We are a British Archive Record Label specialising in Unreleased and Privately Released Rock, Folk and Experimental music from the Underground Era of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Every stage of the production of these records takes place in the UK. All vinyl releases are limited to 157 or 227 copies. Order directly from our Shop or from Discogs. Discounts for Multiple Orders and Limited Wholesale Enquiries welcomed.

COMING SOON
BCLP O10 The Ultra Smooth Swagger Band-Ote Sho'Digs (Available 3rd February 2025)
Turn Me On Dead Man: https://youtu.be/diZqLeL2WIc
BCLP 013 Elandill (Available 3rd February 2025)

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BCLP 011 Gomrath

A genuine lost gem of late psychedelia/very early progressive which has lain slumbering on a couple of ancient reel to reel tapes and a single 7” Acetate in an attic since 1971. Lead track Spare Time is a sublime, insouciant garage psych classic at the Open Mind/ Magic Potion level, with DR Hooker vibes on the vocals: from there the album goes on a trippy sonic voyage of light and shade, never losing an innate sense of melody, dreamy vocals, garage organ, lots and lots of distorted, unhinged guitar and featuring a blowtorch live cover of Better By You Better Than Me. No moment wasted here and the last track a magical surprise! 227 released copies in Fully Laminated Sleeve that features the original artwork for The Moon of Gomrath, painted in 1963. Printed Inner and Insert.

LISTEN:

Spare Time
https://youtu.be/KLMKBeOJrgk

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BCLP008 NTP/Upstaged
Mastered from the original 1972 LP, of which less than ten copies were originally pressed. NTP had previously cut a delicate self-titled LP in 1969, but this release saw them make a quantum leap into the underground, with deceptively simple, melodic druggy ballads rubbing shoulders with distorted guitars on basement downer work-outs. Steadily building in intensity over two sides the material strikes an incredible balance between woozy weirdness, rock-outs replete with acerbic Lennon-esque put-downs, and baroque navel-gazing. The sound of rainy afternoons in a London squat, old copies of OZ on a white table, joss-sticks burning, gooseberry wine and Moroccan hash.

LISTEN:

Introduction: https://youtu.be/GUaa0eBDH-Y
I Want to Get High: https://youtu.be/SL5-n1asHkM
Intellectual Exercise: https://youtu.be/rIVzm4NTNw8
Fully Laminated Sleeve, Printed Inner with Lyrics and repro original labels and Insert with Interview with Robert Hickson
LIMITED EDITION LP: 227 

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BCLP007 Northwind/Peaceful.
Unreleased 1970/73 material from brilliant Scottish prog-psych band. Their 1970 EMI LP Sister, Brother, Lover is, rightly, a major collectible, with its mix of elegantly played and endlessly melodic tracks. A perfect companion piece, Peaceful, collates top-quality unused material from two 1970 Apple acetates with tracks rescued from 1973 studio tapes. The result is a careful balance of driving but controlled progressive rock and spectral ballads enhanced by some truly majestic guitar work, great vocals and superb production. Morning maniac music: make some coffee, roll a joint, pull on your red loons and head into town.

LISTEN:

Worlds Apart: https://youtu.be/WdrT-YAk_4Y
The Candle Tree: https://youtu.be/A0t2MwEltlU
Fully Laminated Sleeve, Printed Inner with Lyrics and repro Acetate labels and Insert with Interview with Brian Young
LIMITED EDITION LP: 227
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BCLP006 Tim Phillips/Giant Tortoise.

Second of the four Alice Island Band projects, from early 1968, originally only 20 copies made. A beautiful, whimsical, delicate, charming, sometimes childlike, self-composed collection of songs; echoes of Donovan’s Songs for Little Ones, a whiff of mid period Kinks, vapour trails from the Incredible String Band and faint resonances of the more naïve end of early Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd. A genuine, utterly lost, hippy period piece stripped down and authentic, deceptively innocent with a constant Acidic undercurrent of the pervasive sadness marking the end of the “Summer of Love”. The Alice Island Band body of work is directly comparable in date, ethos, rarity, quality and overall vibe to Howell/Ferdinando: Agincourt/Ithaca, love those you’ll love these.

https://youtu.be/GxD2Nsa9AHs
Mephistopheles
https://youtu.be/xO9yQlJxIDg
Giant Tortoise
https://youtu.be/ldNC0IHOGoY
3 O’Clock in the morning

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TIM AND BLUE ANGEL STUDIOS PLUS A WONDERFUL CD go to :  blueangelmusic.co.uk

Fully laminated replica sleeve, NO BARCODE, features inner with full lyrics and insert with memories from the Band, designed by the immortal Bobby Blisters. Mastered by Reynolds Mastering, the kings of reconstruction and pressed on the old EMI Presses by Vinyl Factory for maximum quality. As always pressing run limited to 227. Fully authorised exclusive release.

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BCLP005 Raven/Traitors Gate.

Unreleased 1973 LP of classic, inventive early 70s rock, a schizophrenic but coherent blend of hard rockers with stunning guitar, and delicate acoustic ballads with flutes and spectral female backing vocals. All self-composed, a treat for lovers of the Dandelion Label, obscure Decca, Harvest and Deram albums, Mandrax, Youngs Bitter and clapped out Mini-Coopers. Unhealthy, Unwise, Sacred and Profane.

https://youtu.be/Ka9gTKKzBGo
After the Inquest
https://youtu.be/RpzOLItdFz4
Guerrilla lady
https://youtu.be/81bbJ4URefI
Song for Acquaintance

Fully laminated sleeve, NO BARCODE, features inner with full lyrics and insert with memories from the Band, designed by the immortal Bobby Blisters. Mastered by Reynolds Mastering, the kings of reconstruction and pressed on the old EMI Presses by Vinyl Factory for maximum quality. As always pressing run limited to 227. Fully authorised exclusive release.

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BCLP004 Robert Naylor & Friends/Skates

Previously completely unknown second, unreleased, LP by pastoral English songsmith. Recorded in 1973 at the University of Surrey Music Department where Robert was a Guitar Degree Student. A kaleidoscope of beautifully sung, intense, impressionistic, self-composed songs. Some simply backed by his stunning guitar work, others with full chamber folk-rock backing. Heavily symbolic lyrics and deceptively sweet music, much of the imagery seems to anticipate his tragic early death, in his sleep, aged 19, just weeks before he graduated. Obvious comparisons can be made to Nick Drake and even Tim Buckley, but perhaps more sharply to early Al Stewart and with a strong resonance of Village Thing artists, especially Dave Evans two classic LPs. Timeless, sharp, wistful and eccentric. A miracle this has survived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhD9OOIZSKY for "Traitors Gate"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcm8UlNDHQk for the beautiful "Waterfalls"

Fully laminated sleeve, NO BARCODE, features inner with full lyrics and insert with memories from his Brother, designed by the immortal Bobby Blisters. Mastered by Reynolds Mastering, the kings of reconstruction and pressed on the old EMI Presses by Vinyl Factory for maximum quality. As always pressing run limited to 227. Fully authorised exclusive release.

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BCLP003 Terraplane-One
 A genuine Underground, West Coast inflected, progressive, psychedelic blues band from Sussex present a beautifully curated and recorded set kicking off with Quicksilvers Pride of Man and taking in Donovan (stunning version of Hampstead Heath Incident), Dylan and John Mayall as well as obscure blues and folk tracks (a wonderful Portland Town) and two great originals. Superb guitar throughout. Fans of early Quicksilver, 1st LP Savoy Brown, Mighty Baby and all that 69/70 hippy stuff need go no further. Originally a precious 99 copy only private release on the legendary Saturn label, only a handful have ever escaped into the wild.

https://youtu.be/znf1S6L6ubs  for "Baby let me follow you down"

https://youtu.be/x0sBXYRxFWg for "Pretty Woman"

Fully laminated sleeve, NO BARCODE, features inner with full history and background done by the Band with lyrics and replica original labels, designed by the immortal Bobby Blisters. Mastered by Reynolds Mastering, the kings of reconstruction and pressed on the old EMI Presses by Vinyl Factory for maximum quality. As always pressing run limited to 227. Fully authorised exclusive release.

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BCLP 012 Filigree
First in our Specialist Series of 157 released copies aimed at connoisseurs of the Esoteric. A feast for Femvox Folk-Rock lovers, salvaged from the only surviving 1973 IBC LP Acetate. A clutch of beautifully curated Gothic Trad Arr., a superb electric rendition of Meet on the Ledge, a couple of carefully selected, wistful Coffee-House covers and three self-composed numbers (of which The Snow Maiden is a stone-cold classic of spooky, witchy folk) make up a beautifully balanced and immensely listenable album. The Stars are the two Female vocalists, both sing solo with astonishing range and purity and together are a heavenly choir. To give context, Filigree helped out on Sweet Williams Ghost and Sunday Afternoons amongst other sessions. Evocative original Gig Flyer Artwork is used on the Fully Laminated Sleeve, two inserts.
LISTEN:
Snow Maiden
https://youtu.be/5N7VTpG4VCg
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BCLP002 Music Box: Fun Palace.

Deeply mysterious sound collage of drifting, trippy acoustic instrumentals, heart-breaking hippy songs, west-coast inflected folk-rock, stoned mutterings, Bonzo Dog-like parodies and experimental psychedelia. A satisfying and cohesive Underground, Acid Folk monument. A member and four copies briefly surfaced 5 years ago when a now defunct record dealer offered one on ebay. He confirmed around 20 copies were made, less than ten with sleeves, in 1969, in Bristol. Reference points include: Incredible String Band, John Martyn, Bonzo Dog Band, early Krautrock, Freud, Bert Jansch, Synanthesia, Orange Sunshine, Brown Rice.

Fully laminated sleeve, NO BARCODE, features inner with lyrics and replica original labels, designed by the immortal Bobby Blisters. Mastered by Reynolds Mastering, the kings of reconstruction and pressed on the old EMI Presses by Vinyl Factory for maximum quality. As always pressing run limited to 227.

AVAILABLE: SOLD OUT

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
The musicians who created this record are, sadly, anonymous. Extensive research has failed to throw up any clues as to who they are/were. If you were involved in the making of this music or know anything about it, please contact us. NB Bright Carvings pays sums equivalent to artist royalties to music charities, annually in arrears, if no-one comes forward.


BCLP001 Monk-Through an Electric Glass Darkly
Lovingly restored from the only known copy: a battered Acetate found by accident 15 years ago inside an MOR LP sleeve in a junk shop. Top tier Underground music from c 1970, sitting on the cusp of psychedelic into progressive rock, a heady mix of great songs, stinging, jamming guitar and psychedelic effects. Trippy lyrics peak on the apocalyptic title track. Lovers of 1st LP Hawkwind, Skin Alley, Steamhammer, mid-period Floyd, Deviants, Pink Fairies, Patchouli Oil, Red Lebanese, damp Afghan coats and Parachute-era Pretty Things will find relief here.

Fully laminated sleeve, NO BARCODE, features inner with full lyrics and replica Acetate labels, designed by the immortal Bobby Blisters. Mastered by Reynolds Mastering, the kings of reconstruction and pressed on the old EMI Presses by Vinyl Factory for maximum quality. As always pressing run limited to 227.

AVAILABLE : SOLD OUT

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
The musicians who created this record are, sadly, anonymous. Extensive research has failed to throw up any clues as to who they are/were. If you were involved in the making of this music or know anything about it, please contact us. NB Bright Carvings pays sums equivalent to artist royalties to music charities, annually in arrears, if no-one comes forward.


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