FROBISHER NECK,OWSLEY,OHM 'DON'T ADJUST..' 7"EP Fruits De Mer#22 PSYCH LTD:400

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Holy mother of pearl!...what do we have here?! Only 6 crazed psychedelic covers of some boss 60's (and early 70's ) TV themes...by some ace new psych bands! The reputable Terrascope gave it this review:

On 'Do Not Adjust Your Set', six classic childrens TV themes (three from BBC, three from ITV) are covered by six reasonably obscure psych bands, the result being a fine collection which will make listeners of a certain age, smile with nostalgic joy.

Making the theme from 'Robinson Crusoe' sound like an early electronic piece, Frobisher Neck do a fine job, their musings followed by a Psych-Pop rendition of 'White Horses', (were those really the lyrics?), as Saturn's Ambush make the world a better place. To round off the BBC side, Rob Clarke and the Wooltones turn the 'Sky at Night' theme into a guitar anthem, rather like Hendrix did with 'The Star Spangled Banner', great stuff indeed.

Over on the ITV side, the 'Ace of Wands' is also given the Psych-Pop treatment as Owlsey and the Pussycat (love that name) turn on their musical charms and backwards guitars, the lyrics ripe for such a lysergic sheen, before The Ohm keep it garage and heavy on 'Captain Scarlet', sounding like an obscure seventies heavy rock band. To finish the theme from 'Fireball XL5' is tackled by Elks Skiffle Group, their version similar to the original, but glazed with a Joe Meek feel, giving it a slightly unhinged air, rounding off the disc perfectly.

ARTIST:    various artists 
TITLE:          "DO NO ADJUST YOUR SET" - (FRUITS DE MER - VOL. 22)      

TRACKS:   1. "ACE OF WANDS" (by OWSLEY And The PUSSCAT)...have a listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRwG6rjhjlQ

2. "CAPTAIN SCARLET" (by The OHM)...have a listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE32zyM52SE

3. "FIREBALL XL5" (by ELKS SKIFFLE GROUP)...have  alisten here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nubnMTMuUSo

4. "ROBINSON CRUSOE" (by FROBISHER NECK)...have a listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m87UTDZb4hg

5. "WHITE HORSES" (by SATURN'S AMBUSH)...have a listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7TE3S5ceg

6. "THE SKY AT NIGHT" (by ROB CLARKE & The WOOLTONES)...have a listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU87OhnaikU

FORMAT:              ...vinyl 7” EP…
LABEL:              Fruits De Mer
CATALOGUE #:   CRUSTACEAN-22
PRESSED IN:       UK
RELEASE DATE: DEC. 2011

CONDITION: (cover/record):  (MINT / MINT) 

...BRAND NEW - NEVER PLAYED...

...ONLY 400 PRESSED (IN TOTAL)...ON PURPLE VINYL...and already out-of-print... and here's another, even finer review:

This latest release from the splendid Fruits de Mer record label is a six track EP that is a kitsch retro fest. Six theme tunes, three each from the halcyon days of the BBC and ITV when summer holidays meant badly dubbed and almost impossible to follow TV shows from the colonies, and SUPERMARIONATION meant cool puppets on (nearly invisible) strings.

I feel slightly hard done by that I’ve got to write this review from a CDR copy of the EP when I really want a lovely super limited (only 400 copies) coloured vinyl EP in my hands. Fruits de Mer is a vinyl digger’s wet dream. Independent, DIY and committed to digging up the obscure, the cool, the kitsch and the downright weird from old library tunes, psychedelia, folk and TV themes.

Anyway, to start with, I don’t know anything about any of the artists covering the theme tunes on here so I’ll just jump straight into the tunes.

First up on the BBC side of the EP is ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Frobisher Neck, which is the theme tune to a seemingly never ending black & white show about Dumas’ famous castaway. It’s quite a dreamy pastoral start played at a ponderous pace until about three quarters of the way through when the keyboard player calls in at Owsley’s lab, drops a tab and it goes all Magma/Van Der Graaf Generator.

Next is ‘White Horses’, which is turned on its head as the original female vocal is replaced by someone who sounds like Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy – on Quaaludes of course.

The final track from the BBC side is the theme to Patrick Moore’s Sky At Night by Rob Clarke and the Wooltones. It’s under a minute of psyche guitar that Nick Saloman (he of the Bevis Frond) would be proud of.

Side two is the ITV side and opens with ‘Ace of Wands’, which I’ve never heard of, but apparently was a Thames TV produced children’s fantasy show about a couple of telepathic siblings and a magician with supernatural powers – no, I’m not making this up. Anyway the original theme tune was written by Andy Bown, who is now guitarist and keyboard player with Status Quo (I’m not making that up either)!! It’s a slice of acid folk psychedelia complete with a backward masked fade out.

My favourite track on the EP is next and it’s ‘Captain Scarlet’ by The Ohm. The track gets the full psychedelic guitar treatment and fairly stomps along. I’d buy this EP for this tune alone.

Finally, more Gerry Anderson puppetry in the form of Fireball XL5 by the Elks Skiffle Group reminds me of Telstar by the Tornadoes – beloved of ice rink and roller disco going teens all over the country in the 60’s.

Anyway, there you go. If you like scratching through boxes of records in second hand shops and vinyl emporiums, or kitsch TV tunes from obscure long gone broadcast pioneers then jump onto Fruits de Mer’s nostalgia trip.

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