Trees (50th Anniversary Edition)
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Trees classic albums, beautifully packaged as a four-disc anniversary edition includes 12â book with liner notes from founder member David Costa and comedian Stewart Lee - Features two new discs of alternate mixes, early demos, BBC session tracks and 2018 live recordings in London - Includes lost demos of âPolly On The Shoreâ and âStreets Of Derryâ Itâs now over fifty years since Treesâ formation and, although âAcid Folkâ has now become a sub-category in the lexicon of record dealers and music critics, and although founder member David Costa feels the original noughties reissue helped consolidate a gathering wave of curiosity, they themselves remain in the shadows.
Earthâs new Trees collection brings together both albums adding shiny alternate mixes of key tracks along with a selection of radio sessions and demos, all sounding brighter and cleaner than ever before. Trees first album, âThe Garden of Jane Delawneyâ (1970) snuggles nicely into contemporary nu-folkiesâ idea of the genre, and shares some of the pastoral-whimsy that characterised The Incredible String Band or Donovan, offset by some stunning interpretations of traditional material and Biasâ own songs, which were somehow part of the tradition Trees had adopted. Readings of âLady Margaretâ, âGlasgerionâ and the old standard âShe Moved Throâ The Fairâ, and the extended fade of the groupâs own âRoadâ, presage the explosive instrumental duelling that would come to characterise the follow up album, âOn The Shoreâ. Thereâs a definite shift between the records, the second being darker and more ambivalent. Here Trees donât tell you what to think. Youâre left to formulate your own response to this odd, opaque music. The âStreets of Derryâ session version leans into the brain vibrating drone-groove they somehow found at the traditional tuneâs centre. âPolly On The Shoreâ, another traditional tune, is one of the definitive moments of English folk rock. This special expansive collectorâs edition celebrates the bands 50th anniversary. âA beautiful hybrid, Trees found a unique space between intimate folk and freewheeling psychedelia. Musically ambitious yet brilliantly balanced, they have left an enduring legacy for those lucky enough to be in on the secretâ Edd Gibson, Friendly FiresâŠ
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Disc One - The Garden of Jane Delawney (EARTHLP036): Side A: Nothing Special, The Great Silkie, The Garden Of Jane Delawney, Lady Margaret. Side B. Glasgerion, She Moved Thro' The Fair, Road, Epitaph, Snail's LamentâŠ..
Disc Two - On The Shore (EARTHLP035). Side A. Soldiers Three, Murdoch, Streets Of Derry, Sally Free And Easy, Side B. Fool, Adam's Toon, Geordie, While The Iron Is Hot, Little Sadie, Polly On The ShoreâŠ.
Disc Three - Fore & After (Part 1). Side A. Soldiers Three (Remix 2007), Murdoch (Remix 2007), Streets Of Derry (Remix 2007), Geordie (Remix 2007), Side B. Polly On The Shore (Remix 2007), Fool (Remix 2007), Polly On The Shore(demo 1970) Previously unreleased, Streets of Derry (demo 1970) Previously unreleasedâŠ.
.Disc Four - Fore & After (Part 2). Side A. She Moved Thro' The Fair (Demo 1969), Pretty Polly (Demo 1969), The Great Silkie (BBC 1970) Previously unreleased, Soldier's Three (BBC 1970) Previously unreleased, Little Black Cloud (demo 1969 ), Forest Fire ( BBC 1970). Side B. She Moved Thro' The Fair (Live at Cafe Oto 2018)*, Murdoch (Live at Cafe Oto 2018) *, Black Widow (2007), Little Black Cloud Suite (2007)âŠ
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Trees classic albums, beautifully packaged as a four-disc anniversary edition includes 12â book with liner notes from founder member David Costa and comedian Stewart Lee - Features two new discs of alternate mixes, early demos, BBC session tracks and 2018 live recordings in London - Includes lost demos of âPolly On The Shoreâ and âStreets Of Derryâ Itâs now over fifty years since Treesâ formation and, although âAcid Folkâ has now become a sub-category in the lexicon of record dealers and music critics, and although founder member David Costa feels the original noughties reissue helped consolidate a gathering wave of curiosity, they themselves remain in the shadows.
Earthâs new Trees collection brings together both albums adding shiny alternate mixes of key tracks along with a selection of radio sessions and demos, all sounding brighter and cleaner than ever before. Trees first album, âThe Garden of Jane Delawneyâ (1970) snuggles nicely into contemporary nu-folkiesâ idea of the genre, and shares some of the pastoral-whimsy that characterised The Incredible String Band or Donovan, offset by some stunning interpretations of traditional material and Biasâ own songs, which were somehow part of the tradition Trees had adopted. Readings of âLady Margaretâ, âGlasgerionâ and the old standard âShe Moved Throâ The Fairâ, and the extended fade of the groupâs own âRoadâ, presage the explosive instrumental duelling that would come to characterise the follow up album, âOn The Shoreâ. Thereâs a definite shift between the records, the second being darker and more ambivalent. Here Trees donât tell you what to think. Youâre left to formulate your own response to this odd, opaque music. The âStreets of Derryâ session version leans into the brain vibrating drone-groove they somehow found at the traditional tuneâs centre. âPolly On The Shoreâ, another traditional tune, is one of the definitive moments of English folk rock. This special expansive collectorâs edition celebrates the bands 50th anniversary. âA beautiful hybrid, Trees found a unique space between intimate folk and freewheeling psychedelia. Musically ambitious yet brilliantly balanced, they have left an enduring legacy for those lucky enough to be in on the secretâ Edd Gibson, Friendly FiresâŠ
Tracklist
Disc One - The Garden of Jane Delawney (EARTHLP036): Side A: Nothing Special, The Great Silkie, The Garden Of Jane Delawney, Lady Margaret. Side B. Glasgerion, She Moved Thro' The Fair, Road, Epitaph, Snail's LamentâŠ..
Disc Two - On The Shore (EARTHLP035). Side A. Soldiers Three, Murdoch, Streets Of Derry, Sally Free And Easy, Side B. Fool, Adam's Toon, Geordie, While The Iron Is Hot, Little Sadie, Polly On The ShoreâŠ.
Disc Three - Fore & After (Part 1). Side A. Soldiers Three (Remix 2007), Murdoch (Remix 2007), Streets Of Derry (Remix 2007), Geordie (Remix 2007), Side B. Polly On The Shore (Remix 2007), Fool (Remix 2007), Polly On The Shore(demo 1970) Previously unreleased, Streets of Derry (demo 1970) Previously unreleasedâŠ.
.Disc Four - Fore & After (Part 2). Side A. She Moved Thro' The Fair (Demo 1969), Pretty Polly (Demo 1969), The Great Silkie (BBC 1970) Previously unreleased, Soldier's Three (BBC 1970) Previously unreleased, Little Black Cloud (demo 1969 ), Forest Fire ( BBC 1970). Side B. She Moved Thro' The Fair (Live at Cafe Oto 2018)*, Murdoch (Live at Cafe Oto 2018) *, Black Widow (2007), Little Black Cloud Suite (2007)âŠ
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