Outlander was the first album by the Welsh singer-songwriter Meic Stevens and also the only one with English lyrics. From the mid-1960s onwards, he performed throughout the UK, played as a session musician on a number of productions and made a name for himself on the folk scene. After being discovered during a gig at a folk club in Manchester, he was given the opportunity to record a few singles. Despite their lack of success, the major label Warner Brothers signed him to a record deal for an album. During the recording sessions at London’s Trident Studios, under the direction of sound engineer Roy Baker, he was accompanied by an illustrious line-up of well-known studio musicians.

His debut was released in May 1970 exclusively in the United Kingdom on Warner Brothers and went on to become his most popular album. With its eleven tracks, the LP offers soulful vocals in bluesy folk ballads as well as full-band folk-rock numbers and jazz-Indo-psych ragas, with Keshav Sathe (of the band Magic Carpet) on the tablas and Dewan Motihar on the sitar. Following this, the contract was terminated by mutual agreement and the „Welsh Bob Dylan“ returned to his native Welsh language. He spent the rest of his career recording for small independent labels, which established him as one of the leading figures on the Welsh music scene. His debut album is now regarded as one of the finest lost psych-folk classics and fetches high prices on the collectors’ market as a rare original English vinyl.