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Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· 26d

Absolutely wonderful review of The Silent Harvest Vol 1 by Mat Smith in the latest @electronicsound.bsky.social - he totally gets what we were trying to do. Thank you! 🙏 ❤️🙏

Short excerpt from a review of the silent harvest in the latest electronic sounds magazine

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jun 25

I reviewed Akira Film Script’s wonderful Into Eternity++ for Wall of Ambient open.substack.com/pub/wallofam...

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jun 20

The best UK folk music imo is 1970s UK folk music. And one of the best practitioners of this was the peerless Barry Dransfield. Very sorry to hear we lost him this week. I’ll be digging out some of his music.

Robin & Barry Dransfield - Lord of All I Behold LP

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jun 17

Lot one: packaged, labelled, ready to go!

Copies of The Silent Harvest ready to go out into the wild

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jun 17

Though it’s all a bit like this round here

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jun 17

The Silent Harvest CDs have FINALLY arrived. Big mail out incoming!

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· May 27

Thank you @bobfischer.bsky.social for a lovely review of Plague Dogs by @heartwood9.bsky.social in the latest edition of @electronicsound.bsky.social 🙏❤️🙏

Image of Bob Fischers review of Plague Dogs

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· May 27

Listening party - link in bio!

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· May 18

The first volume of The Silent Harvest is released on June 5th as a double CD and a digital download. It’s available to preorder from Friday 22nd May.

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· May 9

An excerpt from The Gosport Tragedy by @veryanmusic.bsky.social from The Silent Harvest on Folk Police Recordings. Coming Soon.

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· May 1

#bandcampfriday

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Apr 26

Coming soon - follow us on Bandcamp or join the mailing list for more details. Links in bio.

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Apr 23

Somewhat precarious first batch of Plague Dogs ready to post. I won’t win any beauty prizes for packing! Soundtrack - in another country by Tim Story from 1983

Three precarious piles of packaged Plague Dogs CDs next to in another country LP by Tim Story

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Apr 22

Well look what’s arrived at Folk Police Towers @heartwood9.bsky.social Exciting!

Front, back and inner gatefold of Plague Dogs CD by the Heartwood Institute

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Apr 7

Two weeks till release day!

The Heartwood Institute- Plague Dogs. Released Monday 20th April. Now available to preorder- link in bio.

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Mar 31

RIP to the legend that was Bill Leader

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Mar 24

Plague Dogs by @heartwood9.bsky.social is currently the bestselling ‘radiophonic’ CD on Bandcamp!

Bestselling ‘radiophonic CD on Bandcamp - Plague Dogs by the Heartwood Institute

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Mar 13

Earth Studies Field Trip #1: The Heartwood Institute - Plague Dogs. Out on 20th April.

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Mar 10

Coming on 20th April. The first Earth Studies Field Trip. More soon.

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Feb 15

Great album. I saw them a couple of years later at the New Ardri Ballroom in Hulme, Manchester with fIREHOSE and AC Temple supporting. A mind-blowing set -see below! And yes, ’dropping’ in this context sets the teeth on edge a little :)

Schizophrenia
Catholic Block
Tuff Gnarl
Pipeline
Expressway to Yr Skull
PCH
Cotton Crown
Stereo Sanctity
Beauty Lies in the Eye
Tom Violence
White Kross
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Hotwire My Heart

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Feb 15

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

The Mob - Let the tribe increase album cover

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 30

This sounds right up my alley! Folk horror only this:

Front cover of Topic Records compilation The Iron Muse - A panorama of British industrial folk music

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 30

These days I simply point to Thomas Tryon’s Harvest Home and say “this”

Dust jacket for first edition of Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 29

Now playing: Heard a Long Gone Song by the incomparable Lisa O’Neill, possibly one of my favourite singers 😍

Lisa O’Neill - Heard a Long Gone Song LP

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 23

Front cover of The Misunderstood 3 track e.p. Released on Cherry Red in 1982

Back cover of The Misunderstood 3 track e.p. Released on Cherry Red in 1982

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 21

Tracklisting

set 1:
Pentangle -- When I Was in My Prime -- Cruel Sister (Transatlantic, 1970)
Robin & Barry Dransfield -- The Conscript’s Farewell – Popular to Contrary Belief (Free Reed, 1977)
Dolores Keane -- There Was a Maid in Her Father’s Garden -- There Was a Maid (Claddagh, 1978)
Skara Brae -- Bánchnoic Éireann Óighe (The Fair Hills of Ireland) -- Skara Brae (Gael-Linn, 1971)
Flora MacNeil -- Craobh Nan Ubhal (Apple Tree) -- Craobh Nan Ubhal - Traditional Gaelic Songs from the Western Isles (Tangent, 1976)
set 2:
Muckram Wakes -- Spencer the Rover -- A Map of Derbyshire (Trailer, 1973)
Dick Gaughan -- Jock O’Hazeldean -- No More Forever (Trailer, 1972)

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady -- Autumn Gold – Andy Irvine / Paul Brady (Mulligan, 1976)
Dando Shaft -- September Wine -- An Evening with Dando Shaft (Young Blood/Decca, 1970)
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior -- Bring Us in Good Ale -- Summer Solstice (B & C, 1971)
set 3:
The Incredible String Band -- Here Till Here is There -- Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air (Island, 1971)
Lal & Mike Waterson -- The Scarecrow -- Bright Phoebus (Trailer, 1972)
Trees -- Adam’s Toon -- On the Shore (CBS, 1970)
Strawbs -- Witchwood -- From the Witchwood (A&M, 1971)
Bridget St. John -- Curl Your Toes -- Ask Me No Questions (Dandelion, 1969)
Roy Harper -- My Friend -- Sophisticated Beggar (Strike, 1967)
Michael Chapman -- You Say -- Rainmaker (Harvest, 1969)

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 21

It makes me unreasonably happy to know that there are English folk bands out there that base their entire look on the fellow from this Matt Bors cartoon

Matt Bors cartoon where Mr Gotcha tries to get one over on a peasant making a mild suggestion for societal improvement

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 21

Tracklisting:

Steeleye Span - Captain Coulston
Steeleye Span - When I was on Horseback
Steeleye Span - The Gower Wassail
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
The Trimdon Grange Explosion - The Bonnie Banks of Fordie
Trees - The Streets of Derry
Trees - Polly on the Shore
Espers - Widow’s Weeds
Fuzzy Lights - Fen Creatures
Starless and Bible Black - Up With the Orcadian Tide
The 18th Day of May - Lady Margaret
Shelagh McDonald - The Dowie Dens of Yarrow
P.G. Six - January
The Woods Band - As I Roved Out
Wolf People - Silbury Sands
Heron Oblivion - Beneath Fields
Wooden Shjips -Flight
Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home?
Wooden Wand - Southern Colorado Song
Six Organs of Admittance - Spirits Abandoned
Bevis Frond -Stars Burn Out
Bevis Frond - Focus on Nature
Tim Erickson - Poor Honest Men
Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 19

Now playing: Grass. Such a beautiful album. I could listen to this sort of heavy psych folk rock all day

Grass LP cover. Phone camera knackered so very lo fi

Folk Police Recordings@folkpolice· Jan 12

Charity Shop bargain! The vinyl is pristine and the sleeve is a thing of beauty