“Folklore” – Us and Them / Jay Tausig / Elfin Bow / Kevin & Scott Robertson – 8” lathe-cut
Fruits de Mer Records enters its 15th year and our first release of 2023 focuses on the Folk Rock/Acid Folk side of our musical interests, with covers of four classic songs.
It’s a very limited release – unfortunately the cost of manufacturing 7” EPs through major pressing plants has gone crazy at the moment and so we’ve turned to 345rpm.com – lathe-cutters to the stars (and us) – to give us the chance to release the music on vinyl.
Four artists that we’ve worked with over the years – Swedish duo Us and Them, US mulit-instrumentalist Jay Tausig, Liverpudlian Elfin Bow and Scottish duo Kevin and Scott Robertson – reinterpret songs by three artists who championed Folk in the UK in the 60s and 70s – Trees, Caedmon and Bert Jansch – together with the epic traditional song “Matty Groves,” best-known through Fairport Convention’s version.
“Folklore” is being released at the end of January – and it’s limited to 90 copies, individually cut onto 8” vinyl.
Tracks on the 8”:
- Us and Them – The Garden Of Jane Delawney (Trees).4:17
- Jay Tausig – Matty Groves (trad.) 4:11
- Elfin Bow – Sea Song (Caedmon) 4:57
- Kevin & Scott Robertson – ‘Running From Home’ (Jansch) 2:15
Stream Kevin & Scott Robertson “Running From Home” (excerpt) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGjXuR2tGw&ab_channel=FruitsdeMer2
Stream “Sea Song” by Elfin Bow (excerpt) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh3CnWkwBeE&ab_channel=FruitsdeMer2
Stream Jay Tausig “Matty Groves” (excerpt) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl_HPCR7dW8&ab_channel=FruitsdeMer2
Stream Us and Them “The Garden Of Jane Delawney” (excerpt): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHB30bwcHpw&ab_channel=FruitsdeMer2