IAN A. ANDERSON / イアン・A・アンダーソン / TIME IS RIPE: RARE PSYCH FOLK FROM THE VIL / CD

マニアの間で非常に高値で取引されている伝説的サイケフォーク/アシッドフォーク・レーベルVillage Thingの40周年を記念したとっておきの一枚!!

人気英国フォーク・シンガーIAN A. ANDERSONの英国フォーク・ファンにひろく知られているVILLAGE THINGレーベルの時代の音源をコンパイル!!

未発表音源3曲をプラスした全20曲。

サイケデリックフォークとカント リーロックが混ざり合う中にブルージーな瞬間も溶け出す名演!!


01. Time is Ripe (Original Album Track)
02. One More Chance (Single Edit)
03. Marie Celeste On Down (Original Album Track)
04. Hey Space Pilot (Original Album Track)
05. Mr Cornelius (Original Album Track)
06. A Sign Of The Times (Previously Unreleased)
07. Policemans Ball (Original Album Track)
08. The Western Wind (Original Album Track)
09. Goblets & Elms (Original Album Track)
10. The Maker / The Man In The High Castle /The Last Conjuring (Original Album Track)
11. Number 61 (Original Album Track)
12. Silent Night No. 2 (Original Album Track)
13. The Survivor (Original Album Track)
14. Shirley Temple Meets Hawkwind (Original Album Track)
15. Hero (Original Album Track)
16, The Worm (Original Album Track)
17. Edges (Previously Unreleased)
18. Paint It, Black (Original Album Track)
19. Please Readjust Your Time (Original Album Track)
20. Baby Let Me Dance With You (Previously Unreleased)

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First ever re-issue of early 1970s material. 'Psych folk' singer/ songwriter/ guitarist tracks made for the ultra-collectable Village Thing label, marking its 40th anniversary. Following the release of his debut LP in 1969, country blues singer/guitarist Ian A. Anderson took a sudden left swerve into what now gets called psych folk or acid folk. Between 1970 and 1972 he released three albums on the now cult 'alternative folk' label Village Thing - the acoustic "Royal York Crescent" which showcased his interplay with guitarist Ian Hunt with whom he appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival; the folk/rock oriented "A Vulture Is Not A Bird You Can Trust," recorded with a band including drummer Pick Withers, soon to be in at the start of Dire Straits; and "Singer Sleeps On As Blaze Rages" with steel guitarist Mike Cooper's Machine Gun Company and some meaty forays onto 12-string guitar. With 2010 marking the 40th anniversary of Village Thing, a new generation seeking out the alt/folk music of the '60s and '70s, a spate of books on the music and the era, and old vinyl copies of Village Thing albums being highly valued by collectors, here at last is the pick of those years, remastered from the original tapes, plus three previously unreleased tracks. It comes in an environmentally friendly pack full of lots of old photos, the original album covers and new anecdotal notes. "For anyone who prefers unvarnished singer-songwriters, Time Is Ripe: Rare Psych Folk From The Village Thing Years 1970-1973 (Weekend Beatnik) by IAN A ANDERSON is a welcome reissue. Anderson flits between psychedelic folk and hearty country-rock, with a few bluesier moments chucked in too. This material is simply produced, independently minded and Anderson's vocals are direct, sometimes with a fetching English quirk. The impressive guitar work stops the right side of self-congratulatory noodling, and one of the best tracks is the playful instrumental vignette 'Goblets & Elms'." -Shindig Magazine.