On the Shore

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On the Shore
On the shore (Trees album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1971
RecordedOctober 1970
StudioSound Techniques,Chelsea, London
Genre Folk rock, progressive folk, psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk
Length49:11
Label CBS
Producer Tony Cox
Trees chronology
The Garden of Jane Delawney
(1970)
On the Shore
(1971)

On the Shore is the second, and final, album by British folk rock band Trees. It was recorded in October 1970, and released in January 1971 on CBS Records (64168). It was later released on CD by the BGO label.

Contents

Sleeve design by Hipgnosis. The cover photographs were taken at The Hill Garden, part of Inverforth House, Hampstead Heath in North West London, designed by landscape architect Thomas Mawson. The model in the photo was Katie Meehan, daughter of Tony Meehan from The Shadows.

Track listing

  1. "Soldiers Three" (Traditional) – 1:51
  2. "Murdoch" (Bias Boshell) – 5:10
  3. "Streets of Derry" (Traditional) – 7:32
  4. "Sally Free and Easy" (Cyril Tawney) – 10:11
  5. "Fool" (Boshell, David Costa) – 5:21
  6. "Adam's Toon" (A. Della Halle) – 1:10
  7. "Geordie" (Traditional) – 5:06
  8. "While the Iron is Hot" (Boshell) – 3:21
  9. "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 3:11
  10. "Polly on the Shore" (Traditional) – 6:08

2007 SONY/BMG release "disc 2"

  1. "Soldiers Three" (remix)
  2. "Murdoch" (remix)
  3. "Streets of Derry" (remix)
  4. "Fool" (remix)
  5. "Geordie" (remix)
  6. "Little Sadie" (remix)
  7. "Polly on the Shore" (remix)
  8. "Forest Fire" (1971 BBC session)
  9. "Little Black Cloud" (1970 demo)

Musicians and Production

Trees
Technical

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