Trees was a British folk rock band recording and touring throughout 1969, 1970 and 1971, reforming briefly to continue performing throughout 1972. Although the group met with little commercial success in their time, the reputation of the band has grown over the years, and underwent a renaissance in 2007 following Gnarls Barkley's sampling of the track "Geordie" (from Trees’ second album On The Shore) on the title track of their multi-million selling album St. Elsewhere.
It’s now over fifty years since Trees’ formation, a band who helped define ‘Acid Folk’, creating a sub-category in the lexicon of record dealers and music critics alike. Earth’s 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, ‘The Garden of Jane Delawney’ (1970) snuggles nicely into contemporary nu-folkies’ 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 Bias’ own songs, which were somehow part of the tradition Trees had adopted. Readings of ‘Lady Margaret’, ‘Glasgerion’ and the old standard ‘She Moved Thro’ The Fair’, and the extended fade of the group’s own ‘Road’, presage the explosive instrumental duelling that would come to characterise the follow up album, ‘On The Shore’.
This special expansive collector’s edition celebrates the bands 50th anniversary.
Disc One - The Garden of Jane Delawney (EARTHLP036)
A1 Nothing Special
A2 The Great Silkie
A3 The Garden Of Jane Delawney
A4 Lady Margaret
B5 Glasgerion
B6 She Moved Thro' The Fair
B7 Road
B8 Epitaph
B9 Snail's Lament
Disc Two - On The Shore (EARTHLP035)
A1 Soldiers Three
A2 Murdoch
A3 Streets Of Derry
A4 Sally Free And Easy
B5 Fool
B6 Adam's Toon
B7 Geordie
B8 While The Iron Is Hot
B9 Little Sadie
B10 Polly On The Shore
Disc Three - Fore & After (Part 1)
A1 Soldiers Three (Remix 2007)
A2 Murdoch (Remix 2007)
A3 Streets Of Derry (Remix 2007)
A4 Geordie (Remix 2007)
B5 Polly On The Shore (Remix 2007)
B6 Fool (Remix 2007)
B7 Polly On The Shore(demo 1970) Previously unreleased
B8 Streets of Derry (demo 1970) Previously unreleased
Disc Four - Fore & After (Part 2)
A1 She Moved Thro' The Fair (Demo 1969)
A2 Pretty Polly (Demo 1969)
A3 The Great Silkie (BBC 1970) Previously unreleased
A4 Soldier's Three (BBC 1970) Previously unreleased
A5 Little Black Cloud (demo 1969 )
A6 Forest Fire ( BBC 1970)
B1 She Moved Thro' The Fair (Live at Cafe Oto 2018)
B2 Murdoch (Live at Cafe Oto 2018)
B3 Black Widow (2007)
B4 Little Black Cloud Suite (2007)
