{"product_id":"various-artists-gather-in-the-mushrooms-the-british-folk-underground-1969-1975-2lp","title":"VARIOUS ARTISTS - GATHER IN THE MUSHROOMS: THE BRITISH FOLK UNDERGROUND 1969-1975 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompiled by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob Stanley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto document the acid folk scene,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGather In The Mushrooms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas first issued in 2004 on Sanctuary as a CD-only release; it proved popular enough for a sequel entitled\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly Morning Hush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etwo years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGather In The Mushrooms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtains the cream of both long-deleted compilations with a few additions –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.O.B., Roy Harper, Fotheringay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– that weren’t available to Sanctuary at the time. Though they aren’t traditional, these songs have an authenticity of their own, an autumnal atmosphere and a naivety which proved influential in the 00s neo-folk boom (\u003cstrong\u003eDevendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Alasdair Roberts, Tuung\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eet al) but impossible to replicate. For many of these acts at the end of the 60s, folk music and the hippy world that surrounded them was a way of life, a way of opting out from the Vietnam war, Angry Brigade and three-day-week early 70s.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBriggs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elived in a caravan in Suffolk,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShelagh McDonald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elived in a tent,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVashti Bunyan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eeschewed electricity; they weren’t part-timers. Listening to\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGather In The Mushrooms,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewe are transported to a time when no one used the term post-modernist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt may not have resonated with dyed-in-the wool political folkies, but over five decades later this music sounds very evocative of an England of yore – not necessarily one of poachers and pedlars, but one of long-haired youths in tie- dye T-shirts, bikers and hippies, acoustic guitars played in white stone cottages. Groups such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMidwinter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOberon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emade primitive, privately recorded folk albums; today they sound as distant and mystical as the field recordings of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan Lomax.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe sincerity and folk knowledge of a group like Forest becomes irrelevant once you hear something as eerie and evocative as \u003cem\u003eGraveyard.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHome-made, homely, warm as soup or chilling as a hoar frost, this is music of innocence and rare beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Corn Rigs - Magnet \u0026amp; Paul Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e2. Morning Way - Trader Horne\u003cbr\u003e3. 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