Jeff Tarlton - Dragon Spring

In the late 80s, Jeff Tarlton fronted a fantastic psych/punk band called Viv Akauldren & on this second solo album, released on Delerium records in 2000, he sounds even more like a cosmic Gram Parsons. With a host of friends he's created a beautifully haunting stripped down acid folk album, mapping the borderland between gritty urban sprawl and dank mysterious wilderness. Anyone who loved the intensity of Nick Drake, Kevin Coyne or Robyn Hitchcock will find plenty to enjoy. ''In twenty years this album will be worshipped !''
Jeff Tarlton - Dragon Spring
1. Sinner
2. Chimera
3. Muse
4. Not Fade Away
5. Restless Spirits
6. Gainrider
7. Telepath
8. Swept
9. My Chores Undone
10. The Eyes
11. Sunrise Semester
12. The Sitting Room
13. No Secrets
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Talisman - Dole Age

Originally formed in 1977 as Revelation Rockers, a name they soon changed, by the early 1980s, Talisman were consummate performers not only vying with Black Roots for the title of Bristol's number one reggae act, but also one of the country's most popular live bands. They toured the UK with Steel Pulse, The Clash, Black Roots and Misty In Roots building up a loyal following and leaving memories of gigs that are still discussed to this day.
Despite their undisputed talent a major record deal never materialised and until now the only way to hear Talisman has been to track down their two difficult to find singles from 1981, or their two later LPs, "Takin' The Strain" from 1984 and "Jam Rock" From 1990. Now after nearly thirty years Bristol Archive Records have lovingly compiled a CD of the band at their peak in 1981. Not only does the CD contain the band's two original 7" singles, but also seven carefully selected live cuts from classic shows at Glastonbury and Bath University.

Being a reggae release vinyl hasn't been forgotten. The limited edition LP is effectively a completely different release featuring the full extended 12" mixes of both singles in their entirety as well as the previously unreleased "Nitty Gritty".

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VA- Early Morning Hush (Notes from the UK Folk Underground 1969-1976)

A follow up to 'Gather in the Mushrooms' collection, this second volume in Bob Stanley's fascinating compilations of acid folk from the late 60s/early 70s is a wonderful glimpse of a vibrant, many-coloured underground scene, much of which for too long was unjustly dismissed by the mainstream.

VA- Early Morning Hush

1. Skater - Midwinter

2. Lir's Lament - Loudest Whisper

3. Sheep Season - Mellow candle

4. Cuckoo - Renbourn, John

5. Go By Brooks - Sweeney's Men

6. Peacock lady - Shelagh Mcdonald

7. Harvest Time - Water Into Wine Band

8. Poor Murdered Woman - Collins, Shirley

9. Forest And The Shore - Christmas, Keith

10. Fine Horseman - Briggs, Anne

11. The Bells Of Dunwich - Stone Angel

12. Sovay - Pentangle

13. Cherry Blossom Fool - Browne, Duncan

14. Blacksmith - Steeleye Span

15. Coming Home To Me - Dando Shaft

16. Eleanor's Song - Shide & Acorn

17. Mendle - Mr. Fox

VA – Totally Wired Eleven

This excellent compilation of old school new cool released in 1994 concentrates on the remarkable slew of talent that the Acid Jazz label nurtured and uncovered, combining some old style funk, with swinging latin grooves, dubbed out disco and those paving their way forward with the new sounds of Acid Jazz.

VA – Totally Wired Eleven

The James Taylor Quartet	-3 mile island
A Forest Mighty Black	-Fresh in my mind
Alice Clark	-Never did I ever stop loving you
Freak Power	-Freakin'
Pleasure	-Joyous
Square Window	-Theme from Millenium Falcon
Children Of Judah	-To the bone
Ghost	-Who me?
Monsieur Kamayatsu	-Monsieur Taylor´s new brand
Skunkhour	-Do you like it?
Mondo Grosso	-Anger
Samuel Purdey	-Clever girl
The Quiet Boys	-Astral space

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Alan Moore, David J, and Tim Perkins - The birth caul (A shamanism of childhood)

The trio's second performance took place at an Old County Court in Newcastle, on November 18, 1995 & was released on Charrm, the label run by :zoviet*france:
This lengthy autobiographical poem of working-class life is compelling and often breathtaking, accompanied by especially haunting soundscapes from David J. and Tim Perkins. Moore doesn't just read these compositions; he performs them, his text treats the caul as a map of humanity.With it, he examines the connections between language, identity and our perceptions of the world, regressing from early adulthood through adolescence, childhood and infancy to prenatal existence, in a quest for a primitive consciousness existing before language.

Alan Moore, David J, and Tim Perkins - The birth caul

	The Birth Caul (i)
	The Present Moment (18.11.95)
	The Birth Caul (ii)
	The World's Blunt Engine
	The Birth Caul (iii)
	Drowning In Gold
	The Birth Caul (iv)
	The Dressing Of The Tongue
	The Birth Caul (v)
	Dummy
	The Birth Caul

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Green Milk From The Planet Orange - He's Crying Look

Japanese space-noise rock trio Green Milk From The Planet Orange broke up some years ago, He's Crying Look was originally released on Beta-lactam Ring in 2004 and combines frenzied garage punk with post-prog freak outs. While loosely played, it is steady & deliberate, with an eastern flavouring that reminds me a lot of early Kraut Rock with their extended excursions toward psychedelic improv. Enjoy!!

Green Milk From The Planet Orange - He's Crying Look

1. When Every Colour Turns Black (16:40)

2. Sweet 5 A.M. (6:38)

3. Butterfly (6:54)
4. U-Boat (18:40)
5. In Space, Far Away From This Planet (22:13)

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Wire - IBTABA (It's Beginning To And Back Again)

The sixth album from WIRE released in 1989, which mostly consists of reinterpretations of live performances of material from the band's previous record, A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck . The recordings are based on performances in Chicago, Portugal and London. Live tracks were deconstructed in the studio and then remixed by Wire.

Wire - IBTABA (It's Beginning To And Back Again)

1. Finest Drops
2. Eardrum Buzz
3. German Shepherds
4. Public Place
5. It's A Boy
6. Illuminated
7. Boiling Boy
8. Over Theirs
9. Eardrum Buzz (12" Version)
10. The Offer
11. In Vivo

Whore: Various Artists Play Wire here

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Freedom AKA - Ceasefire

OK!!! so i've done my usual trawl of the web and found very little about Freedom AKA, they formed in salisbury, wiltshire in the late 80/early 90s & could be found playing alongside the likes of RDF, Rhythmites, A.O.S.3, Zion Train, Citizen Fish, Dub the Earth,Tofu Love Frogs, etc. Ceasefire was the first release for Dreadhead in 1996, an album full of melodica/organ driven festie reggae/digidub.
Freedom AKA - Ceasefire

Roots Reggae
Jah works mama
Never looking back
Twa tams
Internity
Us and them
Neighbourhood watch
Mr.big
Blood rhythm
Mr dub
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Waxed Apple - Six Song EP (Re-up)

Although from the West Country originally, the band actually met a few years back whilst working in a recording studio in Brighton. First gigs came via the local electronic music collective Spirit of Gravity, whose founding members include Spazz junglists Shitmat and Same Actor. The basis of early live shows was experimentation and improvisation,which has evolved into a powerful bass heavy groove. A groove that is now cut together with organic and electronic sounds, utilising eclectic samples, live drums, tin whistle, strummed and bowed violin, while Caleb’s shouting into a megaphone.

Waxed Apple - Six Song EP

8 bit love song
beta gamma
shocks
evenings and weekends
fools paradise
nets

waxed apple - s/t cdep here at cdbaby

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