Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day Vinyl LP

Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day stands as one of the most fabled records in British folk history—an essential pastoral document that quietly emerged in 1970 before disappearing into obscurity for decades. Produced by the legendary Joe Boyd, whose credits include Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, and the Incredible String Band, the album features contributions from Fairport’s Dave Swarbrick and Simon Nicol, as well as Robin Williamson of ISB. The songs were written over a year and a half of travel as Bunyan, her partner Robert, their horse Bess, and dog Blue journeyed by wagon from London toward the Hebrides. The result was a collection of fragile, dreamlike folk songs that reflected both the hardship and wonder of life lived in transit, carrying with them a sense of unhurried intimacy and rural devotion.

Though largely ignored upon release, the album slowly developed a reputation among collectors and was eventually rediscovered as a lost masterpiece, its tapes having survived decades of neglect and even a rain-soaked journey across London. Bunyan herself had long abandoned music for a life of quiet anonymity, but her influence resurfaced generations later, echoing through the work of artists like Devendra Banhart, with whom she recorded in the early 2000s. Today, Just Another Diamond Day is celebrated as a visionary folk record—an unfiltered reflection of Bunyan’s life, spirit, and singular voice, now rightly recognized as one of the era’s most enchanting and enduring works.