{"product_id":"standing-stone","title":"Standing Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003eSourced from the original master tapes. Part-time farmer \/ musician Oliver Chaplin is the person behind one of the rarest private pressings from the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis cult masterpiece \u003ci\u003eStanding Stone \u003c\/i\u003ewas recorded in early 1974 at a remote farm in Wales, using a portable 4-track Teac reel-to-reel machine. Helped by his brother Chris at the controls (an experienced BBC engineer who had worked on Syd Barrett sessions), surrounded by animals and \"smaller winged creatures\", Oliver sang and played acoustic and electric guitars filtered through tape echo, distortion and multi-tracking, creating a very unique sound, a kind of DIY mutant-psychedelic-blues (think Captain Beefheart) which sounded years ahead of its time. Despite the lo-fi nature of the recording, the sound quality is amazing and timeless. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly 250 copies of the album were pressed and it even caught the attention of the Virgin label, who were interested in distribution but Oliver finally refused their offer. Musicians like J.J. Cale expressed interest in Oliver's music, inviting him to a jam session but in the end, Oliver decided he was not interested in the music business and left Wales to travel around Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe remains a kind of a mysterious figure and Guerssen are proud to offer a new, long-awaited reissue of \u003ci\u003eStanding Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, sanctioned by him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few other musicians have been able to mix and blend folk, blues, psychedelia together as Oliver has managed to do\"- Ricardo Martillos (Distorsioni)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like a rustic, ramshackle mix between Electric Ladyland and No Pussyfooting\" - Giacomo Checcucci (Pincopanco)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A truly remarkable record\" - Galactic Ramble\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guerssen","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50463892832587,"sku":"1157690","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50463891751243,"sku":"1157691","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c3a9d350-9969-4d6c-a0bf-60a6e2267dba_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727268129","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/standing-stone","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}