Welcome to Fruits de Mer Records
A COPY OF OUR 'A PHASE WE'RE GOING THROUGH' LP SELLS FOR £200+ ON EBAY! check it out
KEEP OFF THE GRASS, DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET & OUR 2012 ANNUALS ARE SOLD OUT
...BUT email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll try to help you track copies down
"Remember Island, Charisma...think Fruits de Mer" Geoff Barton, Classic Rock
"Most records on this tie-dyed revival label shoot out of our stockroom quicker than a VW Camper running on kerosene" Norman Records
"Fruits de Mer are in danger of becoming a UK national treasure" Terrascope
"Our favourite singles label" Shindig!
"This is what 7"'s should be all about" Record Collector
"Label of the year" Wildwood
under construction...
FdM T-SHIRTS
WHO NEEDS PRIMARK?
We've worn out our original FdM t-shirts, so we decided it's time to knock out a few more.
We're going to reproduce 3 or 4 of our favourite covers, such as
'Keep Off The Grass'
'Roqueting Through Space'
and 'Wicker Man'
... in quantities so small it'll make our vinyl print-runs seem like the last issue of the News Of The World.
More news soon...
We've worn out our original FdM t-shirts, so we decided it's time to knock out a few more.
We're going to reproduce 3 or 4 of our favourite covers, such as
'Keep Off The Grass'
'Roqueting Through Space'
and 'Wicker Man'
... in quantities so small it'll make our vinyl print-runs seem like the last issue of the News Of The World.
More news soon...
under construction...
'HEAD MUSIC'
HEAD MUSIC
classic kraut rock/kosmische sounds
2012 will be the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Brain label...i just thought I'd mention it.
Meanwhile, we're working on a compilation of classic kosmische/krautrock tracks, featuring songs first recorded by Amon Duul (I AND II!), Neu!, Can, Harmonia, Tangerine Dream, Jane and many more.
It started as a 7", rapidly grew to 12" (I wish) and hasn't stopped since. It's currently looking like a double album, with a projected releease date of April/May 2012 - but who knows? More news as we get it - but no good clicking on 'more info' yet...I said, no good clicking on...oh, go on then.....told you
classic kraut rock/kosmische sounds
2012 will be the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Brain label...i just thought I'd mention it.
Meanwhile, we're working on a compilation of classic kosmische/krautrock tracks, featuring songs first recorded by Amon Duul (I AND II!), Neu!, Can, Harmonia, Tangerine Dream, Jane and many more.
It started as a 7", rapidly grew to 12" (I wish) and hasn't stopped since. It's currently looking like a double album, with a projected releease date of April/May 2012 - but who knows? More news as we get it - but no good clicking on 'more info' yet...I said, no good clicking on...oh, go on then.....told you
under construction...
Sorrow's Children
THE SONGS OF S.F. SORROW
'S.F. Sorrow' - THE classic rock opera/concept album, the iconic, groundbreaking 60s psychedelic rock album; The Pretty Things' finest 40 minutes (although 'Parachute' ran it bloody close and they are still brilliant live!).
For over a year, we've been working on a compilation of covers of songs from this fantastic album, an album that Andy and I both love to bits (as it happens, the first band we saw 'together' was The Pretty Things, playing a warm-up gig for their Abbey Road live version of the album). It's gradually coming together and it's proving to be an exciting journey, albeit a bit rocky at times. We're aiming for an April 2012 release, but this one will only come out once we're convinced we've got it right - it's an album, and it's a band, that deserves nothing less. No more news yet, so don't bother clicking on 'more info' quite yet
'S.F. Sorrow' - THE classic rock opera/concept album, the iconic, groundbreaking 60s psychedelic rock album; The Pretty Things' finest 40 minutes (although 'Parachute' ran it bloody close and they are still brilliant live!).
For over a year, we've been working on a compilation of covers of songs from this fantastic album, an album that Andy and I both love to bits (as it happens, the first band we saw 'together' was The Pretty Things, playing a warm-up gig for their Abbey Road live version of the album). It's gradually coming together and it's proving to be an exciting journey, albeit a bit rocky at times. We're aiming for an April 2012 release, but this one will only come out once we're convinced we've got it right - it's an album, and it's a band, that deserves nothing less. No more news yet, so don't bother clicking on 'more info' quite yet
FdM on TV
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET
As featured on Stuart Maconie's 'Freak Zone', this is the first of three year-end releases we have for you - an ep of classic TV themes from the 60s/early 70s - you know the kind of thing - 'Upstairs,Downstairs', 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo', 'Lunchtimes News in Meridian' - OK, maybe not, how about 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Fireball XL5', 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Ace of Wands' - oh yes! It's been a long year (what the hell does that mean?) and we all deserve a bit of fun - and this is a bit of a joint-venture with between us and Fran Ashcroft from the Happybeat Studio in Liverpool - so blame him as much as us. Click on 'more info' for...you know...then email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com to ask him to help track a copy down - as we're already sold out!
As featured on Stuart Maconie's 'Freak Zone', this is the first of three year-end releases we have for you - an ep of classic TV themes from the 60s/early 70s - you know the kind of thing - 'Upstairs,Downstairs', 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo', 'Lunchtimes News in Meridian' - OK, maybe not, how about 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Fireball XL5', 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Ace of Wands' - oh yes! It's been a long year (what the hell does that mean?) and we all deserve a bit of fun - and this is a bit of a joint-venture with between us and Fran Ashcroft from the Happybeat Studio in Liverpool - so blame him as much as us. Click on 'more info' for...you know...then email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com to ask him to help track a copy down - as we're already sold out!
'Keep Off The Grass'
KEEP OFF THE GRASS
'A Phase We're Going Through' was our first compilation album, a pretty damn-fine collection of covers of classic 60s psych. We decided to repeat the doaage, but as is often the case, simply repeating it wasn't enough - we needed more. So 'Keep Off The Grass' is a double LP of psych, fuzz, sunshine pop, garage, freak-out, and all things in between and either side thereof. It will include covers of tracks originally by The Byrds, Skip Spence, The Nazz, Tomorrow, John's Children, Chocolate Watch Band and lots, lots, LOTS more! Includes Sendelica, The Bevis Frond, Cranium Pie, Earthling Society....good grief, it's bursting at the seams with meaty goodness (or Quorny goodness if you're that way inclined). Email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll point you in the right direction to find a copy as we've instantly sold out here!
'A Phase We're Going Through' was our first compilation album, a pretty damn-fine collection of covers of classic 60s psych. We decided to repeat the doaage, but as is often the case, simply repeating it wasn't enough - we needed more. So 'Keep Off The Grass' is a double LP of psych, fuzz, sunshine pop, garage, freak-out, and all things in between and either side thereof. It will include covers of tracks originally by The Byrds, Skip Spence, The Nazz, Tomorrow, John's Children, Chocolate Watch Band and lots, lots, LOTS more! Includes Sendelica, The Bevis Frond, Cranium Pie, Earthling Society....good grief, it's bursting at the seams with meaty goodness (or Quorny goodness if you're that way inclined). Email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll point you in the right direction to find a copy as we've instantly sold out here!
FdM/Regal Crabomophone Annual
TWO ANNUALS FOR THE PRICE OF...er, TWO
Last Christmas, we produced the Fruits de Mer Annual - an ep of tracks we were dying to release during the year but couldn't find a way to commit to vinyl. It turned out to be one of my favourite FdM releases to-date, so this year we've done the same again - but this time it's a combined Fruits de Mer/Regal Crabomophone Annual, and that means a double 7"!
We've put together a suitably random mix of old songs, new songs, old FdM favourites and brand new artists to see you through yet another sodding Christmas.
Artists involve include Vibravoid, Permanent Clear Light, Red Elektra '69, The Bordellos and Beau (yes THAT Beau), with some original tracks and some covers, including songs originally written by Jethro Tull, Bo Diddley and..Beau!
We sold out on the first day of release but email Andy and he'll try to track down a copy andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com
More on the tracks here...
Last Christmas, we produced the Fruits de Mer Annual - an ep of tracks we were dying to release during the year but couldn't find a way to commit to vinyl. It turned out to be one of my favourite FdM releases to-date, so this year we've done the same again - but this time it's a combined Fruits de Mer/Regal Crabomophone Annual, and that means a double 7"!
We've put together a suitably random mix of old songs, new songs, old FdM favourites and brand new artists to see you through yet another sodding Christmas.
Artists involve include Vibravoid, Permanent Clear Light, Red Elektra '69, The Bordellos and Beau (yes THAT Beau), with some original tracks and some covers, including songs originally written by Jethro Tull, Bo Diddley and..Beau!
We sold out on the first day of release but email Andy and he'll try to track down a copy andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com
More on the tracks here...
get the latest FdM news...
'news' might not be the most appropriate terms for a label that celebrates the nooks and crannies of the 60s and 70s but, when we HAVE got something new to tell you, we'll tell everyone on our mailing-list first - join it today by emailing us andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com. If you're looking for news on our website, this is where you're most likely to find it...but don't hold us to that (did i mention that there's a new FdM forum, set up by an FdM fan? - no, probably not - but take a look, you might find FdM fans, bands, Andy and myself chewing over stuff
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fdm_records/
is the url - hope to see you there
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fdm_records/
is the url - hope to see you there
...hear the tracks...
Listen to a few FdM tracks from our archives, with our compliments - by way of thanks to all you fellow vinyl junkies for helping us sell pretty everything we've pressed so far (thank you all).
It seems only a few years ago that Schizo Fun Addict's version of 'Theme One' marked the start of our leafing through the backpages of prog, psych,folk, krautrock and more (that's becuase it WAS only a few years ago)
But don't go getting that 'downloading' habit, it will only end in tears (ours) - after all, music on vinyl sounds better, looks better and means that much more (that's what we think, anyway)
It seems only a few years ago that Schizo Fun Addict's version of 'Theme One' marked the start of our leafing through the backpages of prog, psych,folk, krautrock and more (that's becuase it WAS only a few years ago)
But don't go getting that 'downloading' habit, it will only end in tears (ours) - after all, music on vinyl sounds better, looks better and means that much more (that's what we think, anyway)
...join our Members Club
have you noticed the 'SOLD OUT' sign stuck over our releases? That's because they are quite literally, and in every sense of the phrase, sold out. But you CAN make sure of every future FdM release by joining the Fruits de Mer Members Club - no cash, no commitment and no previous experience necessary; check out our 'About Us' page for more details, then drop Andy an email and we'll do the rest - and you thought record clubs were dead and buried? (and no, we won't try to fob you off with a 'Best of Mantovani' box set 12 months from now)
drop andy an email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com
drop andy an email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com
OH GOOD GRIEF, IT'S THE FRUITS DE MER SCARF!
Fruits de Mer loses the plot bigtime. Andy and i love vinyl, we also love football - what do vinyl and football have in common? OK, that got us nowhere, so we came up with the idea of a Fruits de Mer football scarf. Wear it with pride, wear it with other clothes otherwise you'll get arrested (the reverse of the scarf reads, "VINYL - it's not life or death, it's more important than that" - with an appreciative nod to Mr Shankly. We only have a small quantity of them to share with you - 10 UK pounds each - in glorious black-and-white, one-size-fits-all - ok,we know it's daft, but so are we, join us in our madness
...YOU'RE NEVER ALONE WITH AN FdM T-SHIRT...
Fruits de Mer meets Hugo Boss (whoever he is). They might shrink a bit in a warm wash (at least that's what we told the girls when we made them stand in a cold paddling pool for the photo shoot you'll see if you click for 'more info') but they look pretty damn fine and they are just 10 UK pounds apiece
Impress your neighbours, go up and down escalators, frame it for your living-room wall (maybe not)
black or white...
...medium only
...the choices are endless (ok, there are only two and we're running short of both - but there WILL be new FdM T-shirts in four new designs arriving in February)
Impress your neighbours, go up and down escalators, frame it for your living-room wall (maybe not)
black or white...
...medium only
...the choices are endless (ok, there are only two and we're running short of both - but there WILL be new FdM T-shirts in four new designs arriving in February)
The FDM Shop/Discography
Ready to care care of some vinyl that needs a good home?
Yes, it's time to head over to our online shop. We're already there, waiting patiently behind the counter, pretending we're extras in a Nick Hornsby film, trying to get our heads round PayPal: 7", 12", t-shirts, scarfs - you name it (as long as it's 7", 12", t-shirts, scarfs)
Fell free to browse, but you pay for any breakages, ok?
Or maybe you'd just like to see everything we've released so far and remind yourself of your quick thinking in buying every one of them from our early days in 2008? Or gasp in envy at all the FdM singles that are sold out and you missed because you were busy pointing the roof at the time? (i have no idea what that means)
Call in and take a look at the menu of fishy delights that Heston Bloomin'thingy would be proud of (except most of it is 'off' - sold out, you see)
Yes, it's time to head over to our online shop. We're already there, waiting patiently behind the counter, pretending we're extras in a Nick Hornsby film, trying to get our heads round PayPal: 7", 12", t-shirts, scarfs - you name it (as long as it's 7", 12", t-shirts, scarfs)
Fell free to browse, but you pay for any breakages, ok?
Or maybe you'd just like to see everything we've released so far and remind yourself of your quick thinking in buying every one of them from our early days in 2008? Or gasp in envy at all the FdM singles that are sold out and you missed because you were busy pointing the roof at the time? (i have no idea what that means)
Call in and take a look at the menu of fishy delights that Heston Bloomin'thingy would be proud of (except most of it is 'off' - sold out, you see)
FdM ON THE BLOG
yes, it's a stream of semi-consciousness from the murky depths of FdM's psyche...
Fairly recent blogs (we WILL try harder!) include: me droning on about record shops and record fairs; the joy of ebay - escalating prices for sold-out FdM singles; the genius that is Michael Moorcock giving one of our forthcoming spacerock tracks the thumbs-up; the hard-sell on our new members club...
...we also have some links to recent web interviews with FdM's Andy Bracken, a man of few words (but not few enough apparently, one of the interviews had to be turned into a partwork, while a radio spot ran for an hour!
Fairly recent blogs (we WILL try harder!) include: me droning on about record shops and record fairs; the joy of ebay - escalating prices for sold-out FdM singles; the genius that is Michael Moorcock giving one of our forthcoming spacerock tracks the thumbs-up; the hard-sell on our new members club...
...we also have some links to recent web interviews with FdM's Andy Bracken, a man of few words (but not few enough apparently, one of the interviews had to be turned into a partwork, while a radio spot ran for an hour!
Betamax lives!
...if slabs of colour vinyl aren't enough, we even spoil you with B-Grade DIY music videos, usually made in someone's bedroom
(no, not that sort of video, calm down at the back)
...there are a few scattered around this site but, for the full monty, check out our Youtube site; don't be away too long though, we get lonely stuck in this here computer...
(no, not that sort of video, calm down at the back)
...there are a few scattered around this site but, for the full monty, check out our Youtube site; don't be away too long though, we get lonely stuck in this here computer...
The small print...
All copyrights reserved 2011
www.fruitsdemerrecords.com
...hear the tracks.. ..buy the vinyl.. ..smell the fish...
email us anytime at info@fruitsdemerrecords.com
we like a bit of company
Dead Sea Apes, The Seventh Ring of Saturn, Skip Spence, Captain Scarlet, Ace of Wands, Jay Tausig, The Nazz, The Daedalus Spirit Orchestra, Jefferson Airplane, Marc Brierley, The Bevis Frond, Sky Saxon, Hills Have Riffs, The Godz, Fran Ashcroft, The Ohms, Fireball XL5, Beau, Jethro Tull, Chocolate Watch Band, Tomorrow, Octopus Syng, The Pretty Things, John's Children, Gemini, Extra, Traffic, The Amboy Dukes, Fleetwood Mac, Julian Cope, Brainticket, The Tornados, Neu!, Pink Floyd, July, Billy Nicholls, Third Ear Band, The Beatles, Clifford T Ward, Jefferson Airplane, The Monkees, Jimi Hendrix, Caleb, Clouds, The Bee Gees, The Who, Peter Hammill, Eddie Cochran, Del Shannon, July, Eno, Hawkwind, Cockney Rebel, Silver Apples, Funkadelic, Velvet Underground, The Kinks, The Remo Four, Tudor Lodge, Caravan, The Zombies, Jackson C Frank, Dantalion's Chariot, Alpha Omega, Vert:x, Helicon, Zeuk, Hi-Fiction Science, Sendelica, Hausfrauen Experiment, Vibravoid, Rob Clarke and the Wooltones, The Swims, Marshmallow Staircase, Zombies of the Stratosphere, Geese, The Luck of Eden Hall, The Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder, Earthling Society, The Chemistry Set, Sidewalk Society, Permanent Clear Light, Us and Them, The Flaming Gnomes, Cranium Pie, Baking Research Station, Head South by Weaving, Stay, Sky At Night, Robinson Crusoe, The Past Tense, The Good Feelin's, Sky Pilot, King Penguin, The Byrds and more gather together for your listening pleasure
www.fruitsdemerrecords.com
...hear the tracks.. ..buy the vinyl.. ..smell the fish...
email us anytime at info@fruitsdemerrecords.com
we like a bit of company
Dead Sea Apes, The Seventh Ring of Saturn, Skip Spence, Captain Scarlet, Ace of Wands, Jay Tausig, The Nazz, The Daedalus Spirit Orchestra, Jefferson Airplane, Marc Brierley, The Bevis Frond, Sky Saxon, Hills Have Riffs, The Godz, Fran Ashcroft, The Ohms, Fireball XL5, Beau, Jethro Tull, Chocolate Watch Band, Tomorrow, Octopus Syng, The Pretty Things, John's Children, Gemini, Extra, Traffic, The Amboy Dukes, Fleetwood Mac, Julian Cope, Brainticket, The Tornados, Neu!, Pink Floyd, July, Billy Nicholls, Third Ear Band, The Beatles, Clifford T Ward, Jefferson Airplane, The Monkees, Jimi Hendrix, Caleb, Clouds, The Bee Gees, The Who, Peter Hammill, Eddie Cochran, Del Shannon, July, Eno, Hawkwind, Cockney Rebel, Silver Apples, Funkadelic, Velvet Underground, The Kinks, The Remo Four, Tudor Lodge, Caravan, The Zombies, Jackson C Frank, Dantalion's Chariot, Alpha Omega, Vert:x, Helicon, Zeuk, Hi-Fiction Science, Sendelica, Hausfrauen Experiment, Vibravoid, Rob Clarke and the Wooltones, The Swims, Marshmallow Staircase, Zombies of the Stratosphere, Geese, The Luck of Eden Hall, The Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder, Earthling Society, The Chemistry Set, Sidewalk Society, Permanent Clear Light, Us and Them, The Flaming Gnomes, Cranium Pie, Baking Research Station, Head South by Weaving, Stay, Sky At Night, Robinson Crusoe, The Past Tense, The Good Feelin's, Sky Pilot, King Penguin, The Byrds and more gather together for your listening pleasure