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It¢s now over fifty years since Trees¢ formation, a band who helped define ¡Acid Folk¢, creating a sub-category in the lexicon of record dealers and music critics alike. Earth¢s 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 nu-folkies¢ idea of the genre, and shares some of the pastoral-whimsy 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 group¢s own ¡Road¢, presage the explosive instrumental duelling that would come to characterise the follow up album, ¡On The Shore¢. There¢s a definite shift between the records, the second being darker and more ambivalent. Here Trees don¢t tell you what to think. You¢re left to formulate your own response to this odd, opaque music. The ¡Streets of Derry¢ session version leans into the brain vibrating drone-groove they somehow found at the traditional tune¢s centre. ¡Polly On The Shore¢, another traditional tune, is one of the definitive moments of English folk rock. This special expansive collector¢s edition celebrates the bands 50th anniversary. BOX SET contains both their albums plus 2 albums with unreleased material, outtakes, alternates, demos and live recordings. TREES ALL GOLD VINYL EDITION
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