Record label 'Fruits de Mer' has long signified quality assured musical output, supporting and supplying the psychedelic community with the rare, unique and unusual. If you know their product, you know I speak truth, if you hadn't heard of the label check it out, now! The sooner you explore their wares, the sooner that broad smile of aural pleasure will spread across your face. Now here's a heads up, Fruits de Mer have got a forthcoming three disc vinyl release of classic 60's psychedelic covers by the cream of the contemporary psychedelic music community, acts like Jack Ellister, Magic Bus, Cary Grace, Anton Bardeau, The Honey Pot, The Sidewalk Society and The Luck of Eden Hall (if you've read previous posts you know there are some of my favourites in there) and well as veteran acts of the period The Yardbirds, The Electric Prunes and The Pretty Things! Yeah, I know, mental. The 3 disc album 'The Three Seasons' covers the influential psychedelic period 66' to 68' and from the tracks that have been leaked it's going to be will be a beautiful pop/psych extravaganza. Alright, I know you've stopped reading and are now on the Fruit de Mer site placing your order, good on you, I have, and knowing how frequently their releases sell out we're right to.
Here's what their site says.
1966-1968 : arguably the golden era for music as we at FdM know it. 'The Three Seasons' is a bit of a tribute to the psychedelic era - the first buds forming in '66, the summer of love and the comedown in '68.
Some of Fruits de Mer's best-known artists are joined by some new faces and a few who were actually there at the time and were personally responsible for some of the amazing sounds that we're celebrating in this vinyl love-in.
The Three Seasons has taken rather a long time to grow into the 3 LP set that will be presented for your consideration in early October - although, in the end, some heavy pruning was necessary to fit everything onto six sides (it could so easily have been a 4LP set, but someone had already knicked the 'four seasons' title).
The music ranges from pop-psych to acid-folk, heavy rock to prog, from classic songs to the long-lost - the kind of thing Fruits de Mer was designed for.
So, who is responsible for the two hours+ of music between the grooves? Step forward:
side 1
1. The Past Tense - Magic In The Air (originally by The Attack : recorded in 1967)
2. LoveyDove - Bedazzled (originally by Drimble Wedge and the Vegetations : 1967)
3. Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder - Amelia Jane (originally by Made In Sheffield : 1967)
4. Jack Ellister - Aquarius (originally by The Zodiac:Cosmic Sounds : 1967)
5. Rob Gould - Granny Takes A Trip (originally by The Purple Gang : 1967)
side 2
1. Mark McDowell and Friends - Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire (originally by The Small Faces : 1966)
2. Anton Barbeau – Sunshine Superman (originally by Donovan : 1965)
3. The Electric Prunes - 7 and 7 is (originally by Love : 1966)
4. Moonweevil - Child Of The Sky (originally by The Deviants : 1967)
5. Kris Gietkowski - A-Minor Explosion (originally by Don Shinn : 1966)
6. The Yardbirds - Think About It (live in 2016) (originally by The Yardbirds : 1968)
side 3
1. The Locker Room Cowboys - We Love You (originally by The Rolling Stones : 1967)
2. King Penguin - White Bird (written : 1967, released by It's A Beautiful Day : 1969)
3. Aunt Cynthia's Cabin - Solitary Man (originally by Neil Diamond : 1966)
4. The Luck Of Eden Hall - Reflected (originally by Alice Cooper : 1968)
side 4
1. The Honey Pot - Kites (written by Hackaday/Pockriss; recorded by The Rooftop Singers / Simon Dupree and the Big Sound : 1967)
2. Cary Grace - 1983 (A Merman I Should Be...) (originally by the Jimi Hendrix Experience : 1968)
side 5
1. Sidewalk Society - A Saying For Today (originally by The Action : 1968)
2. Jay Tausig - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (trad. recorded by Anne Briggs : 1963 / Pentangle : 1968)
3. Magic Bus - Tribal Gathering (originally by The Byrds : 1967)
4. Proud Peasant - Down At Circe's Place (originally by Touch : 1968)
5. Icarus Peel - Beck's Bolero (originally by Jeff Beck Group : 1966)
side 6
1. The Green Ray - Dusty (originally by John Martyn : 1968)
2. Ex-Norwegian - Winter (originally by Family : 1968)
3. Consterdine - Fly (originally by J.K. & Co : 1968)
4. The Gold Needles - The Smell of Incense (originally by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band : 1967)
5. The Pretty Things - Loneliest Person (live at the Half Moon, 2010) (originally by The Pretty Things : 1968)
...yes, you might have spotted within that line-up three rather spectacular names...
...THE YARDBIRDS, THE ELECTRIC PRUNES AND THE PRETTY THINGS
Have they ever appeared to together on a compilation before? (probably, but not on an FdM one, that's for sure!). Am I excited? I certainly bloody am.
Here's what their site says.
1966-1968 : arguably the golden era for music as we at FdM know it. 'The Three Seasons' is a bit of a tribute to the psychedelic era - the first buds forming in '66, the summer of love and the comedown in '68.
Some of Fruits de Mer's best-known artists are joined by some new faces and a few who were actually there at the time and were personally responsible for some of the amazing sounds that we're celebrating in this vinyl love-in.
The Three Seasons has taken rather a long time to grow into the 3 LP set that will be presented for your consideration in early October - although, in the end, some heavy pruning was necessary to fit everything onto six sides (it could so easily have been a 4LP set, but someone had already knicked the 'four seasons' title).
The music ranges from pop-psych to acid-folk, heavy rock to prog, from classic songs to the long-lost - the kind of thing Fruits de Mer was designed for.
So, who is responsible for the two hours+ of music between the grooves? Step forward:
side 1
1. The Past Tense - Magic In The Air (originally by The Attack : recorded in 1967)
2. LoveyDove - Bedazzled (originally by Drimble Wedge and the Vegetations : 1967)
3. Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder - Amelia Jane (originally by Made In Sheffield : 1967)
4. Jack Ellister - Aquarius (originally by The Zodiac:Cosmic Sounds : 1967)
5. Rob Gould - Granny Takes A Trip (originally by The Purple Gang : 1967)
side 2
1. Mark McDowell and Friends - Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire (originally by The Small Faces : 1966)
2. Anton Barbeau – Sunshine Superman (originally by Donovan : 1965)
3. The Electric Prunes - 7 and 7 is (originally by Love : 1966)
4. Moonweevil - Child Of The Sky (originally by The Deviants : 1967)
5. Kris Gietkowski - A-Minor Explosion (originally by Don Shinn : 1966)
6. The Yardbirds - Think About It (live in 2016) (originally by The Yardbirds : 1968)
side 3
1. The Locker Room Cowboys - We Love You (originally by The Rolling Stones : 1967)
2. King Penguin - White Bird (written : 1967, released by It's A Beautiful Day : 1969)
3. Aunt Cynthia's Cabin - Solitary Man (originally by Neil Diamond : 1966)
4. The Luck Of Eden Hall - Reflected (originally by Alice Cooper : 1968)
side 4
1. The Honey Pot - Kites (written by Hackaday/Pockriss; recorded by The Rooftop Singers / Simon Dupree and the Big Sound : 1967)
2. Cary Grace - 1983 (A Merman I Should Be...) (originally by the Jimi Hendrix Experience : 1968)
side 5
1. Sidewalk Society - A Saying For Today (originally by The Action : 1968)
2. Jay Tausig - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (trad. recorded by Anne Briggs : 1963 / Pentangle : 1968)
3. Magic Bus - Tribal Gathering (originally by The Byrds : 1967)
4. Proud Peasant - Down At Circe's Place (originally by Touch : 1968)
5. Icarus Peel - Beck's Bolero (originally by Jeff Beck Group : 1966)
side 6
1. The Green Ray - Dusty (originally by John Martyn : 1968)
2. Ex-Norwegian - Winter (originally by Family : 1968)
3. Consterdine - Fly (originally by J.K. & Co : 1968)
4. The Gold Needles - The Smell of Incense (originally by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band : 1967)
5. The Pretty Things - Loneliest Person (live at the Half Moon, 2010) (originally by The Pretty Things : 1968)
...yes, you might have spotted within that line-up three rather spectacular names...
...THE YARDBIRDS, THE ELECTRIC PRUNES AND THE PRETTY THINGS
Have they ever appeared to together on a compilation before? (probably, but not on an FdM one, that's for sure!). Am I excited? I certainly bloody am.
And here's a little taster of what to expect from the album, as the Fast Show's jazz guys says.....Nice!
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