Lobby Loyde - Do You Believe in Magic 7" folk it is often the delirium

it is often the delirium of playing the fool that makes us feel closest to God

hardcore cognoscenti will be under no illusions that they could possibly be listening to anyone else

It’s very cool to see a modern R&R band progress in the true sense of the word--to mature and seek new horizons

But it’s the opening track “I Wanna Be You” that sounds like the single to me—snarling power-poppy punk with an inverted ironic warning against envy

Lobby Loyde - Do You Believe in Magic 7" folk it is often the deliriumWere doing a deeper dive into fave LOBBY LOYDEs oveure. Do You Believe In Magic is obviously not the famous hit by The Lovin Spoonful. It is a Lobby original and was in fact one of the earliest COLOURED BALLS tunes dating from early 72. The Balls never ended up recording it. A few months after their split in early 75, Lobby recorded it with him on lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, JIMMY THOMPSON (ex Vince Maloney Sect, Tony Worley & The Blue Jays