V.A.
Gather In The Mushrooms - The British Acid Folk Underground 1968 - 1974 (2004)
Label:   
Length:  1:14:47
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Magnet - Corn Riggs    2:36
      2.  
      		 Sallyangie - Love in Ice Crystals    3:03
      3.  
      		 Pentangle - Lyke Wake Dirge    3:34
      4.  
      		 Forest - Graveyard    5:44
      5.  
      		 Sandy Denny - Milk and Honey    4:22
      6.  
      		 Trader Horne - Morning Way    4:36
      7.  
      		 Writing on the Wall - Buffalo    3:12
      8.  
      		 Bert Jansch - Silly Woman    3:15
      9.  
      		 Shelagh Macdonald - Liz's Song    2:50
      10.  
      		 Heron - Lord and Master    4:53
      11.  
      		 Spirogyra - Old Boot Wine    4:16
      12.  
      		 Vashti Bunyan - Winter is Blue    2:54
      13.  
      		 Al Jones - All my Friends are Back Again    2:36
      14.  
      		 Fresh Maggots - Rosemary Hill    3:35
      15.  
      		 Lesley Duncan - Love Song    3:09
      16.  
      		 Mr. Brooks - The Family    3:08
      17.  
      		 Andy Roberts - Queen of the Moonlight World    4:43
      18.  
      		 Comus - The Herald    12:15
    Additional info: | top
      Review from shindig-magazine:

      “Ggghde bdslluf pa… hang on, it's quite hard to see the keyboard with this wicker horse's head on. Ah, that's better.

      Acid folk? Whatever. Certainly, the combined aromas of patchouli oil and pot that seem to fill my chamber as Heron's 'Lord And Master' creeps from the speakers is palpable. And yes - I am reaching for my Wicker Man DVD as I type. Magnet's 'Corn Riggs' from that most iconic of folk-horror flicks opens this collection and remains the archetypal cut here. Most of the largely acoustic songs that follow it tread the same path of olde English folklore and begrudging acknowledgements to hippie pop culture, occasionally stopping to change the baby and have a quick puff on the way.

      It's difficult to maintain such a fine theme throughout 75 minutes of music and there are moments when urban prog dropouts Writing On The Wall and Fresh Maggots sound positively lumpen in the company of gossamer-light pieces like Trader Horne's 'Morning Way' and Sallyangie's 'Love In Ice Crystals'.

      Several of Footprints In The Snow's (see above review) protagonists (Bert Jansch, Shelagh MacDonald, Andy Roberts) re-appear here in their pastoral turn-of-the-70's guises alongside almost obligatory cuts by Sandy Denny and Vashti Bunyan. And while Comus' 12-minute weird-out 'The Herald' smacks of filler, it's still one of the most downright bizarre things you'll here this year.”

      The artwork and packaging are superb, some of the best I've seen for a long time, and Bob Stanley's liner notes remain jocular and objective in the face of the serious purism of the music. Not one for the garage kids but a pleasant trip for us cake 'n' gardening types.

      Tracklist:

      1 Magnet - Corn Riggs (2:36)
      2 Sallyangie - Love In Ice Crystals (3:03)
      3 Pentangle - Lyke Wake Dirge (3:34)
      4 Forest - Graveyard (5:44)
      5 Sandy Denny - Milk And Honey (4:22)
      6 Trader Horne - Morning Way (4:36)
      7 Writing On The Wall - Buffalo (3:12)
      8 Bert Jansch - Silly Woman (3:15)
      9 Shelagh McDonald - Liz’s Song (2:50)
      10 Heron - Lord And Master (4:53)
      11 Spirogyra - Old Boot Wine (4:16)
      12 Vashti Bunyan - Winter Is Blue (2:54)
      13 Al Jones - All My Friends Are Back Again (2:36)
      14 Fresh Moggots - Rosemary Hill (3:35)
      15 Lesley Duncan - Love Song (3:09)
      16 Mr Brooks - The Family (3:08)
      17 Andy Roberts - Queen Of The Moonlight World (4:43)
      18 Comus - The Herald (12:15)

      Front cover: http://i29.tinypic.com/o9o10l.jpg

      Back cover: http://i31.tinypic.com/kcmrev.jpg
    Links/Resources | top