Various Artists - Lammas Night Laments (Remastered)

 

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - The Wicker Man (Main Theme)

02. Anne Briggs - Standing On Your Shore

03. C.O.B. - Spirit Of Love

04. Water Into Wine Band - Waiting For Another Day

05. Forest - Bluebell Dance

06. Dulcimer - Caravan

07. The Trees - Garden Of Jane Delawney

08. Tir Na Nog - Time Is Like a Promise

09. Dr Strangely Strange - Frosty Morning

10. Midwinter - Waters Of Sweet Sorrow

11. Stone Angel - The Bells Of Dunwich

12. Third Ear Band - Fleance

13. Vashti Bunyan - Rainbow River

14. Tea And Symphony - Winter

15. The Sun Also Rises - Tales Of Jasmine & Suicide

16. Mark Fry - The Witch

17. Pearls Before Swine - Images Of April

In the last few years of doing this blog, I receive more messages about the Lammas Night Laments series than anything else. Specifically, can I provide a higher quality version than the one I originally posted.

It seems all online versions are the same low quality. So, around a year ago, I decided to try and recreate the original volume with better quality versions. Since the release of the original, a lot of the artists included have had their back catalogue re-issued and remastered. I've included these versions (where possible) for this new volume.

From my original post: "This is the first in a series of CDR albums compiled by Mark Coyle through the now defunct website The Unbroken Circle. Something of an underground cult, finding information on these compilations (including original release dates) is difficult. They pop up on blogs from time to time but they found their original audience through collecting and trading."

Along with this 'remastered' version of the album comes new, original artwork courtesy of Cumbrian illustrator Emily Ford.

You can find more examples of her work here.

VARIOUS ARTIST - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 14

01. Unknown - Blood of the Curious
02. Bill Fay - Garden Song
03. Mary Hopkin - Lord of the Reedy River
04. Michael Chapman - Rabbit Hills
05. Foggy - She's Far Away
06. Keith Christmas - The Fawn
07. Roy Harper - Forget Me Not
08. Jackson C Frank - Milk & Honey
09. John Martyn - Road To Ruin (Part 1)
10. Mick Stevens - Burning
11. Kathy Smith - The Blackbird & The Pearl
12. Hedgehog Pie - The Green Lady
13. Famous Jug Band - A Taste of Salt
14. Lazy Farmer - Love Song
15. Faraway Folk - Coming Home To Brixham
16. The Move - No Time
17. Queens Nectarine Machine - Gypsy Lady
18. The Five Reivers - Summer's End
19. Jim Alan - Everlasting Song
20. Nico - Frozen Warnings
21. Chrysalis - Lacewing
22. Tea and SymphonyDangling (Introduction)

Well, here it is; the final Lammas Night Laments. Thank you to everyone who has followed this blog for this series, I hope you can find more to keep you returning.

Enjoy.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 10

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Gently Johnny
02. Oriental Sunshine - Mother Nature
03. Saffron - All your Ambition
04. Natural Acoustic Band - Someday Cinderella
05. Dando Shaft - River Boat
06. The Spikedrivers - Portland Town
07. Wendy & Bonnie - By the Sea
08. Sally Angie - Love in Ice Crystals
09. Dr Strangely Strange - Jove Was at Home
10. Darius - Warm
11. Changes - Sweet Eve
12. Gallery - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
13. Silver Birch - Flower and Young Man
14. Mountain Ash Band - Who Knows
15. Magna Carter - Widwinter
16. Marcus - The Colour Song
17. Simon Finn - Patrice
18. The Folklords - Jennifer Lee

Thanks to Al, I'm finally posting the missing Lammas Night Laments. Next month I shall post Volume 14, which is the last LNL to date (although it's unlikely there will be anymore).

December and 2016 will see a new various artists series posted every month; 'Esoterica Britanica', more news on that to follow.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 13

01. Third Ear Band - The Phoenix
02. Synanthesia - Shifting Sands (Live)
03. Comus - Winter Is a Coloured Bird
04. Bobby Brown - Becoming One with the Forest
05. Rex Holman - Copper Kettles
06. Tim Hollier - Evening Song
07. Mick Softley - Ship
08. Sunforest - Magician In the Mountain
09. Marc Brierly - Flaxan Hair
10. Shawn Phillips - Ballad of Casey Deiss
11. Greenwood, Curlee &Thompson - Little Willie
12. Bridget St John - Back to Stay
13. Mary-Anne - Love Has Gone
14. Saffron - Vision Is a Lonely Word
15. Amber - Swan In the Evening
16. Tyrannosaurus Rex - Wind Cheetah
17. Jethro Tull - Jack In the Green
18. Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt - Jesus Christ Sitting On a Hill In the Lake District

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 12

01. John Cameron - Judd Walks To the Mine
02. Karen Beth - Come December
03. Karen Dalton - How Did The Feeling Feel To You
04. Chuck & Mary Perrin - Run Away with Me
05. Lesley Duncan - Love Song
06. Haizea - Argizagi Ederra
07. Jan Dukes de Gray - Wonder Child
08. The Trees - Psalm 45
09. Barry Dransfield - The Werewolf
10. John and Chris Leslie - The New St George
11. Graham and Eileen Pratt - Lark In The Clear Air
12. Brandywine Bridge - Three Loves
13. Magenta - Gipsy
14. Pentangle - Rain & Snow
15. Nigel Mazlyn Jones - Reality
16. Mushroom - Early One Morning
17. Chris Harwood - Mama
18. Terry Reid - Dream
19. Pink Floyd - Julia Dream
20. Arthur - Eleanor
21. Jade - Raven
22. John Cameron with Harvey Andrews - Riding Free

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 11

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Ruined Church
02. Madde Harris - The Wind at Eve
03. Hedgehog Pie - Fishing Song
04. Maddy Prior & Tim Hart - Dancing at Whitsun
05. Lal & Mike Waterson - Fine Horseman
06. Etchingham Steam Band - Horn Fair
07. Bob & Carol Anne Pegg - A Glass of Water
08. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Prince Heathen
09. Albion Country Band - I Was a Young Man
10. Green Man - Salisbury Plain
11. Spriguns of Toigus - Curragh of Kildare
12. John Renbourn - The Cuckoo
13. Meic Stevens - Yorric
14. Mr. Fox - Mendle
15. Celebrated Ratliffe Stout Band - The Yellow Peg
16. Toni & Davy Arthur - Hey John Barleycorn
17. Dransfield - The Blacksmith Part One

Note: Yes, I am aware that Volume 10 was due to be posted next. I can't find it, but when I do, it will be posted. Don't fret psych-folksters!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 9

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Loving Couples
02. Richard & Mimi Farina - A Swallow Song
03. Duncan Brown - my Only Son
04. Al Stewart - A Long Way Down From Stephanie
05. Amazing Blondel - A Spring Air
06. Wooden Horse - Northern Beaches
07. Steve Tilson - It's Not My Place To Fall
08. Bridget St. John - Song for the Waterden Widow
09. Carolane Pegg - The Sapphire
10. Donovan - Turquoise
11. Frogmorton - Judas & Mary
12. Agincourt - Kind Sir
13. Bert Jansch - Blackwaterside
14. John Renbourn - Oh Death
15. Loudest Whisper - Lir's Lament
16. Gwydion - Songs of Mari
17. Mr. Fox - Little Women
18. Incredible String Band - Maker of Islands
19. Sandy Denny - The Music Weaver
20. Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren (Demo)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS - VOLUME 08

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - The Annointing
02. Gryphon - Mother Nature's Son
03. Amazing Blondel - Saxon Lady
04. Evensong - The Gypsy
05. Tony, Caro & John - There are No Greater Heroes
06. The Book of Am - The Song of Am
07. Chris Thompson - Back in the City
08. Congregacion - Arrebol
09. Haizea - Urzo Aphal Bat
10. Ditching Players - Jabberwocky
11. Earth Opera - Time Again
12. Baby Whale - The Old Man and the Sea
13. Insect Trust - Going Home
14. Ithaca - Questions
15. Miles Martin Folk Group - October Song
16. Dana Corby & Gwydion - The Sun God
17. Sounds of Salvation - In the Dark
18. Justine - Unknown Journey

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 07

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Fire Leap
02. Bread, Love and Dreams - Poet's Song
03. Spirogyra - Love is a Funny Thing
04. Dulcimer - But Maybe Not
05. Forest - Nothing Else Will Matter
06. Water Into Wine Band - The Start of a Run
07. Light Years Away - The Windows of Limited Time
08. Fotheringay - The Sea
09. Mellow Candle - Reverend Sisters
10. Pentangle - Cruel Sister
11. Shirley & Dolly Collins - Beggar's Opera Melody
12. Marie Celeste - Sally Free and Easy
13. Shelagh MacDonald - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
14. Dogfeet - For Mary
15. Anne Briggs - Summer's In
16. The Incredible String Band - The Circle is Unbroken
17. Synathesia - Just as the Curtain Finally Falls


The gods (Alastair) have answered us! Here is the next instalment of LNL series! These later volumes have no artwork, so I'll be providing it. If you don't like it, make your own!

Dogfeet are fucking awesome.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 06

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Summer Is A Coming In
02. Fresh Maggots - Rosemary Hill
03. Gagalactyca - Merlin Melaine Est
04. Milkwood Tapestry - The Bell Of Junip
05. Dando Shaft - An Evening With Rain
06. Extradition - A Water Song
07. Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
08. Shelagh Macdonald - Stargazer
09. Elyse - 'Deed I Do
10. Trader Horne - Morning Way
11. The Trees - Little Black Cloud
12. Meitreya Kali - Black Swan
13. Wittuser & Westrupp - Schopfung
14. Eclection - St. George & The Dragon
15. Red Television - The Ghost Of Emile Zola

Well this is the end of the road for what I can provide of the Lammas Night Laments series. Can somebody else point me, you, us in the direction of further volumes?

In the new year, I shall be posting albums by some of the artists included in this series.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 05

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - The Landlord's Daughter
02. Incredible String Band - Invocation
03. Donovan - The Voyage of the Moon
04. Fairport Convention - Reynardine
05. C.O.B. - Soloman's Song
06. Pearls Before Swine - Rocket Man
07. Leonard Cohen - Last Years Man
08. Sandy Denny - Bruton Town
09. Magna Carta - Elizebethan
10. Steeleye Span - Lovely On the Water
11. Mourning Phase - Damn Your Eyes
12. Mythos - Oriental Journey
13. Perry Leopold - The Dawning Of Creation
14. The Woods Band - January Shows
15. Bread, Love & Dreams - Butterflyland
16. Tir Na Nog - Our Love Will Not Decay


The fifth Volume of this series stretches out to include ace obscure krautrock (Mythos) and Leonard Cohen. This edition is one of the best.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 04

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - The Maypole Song
02. The Strawbs - In Amongst The Roses
03. Tickawinda - Go Your Way
04. Westwind - Robin Hill
05. Gryphon - The Unquiet Grave
06. Perry Leopold - The Journey
07. These Trails - I Share Your Water
08. Magic Carpet - The Dream
09. Mormos - Number Five In The Book
10. Magna Carta - White Snow Dove
11. Skybird - Snow Cloud
12. The Peelers - Ramblin' Robin
13. Waterfall - And For You
14. Melton Constable - River Lane
15. Oberon - Nottanum Town
16. Heron - The Wanderer
17. Incredible String Band - Air
18. Mr Fox - All The Good Times


Fourth installment of what is proving to be a very popular series. It would be a copyright nightmare but an official release of this set would be warmly received.

More of an obscure tracklist this time round, nice to see Hawaiian psyche folkers These Trails on there.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 03

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Corn Riggs
02. Mandy Morton & The Spriguns - Witchfinder
03. Caedmon - Sea Song
04. Moonkyte - Way Out Hermit
05. Steve Ashley - Candlemas Carol
06. Spirogyra - An Everyday Consumption Song
07. Fuschia - Shoes and Ships
08. Owen Hand - The Garden
09. Shide & Acorn - Watching a Seagull
10. Broselmaschine - Godanken
11. Emtidi - Saat
12. Langsyne - Morning
13. Pentangle - Lyke-Wake Dirge
14. Wizz Jones - Magical Flight
15. Nick Drake - Black Eyed Dog
16. Incredible String Band - My Name Is Death
17. Carol Of Harvest - Somewhere at the End of the Rainbow

The third edition in the Lammas series and as strong as the previous two. Unfortunately for any Various Artists compilation, the inclusion of Nick Drake means everything else can only be second best.

Favourites on this volume : Moonkyte, Spirogyra and Fuschia, whose album I may include at a later date.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 02

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Willow's Song
02. Bread, Love And Dreams - Brother John
03. Synanthesia - Peck Strangely & Worried Evening
04. Comus - Song To Comus
05. Mellow Candle - The Poet & The Witch
06. Donovan - Voyage Into The Golden Screen
07. Duncan Browne - Chloe In The Garden
08. Loudest Whisper - Pied Piper
09. Flibbertigibbet - My Lagan Love
10. Principal Edward's Magic Theatre -Sacrifice
11. The Moths - The Heron's Daughter
12. The Sweeny Men - Dreams For Me
13. Famous Jug Band - A Leaf Must Fall
14. Tudor Lodge - Willow Tree
15. Shirley Collins - The Cruel Mother
16. Robin Williamson - Songs In The Earth And Air


The second in Mark Coyle's 'Lammas Night Laments' series. Every volume begins with a piece of music from The Wicker Man, but it should be noted that these albums were compiled before the film's soundtrack was remastered. The versions presented here are the movie edits complete with sound effects, dialouge, etc.

Expect more wyrd / acid / pagan / whacked out folk. Favourites on this : Mellow Candle, Comus, Bread, Love And Dreams and, of course, the wonderful Donovan.

Enjoy.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - LAMMAS NIGHT LAMENTS VOLUME 01

01. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - The Wicker Man (Main Theme)
02. Anne Briggs - Standing On Your Shore
03. C.O.B. - Spirit Of Love
04. Water Into Wine Band - Waiting For Another Day
05. Forest - Bluebell Dance
06. Dulcimer - Caravan
07. The Trees - Garden Of Jane Delawney
08. Tir Na Nog - Time Is Like a Promise
09. Dr Strangely Strange - Frosty Morning
10. Midwinter - Waters Of Sweet Sorrow
11. Stone Angel - The Bells Of Dunwich
12. Third Ear Band - Fleance
13. Vashti Bunyan - Rainbow River
14. Tea And Symphony - Winter
15. The Sun Also Rises - Tales Of Jasmine & Suicide
16. Mark Fry - The Witch
17. Pearls Before Swine - Images Of April


This is the first in a series of CDR albums compiled by Mark Coyle through the now defunct website The Unbroken Circle. Something of an underground cult, finding information on these compilations (including original release dates) is difficult. They pop up on blogs from time to time but they found their original audience through collecting and trading.

If you are familiar with acid / psychedelic folk you will no doubt be familiar with many of the artists here. Or, if you're like my friend Marc, you will own all of them. However, even for those well versed in the wyrd, these are outstanding compilations. Each one should hopefully throw up a couple of unknown jams for you. It's here that I discovered one of my favourite artists, Mark Fry.

Dry your mushrooms, polish the maypole, sit back and psyche.