The Fruits de Mer Records Discography
(click on the listing for more information)
The Fruits de Mer Records discography so far - always colour vinyl
(click on the listing for more information)
- Volume 26: Head Music - on sale mid-April
- Volume 25: Sorrow's Children - on sale mid-April
- Winkle4: Regal Crabomophone 2012 Annual - sold out
- Volume 24: 'In The Beginning' - available to FdM club members only
- Volume 23: Fruits de Mer 2012 Annual - sold out
- Volume 22: Do Not Adjust Your Set - sold out
- Volume 21: Keep Off The Grass - sold out
- Winkle 3 (Regal Crabomophone): The Luck Of Eden Hall - sold out
- Volume 20: 'Summerisle' - songs from The Wicker Man - sold out
- Winkle 2 (Regal Crabomophone): Cranium Pie - Mechanisms Pt.1 - sold out
- Volume 19: Earthling Society - sold out
- Winkle 1 (Regal Crabomophone): The Chemistry Set - sold out
- Volume 18: 'Roqueting Through Space' - sold out
- Volume 17: 'A Phase We've Been Through'- available to FdM club members only
- Volume 16: FdM Annual 2011 - sold out
- Volume 15: Eddie Cochran instrumental covers - sold out
- Volume 14: Sidewalk Society - sold out
- Volume 13: Sendelica - sold out
- Volume 12: Hausfrauen Experiment - sold out
- Volume 11: A Phase We're Going Through - sold out
- Volume 10: Vibravoid - sold out
- Volume 9: We Come Bearing Gifts - available to FdM club members only
- Volume 8: US & Them - sold out
- Volume 7: Cranium Pie - sold out
- Volume 6: Vibravoid - sold out
- Volume 5: Mark Fry - sold out
- Volume 4: Flaming Gnomes - sold out
- Volume 3: Stay - sold out
- Volume 2: Alison O'Donnell - sold out
- Volume 1: Schizo Fun Addict - sold out
- Perch 6: Fruits de Mer t-shirts - on sale late-February
- Perch 5: Fruits de Mer t-shirts - on sale late-February
- Perch 4: Fruits de Mer t-shirts - on sale late-February
- Perch 3: Fruits de Mer t-shirts - on sale late-February
- Perch 2: The Fruits de Mer scarf - on sale now
- Perch 1: Fruits de Mer t-shirts - on sale now
The Fruits de Mer Records discography so far - always colour vinyl
only 400-500 copies of each pressed for worldwide distribution
(sometimes up to 700 if we're feeling kinda adventurous)
available direct from us - 5 UKpounds each for singles, 8 UKpounds for double singles, 15 UKpounds for LPs, 20 UKpounds for an LP+7" extravanganza and 22 UKpounds for a double LP fanancial disaster - all including P&P wherever you live
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Volume 1
SCHIZO FUN ADDICT
" Theme One" (George Martin/Van der Graaf Generator) + "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"(The Small Faces). As Record Collector magazine put it "This is what 7"s should be all about. Fruits de Mer is clearly a label of love"
" Theme One" (George Martin/Van der Graaf Generator) + "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"(The Small Faces). As Record Collector magazine put it "This is what 7"s should be all about. Fruits de Mer is clearly a label of love"
Volume 2
ALISON O'DONNELL
"Frozen Warnings"(Nico) + "Day is Done" (Nick Drake). Mellow Candle's lead singer, Alison O'Donnell, teams up with Head South by Weaving to bring you two very personal interpretations of classic songs. "Wonderfully stark and haunting renditions"- Rough Trade.
"Frozen Warnings"(Nico) + "Day is Done" (Nick Drake). Mellow Candle's lead singer, Alison O'Donnell, teams up with Head South by Weaving to bring you two very personal interpretations of classic songs. "Wonderfully stark and haunting renditions"- Rough Trade.
Volume 3
STAY
"2,000 Light Years From Home"(The Rolling Stones) + "Rainy Day, Mushroom Pillow"(Strawberry Alarm Clock) + "Chicago" (Graham Nash). Three classic tracks plundered by these pirates of the Spanish Main (they're from Barcelona) and then drenched in sitar and fuzz-guitar! "Brilliant, inspired, mental" - Terrascope (terrascope is the direct online descendent of that great magazine Ptolemaic Terrascope!).
"2,000 Light Years From Home"(The Rolling Stones) + "Rainy Day, Mushroom Pillow"(Strawberry Alarm Clock) + "Chicago" (Graham Nash). Three classic tracks plundered by these pirates of the Spanish Main (they're from Barcelona) and then drenched in sitar and fuzz-guitar! "Brilliant, inspired, mental" - Terrascope (terrascope is the direct online descendent of that great magazine Ptolemaic Terrascope!).
Volume 4
FLAMING GNOMES
"Care of Cell 44"(The Zombies) + "Love Song With Flute"(Caravan). The Flaming Gnomes pick breezy-dreamy pop-psych classics from The Zombies and Caravan, and Small Face them up by adding a bit of Unwinny cheeky-chapiness. "Gorgeously radiant mellowing effervescence" - Losing Today.
"Care of Cell 44"(The Zombies) + "Love Song With Flute"(Caravan). The Flaming Gnomes pick breezy-dreamy pop-psych classics from The Zombies and Caravan, and Small Face them up by adding a bit of Unwinny cheeky-chapiness. "Gorgeously radiant mellowing effervescence" - Losing Today.
Volume 5
MARK FRY
"Dreaming With Alice" + "The Witch". Acid-folk legend, Mark Fry, hooks up with Nick Franglen (Production and Arrangement) to re-record 'Alice' in her un-fragmented entirety for the first time ever. Plus an equally exclusive live take of 'The Witch'. "Pure bliss" - HeyDay.
"Dreaming With Alice" + "The Witch". Acid-folk legend, Mark Fry, hooks up with Nick Franglen (Production and Arrangement) to re-record 'Alice' in her un-fragmented entirety for the first time ever. Plus an equally exclusive live take of 'The Witch'. "Pure bliss" - HeyDay.
Volume 6
VIBRAVOID
Krautrock Sensation EP.
"Ruckzuck" (Kraftwerk), "Eye Shaking King"(Amon Duul II), "Mother Sky"(Can), "Rauchkraut" (Mashantra). Germany's finest psych-rock band re-appraise Germany's finest hours. Vibravoid get all motorik with some classic early Krautrock.
"Absolutely out there" - Heyday.
Krautrock Sensation EP.
"Ruckzuck" (Kraftwerk), "Eye Shaking King"(Amon Duul II), "Mother Sky"(Can), "Rauchkraut" (Mashantra). Germany's finest psych-rock band re-appraise Germany's finest hours. Vibravoid get all motorik with some classic early Krautrock.
"Absolutely out there" - Heyday.
Volume 7
CRANIUM PIE
'Baby, You're A Rich Man' (The Beatles) + 'Madman Running Though The Fields' (Dantalion's Chariot)
Rob Appleton and the gang's first vouting on Fruits de Mer - and definitely not their last.
"Quite frankly barking....priceless stuff...ruddy essential" Losing Today
'Baby, You're A Rich Man' (The Beatles) + 'Madman Running Though The Fields' (Dantalion's Chariot)
Rob Appleton and the gang's first vouting on Fruits de Mer - and definitely not their last.
"Quite frankly barking....priceless stuff...ruddy essential" Losing Today
Volume 8
US & THEM
'Home To Stay' (Tudor Lodge) + 'Dialogue'(Jackson C Frank) + 'Julia Dream (Of All The Pretty Little Horses)(Waters/ Traditional). Us & Them are a Scandanavian duo who make the most of those long, dark nights in log cabins, not least with their spellbinding version of 'Julia Dream'...
'Home To Stay' (Tudor Lodge) + 'Dialogue'(Jackson C Frank) + 'Julia Dream (Of All The Pretty Little Horses)(Waters/ Traditional). Us & Them are a Scandanavian duo who make the most of those long, dark nights in log cabins, not least with their spellbinding version of 'Julia Dream'...
Volume 9
"We came bearing gifts"
A strictly limited promotional cassette - with 100 only pressed (or whatever you do with a cassette);given free, gratis and for nothing at the end of 2009 to supporters of FdM from our early days - featuring tracks by some of our favourite FdM bands
sorry, long gone!
We decided that a follow-up on an 8-track or on reel-to-reel was pushing things too far, so we gave away a CDr in 2010, maybe we'll do something similarly daft at the end of 2011? Join our Members Club and find out!
sorry, long gone!
We decided that a follow-up on an 8-track or on reel-to-reel was pushing things too far, so we gave away a CDr in 2010, maybe we'll do something similarly daft at the end of 2011? Join our Members Club and find out!
Volume 10 
VIBRAVOID
After the sell-out success of of their 'Krautrock Sensation' ep we are delighted to give you another very special release - three Floyd tracks from their classic album, 'Saucerful of Secrets' on a 72 colour vinyl ep... "a hairy bunch of psychedelic motherf*ckers from Dusseldorf" (Record Collector mag)
After the sell-out success of of their 'Krautrock Sensation' ep we are delighted to give you another very special release - three Floyd tracks from their classic album, 'Saucerful of Secrets' on a 72 colour vinyl ep... "a hairy bunch of psychedelic motherf*ckers from Dusseldorf" (Record Collector mag)
Volume 11 
'A PHASE WE'RE GOING THROUGH'
Fruits de Mer Records dives back deep in time to extract 11 late 60s and early 70s pearls from their shells, puts them in the hands of an equally odd number of bands, who treat them with love and affection to create our first LP, featuring Sidewalk Society, The Chemistry Set, Zombies of the Stratosphere, Cranium Pie, The Sw!ms, Permanent Clear Light, The Luck of Eden Hall, Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder and more...we're sold-out but you might just be able to find one last copy at Piccadilly Records (www.piccadillyrecords.com)
Fruits de Mer Records dives back deep in time to extract 11 late 60s and early 70s pearls from their shells, puts them in the hands of an equally odd number of bands, who treat them with love and affection to create our first LP, featuring Sidewalk Society, The Chemistry Set, Zombies of the Stratosphere, Cranium Pie, The Sw!ms, Permanent Clear Light, The Luck of Eden Hall, Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder and more...we're sold-out but you might just be able to find one last copy at Piccadilly Records (www.piccadillyrecords.com)
Volume 12
HAUSFRAUEN EXPERIMENT
Fruits de Mer Records severely tests the limits of its sixties/early seventies psych/prog/krautrock agenda and completely blows its budget with a double 7" colour vinyl release from the deeply mysterious Hausfrauen Experiment
Four future/retro/electro/outthere versions of a bizarre selection of tracks that only the musically-deranged or commercially-suicidal could put together in one release (so we did).
Featuring
Oscillations, originally by Silver Apples
Spirit of the Age, originally by Hawkwind
Baby's On Fire, originally by Eno
Sebastian, originally by Cockney Rebel
Fruits de Mer Records severely tests the limits of its sixties/early seventies psych/prog/krautrock agenda and completely blows its budget with a double 7" colour vinyl release from the deeply mysterious Hausfrauen Experiment
Four future/retro/electro/outthere versions of a bizarre selection of tracks that only the musically-deranged or commercially-suicidal could put together in one release (so we did).
Featuring
Oscillations, originally by Silver Apples
Spirit of the Age, originally by Hawkwind
Baby's On Fire, originally by Eno
Sebastian, originally by Cockney Rebel
Volume 13
SENDELICA
The tracks are nothing short of brilliant - and if you don't believe us, Geoff Barton in Classic Rock says, "look, just got out and buy the sucker before it sells out!"
Featuring:
'Venus in Furs' (Velvet Underground) + 'Maggot Brain' (Funkadelic)
We get in a hot sweat every time we listen to 'Venus'; mind you, at our age we tend to break into hot sweats quite often, not to mention having to go to the loo about once every.....sorry, must dash...
The tracks are nothing short of brilliant - and if you don't believe us, Geoff Barton in Classic Rock says, "look, just got out and buy the sucker before it sells out!"
Featuring:
'Venus in Furs' (Velvet Underground) + 'Maggot Brain' (Funkadelic)
We get in a hot sweat every time we listen to 'Venus'; mind you, at our age we tend to break into hot sweats quite often, not to mention having to go to the loo about once every.....sorry, must dash...
Volume 14
SIDEWALK SOCIETY
FdM 14 features that great US band, fresh from 'A Phase We're Going Through', reinterpreting four classic 60's psych tracks from some of the UK's best-loved bands. The tracks capture the essence of UK sixties psych, but with Sidewalk Society's stamp on them (if you've heard the band's version of 'Red Chair, Fade Away' you'll know what a class act they are
FdM 14 features that great US band, fresh from 'A Phase We're Going Through', reinterpreting four classic 60's psych tracks from some of the UK's best-loved bands. The tracks capture the essence of UK sixties psych, but with Sidewalk Society's stamp on them (if you've heard the band's version of 'Red Chair, Fade Away' you'll know what a class act they are
Volume 15
EDDIE COCHRAN INSTRUMENTALS
..also known as Andy Bracken's pet project, this is FdM's 7" homage to one of the true innovators of Rock'n'Roll. Three instrumentals that take Eddie Cochran's originals as inspiration to something new, different and very unexpected (by me, anyway). Featuring Vibravoid, Cranium Pie and Head South by Weaving.
Limited to a 300 pressing and it sold out on reserves alone - sorry, quite possibly our fastest-selling single ever - gone forever, unless you want to try ebay
..also known as Andy Bracken's pet project, this is FdM's 7" homage to one of the true innovators of Rock'n'Roll. Three instrumentals that take Eddie Cochran's originals as inspiration to something new, different and very unexpected (by me, anyway). Featuring Vibravoid, Cranium Pie and Head South by Weaving.
Limited to a 300 pressing and it sold out on reserves alone - sorry, quite possibly our fastest-selling single ever - gone forever, unless you want to try ebay
Volume 16
The 2011 FdM ANNUAL
Something we'd like to think appealed to anyone who woke up on a Christmas morning to their copy of Roy of the Rovers, Tiger, Lion, Valiant, Victor, Bunty (whoops, what a give away)... a 2x7" doublepack, featuring: Stay - 'Tomorrow Never Knows' (The Beatles) Permanent Clear Light - 'Wherewithal' (Clifford T Ward) Hi-Fiction Science - 'Fleance' (Third Ear Band) Zeuk - 'Vision' (Peter Hammill). On sale now - oh no it's not, it's sold out
Something we'd like to think appealed to anyone who woke up on a Christmas morning to their copy of Roy of the Rovers, Tiger, Lion, Valiant, Victor, Bunty (whoops, what a give away)... a 2x7" doublepack, featuring: Stay - 'Tomorrow Never Knows' (The Beatles) Permanent Clear Light - 'Wherewithal' (Clifford T Ward) Hi-Fiction Science - 'Fleance' (Third Ear Band) Zeuk - 'Vision' (Peter Hammill). On sale now - oh no it's not, it's sold out
Volume 17
MEMBERS ONLY
Oh good grief, it's a CDr (yes, we know we've said in the past we don't do CDs), it's completely free (hello commercial suicide, my old friend), and it was exclusive to Fruits de Mer Club members when you ordered all of our 2010 releases.
FdM 17 featured tracks kindly donated by some of the bands we've worked with in 2010. Some new tracks, some covers, including contributions from Cranium Pie, Stay, Luck of Eden Hall, Head South by Weaving, Sendelica, Sidewalk Society, Permanent Clear Light, The Chemistry Set and Vibravoid - 17 great tracks, oozing quality.
What's more, we ran off less than 200, we gave them the FdM 17 catalogue number and we're keeping a few for ourselves, so good luck in tracking one down! Click here for all the band and track details
Oh good grief, it's a CDr (yes, we know we've said in the past we don't do CDs), it's completely free (hello commercial suicide, my old friend), and it was exclusive to Fruits de Mer Club members when you ordered all of our 2010 releases.
FdM 17 featured tracks kindly donated by some of the bands we've worked with in 2010. Some new tracks, some covers, including contributions from Cranium Pie, Stay, Luck of Eden Hall, Head South by Weaving, Sendelica, Sidewalk Society, Permanent Clear Light, The Chemistry Set and Vibravoid - 17 great tracks, oozing quality.
What's more, we ran off less than 200, we gave them the FdM 17 catalogue number and we're keeping a few for ourselves, so good luck in tracking one down! Click here for all the band and track details
Volume 18
ROQUETING THROUGH SPACE
Originally intended to be our first release of 2010, 'Roqueting Through Space' finally landed at FdM Towers in June - a bloody-good-looking LP and 7" package this time -19" of fun, featuring new versions of tracks originally recorded by the likes of
Neu!... Brainticket
Can... Julian Cope
Hawkwind... Pink Floyd
Hooterville Trolley... The Tornados
Artists involved are Sendelica, Vert:x, Cranium Pie's Baking Research Station, The Grand Astoria, Vibravoid, Helicon, Diarmuid MacDiarmada, The Luck of Eden Hall, Frobisher Neck and Alpha Omega - not bad, eh? ....it started out as pure spacerock, then a lot of 70s German influences started to get mixed in, which can only be a good thing, can't it? One or two tracks might be lurking around this page to give you an idea of what we had in store for you. Sold out - sorry
Originally intended to be our first release of 2010, 'Roqueting Through Space' finally landed at FdM Towers in June - a bloody-good-looking LP and 7" package this time -19" of fun, featuring new versions of tracks originally recorded by the likes of
Neu!... Brainticket
Can... Julian Cope
Hawkwind... Pink Floyd
Hooterville Trolley... The Tornados
Artists involved are Sendelica, Vert:x, Cranium Pie's Baking Research Station, The Grand Astoria, Vibravoid, Helicon, Diarmuid MacDiarmada, The Luck of Eden Hall, Frobisher Neck and Alpha Omega - not bad, eh? ....it started out as pure spacerock, then a lot of 70s German influences started to get mixed in, which can only be a good thing, can't it? One or two tracks might be lurking around this page to give you an idea of what we had in store for you. Sold out - sorry
Volume 19
EARTHLING SOCIETY
Fleetwood, Lancashire's finest, Fred Laird and the band cooked up something very special for our first single of 2011 - a driving, almost gothic rock take on Peter Green / Fleetwood Mac's 'Green Manalishi' plus an obscure 60s US psych track (The James Taylor Set's 'And I Heard The Fire Sing') that they ressurect, inject with some illegal substances and then commit to vinyl. On sale now! check out lots of reviews in our - gasp - 'Reviews' section, then click on 'more info' to hear a couple of samples, now sold out
Fleetwood, Lancashire's finest, Fred Laird and the band cooked up something very special for our first single of 2011 - a driving, almost gothic rock take on Peter Green / Fleetwood Mac's 'Green Manalishi' plus an obscure 60s US psych track (The James Taylor Set's 'And I Heard The Fire Sing') that they ressurect, inject with some illegal substances and then commit to vinyl. On sale now! check out lots of reviews in our - gasp - 'Reviews' section, then click on 'more info' to hear a couple of samples, now sold out
Regal Crabomophone (Winkle 1)
THE CHEMISTRY SET
Andy and I had talked since the early days about creating a sister label to Fruits de Mer, featuring some of our favourite bands unveiling new material - still with the FdM stamp of quality and still with the heady smell of vinyl. We finally got off our backsides with REGAL CRABOMOPHONE and that fine UK band THE CHEMISTRY SET. Last year they were playing to crowds of 5,000 in Spain, but they put away their castanets and stuffed donkeys in order to put together an all-new swirling, grooving, six minute psychedelic masterpiece called, "Impossible Love', backed with a new version of The Rolling Stones' 'We Love You' that is classic '1967 never went away or, if it did, i've been too seriously spaced out for the last 44 years to care' FdM material
Andy and I had talked since the early days about creating a sister label to Fruits de Mer, featuring some of our favourite bands unveiling new material - still with the FdM stamp of quality and still with the heady smell of vinyl. We finally got off our backsides with REGAL CRABOMOPHONE and that fine UK band THE CHEMISTRY SET. Last year they were playing to crowds of 5,000 in Spain, but they put away their castanets and stuffed donkeys in order to put together an all-new swirling, grooving, six minute psychedelic masterpiece called, "Impossible Love', backed with a new version of The Rolling Stones' 'We Love You' that is classic '1967 never went away or, if it did, i've been too seriously spaced out for the last 44 years to care' FdM material
Regal
Crabomophone
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Crabomophone
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CRANIUM PIE - MECHANISMS Pt.1
Cranium Pie's first album - a progressive rock concept album at that - and on a Fruits de Mer lebel!
It's classic prog rock in all its glory, we think fans of Nektar, Caravan, Zappa and 70s Pink Floyd will love it - as will everyone who has already heard the Pie on our label (who can ever forget 'Madman' - the first single to repeat itself backwards) and also on Bracken Records.
We could tell you that Geoff Barton in Classic Rock has called the album a "masterclass in hyper-eclectic prog", or that PROG magazine felt impelled to give the band a full page profile on the strength of the album, but before you get too excited maybe you should click on 'more info' now for the sting in the crayfish-tail - you're going to find it tough to get hold of a copy - we're sold-out, the band have sold out, but email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll try to help you track a copy down, or the band have the album available on CD - head over to www.craniumpie.co.uk and order one direct
Cranium Pie's first album - a progressive rock concept album at that - and on a Fruits de Mer lebel!
It's classic prog rock in all its glory, we think fans of Nektar, Caravan, Zappa and 70s Pink Floyd will love it - as will everyone who has already heard the Pie on our label (who can ever forget 'Madman' - the first single to repeat itself backwards) and also on Bracken Records.
We could tell you that Geoff Barton in Classic Rock has called the album a "masterclass in hyper-eclectic prog", or that PROG magazine felt impelled to give the band a full page profile on the strength of the album, but before you get too excited maybe you should click on 'more info' now for the sting in the crayfish-tail - you're going to find it tough to get hold of a copy - we're sold-out, the band have sold out, but email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll try to help you track a copy down, or the band have the album available on CD - head over to www.craniumpie.co.uk and order one direct
Volume 20
SUMMERISLE - SONGS FROM 'THE WICKER MAN'
on sale October 10th....
'The Wicker Man' is quite possibly THE cult 70s UK film, justifying all the wild stories that surround it, and with a haunting soundtrack to match. We're going to give you an ep with new versions of four tracks from the film, all recorded by a one-off coming-together of some of FdM's favourite artists - Swedish duo Us and Them together with mellotron wizard Frobisher Neck
Intrigued? Well, buy it! Only 5UK pounds including postage and packing anywhere in the world. SOLD OUT (original 500 pressing AND 200 re-press) but email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll try to help you track a copy down
on sale October 10th....
'The Wicker Man' is quite possibly THE cult 70s UK film, justifying all the wild stories that surround it, and with a haunting soundtrack to match. We're going to give you an ep with new versions of four tracks from the film, all recorded by a one-off coming-together of some of FdM's favourite artists - Swedish duo Us and Them together with mellotron wizard Frobisher Neck
Intrigued? Well, buy it! Only 5UK pounds including postage and packing anywhere in the world. SOLD OUT (original 500 pressing AND 200 re-press) but email andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll try to help you track a copy down
Regal Crabomophone (Winkle 3)
THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL
We've just taken delivery of a 7" by this fine US band that combines two original LOEH tracks with two stunning 60s covers that will be exclusive to us, and therefore to you - Love's 'She Comes In Colours' and The Association's 'Never My Love'
Four tracks for the price of half of a very bad haircut (that's 5 UK pounds) - how can you refuse?
Sorry, we only pressed up 400 copies, and they've gone already but email Andy andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll help you track a copy down
We've just taken delivery of a 7" by this fine US band that combines two original LOEH tracks with two stunning 60s covers that will be exclusive to us, and therefore to you - Love's 'She Comes In Colours' and The Association's 'Never My Love'
Four tracks for the price of half of a very bad haircut (that's 5 UK pounds) - how can you refuse?
Sorry, we only pressed up 400 copies, and they've gone already but email Andy andy@fruitsdemerrecords.com and he'll help you track a copy down
Volume 21
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 (he said, modestly. We've decided to repeat the doaage, but as is often the case, simply repeating it isn't enough - we decided that 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 includes covers of tracks originally by The Byrds, The Beatles, Skip Spence, The Nazz, Tomorrow, John's Children, Chocolate Watch Band and lots, lots, LOTS more! And who'll be doing the covering...? Well, how about Sendelica, Cranium Pie. Permanent clear Light and The Bevis Frond, for starters, good grief, it's bursting at the seams with meaty goodness (or Quorny goodness if you're that way inclined)
'A Phase We're Going Through' was our first compilation album, a pretty damn-fine collection of covers of classic 60s psych (he said, modestly. We've decided to repeat the doaage, but as is often the case, simply repeating it isn't enough - we decided that 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 includes covers of tracks originally by The Byrds, The Beatles, Skip Spence, The Nazz, Tomorrow, John's Children, Chocolate Watch Band and lots, lots, LOTS more! And who'll be doing the covering...? Well, how about Sendelica, Cranium Pie. Permanent clear Light and The Bevis Frond, for starters, good grief, it's bursting at the seams with meaty goodness (or Quorny goodness if you're that way inclined)
Volume 22
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET
One of a glut of December 2011 releases - 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 '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 - this is a bit of a joint-venture with between us and Fran Ashcroft from the Happybeat Studio in Liverpool - described by Geoff Barton in Classic Rock magazine as a "genius ep", and we're not going to argue with Geoff.
One of a glut of December 2011 releases - 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 '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 - this is a bit of a joint-venture with between us and Fran Ashcroft from the Happybeat Studio in Liverpool - described by Geoff Barton in Classic Rock magazine as a "genius ep", and we're not going to argue with Geoff.
Volume 23/
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Winkle 4
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're doing the same again - but this time it'a a combined Fruits de Mer/Regal Crabomophone Annual, and that means a double 7" - old songs, new songs, old FdM favourites, brand new artists, including Beay, Vibravoid, Permanent Clear Light, Red Elektra '69 and The Bordellos!
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're doing the same again - but this time it'a a combined Fruits de Mer/Regal Crabomophone Annual, and that means a double 7" - old songs, new songs, old FdM favourites, brand new artists, including Beay, Vibravoid, Permanent Clear Light, Red Elektra '69 and The Bordellos!
Volume 24
IN THE BEGINNING
Before Fruits de Mer there was Bracken - Andy's very own indie label. It gradually melted into Fruits de Mer, and last year's single by Cranium Pie on Bracken was the last-ever Bracken release (although we then launched Regal Crabomophone to enable us to contnue to release new material as well as covers). This year's Christmas gift to FdM members is a bit of an artefact - an original Bracken Records 7", uncovered in the Bracken archives, now re-housed in a new sleeve on which Andy explains a bit about how and why he started the label.
We can't tell you which single you'll get, because we don't know, but that's all part of the fun, isn't it?
If you're not 'in the club', you won't get a copy (sorry and all that) but if you want to know more about the club, just drop Andy an email - there are links to his email address all over the site - and he'll tell you all about it
Before Fruits de Mer there was Bracken - Andy's very own indie label. It gradually melted into Fruits de Mer, and last year's single by Cranium Pie on Bracken was the last-ever Bracken release (although we then launched Regal Crabomophone to enable us to contnue to release new material as well as covers). This year's Christmas gift to FdM members is a bit of an artefact - an original Bracken Records 7", uncovered in the Bracken archives, now re-housed in a new sleeve on which Andy explains a bit about how and why he started the label.
We can't tell you which single you'll get, because we don't know, but that's all part of the fun, isn't it?
If you're not 'in the club', you won't get a copy (sorry and all that) but if you want to know more about the club, just drop Andy an email - there are links to his email address all over the site - and he'll tell you all about it
Perch 1
FdM T-SHIRTS
Super Limited. Super Cool. They look fantastic wet, whether you're blonde or brunette.
Grab one for just 10 UK pounds. Large or medium - except we don't have any large left, so medium really. Black on white or white on black - please specify in your order (hurry up, we only have a handful left).
Oh and they shrink in a hot wash... so we were forced to keep the girls in a cold paddling pool for the photo (cue Sid James laugh) MORE T-SHIRTS ARRIVING SOON - FOUR NEW DESIGNS
Super Limited. Super Cool. They look fantastic wet, whether you're blonde or brunette.
Grab one for just 10 UK pounds. Large or medium - except we don't have any large left, so medium really. Black on white or white on black - please specify in your order (hurry up, we only have a handful left).
Oh and they shrink in a hot wash... so we were forced to keep the girls in a cold paddling pool for the photo (cue Sid James laugh) MORE T-SHIRTS ARRIVING SOON - FOUR NEW DESIGNS
Perch 2
The FdM SCARF!
(apologies for the blank space - html really is beyond me)Fruits de Mer loses the plot big-time. 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.
(apologies for the blank space - html really is beyond me)Fruits de Mer loses the plot big-time. 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.