Forest – Full Circle. Vinyl LP - very rare copy
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Description
This a a very rare copy of Full Circle, the second album by Forest. They were an English psychedelic-folk / acid-folk trio, formed in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, in 1966. Championed by DJ John Peel, they performed several sessions for BBC Radio 1. Full Circle, released in 1970 is an eclectic set of songs with dark themes that saw more disparate styles incorporated into their brand of pagan folk, including the neo-classical piece 'Graveyard' and the bleakly baroque "Midnight Hanging of a Runaway Serf". Opening track "Hawk The Hawker" was given a country hint by the inclusion of steel guitar (played by session musician Gordon Huntley also of Matthews Southern Comfort) and the traditional folk piece 'Famine Song' saw the band return to their unaccompanied three-part harmony roots. The gatefold album cover features strikingly haunting artwork by artist Joan Melville.
Made up of brothers Martin Welham, Adrian Welham and school friend Dez Allenby, they started out performing unaccompanied traditional folk music in a similar vein to contemporaries The Watersons and The Young Tradition. The band were pioneers of the nascent 1960s underground acoustic-psychedelic/acid-folk scene writing unconventionally crafted songs evoking Britain's ancient groves using a variety of acoustic instruments
Label: Harvest ?– SHVL 784, Harvest ?– 1E 062-04588
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1970
Genre: Folk Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic, Psychedelic Rock
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped): SHVL 784 A-2G
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped): SHVL 784 B-2G
Released in a textured gatefold sleeve.
Note – this is the original release – identified by having no EMI boxes on labels.
? 1970
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Spring 1970.
Made in Gt. Britain
Printed and made by the E.J. Day Group London and Bedford.
Published by Essex International. Mecolico.
On the label A5 is titled ''GYPSY GIRL AND RAMBLEAWAY''
Tracklist:
A1 Hawk The Hawker
A2 Bluebell Dance
A3 The Midnight Hanging Of A Runaway Serf
A4 To Julie
A5 Gypsy Girl and Rambleaway
B1 Do Not Walk In The Rain
B2 Much Ado About Nothing
B3 Graveyard
B4 Famine Song
B5 Autumn Childhood
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