I don't know whether UMRA Music Club is really aimed at flagging up acts that may not only have been overlooked by umrats, but by most of the world; nonetheless I thought that it would be worth commending the small but perfectly formed oeuvre of Trees, a folk rock/acid folk outfit that recorded two albums in 1970, and then disappeared for ever.
While forgotten now, this song was noted enough at the time to have been covered by none other than the great French popstrelle, Francoise Hardy <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcL_zNuuZcY>
Londonrats who are captivated by Celia Humphris' gentle, wistful vocals can, as it happens, hear as much of her as they like with nothing more than an Oystercard - she went on from Trees to record the announcements on Northern Line tube trains.
(Next, Bob Pegg, if there is anything on YouTube to illustrate him.) -- Stephen
>I don't know whether UMRA Music Club is really aimed at flagging up > acts that may not only have been overlooked by umrats, but by most of > the world; nonetheless I thought that it would be worth commending the > small but perfectly formed oeuvre of Trees, a folk rock/acid folk > outfit that recorded two albums in 1970, and then disappeared for > ever.
> "Stephen" <stephenbow...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:aru0559jolahpebi0a7jkbbhcdsu7jlmri@4ax.com... >>I don't know whether UMRA Music Club is really aimed at flagging up >> acts that may not only have been overlooked by umrats, but by most of >> the world; nonetheless I thought that it would be worth commending the >> small but perfectly formed oeuvre of Trees, a folk rock/acid folk >> outfit that recorded two albums in 1970, and then disappeared for >> ever.
> Ooh that's nice. Completely missed this at the time. I'm now listening to > some of their other tracks. Thank you!
That's more to my taste, although still not quite it. But well worth investigating.
Here's my contribution for generally under-rated and unknown: Duncan Browne. You can find a fair amount on you-tube. Started folky, moved via proggy to gentle rock of a sort, with often a slightly decandent turn to the lyrics:
Nick, finding it amusing we're using a video system to play music to people! -- Online waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu
<3-nos...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: >Here's my contribution for generally under-rated and unknown: Duncan >Browne. You can find a fair amount on you-tube. Started folky, moved >via proggy to gentle rock of a sort, with often a slightly decandent >turn to the lyrics:
New to me, so thanks. "Fauvette" sounds rather Knopflerish, but "She was Just a Fallen Angel" has a more Gerry Rafferty sound (and not just from the sax). Sort of "post-folkie" rock? -- Stephen
Nick wrote: > "a l l y" <a...@situponDOGGIEseats.co.uk> writes:
>> "Stephen" <stephenbow...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:aru0559jolahpebi0a7jkbbhcdsu7jlmri@4ax.com... >>> I don't know whether UMRA Music Club is really aimed at flagging up >>> acts that may not only have been overlooked by umrats, but by most of >>> the world; nonetheless I thought that it would be worth commending the >>> small but perfectly formed oeuvre of Trees, a folk rock/acid folk >>> outfit that recorded two albums in 1970, and then disappeared for >>> ever.
>>> Their standout track was the title track of their first album, "The >>> Garden of Jane Delwaney" <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoddtUn77do> >> Ooh that's nice. Completely missed this at the time. I'm now listening to >> some of their other tracks. Thank you!
> That's more to my taste, although still not quite it. But well worth > investigating.
> Here's my contribution for generally under-rated and unknown: Duncan > Browne. You can find a fair amount on you-tube. Started folky, moved > via proggy to gentle rock of a sort, with often a slightly decandent > turn to the lyrics:
In message <aru0559jolahpebi0a7jkbbhcdsu7jl...@4ax.com>, Stephen <stephenbow...@yahoo.com> writes
>Londonrats who are captivated by Celia Humphris' gentle, wistful >vocals can, as it happens, hear as much of her as they like with >nothing more than an Oystercard - she went on from Trees to record the >announcements on Northern Line tube trains.
I have a battered but much loved vinyl copy of On The Shore. Great songs, and there's a wonderful fragile quality about Celia Humphris' voice. I even like that she's slightly out of tune some of the time. I've always loved "Murdoch" (the song which I heard them sing first on TV, I think, and persuaded me to buy the album) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suha38pojO0 and their version of Sally Free And Easy is an all-time favourite of mine, http://www.last.fm/music/Trees/_/Sally+Free+And+Easy although I agree Geordie was brilliant, too.
Of course, they had the great Bias Boshell as a member, so you'd expect fine things.
> Londonrats who are captivated by Celia Humphris' gentle, wistful > vocals can, as it happens, hear as much of her as they like with > nothing more than an Oystercard - she went on from Trees to record the > announcements on Northern Line tube trains.
Now that I didn't know. :o) -- Sid Make sure Matron is away when you reply
>I don't know whether UMRA Music Club is really aimed at flagging up > acts that may not only have been overlooked by umrats, but by most of > the world; nonetheless I thought that it would be worth commending the > small but perfectly formed oeuvre of Trees, a folk rock/acid folk > outfit that recorded two albums in 1970, and then disappeared for > ever.
> While forgotten now, this song was noted enough at the time to have > been covered by none other than the great French popstrelle, Francoise > Hardy <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcL_zNuuZcY>
> Londonrats who are captivated by Celia Humphris' gentle, wistful > vocals can, as it happens, hear as much of her as they like with > nothing more than an Oystercard - she went on from Trees to record the > announcements on Northern Line tube trains.
> (Next, Bob Pegg, if there is anything on YouTube to illustrate him.) > -- > Stephen
> Blancmange is a dish best served cold.
I remember Trees vaguely, but at the time I thought of them as a sort of lesser version of the Incredible String Band. I'll have a listen. Steve Hague
> Here's my contribution for generally under-rated and unknown: Duncan > Browne. You can find a fair amount on you-tube. Started folky, moved > via proggy to gentle rock of a sort, with often a slightly decandent > turn to the lyrics:
>"Stephen" <stephenbow...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:aru0559jolahpebi0a7jkbbhcdsu7jlmri@4ax.com... >>I don't know whether UMRA Music Club is really aimed at flagging up >> acts that may not only have been overlooked by umrats, but by most of >> the world; nonetheless I thought that it would be worth commending the >> small but perfectly formed oeuvre of Trees, a folk rock/acid folk >> outfit that recorded two albums in 1970, and then disappeared for >> ever.
>> While forgotten now, this song was noted enough at the time to have >> been covered by none other than the great French popstrelle, Francoise >> Hardy <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcL_zNuuZcY>
>> Londonrats who are captivated by Celia Humphris' gentle, wistful >> vocals can, as it happens, hear as much of her as they like with >> nothing more than an Oystercard - she went on from Trees to record the >> announcements on Northern Line tube trains.
>> (Next, Bob Pegg, if there is anything on YouTube to illustrate him.) >> -- >> Stephen
>> Blancmange is a dish best served cold.
>I remember Trees vaguely, but at the time I thought of them as a sort of >lesser version of the Incredible String Band. I'll have a listen.
Surely it was Dr Strangely Strange who were a lesser version of the Incredible String Band? (But I do love their "Tale of Two Orphanages".) -- Stephen
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