Sentinel1969]

Wonderful song !!!

[satansclaw666]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. I first heard it when I was 24 and it made my jaw drop open. Every time I play it for someone they're floored by how beautiful it is.

[petergodwin13]

I met Duncan in a pub just after this was a hit - it still lifts my soul every time I hear it.. Sublime.. We ended up forming Metro together, David Bowie covered our first single (Criminal World) on Let's Dance.. And that was just the beginning.. In case you're curious, I have a new band called Nuevo and you can hear our first album "Sunset Rise" on our website.. So the journey continues, still looking for Terra Nova.. :)) Peter Godwin

[Malbert24]

...still remember the video of Criminal World (in 1976!). Thanks so much for this superb work, that accompained my youth! Greetings from Brazil

[petergodwin13]

Thank you Malbert24 for your kind words! If you go to the website for Nuevo, you will see the video of an old Peter Godwin song that did well for me in the US, Baby's In The Mountains- the girl in this video is Vya Negromonte a Brazilian actress who I believe had quite a big career afterwards on TV in Brazil! Hope you enjoy Nuevo..

[WarzSchoolchild]

Hi Peter, Great to hear you have a new band! Remember those good-old-days practicing with Metro, in Florian Pilkington Miksa's pad. Duncan blew me away with this one, and "Criminal World" was a WOW!...All my blessings to you and your new band. BTW. Sean Lyon's latest "Sharpie" composition is well cool.

Fond Regards

~Alastair

[petergodwin13]

Hi Alastair, "There are more things in heaven and earth".. Woke up this morning after a dream that I met Florian, who I haven't see for 15 years, let alone dreamt of.. And now this memory surfaces.. Thanks for your great comment on "Skin" by Nuevo on my channel- it's so appreciated. Good to hear from you through the mists of time.. :) All the best, Peter

[RICKYMDOGG]

Cool man...I'll check your stuff out when I get back from the bars ... bit pissed now!

[jocksmen]

@petergodwin13 TERRA NOVA was the

ship Capt Scott sailed to the

South Pole.....

uk/usaboy.

[petergodwin13]

@jocksmen As Duncan sang ".. every league every mile to terra nova.." Scott's ship is a nice connection- but in Duncan's lyric I think it was a magical "new land" (terranova means "new land " in Latin of course) that he was journeying towards- mile by mile, league by league- rather than the ship he was sailing in.. Still, the beauty of a good lyric is that we all find our own meaning in it, and many things are simultaneously intended or just evoked in the act of creation. Beautiful lyric anyway.

[MsJiminini]

@petergodwin13

Thanks Peter I listened to your new band and loved it ! Just like Metro was, it's enlightening and so beautiful ! Ear candies I was looking for and hard to find ! Best wishes for you

ps : Criminal world followed me during a great period of my life, I lost it but would be so happy to hear it again and can't find it (in a good quality sound)...

[petergodwin13]

@MsJiminini So happy you enjoyed Nuevo. :) I'm trying to get Universal to reissue the first the Metro album (which has "Criminal World" on it). Want to get my old fans on Facebook to "persuade" them by numbers, people power :) - so please join me on fb PeterGodwinFans - and bring your friends! As Jiminy sang- "when your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme".. Thanks! ♥

[saffsgrandad]

@petergodwin13 well, I don't have memories of this song quite as good as yours obviously, but I had my first real kiss while this was playing and my first heartbreak ten minutes later when my best mate skated off with her. I made my fingers bleed trying to master it and never did and all to try and impress the girl and win her back. Saw her years later, lucky escape. Still love this song though except for the bubblegum ending, always really hated that bit. Good luck with Nuevo

[tomdoyle1951]

@petergodwin13 awesome, hge motivated me with this song, micky most ruined him thou



[petergodwin13]

@tomdoyle1951 I know what you mean about the Most production .. it loses a lot of the beauty of the guitar and voice- drowns it in overproduction at times... But it was because of Micky Most that we got to hear "Journey".. so we have to thank him for that.. Some of the album tracks are less over - worked- "Country Song" is quite a simple production.. That's a personal favourite of mine and connects with some great memories of hanging with Duncan when we first met.. :)

[Isleofskye]

Reminds me f an Isle Of Wight holiday in 1972 along with Honky Cat/Where Is The Love/Lonely Days-Bee Gees/Donny Hathaway etc.

Did not realise Duncan had died, let alone in 1993...

[MollyDollyMadGurl]

heard this for the firs time today in the car, had ahd an aful day and it cheerd me right up. it reminds me of i've just seen a face-the beatles. dont change your clothes, i like you just the way you are xx bwees xx

[emmpeebee]

Heard this on the radio on Saturday coming back from the Yorkshire Moors. Not heard for a long time. One of the best pieces of music I have ever heard and also cheered me up after long drive. Going to look up what "encantador" means - hope its good!

[lanuxkerouac]

encantador!

[swishyail]

I remember listening to this song on my portable radio at Wisemans Bridge beach in 1972. It was a perfect day blue sky, the sound of waves and boats sailing in Saundersfoot Bay. Every time I hear this song I remember that day as if it were yesterday.

[xemilysingletonx]

Happy memories

Mags

[greatburbo]

this takes me back to my college days when I was an Engenering appo! The acoustic riffs are great a true joy to hear again. Many thanks for the memories.

[timtesoli]

of course it has to be meant: years! Oh, please corrcect me, i`m such a stupid german....

[timtesoli]

This is almost over xxxjears : good!

Thanks a lot for posting;-)

[morristonian]

Thanks so much for this treat! I was 21 and in love ,they just don't sing them like this anymore!

[peterwilliamham]

Thankyou for posting

[RICKYMDOGG]

I heard this song as a kid in the 90's, it sounds as great now as it did then. They don't make songs like this anymore :-(

[troikagirl]

Thank you so much for posting this song. Brings back beautiful memories of my camping and fishing holiday as a young boy in Hampshire England in 1972. So sad to hear Duncan died of cancer in 1993 aged just 43. Where has all the beauty and romance gone from our world?

[dogsbreath101]

I didn't know this. So sad.

Loved Duncan, Al Stewart...

[Forestamtul]

So sad to hear about that

i remember this song on a train to Hampton Court or was it Chessington zoo?

[prictishluvsboys]

Pictishbeast is clearly a kiddie fiddler. No one could possibly make so many statements on the subject without having a profound interest in it. I would put him at a Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd) risk level and to make it worse he claims to work with children. Watch his posts. A sick twisted sad old loser. If he was a dog he would have been shot10 years ago.

[basmondo1]

Wow, thank you I have been looking for this song for years.... I dont remember it being that twee!!

[shaunyMP72]

PictishBeast (2 months ago) Show Hide+1 Marked as spamReply | SpamWhat a fine song.

Good English whimsy of the Nick Drake genre.

[shaunyMP72]

mega track nuff love

[prictishluvsboys]

Pictishbeast is clearly a kiddie fiddler. No one could possibly make so many statements on the subject without having a profound interest in it. I would put him at a Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd) risk level and to make it worse he claims to work with children. Watch his posts. A sick twisted sad old loser. If he was a dog he would have been shot10 years ago.

[PictishBeast]

The delightful posters 'prictishluvsboys' and 'shaunyMP72 are fine upstanding members of the BNP.

Shauny has a conviction for GBH and prictish used to post ads on here for sex with kids in toilets.

Lovely people the BNP eh?

[Janicedean]

I had ths song on a 45...lost it so thanx for posting

[list55]

hasn't anyone got him doing it on top of the pops?

[salstream]

cheers nick..

[salstream]

fantastic thanks for posting .. any idea what year he first brought this out

[NickDuvet]

It was 1972

[johntosh00]

Well what a memory. Come on Charterhouse!!!

[julianhiorns]

Thanks so much for posting this track; it was a favourite of mine when I was young, and I lost my copy some years ago. Many many thanks..

[dolomite1300]

breadbasher and brunnertube-do you remember the incredible b side 'in a mist'? I can't make up my mind which was my all time favourite track. He was magical. redhairkid-I believe Colin Blunstone and D. Browne knew each other well. How wonderfully 'English'and a shame he isn't better known

[PictishBeast]

Lovely song and very whimsical in a Nick Drake way.

What a melancholy child I was, liking this then and now.

[wireless6]

Great song, brings back loads of memories... Thanks for post!!!

[brunnertube]

I remember with great happiness buying this single - I was 17 and doing a summer season in Blackpool. It was a great year for me and the year I really started to get a record collection. This song stands out amongst some 'greats' of that year. Duncan's memory will live on through his great music for a long time to come.

[juiceliina]

I'm a 16-year old girl from Finland, and I "accidently" found this song last autumn. I just love love LOVE it!! It's my everlasting favourite ^^

[gregs66]

A really great guitarist; almost as special as Nick Drake. I remember his live performing of this song on Top Of The Pops back in '72. I'd love to see this again. Has anybody got it?...

[Tagurrit]

I wasn't a child then but still I love the song and Duncan. I miss him a lot.

[redhairkid]

Great song. That ethereal voice reminds me a little of Colin Blunstone.

[breadbasher]

I've been looking for this for over 30 years! All I had to go on was "don't change your clothes I like you just the way you are" - thanks google

[beewiselet]

I have searched for this for ages - had the vinyl but lost it - boo hoo - best song in the world.

[Janicedean]

Why wont you accept my comment?

[Janicedean]

I loved this song when it first came out in the '70's.How did he die??? I cant belive it.

[Janicedean]

oh no I cant belive he is dead!!1 I love this song.. thanks for posting it marshellrod.

[olpal]

An all time favourite, and a tragedy that Duncan died so young. A great talent

[michelleitalia]

fantastic song,glad someone at last as put it on utube,many thanks.

[michelleitalia]

Fantastic song, brings back many memorys.

[subsyboy]

many many thanks for posting this absoloute classic from 1972 can still see him on top of the pops doing this my all time favourite song and the guitar at the ending just perfection

[LAUGHINGPOLICEMAN]

This song, more than any other, reminds me of my childhood, but you new get to hear it on the radio.

Glad that it's been added,