Larkin Grimm - Chasing An Illusion - VINYL LP

Limited 180 gram audiophile vinyl LP pressing. The extremely rare second album by the original version of Renaissance was made before founder members Jim McCarty and Keith Relf abruptly quit the band in 1971. Their aim was to abandon the classical and folk style they had once embraced and return to hard rock mode. However, this six-track LP retains the melodic mood of their early work with Renaissance. It boasts many attractive songs with lyrics by the Cornish poet Betty Thatcher, notably on such pieces as 'Love Is All' and 'Past Orbits Of Dust'. The association with Thatcher continued onwards, and it was not long before Renaissance was reborn with new singer Annie Haslam - but meanwhile, here is a fascinating glimpse into the origins of a creative musical dynasty. Album Tracks 1. Love Goes on 2. Golden Thread 3. Love Is All 4. Mr Pine (Tracks 1-4 on Side 1) 5. Face of Yesterday 6. Past Orbits of Dust (Tracks 5-6 on Side 2)

Album Tracks 1. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 Procession 2. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 Wolcum Yole! 3. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 There Is No Rose 4. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 That Yongë Child 5. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 Balulalow 6. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 As Dew in Aprille 7. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 This Little Babe 8. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 Interlude 9. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 In Freezing Winter Night 10. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 Spring Carol 11. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 Deo Gracias 12. A Ceremony of Carols, for Treble Voices (Or Chorus) & Harp, Op. 28 Recession 13. An English Day-Book, for Chorus The Bellman's Song 14. An English Day-Book, for Chorus Te Lucis Ante Terminum 15. An English Day-Book, for Chorus A Night Curse 16. An English Day-Book, for Chorus Lemady Maying Song 17. An English Day-Book, for Chorus A Charm Against the Bumble Bee 18. An English Day-Book, for Chorus Interlude for Harp 19. An English Day-Book, for Chorus The Noonday Heat 20. An English Day-Book, for Chorus Running Set Spring 21. An English Day-Book, for Chorus Evening Song 22. An English Day-Book, for Chorus Sweet Suffolk Owl 23. An English Day-Book, for Chorus The Bellman's Song 24. On a Summer Night, for Chorus 25. The Ears of Mr. Tuer, for Chorus

The Ship (Necrologies) is DCW at their idiosyncratic best, with songs about Shackleton's journeys to the North Pole, suicide, the Ukrainian mafia and the president of Kazakhstan. The former Soviet Union is a world that lead singer Tom Mayne (recently featured on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight) knows well from his days as an anti-corruption campaigner. The album follows their 2018 LP The Octoberman Sequence. A key band in the late 2000s/early 2010s UK antifolk DIY scene, David Cronenberg's Wife ('DCW' for short) served as a catalyst for other like-minded bands in London to follow suit. 'David Cronenberg's Wife are wicked' (Lias Saoudi, Fat White Family)01 - Suli's House 02 - No Way Out.03 - I Don't Know Anymore 04 - Nazarbayev Applause Laughing 05 - Delete All Now 06 - Put My Name Beneath Jane's 07 - You Can't Donate a Heart (And Live to Tell the Tale) 08 - Hannity Comes Home 09 - The Russian Death Song 10 - No Man's Land Album Tracks 1. Suli's House 2. No Way Out 3. I Don't Know Anymore 4. Nazarbayev Applause Laughing 5. Delete All Now 6. Put My Name Beneath Jane's 7. You Can't Donate a Heart (And Live to Tell the Tale) 8. Hannity Comes Home 9. The Russian Death Song 10. No Man's Land