A special welcome to Mark Radcliffe's Music Club/Gideon Coe/Freakzone listeners and Record Collector/Goldmine/PROG/Shindig! readers from Fruits de Mer Records - where vinyl never went away
"Remember Island, Charisma...think FdM" 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
"everyone's favorite little label with the incalculable cool factor"Trip Inside This House
"A joy - one of the great labels that comes along now and then, that you can tell is a labour a love - a thing we should cherish"
Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio
JUNE RELEASES
NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUMS FROM FRUITS DE MER RECORDS INSPIRED BY KRAUTROCK, KOSMISCHE, PROG, PSYCH, AMBIENT SOUNDS, AND MORE!
COMING VERY SOON - A SERIES OF LPs THAT WILL SELL OUT AS SOON AS I HAVE NONE LEFT IN STOCK
email me for ordering details
FdM's Pretty Things, White EP and League of Psychedelic Gentlemen singles
ALL SOLD OUT
but check our list of
FdM-friendly shops to track down copies
FdM's 'A PHASE WE'RE GOING THROUGH' SELLS FOR £290 ON EBAY! here
Get onto the FdM mailing list - you know it makes sense - email me now!
sold out
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS
Soft Hearted Scientists
a superb band - psychedelia meets Welsh folklore meets a million other things...new songs, old songs, beautifully-crafted songs, intricate instrumentals AND the theme from The LIKELY LADS - a massive double LP + 7" extravaganza from Fruits de Mer - it's their first time on vinyl - discover the Scientists for yourself - sold out at FdM Towers, but check the links page for stockists...
a superb band - psychedelia meets Welsh folklore meets a million other things...new songs, old songs, beautifully-crafted songs, intricate instrumentals AND the theme from The LIKELY LADS - a massive double LP + 7" extravaganza from Fruits de Mer - it's their first time on vinyl - discover the Scientists for yourself - sold out at FdM Towers, but check the links page for stockists...
sold out
RE-EVOLUTION
FdM SINGS THE HOLLIES
Re-Evolution : FdM Sings The Hollies
Manchester's answer to The Beatles - and a bloody good answer at that - reinterpreted by Fruits de Mer artists old and new - psychedelia, prog rock, electronics, acoustic and more - on 19" of colour vinyl (includes The Bevis Frond, Us and Them, The Higher State, Beautify Junkyards, The Gathering Grey, The Re-Stoned...
featured heavily on Gideon Coe's show on BBC6 Music! sold out here, but a few shops still have copies - check the 'link's page
Manchester's answer to The Beatles - and a bloody good answer at that - reinterpreted by Fruits de Mer artists old and new - psychedelia, prog rock, electronics, acoustic and more - on 19" of colour vinyl (includes The Bevis Frond, Us and Them, The Higher State, Beautify Junkyards, The Gathering Grey, The Re-Stoned...
featured heavily on Gideon Coe's show on BBC6 Music! sold out here, but a few shops still have copies - check the 'link's page
sold out
The WHITE EP
The WHITE EP
songs from The Beatles'
double album
8 tracks, two 7" 33rpm EPs, white vinyl, gatefold and embossed sleeve, it's a work of art, i tell (or at least that's what i told my bank manager).
Artists including The Pretty Things, Jack Ellister, The Bevis Frond, Cranium Pie, The Seventh Ring of Saturn, Henry Padovani and Anton Barbeau recreate Beatles songs exclusively for Fruits de Mer - what more could you ask for?
A copy? Sorry, I've sold out, i think your only hope is ebay!
songs from The Beatles'
double album
8 tracks, two 7" 33rpm EPs, white vinyl, gatefold and embossed sleeve, it's a work of art, i tell (or at least that's what i told my bank manager).
Artists including The Pretty Things, Jack Ellister, The Bevis Frond, Cranium Pie, The Seventh Ring of Saturn, Henry Padovani and Anton Barbeau recreate Beatles songs exclusively for Fruits de Mer - what more could you ask for?
A copy? Sorry, I've sold out, i think your only hope is ebay!
on sale now
THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL
THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL
Chicago's finest are back on Fruits de Mer with a four-track EP (33rpm again) that jam=packed with good stuff - two tracks from their great new album, 'Alligators Eat Gumdrops', plus two exclusive 60s covers - 'Crystal Ship' by The Doors, and 'Black Sheep' by SRC. sheer class.
Chicago's finest are back on Fruits de Mer with a four-track EP (33rpm again) that jam=packed with good stuff - two tracks from their great new album, 'Alligators Eat Gumdrops', plus two exclusive 60s covers - 'Crystal Ship' by The Doors, and 'Black Sheep' by SRC. sheer class.
sold out
THE LEAGUE OF PSYCHEDELIC GENTLEMEN
THE LEAGUE OF PSYCHEDELIC GENTLEMEN
nick nicely, The Bevis Frond, Anton Barbeau and Paul Roland
four cult heroes of new psychedelia, together on one 7" 33rpm EP. The guys have each contributed a new or previously unreleased recording especially for this one-off release on FdM - it doesn't get much better than this! ebay may be your only hope for this one
nick nicely, The Bevis Frond, Anton Barbeau and Paul Roland
four cult heroes of new psychedelia, together on one 7" 33rpm EP. The guys have each contributed a new or previously unreleased recording especially for this one-off release on FdM - it doesn't get much better than this! ebay may be your only hope for this one
on sale now
THE 2013 FRUITS DE MER ANNUAL
THE 2013 FRUITS DE MER ANNUAL
Vespero - 'Jennifer'
Temple Music - 'Pegasus'
The Annual is my chance to release brilliant tracks from the year that nearly escaped my clutches - this time it's a mad combination of songs originally recorded by Faust and The Hollies! It looks ridiculous on paper, but trust me - it isn't - two lovely recordings that work really well together
Vespero - 'Jennifer'
Temple Music - 'Pegasus'
The Annual is my chance to release brilliant tracks from the year that nearly escaped my clutches - this time it's a mad combination of songs originally recorded by Faust and The Hollies! It looks ridiculous on paper, but trust me - it isn't - two lovely recordings that work really well together
on sale now
THE CHEMISTRY SET
THE CHEMISTRY SET
Come Kiss Me Vibrate And Smile
With David Axelrod, Tony Wilson and the late, great John Peel among their fans back in the 80s, Dave McLean and Paul Lake are what you call a 'class act' - creating beautifully-constructed and layered, psychedelically-tinged music that gets better every time you hear it - and you'll want to hear it over and over again. Includes a great version of Tomorrow's 60s paych song Hallucinations
Tracks are: Come Kiss Me Vibrate And Smile
Time To Breathe
Hallucinations
Come Kiss Me Vibrate And Smile
With David Axelrod, Tony Wilson and the late, great John Peel among their fans back in the 80s, Dave McLean and Paul Lake are what you call a 'class act' - creating beautifully-constructed and layered, psychedelically-tinged music that gets better every time you hear it - and you'll want to hear it over and over again. Includes a great version of Tomorrow's 60s paych song Hallucinations
Tracks are: Come Kiss Me Vibrate And Smile
Time To Breathe
Hallucinations
on sale now
PERMANENT CLEAR LIGHT
PERMANENT CLEAR LIGHT
Higher Than The Sun
Finland's finest and one of FdM's favourite bands FINALLY deliver their own 7" - on Regal Crabomophone - and it's lovely stuff, featuring an all-new PCL song and a cover of Van De Graaf Generator's Afterwards. Good grief, it even comes in a 3D sleeve, with 3D glasses to help you make sense of the whole thing
Tracks are:
Higher Than The Sun
Afterwards
Higher Than The Sun
Finland's finest and one of FdM's favourite bands FINALLY deliver their own 7" - on Regal Crabomophone - and it's lovely stuff, featuring an all-new PCL song and a cover of Van De Graaf Generator's Afterwards. Good grief, it even comes in a 3D sleeve, with 3D glasses to help you make sense of the whole thing
Tracks are:
Higher Than The Sun
Afterwards
SORRY-SOLD OUT
ANTON BARBEAU
ANTON BARBEAU
Ant plays and sings Barbeau, Hitchcock and Cope
an American with a real feel for English psychedelia - it's impossible, right? No, it's Anton Barbeau - Ant is gracing Fruits de Mer vinyl for the first time with a manic and marvellous three-track single that restores your faith in music and leaves you with an inane smile on your face (well, it does when i listen to it). In another dimension, this would be a hit single, Ant would be a superhero and there'd be no green ones in a bag of Fruit Pastilles. an unmissable single.
Tracks are:
Psychedelic Mynde Of Moses
Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl
Out Of My Mind On Dope And Speed
Ant plays and sings Barbeau, Hitchcock and Cope
an American with a real feel for English psychedelia - it's impossible, right? No, it's Anton Barbeau - Ant is gracing Fruits de Mer vinyl for the first time with a manic and marvellous three-track single that restores your faith in music and leaves you with an inane smile on your face (well, it does when i listen to it). In another dimension, this would be a hit single, Ant would be a superhero and there'd be no green ones in a bag of Fruit Pastilles. an unmissable single.
Tracks are:
Psychedelic Mynde Of Moses
Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl
Out Of My Mind On Dope And Speed
exclusive to FdM club members
THE CRABS SELL OUT/
THE CRABS FREAK OUT
THE CRABS SELL OUT/
THE CRABS FREAK OUT
Fruits de Mer's club members get something-for-nothing every year and this year they're getting the small matter of 150 minutes of new music from around 30 FdM bands, spread across two CDs (sorry, I just couldn't stretch to a quadruple LP box set). If you're not a member, i could make you jealous by telling you what you're missing, but i won't (well, I might - just bear in mind that even club members have to have bought pretty much all 2012's FdM releases to get their hands on a copy)
THE CRABS FREAK OUT
Fruits de Mer's club members get something-for-nothing every year and this year they're getting the small matter of 150 minutes of new music from around 30 FdM bands, spread across two CDs (sorry, I just couldn't stretch to a quadruple LP box set). If you're not a member, i could make you jealous by telling you what you're missing, but i won't (well, I might - just bear in mind that even club members have to have bought pretty much all 2012's FdM releases to get their hands on a copy)
SORRY-SOLD OUT
THE PRETTY THINGS
THE PRETTY THINGS
S.F. Sorrow Live
The Pretty Things are back on Fruits de Mer with a 4 track ep, comprising three songs from their legendary album, 'S.F. Sorrow', recorded live in London, together with a previously-unreleased track (The Byrds' 'Renaissance Fair')from the late-sixties. A must for all Pretties fans - nothing short of essential!
S.F. Sorrow Live
The Pretty Things are back on Fruits de Mer with a 4 track ep, comprising three songs from their legendary album, 'S.F. Sorrow', recorded live in London, together with a previously-unreleased track (The Byrds' 'Renaissance Fair')from the late-sixties. A must for all Pretties fans - nothing short of essential!
SORRY-SOLD OUT
JACK ELLISTER
JACK ELLISTER
'The Man With The Biochopper'
You probably won't have heard of Jack before - I hadn't until I heard this track...21st century psychedelia, amazing, unforgettable, unmissable - just right for Regal Crabomophone. And Jack's recorded a great version of The Rolling Stones' 'Citadel' for the b-side. Epic psychedelia for the 21st century.
'The Man With The Biochopper'
You probably won't have heard of Jack before - I hadn't until I heard this track...21st century psychedelia, amazing, unforgettable, unmissable - just right for Regal Crabomophone. And Jack's recorded a great version of The Rolling Stones' 'Citadel' for the b-side. Epic psychedelia for the 21st century.
SORRY-SOLD OUT
BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS
BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS
'From The Morning'
/'Fuga No.2'
A new band from Portugal, when I heard their version of Nick Drake's 'From The Morning' I just knew I'd got to find a way to release it - I think you'll agree when you hear it. Add in a fantastic version of Os Mutantes' 'Fuga No.2' - is pastoral electronica a genre? - and I reckon it's the perfect summer single on Fruits de Mer (it's also the last one from FdM before a much-needed summer break!)
'From The Morning'
/'Fuga No.2'
A new band from Portugal, when I heard their version of Nick Drake's 'From The Morning' I just knew I'd got to find a way to release it - I think you'll agree when you hear it. Add in a fantastic version of Os Mutantes' 'Fuga No.2' - is pastoral electronica a genre? - and I reckon it's the perfect summer single on Fruits de Mer (it's also the last one from FdM before a much-needed summer break!)
on sale now...
FdM T-SHIRTS
WHO NEEDS PRIMARK?
We've worn out our original FdM t-shirts, so we decided it was time to knock out a few more.
We've reproduced 4 of our favourite covers:
'Eddie Cochran Instrumentals'
'Roqueting Through Space'
'Wicker Man'
and
'Keep Off The Grass'
... in quantities so small it makes our vinyl pressings seem like the last issue of the News Of The World. Medium/Large/X-Large - you choose! They're available now - click for more details
email keith@fruitsdemerrecords.com to order yours
We've worn out our original FdM t-shirts, so we decided it was time to knock out a few more.
We've reproduced 4 of our favourite covers:
'Eddie Cochran Instrumentals'
'Roqueting Through Space'
'Wicker Man'
and
'Keep Off The Grass'
... in quantities so small it makes our vinyl pressings seem like the last issue of the News Of The World. Medium/Large/X-Large - you choose! They're available now - click for more details
email keith@fruitsdemerrecords.com to order yours
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 keith@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 me 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 me an email keith@fruitsdemerrecords.com
drop me an email keith@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
FDM ON FACEBOOK
Facebook seems to be the social network of choice these days, so the least you can do is check Fruits de Mer out - we have a page at Fruits de Mer on Facebook - bits of news, youtube stuff, a chance to complain about the price of FdM vinyl, that sort of thing
And if FdM isn't enough to quench your vinyl thirst(?), then try this group FdM's psych/prog/vinyl gang
And if FdM isn't enough to quench your vinyl thirst(?), then try this group FdM's psych/prog/vinyl gang
The FDM Shop/Discography
Ready to care care of some vinyl that needs a good home?
Yes, it's time to head over to discography/shop-front. I'm already there, waiting patiently behind the counter, pretending I'm an extra in a Nick Hornsby film, trying to get my head round the Royal Mail's new postage rates, 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 discography/shop-front. I'm already there, waiting patiently behind the counter, pretending I'm an extra in a Nick Hornsby film, trying to get my head round the Royal Mail's new postage rates, 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 (I 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...
...there are also some links to old 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 (I 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...
...there are also some links to old 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, FdM even spoils 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 2012
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
Soft Hearted Scientists, The Likely Lads, The Electric Stars, moonweevil, The Higher State, The Neutron Drivers,The Gathering Grey, Anton Barbeau, 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, Julian Cope, Robyn Hitchcock, Tomorrow, Peter Hammill, The Hollies 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
Soft Hearted Scientists, The Likely Lads, The Electric Stars, moonweevil, The Higher State, The Neutron Drivers,The Gathering Grey, Anton Barbeau, 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, Julian Cope, Robyn Hitchcock, Tomorrow, Peter Hammill, The Hollies and more gather together for your listening pleasure