MR. FOX 1st UK PRESS NM FOLK PSYCH Transatlantic Trees Fairport Convention

	£		63
	$		83

MR. FOX

TRANSATLANTIC

  1st UK PRESS 

 TRA 226

Machined first press matrices:  A-1G  B-1G

So, so hard to find, MR FOX first and only live album !! Splendid acid/prog/folk album in great EX+/NM condition!! I am very happy to be able to present this fantastic and ULTRA rare album . This will be a great first acquisition as well as a terrific upgrade!!!

Mr Fox were an early 1970s electric folk or folk rock band. They were seen as in the ‘second generation’ of electric folk performers and for a time were compared with Steeleye Span and Sandy Denny’s Fotheringay. Unlike Steeleye Span they mainly wrote their own material in a traditional style and developed a distinct ‘northern’ variant of the genre. They demonstrate the impact and diversity of the electric folk movement and the members went on to pursue significant careers within the electric folk and traditional music genres after they disbanded in 1972 having recording two highly regarded albums.

Origins

By the late 1960s Bob and Carole Pegg were already well-established singers and musicians on the British folk scene based in Yorkshire. In 1969 they moved south and played London folk clubs, where they met Ashley Hutchings, who had recently left Fairport Convention and was attempting to form a new group involving members of the Irish band Sweeney's Men including Terry Woods. They took part in rehearsals but the embryonic band soon broke up and Hutchings went on to form Steeleye Span with Woods and his wife Gay.[2] The Peggs were approached by record producer Bill Leader. He secured them a contract with Transatlantic Records. For their first album they recruited Alun Eden (drums), Barry Lyons (bass), Andrew Massey (cello) and John Myatt (woodwinds) and adopted the name Mr Fox, the title of one of their songs and a nod towards one of the recurring figures of folk lore.[3]

The group’s first eponymous album released in 1970, was in some ways very similar to the work of Steeleye Span, but, consisted largely of original compositions with a mystical incling, mainly by the Peggs, with a Dave Mason tune, ‘Little Woman,’ and the songs ‘Salisbury Plain’ and 'Mr Trill's Song' with lyrics by Hutchings. The use of classically trained musicians and the wide variety of instruments used (including organ, melodeon, tin whistle, terrapin, fiddle, cello, flute, clarinet) made for very complex arrangements and sounds. It was well received by the music press and was made Melody Maker album of the year. 

Massey and Myatt left soon after the first album and the second, Gypsy (1971), as a result, had less complex instrumentation, but more experimentation.[3] A more varied album than the first offering, it was also based around self-penned material, but included two traditional songs 'The House Carpenter' and the finale 'All the Good Times' on which the Gridley Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra guested.

Very rare and long long gone early 70's previously unreleased performance by the legendary folkpsych crew Mr FOX ..The dynamic band released two studio albums, that are highly sought after and expensive collectible folk-psych gems ...

THE IMMACULATE VINYL PLAYS GREAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. 

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUPERB AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD CLEARLY AND CRISPLY WITHOUT DISTORTION.  NEEDLESS TO SAY, NO STICKS OR JUMPS!

ONE OF THE HARDEST FOLK-PROG LP'S TO FIND-ONLY A FEW SOLD LIKE THEIR SECOND ALBUM AS WELL OFFERED EVEN LESS FREQUENT THAN THEIR FIRST TWO ALBUMS!!! THE LP IS PURE MAGIC FROM START TO FINISH WITH TOP ACID/FOLK/PSYCH AT ITS VERY BEST!LOVELY MAGICAL ACID/FOLK WITH GREAT MUSICIANSHIP , VARIOUS ELECTRIC/ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND BRILLIANT FEM VOX. TOP 3 ACID/FOLK/PSYCH LP'S EVER RECORDED WITH THAT ONLY ENGLISH SOUND. NOW ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND HARD TO FIND FOLK GEM.

Vinyl: NM. Probably unplayed or barely played. Audio is A++and this vinyl sounds out of this world, a majestic album  that went unnoticed. The audio has beautiful separation and there is no background noise. I played this twice in full and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was even tempted to keep this as it will be very hard to find this again, it is indeed megarare now. Needless to say NO jumps, clicks or ticks. This will be a fantastic upgrade for most long time collectors!!

Sleeve: EX+.  Fantastic looked after sleeve without any wear or damage.  Two small hardly noticable corner creases stop from grading NM. This is the ultimate upgrade copy!! 

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next psych/folk album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

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This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.