Faraway Folk - "Seasonal Man" 1975

Hi again. Sorry for my silence. I'm a father now, working full time, and adjusting to life in Spain... Haven't had much time, or much motivation.... but thanks to some comments people have been leaving every once in a while I've decided to continue with a folk rock classic.......

Faraway Folk - Seasonal Man
RA, 1975


















Here you have a jewel of a folk album, with rock and light psych overtones here and there. Lovely male and female vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mellow and rocking songs here. A real surprise for me, quickly becoming one of my most-listened to folk albums from the '60s and '70s...

"John Turk = guitars (incl. Gibson SR with Fuzz pedal), mandolin, vocal * Adrian Morris = rhythm guitars, harmonica, vocal
Shirley Turk = percussion, vocal * Bryony Smith = bass, banjo, vocal

RA / Faraway Folk's finest hour (well, 40 minutes anyway). The tracks for this album were assembled with recordings made over a period of 10 months. As studio time was not an issue regarding cost, being as John, etc could use it at anytime for free when it was not in use, it was decided to assemble and release a studio album

Recorded 1974 / 75 * Issued 1975

The cover art is by John, who had a disagreement with Tony Waldron over what should be on the front. Tony did not want to have this painting on the front sleeve, and was quite adamant that a photograph, most probably the one that is within the gatefold of the Folk, to be used. However, John stuck to his guns, and in the end got his way, but not entirely. The original painting was quite large, and was to fill the complete 12" x 12" area, but Tony had it reduced somewhat. By the way, in case anyone is wondering, the original painting was thrown out (don't ask) sometime ago! Important: some examples of this title were mis-pressed. (actually, the first 100). Side 1 or side 2 banding is off-centre, and on playing will be evident, especially as the stylus draws nearer to the end tracks ~ ouch! This fault can be identified by observing the varying width of the run-in at opposite ends. Do not compare the gap between the run-off to label area, as sometimes it is just the label that is not dead centre." from www.peterice.com/farawayfolk.htm

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