{"title":"Delmore Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelmore Recordings, initially based in Chicago, is a renowned music label that has made its mark in the industry. With a rich history and an impressive roster of artists, Delmore Recordings has established itself as a powerhouse in the music scene. Formerly known as [l343438], the label later relocated to Nashville, further solidifying its presence in the country music capital. Known for their diverse range of genres and exceptional talent, Delmore Recordings continues to captivate audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tricycle-2","title":"Tricycle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhile the hook line for this new local trio would have to be that bassist \/ leader Brenda Sauter used to be a member of the later-'80s incarnation of the famous Feelies (and it's notable offshoot, The Trypes), even if you didn't worship at the altar of that group (and especially if you did!), Wild Carnation is a revelation. While the persistent, pumping beat and hard-played jangle guitars of most of the tracks here emanate from her previous band and from their forerunners, the Velvets (especially), Television,and the Byrds - Sauter's beguiling voice is perfect for the ultra-appealing pop hooks the group writes as well as the thoughtful lyrics she composes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWay back in the 1990s, a young Delmore stumbled into now defunct NYC nightclub Wetlands (during the sadly also now defunct, NYU Independent Music Festival), just as Wild Carnation were about to begin their set.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving lived in NYC \/ Brooklyn \/ Hoboken the previous decade, where countless mesmerizing gigs by The Feelies, Yung Wu Trypes, and Speed the Plough had been experienced, it was the chance to see Brenda Sauter fronting her new group that drew Delmore in.  A few songs into their set, it was apparent, however,  that this trio was more than a Feelies offshoot project, despite melodic similarities, and Brenda's cool vocals \/ presence.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWild Carnation played raw, loud and fast (and occasionally out of control), with Richard Barnes distorted, jangly guitar lines perfectly colliding with Brenda's propelling bass notes, while Chris O'Donovan kept it together, while pounding the living hell out of his drums.  It was a garagey, indie rock mess, more reminiscent of Hib-Tone \/ Chronic Town era REM, and emergent New Zealand bands like The Bats and The Clean, than The Feelies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelmore was smitten, and determined to sign them, despite the fact that the Delmore label did not yet exist.  In 1993, Wild Carnation's debut 7\", \"Dodger Blue\" b\/w \"The Lights Are On (But No One's Home)\", taken from raw home demos recorded the previous year, became the second Delmore release.  A full length album was then commissioned, and an evolving Wild Carnation holed up at Mix-O-Lydian recording studios with engineer Don Sternecker (The Feelies, Speed The Plough, Wake Ooloo) to record their debut full length, Tricycle, released in 1994. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eTricycle\u003c\/i\u003e, the pastoral quality of their most beautiful ballads was captured perfectly, while retaining enough of the rawness of the live experience.  Waves of critical acclaim followed, from now defunct publications (CMJ Jackpot!  Raygun, Trouser Press) followed, including this one by Jack Rabid of The Big Takeover, written for All Music Guide:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While the hook line for this new local trio would have to be that bassist\/leader Brenda Sauter used to be a member of the later-'80s incarnation of the famous Feelies (and it's notable offshoot, The Trypes), even if you didn't worship at the altar of that group (and especially if you did!), Wild Carnation is a revelation. While the persistent, pumping beat and hard-played jangle guitars of most of the tracks here emanate from her previous band and from their forerunners, the Velvets (especially), Television,and the Byrds - Sauter's beguiling voice is perfect for the ultra-appealing pop hooks the group writes as well as the thoughtful lyrics she composes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrading the occasional Feelies drone for sugar-sweet melodies (yes!) and utilizing the pretty ring of the guitars to maximum effect, songs such as Wings are the perfect pop confectionery, too honeyed and delightful to miss capturing your bending heart and too consistently insistent and edgy to be wimpy, kind of like Reckoning-era R.E.M. It's all so well captured with pristine production, with balls to match the heart, too!  And though the 12 tracks are largely cut from a similar mode, all seem special just the same on their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA truly shining, first-rate effort, along with Lotion's and Nyack's early EPs and the last Flower LP, the best release to come out of a New York group this decade, and exceptionally crafted at that!  Do not miss.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Delmore Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50417474437451,"sku":"2013084","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Tricycle_5a4ccf90_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726730484"},{"product_id":"1966-2","title":"1966","description":"\u003cp\u003ecd booklet containing beautiful, unseen photos (including karen with fred neil and tim hardin), and a 3500 word essay by ben edmonds. newly unearthed rehearsal tape from 1966. features karen solo on banjo and guitar, plus 4 duets with richard tucker. many never heard before covers including 'reason to believe' and 'don't make promises' by tim hardin, and 'other side to this life' by fred neil. karen dalton at her most intimate and unfiltered. karen dalton was a remote, elusive creature. a hybrid of tough and tender with an unearthly voice that seemed to embody a time long past. as is often the case with such fragile beings, she instinctively understood that the only way to survive the harshness of the world around her, was to keep herself hidden. so it comes as no great surprise that she rarely sang in public or ventured into the unnatural setting of a recording studio. only twice, for 1969's it's so hard to tell who's going to love you the best and then again for 1971's in my own time, was she coaxed from her habitat into the studio. other times she made music in casual settings, sitting around a kitchen table or wood burning stove with her friends, singing and playing until daybreak. in '1966', carl baron brought his reel to reel over to her remote cabin in summerville, colorado and recorded one of those exquisite musical evenings. karen and richard tucker were rehearsing for a gig when carl hit the 'record' button. the result is a 45-year-old tape, carefully exhumed, documenting karen at her most raw and unfiltered. on it are fred neil and tim hardin songs we've never heard karen give voice to before, as well as traditional songs she uncannily makes her own, including a devastating version of 'katie cruel', that is so powerful, it is as if the ghost of katie cruel seeped into her blood. this recording is a window to her summerville cabin opened, allowing us to eavesdrop on karen dalton at her most pure and unaffected.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Delmore Recordings","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436546920779,"sku":"346766","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/db56bd98-3858-45f7-b4d1-b42aed74facc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726918673"},{"product_id":"38-macdougal","title":"38 MacDougal","description":"\u003cp\u003eMastertone Studios, NYC,1965...Amidst mounting friction with producer Paul Rothchild, Fred Neil walks out of the unfinished sessions for what was to be his debut album, \u003ci\u003eBleecker and MacDougal\u003c\/i\u003e. Fearing Fred wouldn't return to the studio, his friend and guitar player, Peter Childs, invited him over to his apartment at 38 MacDougal.According to Childs, \"the best chance to get him back wouldn't be to try to persuade him verbally, but to get him over to the apartment for a bit of music-making\".Luckily for us, Fred accepted the invitation.What ensued was an afternoon of pure Fred Neil, playing and singing the way he always preferred, not on stage or in a recording studio, but in an informal setting amongst friends, captured on Ampex reel to reel, and stored for over fifty years!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The apartment recordings at 38 MacDougal were beautifully detailed in Peter Lee Neff's 2018 Fred Neil biography, \u003ci\u003eThat's The Bag I'm In\u003c\/i\u003e. Fred and Peter play songs that would later wind up on Bleecker and MacDougal (\u003ci\u003eTravellin' Shoes, Country Boy, Gone Again, Candy Man, Little Bit Of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e), a definitive \u003ci\u003eSweet Cocaine\u003c\/i\u003e, and two PD songs that don't appear on any other Fred Neil album; the traditional folk song, \u003ci\u003eOnce I Had A Sweetheart\u003c\/i\u003e, and the African-American spiritual, \u003ci\u003eBlind Man Standing By The Road And Crying\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Deluxe Stoughton tip-on jacket featuring previously unseen photos of Fred Neil. LP-size insert featuring notes by Fred's son, Chris, and Numbered photograph. A previously unreleased Fred Neil performance at the height of his powers - and featuring two unheard songs is no less than an historic event!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Delmore Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP","offer_id":50452776288587,"sku":"1090373","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50452775895371,"sku":"1113937","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f170e2b5-f667-4bd8-90bc-2c0a5e272c3b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727163719"},{"product_id":"has-anybody-seen-our-freedoms","title":"Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?","description":"\u003cp\u003eLost 1970 solo studio recording by legendary folk \/ raga \/ psychedelic \/ acoustic guitarist. Peter Walker is an American original, as eclectic and enigmatic as the songs he writes. The legendary seventy-five year old guitarist was schooled by masters such as Ravi Shankar, and Ali Akbar Khan. In the mid-'60s, while musical director to Timothy Leary's LSD explorations, Walker released the classic 'Rainy Day Raga' LP in 1966, and 1968's influential 'Second Poem to Karmela' or 'Gypsies Are Important,' both on Vanguard Records. Following that, Peter Walker disappeared from recording for almost forty years, but never stopped practicing, learning, and reaching. Now, Delmore Recording Society is proud to announce the release of a lost studio session from 1970. Recorded at Mercury Studios, NYC. 'Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?' is Peter Walker's manifesto. A solo guitar \/ vocal album, all one take, no overdubs, that could have been Peter's classic third album had it been released at the time. LP features Download code plus bonus track, tip on jacket, exclusive 8 1\/2\" x 11\" Matrix handbill reproduction, 4 panel heavy insert containing rare images and 4300 word essay by Peter Walker.CD features 20 page booklet with exclusive images, 4300 word essay by Peter Walker and bonus track.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Delmore Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50457935577419,"sku":"369548","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3638bc89-9d87-44d2-9766-a36d8a1692b3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727209192"},{"product_id":"no-one-seems-to-notice-that-it-s-raining","title":"No One Seems To Notice That It's Raining","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeatured on the Numero compilation \u003ci\u003eWayfaring Strangers – Lonesome Heroes. \u003c\/i\u003ePreviously unreleased recordings 1970-75. Kentucky native Jay Bolotin, is a renaissance artist, equally at home crafting music and stories as he is creating otherworldly creatures carved from woodblocks, who are then masterfully animated into being. To step inside his world is to forget what was and what is. Described as sounding like Leonard Cohen crossed with John Jacob Niles recording \u003ci\u003eBlood On The Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e, Bolotin’s music of this era was championed by Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Merle Haggard, and Norbert Putnam. His songs have been recorded by David Allen Coe, Dan Fogelberg, and Porter Wagoner, and his art lives in renowned museums worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Limited edition of 1,000 featuring Deluxe linen old style tip-on jacket, 12-page Saddle Stitched Book containing excerpts from Jay Bolotin's personal letters from the era, accompanied by newly commissioned woodcut prints documenting the people and the times, Printed inner sleeve with complete lyrics on the front, and 12x12 print \u003ci\u003eThe River\u003c\/i\u003e on the back. 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Richard and Karen were husband and wife for much of the 1960s, performing as a duo (initially as a trio with Tim Hardin), and navigating their time on the Village scene while alternating living in a small mining town outside Boulder, Co. before splitting up in 1967. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso making its debut, is the only song Richard and Karen ever wrote together, the haunting \"Sleeping In The Garden\".  Also contains two epic songs by Cam \"One Of These First Nights\", and \"Stockholm\") not on their LP, but staples of their live performances, and noted in a gig review by The New York Times, and in a column by future A\u0026amp;R hero, Karin Berg, who was an early champion. Another rarity is the only cover of \"Sweet Mama\" by Fred Neil we’ve ever heard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelmore is excited to present this unearthed treasure, fifteen years in the making.  In the words of Richard Tucker, \"Tap on your knee, roll on the floor; if you aint free, what's it all for?\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Delmore Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50487073866059,"sku":"2182459","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/CS1002641-01A-BIG_0c15b5ef_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727620162"},{"product_id":"1966-clear-green-rocky-road-vinyl","title":"1966","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeatures Karen solo on banjo and guitar, plus 4 duets with Richard Tucker. 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Championed by Johnny Cash (who provided his studio and engineer, and penned the liner notes), and produced by Shel Silverstein (along with Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and Cowboy Jack Clement), the 'Suite' was the talk of the Nashville outlaw underground, but then, mysteriously shelved for 40 years. Preserving the old ways, and presented for the first time ever - God save Kingston Springs! Vince Matthews and Jim Casey were two of the best and wildest songwriters to emerge during the brief, post Dylan, artistic renaissance period in Nashville, TN (it was 'a little like Paris in the 1920s' according to Mickey Newbury). Their songs were recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Gordon Lightfoot, and Sammi Smith, among others, and their 24 hour lifestyle was accepted and encouraged. The 'Suite' was their ambitious dream project, and it's presentation was to include film, slides, costumes, narration, and songs. A script \/ treatment by Vince was green-lighted to be a complete episode on the Johnny Cash television show.  The Cash show never happened, but the Suite was performed at a Johnny Cash concert at Pocono Speedway, and at a dress rehearsal in the Kingston Springs HS gymnasium (With Johnny, June, and baby John Carter in attendance). But things began falling apart as Vince's ambitions grew bigger and his craziness got crazier. Shel Silverstein and Larry Wilkerson immortalized him in their song 'Vince' (\"And that great speckled bird sang her song in his ear. Whisperin' words of magic that only he could hear.\"), but the Suite was never completed to his satisfaction and remained unreleased. Interest lagged and the doors slammed shut by 1974, when Nashville had shaken off the crazies and gotten back to business as usual. Features the original version of 'Laid Back Country Picker', recorded by and live staple of Waylon Jennings (and recently performred by Shooter Jennings, and by Father John Misty). 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