Forest Full Circle Prog Folk LP
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Description
ITEM FOR SALE
Forest were a late 60’s minstrel/medieval type of folk-prog trio in the style of The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention and Dr Strangely Strange. They released a couple of albums with dark but subtle acid lyrics, incorporating pipes, harmonium, harpsichord, mandolin, 12-string guitar and percussion to their sound. Their music doesn’t have the electricity normally associated with rock, yet it can’t be described as straight folk either, the lyrics being rather strange and the band’s approach being far too eclectic.
Full Circle has both brutal and beautiful elements, and the raw acoustic tunes create weird and very enchanting music. There are much medieval influences here, but the overall aesthetics are not luckily very idealized or fantasy related, but sincere and realistic, filled with mystery, misery and violence.
Some superb artwork by John Melville adorns outer and inner sleeve.
Tracklist:
1. Hawk the hawker
2. Bluebell
3. The midnight hanging of a runaway serf
4. To Julie
5. Gypsy girl & rambleway
6. Do not walk in the rain
7. Much ado about nothing
8. Graveyard
9. Famine song
10. Autumn childhood
Line-up/Musicians
Derek Allenby - mandolin, whistle, harmonica, percussion, vocals
Hadrian Welham - guitar, violin, bass, cello, percussion, whistle, vocals
Martin Welham - guitar, 12 string guitar, piano, violin, whistle, harmonium, electric harpsichord, percussion, vocals
Guest musician:Gordon Huntley - steel guitar
Pressed in 70 (in gatefold sleeve) on Harvest Lable SHVL 784, sleeve is in super condition with just some corner wear and top and bottom edge wear, record has some very light paper scratches, overall graded (ex/ex) (ex/ex). Retains original inner sleeve, this is the original UK pressing of this super rareity.
SLEEVE/RECORD GRADING
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