The eight-panel CD booklet unfolds to reveal insightful annotations by noted authority David Wells. Several early-'70s non-album tracks (some of them were previously issued on the band's out of print Old Masters, Hidden Treasures compilation) are also included. Additional highlights include previously unreleased demos and several tracks from an unreleased 1973 album, Recital Honeybus had recorded an album's worth of material for Warner Bros., but, due to contractual harangues, they decided to have Recital pulled before it was scheduled for release. Another of the BBC tracks - 'Like an Old-Time Movie' - was penned by John Phillips. One of these - 'Maxine's Parlour' - was written by obscure introspective singer/songwriter Bill Fay, whose very first single was issued by Deram in 1967 it was never issued as a Honeybus single, having already been promised to labelmates Crocheted Doughnut Ring. 2)' and a half-a-dozen previously unreleased BBC sessions. She Flies Like a Bird collects all of the band's original mid- to late-'60s recordings for their label, Deram, adding a rare Italian single, 'La Cigona (She Sold Blackpool Rock)' b/w 'Chi Sei Tu (Ceilings No.

There have been various reissues of the group's recordings, including reissues of their 1970 album Story, and See for Miles had previously released a 25-song compilation, Honeybus at Their Best, but this impressive two-CD set easily outshines them all.

In a perfect world, every reissue would be as thoughtfully and lovingly compiled as Castle/Sequel's excellent She Flies Like a Bird: The Honeybus Anthology is.

The honeybus book