{"title":"Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish folk rock band that existed between 1969 and 1972. The five of them began rehearsing in the early spring of 1969, starting to do their first gigs and early demo tracks throughout June and July of the same year. Subsequently they were recording and touring throughout 1969, 1970 and 1971, reforming briefly to continue performing throughout 1972. Signed to CBS in August 1969, Trees produced two studio albums in relatively quick succession, \"The Garden Of Jane Delawney\" (released April 1970) and \"On The Shore\" (released January 1971), both recorded at Chelsea's Sound Techniques studios, and both produced by Tony Cox. \"On The Shore\" featured cover artwork by Storm Thorgerson of the Hipgnosis studio. Like other folk contemporaries, Trees was compared with Fairport Convention, but regarded as delivering with a more psychedelic edge. The group's material was divided between adaptations of traditional songs and original compositions, primarily by Bias Boshell. Original members Costa and Boshell performed together as the On The Shore Band in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"trees-50th-anniversary-edition","title":"Trees (50th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrees classic albums, beautifully packaged as a four-disc 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 \u003ci\u003ePolly On The Shore \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStreets Of Derry. \u003c\/i\u003eIt’s now over fifty years since Trees’ formation and, although ‘Acid Folk’ has now become a sub-category 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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrees first album, \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Jane Delawney\u003c\/i\u003e (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\u003ci\u003e Lady Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlasgerion\u003c\/i\u003e and the old standard \u003ci\u003eShe Moved Thro’ The Fair,\u003c\/i\u003e and the extended fade of the group’s own Road, presage the explosive instrumental duelling that would come to characterise the follow up album, \u003ci\u003eOn The Shore\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’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 \u003ci\u003eStreets of Derry \u003c\/i\u003esession version leans into the brain vibrating drone-groove they somehow found at the traditional tune’s centre. \u003ci\u003ePolly On The Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, another traditional tune, is one of the definitive moments of English folk rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis special expansive collector’s edition celebrates the bands 50th anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Earth Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x4","offer_id":50417302438219,"sku":"1100625","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Gold | LP | x4","offer_id":50417302798667,"sku":"1165206","price":84.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD | x4","offer_id":50417302634827,"sku":"1100622","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3e618368-5eff-4ca9-b97a-dacd3d25099f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726725441"},{"product_id":"on-the-shore-reissue","title":"On The Shore (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’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. 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