"Vashti Bunyan is an enigma in British folk music that has only been understood in the last ten years. Following expulsion from art school in 1964 Andrew Loog Oldham, the Rolling Stones manager discovered her singing in London. Her music was delicate Judy Collins style folk music but Loog Oldham sought to shape her as a pop star. He got her to record a Rolling Stones song and released it on Decca and then as he formed Immediate he arranged for her to record many unreleased pop style songs. By 1968 this cynical attempt to make her a pop star left her dejected particularly as her heart was in folk music. She decided to give up her life and travel in a traditional caravan up to Scotland to visit Donovan." From Classic Artists. Vashti recorded a Folk Album, "Another Diamond Day" from that experience and disappeared for 30 years.
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