ALISON O'DONNELL FruitsDeMer#2 7" SUPER RARE GREEN VINL

	A$		25
	$		17

ARTIST:    ALISON O'DONNELL 
TITLE:            "FRUITS DE MER - VOL. TWO"      

TRACKS:   1. "DAY IS DONE" (original by NICK DRAKE)

2. "FROZEN WARNINGS" (original by NICO)

FORMAT:              ...vinyl 7” single…
LABEL:              Fruits De Mer
CATALOGUE #:   CRUSTACEAN-03
PRESSED IN:       USA
RELEASE DATE: 2008

CONDITION: (cover/record):  (MINT / MINT) 

...BRAND NEW - NEVER PLAYED...GREEN VINYL...

...ONLY 300 WERE PRESSED (IN TOTAL)...and all on icy-blue transparent vinyl, with this exception: "less than 10 copies were pressed on green" (to directly quote the label owners)...all 300 are long out-of-print anyway...but this green one is obviously something else altogether!..includes insert autographed by Alison...

...both tunes are on youtube, have a listen to them at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0PrnRRnTKE&feature=related 

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYbrbuWit3U 

You'll note that both are truly BRILLIANT versions!!...read what some revered reviewers have said - not that I'd imagine you'd need much more convincing once you'd listened to them - but anyway, do read on:

Organ Magazine - Single of the Week
"You really can't go wrong with a Nick Drake song can you? Well yes actually, these things are very precious, the bird has flown and you have to have something very very special to really live up to the magic of the original. Same with Nico, two beautifully tragic people, two exquisite music makers, two precious songs that require careful handling, loving care and attention to detail... Second part of this Fruits De Mer series of limited edition coloured vinyl seven inch singles where the label invites a singer, band or such to record two classic covers. Alison O'donnell has a such a rich dark full voice, she sings her choices of Nick Drake's Day Is Done and Nico's dark moody Frozen Warnings in such a beautifully transient way. So full of space and warmth, I must confess I was a little worried about listening to the Nick Drake cover - nothing to worry about here, these versions are wonderful. Really must go and explore what else she has, these versions are magical." 

Picadilly Records
"Alison O'Donnell was the lead singer of folk legends Mellow Candle. And now she is reborn here on Fruits De Mer Volume Two, taking on two cover versions, Nick Drake's "Day Is Done" and Nico's "Frozen Warnings", backed by Head South By Weaving she's come up trumps with two wonderfully stark and haunting renditions."

Unpeeled
"A scarier than the original cover of a Nick Drake song. This is all genuine, black, shimmering and positively medieval in its menace. Winter bleak, its imperfections just magnify its effects. It's a floor-clearer and will probably be loved by over-pale girls and troublingly sensitive young men, but fuck them. Drake is generally pure class and this is a cover that adds lustre. The flip is a cover of Nico's "Frozen Warnings". Not a surprise, and the fractured oscillations wrapped by sneaky percussion makes it all something that a sinister Syd Barrett would be doing for his dominatrix."

Peter J Brown aka Toxic Pete
"Not just anyone could re-model a Nick Drake song and certainly anything by Nico could prove to be almost impossible. But, Alison O'Donnell's managed to do justice to both Nick Drake's 'Day Is Done' and Nico's 'Frozen Warnings'; a massive feat methinks. O'Donnell's naturally otherworldly delivery allows her to pick up Drakes haunting and sentimental 'Day Is Done' and make it her own; subtle guitar picking and sparsely punctuative bass and drums add a certain Drake-esque tension to the beautiful song as O'Donnell puts her soul deliciously on the line with a fantastic vocal rendering. If Drakes song wasn't haunting enough, the almost inimitable Nico's 'Frozen Warning' is positively dripping with icy darkness as O'Donnell fills the grim but somehow mellow depths of the piece with more superb vocalisation set against the drone of Cale-esque tones and timings. Amazingly, O'Donnell's re-visited creations become personal and heart-felt, her delivery precise yet empathetically steely and cold to drag every last crumb of remorse and grief from deep inside as she becomes at one with the songs. The girl chose well; two classic downbeat songs, neither easy to cover, both concealing possible numerous pitfalls for any would-be plagiarist but both beautifully handled here by Alison O'Donnell with her insightful and compelling look into the murky depths of both Drake's and Nico's chemically adjusted minds. To choose two such difficult songs was perhaps a gamble by Alison O'Donnell - well, the gamble paid off and O'Donnell can hold her head high in the knowledge that she did herself and Drake and Nico proud with her scintillating versions of their songs."

If you have any concerns about the accuracy of my gradings, please check my feedback for the odd nice comment from some satisfied folk out there.... (and hopefully you may be able to join their ranks).

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Thanks for considering this item. Best of luck if you decide to bid...Cheers, Jules.

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