Polly Niles - Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind: The Lost Album [CD]

*** LEGENDARY “LOST ALBUM” FROM 1970 BY CULT SINGER POLLY NILES – FINALLY RELEASED! ***

 

• The 1970 Ember Records album by actress/model/singer/songwriter Polly Niles, was for many years the stuff of internet rumour and legend, said to exist only in test pressing form. Now, it is finally released.

 

• Polly, who later appeared in the film Super Fly (1972), was a singer/songwriter from New York married to folk revival star, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. She signed with the London-based Ember label in 1969 and recorded an album that blended her songwriting with cuts by Stephen Stills, Goffin/King, John Barry and Bob Dylan.

 

• Producers of Polly’s album included Beau Ray Fleming, whose CV included work for Dean Courtney, Jon Lucien and Mandrill. Arrangements and conducting were by the legendary Bert DeCoteaux, later a key figure in soul/funk/disco, working with Sister Sledge, Peter Nero, Zulema, Linda Lewis and Martha Reeves.

 

• Only one track from Polly’s album was ever released at the time – the gently psychedelic ‘Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind’ on an Ember sampler release, Future Star Explosion – New Faces Of The 70s, in 1970. The song was also recorded by fellow Ember artist Milly Scott and covered in 2012 by indie band The Primitives.

 

• In 1970, two Polly Niles singles made it to acetate stage before being cancelled: ‘Since I Lost You Baby’/‘The Milk Of The Tree’ and ‘Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind’/‘Get High On Jesus’. Another, ‘If I Let You’/‘East Virginia’, was cancelled prior to any manufacturing.

 

• Over the last decade, six tracks from Polly’s Ember sessions have emerged on compilations, but now, newly remastered, they can finally be heard, as originally intended. This 2-CD set consists of twelve titles but has been expanded to over twice its original length. Also included are cancelled mono singles, alternative mixes, works in progress, and some new 2019 mixes made from the original multi-tracks.

 

• This is an artist-approved release, with Polly on board as a consultant. And for the first time, Polly’s story is told in a 3000-word liner essay by journalist, Charles Donovan. Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind has been assembled with luxurious, period-appropriate design work, with top flight remastering. The album is illustrated by Ember-era photographs from Polly’s own archives.

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I Am A Child

Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind (First Version)

East Virginia

East Virginia (First Version)

Bang Bang

If I Let You (Final Mix From 16-Track)

I Shall Be Released

Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind (4-Track Vocal Experiment From Unmixed Rhythm Track)

If I Let You

East Virginia (Final Mix From 8-Track)

I Walk The Line

I Am A Child (Final Mix From 8-Track)

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind (Final Mix From 8-Track)

Since I Lost You Baby

Get High On Jesus (Final Mix From 8-Track)

The Milk Of The Tree

Since I Lost You Baby (2019 Mix)

For What It’s Worth

The Milk Of The Tree (2019 Mix)

Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind

For What It’s Worth (2019 Mix)

Get High On Jesus

I Walk The Line (2019 Mix)

Since I Lost You Baby (Mono Unreleased Single)

I Shall Be Released (2019 Mix)

The Milk Of The Tree (Mono Unreleased Single)

Bang Bang (2019 Mix)

If I Let You (Mono Mix)

For What It’s Worth (Mono Mix)

East Virginia (Mono Mix)

I Walk The Line (Mono Mix)

I Am A Child (Mono Mix)

I Shall Be Released (Mono Mix)

Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Mono Mix)

Bang Bang (Mono Mix)

Way Of Knowing

Who Cares (Finished Master)

• Genre: Folk & Country
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5013929186323
• Release Date: November 10, 2025

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