SPECIAL RELEASE / ALBYM ARBENNIG IAWN
ARTIST - GERAINT JARMAN A'R CYNGANEDDWYR
TEITL - Yn Fyw / Live 1977 - 1981 Cyfrol Un / Volume One
( ANKST 105)
REL.DATE - Ar gael nawr / Available through WWW.ANKST.NET
ankstmusik are proud to announce the appearance of a very special collection of live recordings from the artist and band that kickstarted the modern age in Welsh popular culture - Geraint Jarman a'r Cynganeddwyr ('Geraint Jarman and the Poets'). This collection was initially produced and offered for sale at Geraint Jarman's triumphant headlining performance at this year's Bryn Terfel Music Festival in front of 5,000 welsh rock fans held at the Vaynol Estate on Saturday the 24th of August. The intial pressing quickly sold out and ankstmusik have in response decided to give the collection an official ankstmusik release and to offer it for sale through the ankst shop (www.ankst.net) and selected outlets.
Geraint Jarman was the first Welsh language pop star and this collection highlights the golden years between 1977 and 1981 when his band were undoubtedly the biggest recording artists and live draw in Wales. (Previously Geraint had been recognised as a songwriter noted for writing for some of the biggest names in Wales - Meic Stevens and Heather Jones as well as producing modern poetry collections in Welsh and English.)
During this period 'The Poets' released a succession of fantastic albums (Tacsi i'r Tywyllwch (77), Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (78), Gwesty Cymru (79), Fflamau'r Ddraig (80), Diwrnod I'r Brenin ( 81) ) that brought a new kind of pop sensibility and urban attitude to the scene in Wales, combining new wave, punk, rock, reggae, dub and even country styles.
This CD release collects together live versions of thirteen classic Geraint Jarman songs that highlights the fantastic playing of the musicians and the sometimes hysterical energy that was conjured up between performer and audience.
(Many of Geraint's band members graduated to playing for a variety of musical legends including Van Morrison, John Martyn, Sly and Robbie and even The Who ! .... )
Some of the versions on this CD surpass the more familiar recorded versions in terms of emotional and musical power. The tracks were hand picked by Geraint himself from the band's sound archive and are presented here for the first time with a wealth of previously unseen photographs from the period.
If you want to know when, why and how modern Welsh culture started, then some answers can be found on this incredibly enjoyable collection of historically precious recordings .
Tracklisting:
1. BOURGEOIS ROC / bourgeoise rock (1979)
2. TACSI I'R TYWYLLWCH / taxi into darkness (1977)
3. AMBIWLANS / ambulance (1978)
4. DYDDIAU CAETHIWED / days of imprisonment (1978)
5.PAN DDAW'R DYDD / when the day comes (1977)
6.GWESTY CYMRU / hotel wales (1980)
7.NEB YN DEILWNG / no worthy winner (1980)
8.RHESWM I FYW / a reason to live (1981)
9.RHYWBETH BACH / something small (1981)
10.CROGI LLYGODEN / strangling rats (1981)
11.CWN HELA / hunting dogs (1980)
12.FFLAMAU'R DDRAIG / dragon's flames (1980)
13. O LISA / o lisa (1980)
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'SOUNDS OF NANT Y BENGLOG'
ANKST 103 ( FEINYL YN UNIG / VINYL ONLY) 500 copi wedi rhifo / numbered 500 copies
AR GAEL / REL. DATE - AWST / AUGUST 2002
ANKSTMUSIK ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION 12" VINYL ISSUE OF THE NEW JOHN LAWRENCE / INFINITY CHIMPS SOLO ALBUM. 'SOUNDS OF NANT Y BENGLOG' IS JOHN LAWRENCE'S SECOND SOLO COLLECTION TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE NAME INFINITY CHIMPS.
THE ALBUM CONTAINS EIGHT BRAND NEW COMPOSITIONS AND IS SPLIT MUSICALLY INTO TWO SEPARATE BUT COMPLEMENTARY HALVES. SIDE ONE IS REMINISCENT OF THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYING JOHN CONTRIBUTED TO EARLY CLASSIC ALBUMS RELEASED BY HIS FORMER BAND GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI WHILST SIDE TWO IS AN ELECTRONIC JOURNEY THAT TAKES US DEEP INTO THE HEART OF NANT Y BENGLOG.
JOHN HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED MUSICIANS IN WALES AND THIS ALBUM SHOWCASES HIS TALENTS BEAUTIFULLY. 'SOUNDS OF NANT Y BENGLOG' SEES JOHN PLAYING ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AND IN CHARGE OF THE RECORDING AND PRODUCTION.
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SIDE TWO - 1.VICKY 2.TRYFAN 3.DRWS-Y- COED.
BRAINT GAN ANKSTMUSIK YW CYHOEDDI YMDDANGOSIAD CASGLIAD NEWYDD GAN JOHN LAWRENCE ( GYNT O GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI ). MI FYDD 'SOUNDS OF NANT Y BENGLOG' AR GAEL DRWY ANKSTMUSIK AR RECORD 12" YN UNIG. MA'R FFORMAT YMA'N ADLEWYRCHU NATUR DEUOL YR ALBYM. MAE OCHR UN YN CYNNWYS TRACIAU ACWSTIC HAMDDENOL TRA FOD OCHR DAU YN SIWRNE ELECTRONIG SY'N MYND A'R GWRANDAWR I GANOL DIRGELWCH NANT Y BENGLOG. MA TALENT CERDOOROL JOHN YN AMLWG AR Y CASGLIAD YMA. MAE JOHN YN CHWARA'R OFFERYNNAU I GYD YN OGYSTAL A CYMRYD CYFIFOLDEB YN UNIGOL DROS Y CYFANSODDI, CYNHYRCHU A'R RECORDIO.
RECORD UNIGRYW GAN ARTIST UNIGRYW.
DIM OND NIFER CYFYNGIEDIG AR GAEL - 500 COPI AR RECORD FEINYL 12".
OCHR UN - 1. UNIVERSE 2. 97 DAYS 3.PEN LLITHRIG Y WRACH 4.YOU ARE THE CRIMINALS NOT US 5.BONGOFURY
OCHR DAU - 1.VICKY 2.TRYFAN 3.DRWS-Y- COED.
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