Folklore Tapes Calendar Customs Box-Set

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Album Info

Release Date: 2017

Label: Folklore Tapes

• four twelve-inch vinyl records containing thirty-eight tracks 
• includes the releases Merry May, Crown of Light (Midsummer Traditions and Folklore), Fore Hallowe’en, Midwinter Rites and Revelries 
• researched and executed by fifteen artists over a two year period (2014–2016) 
• forty-page booklet comprising illustrations, research notes and an in-depth calendar customs essay by Jez Winship 
• also includes a set of four postcards featuring original artwork by David Chatton Barker, a unique photogram print and download code 
• held by a hand-numbered and stamped litho-print box 
• limited edition of 250

Please note: There are several discrepancies between the listing of disc order and track titles in the book versus on the labels. The listing above reflects the text on the labels.
Per book:
Disc order: Merry May, Crown Of Light, Fore Hallowe'en, Mid Winter Rites & Revelries.
Track C1: Summer Is Icumen In (Reprise) I. Midnight II. Daybreak III. Ritual
Track C2: Beltane, Isle Of Mull: Need-Fire Milking Cows Through A Cake
Track C3: The Minehead Hobby Horse: An Awakening - Becoming Horse/Boat/Myth - Horseplay
Track C4: Going A Maying
Track D2: Wish Before Sunrise (May Dew)
Track D3: Hawthorn
Track G4: The Day The Sun Stands Still
Track H2: Whitsun And Wakes
Track H6: Midsummer Ley Line Hotline

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