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Repress of last years sold out box set. Now on a Ltd edition 4 gold vinyl 140g LP Box set, 24pp booklet, DL card. Trees classic albums, beautifully packaged as a fourdisc anniversary edition includes 12 book with liner notes from founder member David Costa and comedian Stewart Lee Features two new discs of alternate mixes, early demos, BBC session tracks and 2018 live recordings in London Includes lost demos of Polly On The Shore and Streets Of Derry. 50th anniversary frenzy for psychedelic folk voyagers .. earthy, adventurous, loud Uncut Reissue Of The Month Spectacular Uncut Reissues Of 2020 This gorgeous sounding reissue completes the bands story while the musics arcane power remains intact Mojo An essential compendium for a fantastic band Record Collector When we are talking about psych folk or acid folk, we are really talking about music like this by Trees.. beautiful 4disc anniversary edition from Earth Recordings Stuart Maconie, BBC6 Music Sublime ShindigIts now over fifty years since Trees formation and, although Acid Folk has now become a subcategory in the lexicon of record dealers and music critics, and although founder member David Costa feels the original noughties reissue helped consolidate a gathering wave of curiosity, they themselves remain in the shadows. Earths 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 nufolkies idea of the genre, and shares some of the pastoralwhimsy 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 groups own Road, presage the explosive instrumental duelling that would come to characterise the follow up album, On The Shore. Theres a definite shift between the records, the second being darker and more ambivalent. Here Trees dont tell you what to think. Youre left to formulate your own response to this odd, opaque music. The Streets of Derry session version leans into the brain vibrating dronegroove they somehow found at the traditional tunes centre. Polly On The Shore, another traditional tune, is one of the definitive moments of English folk rock. This special expansive collectors edition celebrates the bands 50th anniversary. Trees Boxset is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £85 +P&P