This is a tribute to the Fruits de Mer label
yearly party in Wales from 2019. It features a wide range of bands and styles
and quite a few cover songs, which is not surprising as that is one of the
specialities of the label! Sarah Birch
starts things off with Reverence. A
beautiful track with acoustic guitar, violin and voice. Mark McDowell and
Friends provide a track called Starstreamer, which is a really nice psychedelic
trip. Alain Pire Experience do Lazin’ in the Afternoon. The highlight of side A
for me was Ken Psutelnik’s Groundhogs Version of the Garden. Wow.. Just so much
like the original. Great stuff.
Side B sees Elfin Bow cover the Small
Faces- Autumn Stone followed by a long spaced out jam with violin and other
string instruments by the Fellowship of Hallucinatory Voyagers!! Side C starts with a great version of Love or
Confusion by the Chemistry Set. Sendelica close the side with a long psyched
out version of Nine Miles High (if it is the Byrds song, it is a very loose
interpretation). 17 min guitar and sax jam but a cool one. Side D starts with a
band I have never heard of called Three Dimensional Tanx and they reminded me
of the punky era of Hawkwind. Moon
Goose, a band, whose last album was a great one, play a very uptempo and
rocking track. The Bevis Frond close this excellent album with a bit more of a
moody and slower rocker called Pale Blue Blood but with some excellent guitar
playing and super long solo. A great
release and very solid mix from the recordings. You can hear the Bevis Frond show below.
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