Tony, Caro & John "Blue Clouds" 2012 1972-1977 recordings UK Acid Psych Folk
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Tony Caro & John “All On The First Day” 1972 UK Private Psych Acid Folk only 100 copies pressed
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"Fans of the classic 1972 acid folk LP All On The First Day by Tony Caro & John rejoice! Yes, if you have one of the hundred or so copies of the original UK private press (with the hand-spray-painted cover, then you are probably a millionaire), or you purchased the ultra-limited Shadoks label reissue with EP in 2001, or the Gaarden records reissue of said reissue (if not, pressing two is still available, folks), there is still more! Drag City Records, Gaarden Records, and Galactic Zoo Disk have united forces to bring you Blue Clouds, a collection of the band's outtakes, rarities and live recordings spanning 1972 --1977. There are full band head-rockers here as well as quiet, stripped down home recordings-- plus a little drum machine sprinkled among the folky whimsy. Even casual fans of 60s psychedelic folkiness will enjoy this odds and sods compilation, as it stands up as a 'great lost album' (do we even need mention that the trendy popsters Beach House ripped off a tune from TCJ's Tony Dore? ah, probably not) and certainly serious fans of English pastoral folk like Incredible String Band, Bert Jansch, Left-Handed Marriage, The Holyground collective, Dr. Strangely Strange, Forest, etc. will need to grip this fast."......
Tony Caro & John released an album of pretty impeccable UK psych folk pop in 1972 titled All On The First Day. It was originally very hard to come by, but after a couple of reissues you can find your way to adding this record to your collection pretty simply. Lucky for us though – the kind folk over at Drag City have gotten together and compiled an LP of rarities and outtakes from around the same period called Blue Clouds. It’s being released early this November and we can safely say that it’ll find itself perfectly in your Winter listening pile. The melodious British trio lean more toward the Fairport Convention side of things in this new compiliation – and it has us pretty excited. You can preview a track from it below and click further for the whole tracklist. Drag City is always one of our favorite labels around – but this one is pushing them over the top. Thanks, guys…
Band History
Multi-instrumentalist Tony Dore and bassist John Clark were childhood friends in Derby, England, and played together on both the rock and folk circuit. After university they reunited in 1970, when John came to London to join Tony and Caroline (Caro), who had played university folk clubs together. "All on the First Day" was made in 1972 with almost no budget and primitive equipment, recorded on Clark's 2-track; they could overdub in mono only by re-recording the backing track at the same time. They self-pressed the LP in an edition of only 100 copies, with the home-grown nature of the product emphasized by individually spray-painted covers.
Expanding the band lineup with Simon Burrett on lead guitar, Jonny Owen on Harmonica and Rod Jones on keyboards, Tony, Caro and John continued on the college circuit for a little while under the name "Forever and Ever" but the gigging stopped in the late seventies, when families and careers took precedence. The band continued to jam together, and to record in Clark’s by now, multi-track studio.
Then in 2001, Tony Dore was contacted by Shadoks Music in Germany, when it transpired that there was an underground following for the "All on the First Day" album, and copies were changing hands for substantial sums of money. The band agreed that Shadoks could produce a limited release of vinyl albums from the original master, and at the same time release the album on CD. The release included five bonus tracks recorded around the time of "All on the First Day". Almost simultaneously the band released some of the studio tracks recorded since "All on the First Day", as the limited edition CD-R album "Retrospect" under the "Forever and Ever" band name. This can be obtained from the "Forever and Ever" website (see below). Sadly, bassist John Clark died in 2005.
Following the wider release of the band’s material, one of Dore’s compositions “The Snowdon Song” was covered by the successful indie duo Beach House, on their eponymously titled 2006 debut album. Although given a different title (Lovelier Girl), Beach House do not dispute authorship of the song.
