The trio was formed in 1966 in the London area of ​​Hounslow, which is not far from Heathrow Airport. Friday's Child gave its first performances at the famous White Bear bar. They were immediately noticed by two record companies - Decca and Apple, with both of which they signed contracts. Changing the sign to "Fire", they sat in the studio and, under the direction of Tony Clarke ("Decca"), recorded their first 45 "Father's Name Is Dad / Treacle Toffee World" (1968). The song from the "A" side immediately got into rotation on the radio. But then Paul McCartney himself intervened in the matter, who believed that the song "Father's Name Is Dad" was not good enough. He suggested adding backing vocals and bringing in another guitar an octave higher. I had to withdraw the circulation and redo it all over again. As a result, two versions of the single appeared on sale. Worse, the record company Apple rejected all the material which they managed to accumulate, and producer Mike Berry offered to record the band's own thing "Round The Gum Tree". Dave Lambert agreed to sing, the band refused to play. The trinity didn’t want to have anything to do with the thing “Toothie Ruthie”, written by their managers, and refused to record the track, but, nevertheless, in November 1968, under the sign “Fire”, the single “Round The Gum Tree / Toothie Ruthie” was released ', which failed miserably. The band's relationship with Apple and Decca soured. They had to leave and were soon signed to Pye Records. In January 1970, with the help of Strawbs frontman Dave Cousins ​​and Velvet Opera guitarist Paul Brett, work began on the concept album The Magic Shoemaker. All material was prepared personally by Lambert.

Tracks:
01. Children Of Imagination — 0:18
02. Tell You A Story — 6:41
03. Magic Shoes — 3:42
04. Reason For Everything — 7:35
05. Only A Dream — 5:41
06. Flies Like A Bird — 5:07
07. Like To Help You If I Can — 4:06
08. I Can See The Sky — 5:15
09. Shoemaker — 5:18
10. Happy Man Am I — 0:57
11. Children Of Imagination — 0:39
Bonuses:
12. Father’s Name Is Dad (Single A-Side, 1968) — 2:32
13. Treacle Toffee World (Single B-Side, 1968) — 2:09
14. Round The Gum Tree (Single A-Side, 1968) — 1:33
15.Toothie Ruthie (Single B-Side, 1968) — 1:57

Personnel:
Dave Lambert — guitar, piano, organ, vocals, narrator
Dick Dufall — bass, vocals
Bob Voice — drums, percussion, vocals