Jack Bruce and Pete Brown

i) 'Can you Follow', working draft in Brown's hand, 23 lines in blue ballpoint, corrections and revisions to 6 lines, doodles and additional notes in margins, single lined sheet (253 x 204mm.); ii) 'There's a Forest', untitled working draft in Brown's hand, 20 lines in black ballpoint, scattered corrections and revisions, single sheet (290 x 202mm.); together with a single sheet with the full track listing and credits and a sheet of handwritten chords, both in Bruce's hand on two leaves of headed stationery from his home address ("2 Fitzroy Road London NW1"); c.1969-1971, some creasing to sheet corner and occasional minor soiling (4)

Jack began recording for his follow up solo album as soon as Songs for a Tailor had been released. Working with a smaller group of musicians than he had on the previous album, Jack was able to showcase his own skills on numerous instruments besides the bass and piano, including cello, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica and the organ.

In 2003, the album was re-released with five additional tracks, largely first takes and demo versions. The lyrics in an early recording of 'There's a Forest' correspond very closely those of this draft manuscript ("There's a sea that is neglected | Where the starfish are your [like] eyes"), which changed significantly in the final recorded version. Both of these manuscripts also include several additional draft verses which were discarded for the final tracks.