The Most Obscure Vintage British Psych/Folk Rock Album?

That ain't fair.

 

It it me or is this downright gorgeous?

 

Ur killing me. :$)

 

More of a traditional feel here:



http://www.amazon.com/Me-Mary-Anne-Paterson/dp/B000EMSTL6/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1

 

Not sure what is more stunning...her voice or that sweater!

 

Produced by Dave Cousins and Tony Hooper of Strawbs

 

Can't believe I forgot Heron!

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Upon-Reflec...p/B000HT3KNS/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

I've never seen that cover before, but there are some tracks on that album that are incredibly good "The Wall" for one.

 

BBC sessions by The Trees, featuring mostly previously unreleased material:



Have to agree with the comments: the third track is remarkable.

 

Yes, Heron is great...they came up in another thread about pastoral bands...and they are pretty darn pastoral!

 

The Trees are imsane! Hard to believe they never made a dent.

 

Stunning.

 

I am not reading this thread. I am not reading this thread [hiding wallet] I am not reading this thread [cutting up credit cards] I am not reading this thread.

Oh god, I'm going to read this thread, aren't I? [resigned sigh of poverty]

 

Already had to buy three albums....resistance is futile....

 

Oh, and this one:



http://www.amazon.com/Morning-Way-TRADER-HORNE/dp/B001F4YSWG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

This one i have...excellemt as well. As is Tudor Lodge.

 

Some of these I have, some I don't. First the Shelagh McDonald set is sublime. Second my contribution to this obscure list is anything by the Dransfield brothers, Sweeney's Men, The Johnstons or Wizz Jones (including his band Lazy Farmer). Enjoy.

 

thanks! I purchased the Shelagh McDonald Anthology..(first two albums)..but the others you mention are unknown to me. Will check them out.

 

Shirley Collins is not obscure, but the album is an outlier in her catalog:



http://www.amazon.com/No-Roses-Shir...p/B0002QPT0I/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

Spirogyra is a bit idiosyncratic, but I guess it vaguely falls into the folk/psych category:



Doesn't really kick in until the 3-minute mark, though.

http://www.amazon.com/Bells-Boots-Shambles-SPIROGYRA/dp/B00E9UAHPU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

Hmm, vintage, if you like some of the progressive folk that came out of that era in the late 60s and early 70s, bands like Jethro Tull, find a copy of the debut First Utterance by Comus. Pretty amazing, dark lyrics like Sabbath, but still mostly acoustic, and very well played. Wild band.

If you want something newer, one of my favorites from last year was the very nice Marika Hackman debut record from last year, We Slept At Last, really nice bit of English electro-folk, very nice record, one of my biggest listens last year, and listening again today, always sounds good.

 

Yes, I have a Comus anthology too..

Thanks for Marika Hackman!!!!! Reminds me of Laura Marling....nice!

 

Finally, this is more obscure... Off-shoot group from Mellow Candle, recorded in South Africa:



http://www.amazon.com/Whistling-Jig...p/B0000645GT/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8