Welcome to Fruits de Mer Records
'SORROW'S CHILDREN' and 'HEAD MUSIC' VIRTUALLY SOLD-OUT
email keith@fruitsdemerrecords.com if you need help tracking down a copy, and to get on the FdM mailing list for future releases
NEW PRETTY THINGS, NICK NICELY, CRANIUM PIE & THE LUCID DREAM SINGLES CONFIRMED FOR JUNE
email me now to place your advance order and be sure of your copies
AN FdM VIBRAVOID 7" SELLS FOR £260 ON EBAY! check it out
"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
THE PRETTY THINGS NEW 7" SINGLE ON FRUITS DE MER RECORDS!
Oh yes, we've only gone and agreed with The Pretty Things to put their new 7" out exclusively on FdM. On sale June 11, it will combine an exclusive, new live version of their classic R&B track 'Honey, I Need' with a previously-unreleased demo of 'I Can Never Say', found on a 1965 acetate! I'm almost lost for words at what this means for a label like Fruits de Mer - quite possibly the UK's finest ever R&B/psych band with a new release that shows they're still bloody brilliant live 40-odd years on...email me now to place your advance order
on sale June 11
NICK NICELY
NICK NICELY
Hilly Fields (1892)
PSYCHEDELIC ALERT
nick nicely was recently described by FACT magazine as "the biggest pop star who never was" - now his 80s psych classic ("the best psych record since the 60s" NME), is reinterpreted by the man himself 30 years on...we're even including nicks's original version of 'HF' for good measure. Now, is this a 'must-have' release, or what?
Hilly Fields (1892)
PSYCHEDELIC ALERT
nick nicely was recently described by FACT magazine as "the biggest pop star who never was" - now his 80s psych classic ("the best psych record since the 60s" NME), is reinterpreted by the man himself 30 years on...we're even including nicks's original version of 'HF' for good measure. Now, is this a 'must-have' release, or what?
on sale June 11
CRANIUM PIE's BAKING RESEARCH STATION
A VISIT TO NEWPORT HOSPITAL
By Cranium Pie's Baking Research Station
From their secret underground bunker, The Baking Research Station deconstruct and reconstruct the highpoint of Egg's album, 'Polite Force', involving us in what they call a "quadrapthic experiment", while and Cranium Pie themselves back it with a ghostly take on Arzachel's 'Queen St. Gang' - welcome to the seance!
By Cranium Pie's Baking Research Station
From their secret underground bunker, The Baking Research Station deconstruct and reconstruct the highpoint of Egg's album, 'Polite Force', involving us in what they call a "quadrapthic experiment", while and Cranium Pie themselves back it with a ghostly take on Arzachel's 'Queen St. Gang' - welcome to the seance!
on sale June 11
THE LUCID DREAM
THE LUCID DREAM
"beautiful traditional psychedelia"
'Hits Me Like I'm Stoned'
/Factory's 'Try A Little Sunshine'
The Lucid Dream produce "beautiful traditional psychedelia" (Lauren Laverne, BBC6) and they do it for us with their first FdM 7", featuring an all-new, mind-blowing A-side b/w a cover of a suitably-obscure slice of sixties psych, which they absolutely nail.
If you've heard 'Hits Me' from the band's Dandelion Radio session, you KNOW how good this is going to be
"beautiful traditional psychedelia"
'Hits Me Like I'm Stoned'
/Factory's 'Try A Little Sunshine'
The Lucid Dream produce "beautiful traditional psychedelia" (Lauren Laverne, BBC6) and they do it for us with their first FdM 7", featuring an all-new, mind-blowing A-side b/w a cover of a suitably-obscure slice of sixties psych, which they absolutely nail.
If you've heard 'Hits Me' from the band's Dandelion Radio session, you KNOW how good this is going to be
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
SOLD OUT AT SOURCE (ie me)
'HEAD MUSIC'
HEAD MUSIC
classic kraut rock/kosmische sounds
"Perfect for a barbeque, unless your guests are all twats" (www.wasistdas.co.uk)
2012 is the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Brain label...
By sheer coincidence, 'Head Music' is 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 become a 90+ minute double album, and it's on sale now (in fact, it's as good as sold out within two weeks). Click on 'more info' for a complete track and band run-down (although I could just mention The Bevis Frond, Vibravoid, Electric Moon and Frobisher Neck to whet your appetite...or that Andrew Weatherall says it's "absolutely essential", or that it's been played on Mark Radcliffe's Music Club on BBC Radio)
classic kraut rock/kosmische sounds
"Perfect for a barbeque, unless your guests are all twats" (www.wasistdas.co.uk)
2012 is the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Brain label...
By sheer coincidence, 'Head Music' is 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 become a 90+ minute double album, and it's on sale now (in fact, it's as good as sold out within two weeks). Click on 'more info' for a complete track and band run-down (although I could just mention The Bevis Frond, Vibravoid, Electric Moon and Frobisher Neck to whet your appetite...or that Andrew Weatherall says it's "absolutely essential", or that it's been played on Mark Radcliffe's Music Club on BBC Radio)
SOLD OUT AT SOURCE
'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 finally come together, it sounds great and there's EVEN an exclusive Pretty Things live version of 'Loneliest Person' as a bonus track plus an interview with Phil May and Dick Taylor for the sleeve! More information on tracks, bands and stuff here - but don't hang around, there are next-to-no copies left already!
'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 finally come together, it sounds great and there's EVEN an exclusive Pretty Things live version of 'Loneliest Person' as a bonus track plus an interview with Phil May and Dick Taylor for the sleeve! More information on tracks, bands and stuff here - but don't hang around, there are next-to-no copies left already!
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...
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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