Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Coveted # 23 Trees - On The Shore

 


Listening to records like these in 2026 genuinely feels like a visitation to a vanished realm .Some of this obscure British Folk stuff which frankly isn't obscure anymore due to the Great Vinyl Collectors Phenoenon of the last decade or so is beyond sensational. Certainly this, 

Fairport of course were incredible but you realise if you refine your search that there were actually hundreds of bands like this operating all over Britain and the European heartland at the time. .It feels like it must have been a rather weird and wonderful place. Touched by magic and creative inspiration.  .

 On The Shore is a staggering record on every level. Its cover alone is breathtaking .Trees second album from 1970 and then they were gone.This is frequently shiver inducing stuff. The band is muscular and brave. You get the sense that a spell is in the process of being cast. 

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