THE TREES CHRIST TREE LP PRIVATE PSYCH FOLK VERY RARE

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200

HERE IS A VERY RARE ORIGINAL LP FOUND ON A VERY RARE DAY. THE LP PLAYS LIKE A CREW OF JESUSLY ACID FREAKS GRABBED DAMN NEAR EVERY INSTRUMENT UNDER GOD'S SUN AND TRULY FELT THE SPIRIT.  THE RECORD IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH VERY SLIGHT RINGWEAR ON THE FRONT SLEEVE AND LITTLE EDGEWEAR ALONG THE OUTSIDES. HOWEVER NO SPLITS AND NO COFFEE STAINS.  THE VINYL ITSELF IS IN EVEN BETTER SHAPE. APPEARS TO HAVE ONLY BEEN PLAYED A HANDFULL OF TIMES. CLICK THIS LINK FOR A FEW PHOTOS http://www.semioticsmusic.com/trees.htm

I SAW ONE OF THESE GO UP ON EBAY A FEW YEARS AGO BUT THAT COULD MEAN ONE OF TWO THINGS...EITHER MANIA PURSUED AND THEY HAVE ALL BEEN EATEN UP, OR THEY ARE MISSING IN ACTION AND NO ONE CAN PART WITH THEIR COPY. A PRIVATE PRESS OF ONLY A FEW HUNDRED LEFT ONLY A LITTLE INFORMATION BEHIND. BUT I DID FIND THE STORY SO HERE IT IS :

A rare Christian folk psych album. These Trees consisted of group of men and women dressed in robes, singing and playing an assortment of sitars, zither, dulcimer, flutes, guitar, gong, tamboura... Housed in a black sleeve with pictures on the back, the album contains two long cuts on Side One and seven on Side Two. A few hundred copies were pressed.

Katheryn Krupa (nee Ruetenik) recalls:- "We lived on a bus (several actually) and toured around the US and Canada in the seventies. The group began in New York City, changed, grew, lost and gained members - then was based at the Cathedral of St. John The Divine in NY. (Dean Morton may recall us or may not these days). Two members of the group Shipen and Ariel are now dead, but the rest of us are still around and spread around the country. I went on to be in an art rock band playing pedal harp called Art in America (CBS/Pavillion records 1981/2?). I also have another tape of older music, in the same genre (folk with many bizarre instruments from around the world) which was recorded before The Christ Tree, although the recording quality isn't as good."

David Lynch:- "We were more than just a 'music group' as such. Our lives intertwined around a five-year journey or 'pilgrimage' in our various bus homes, setting up 'camp' in diverse locations around North America, being a resident "society" or community in New Mexico and New York City, where we attempted to explore the concepts of monasticism and spirituality; Christ centered in attitude and immersing ourselves in the deep wisdom of the worlds cultures and spiritual practices. From this journey and its meaning evolved our musical compositions. Whether from sources of Gregorian plainchant or hypnotic Balanesian rhythms, our musical sessions struggled with the psalms and melodies of antiquity and the challenges of our instruments and lifestyle, working with a constantly evolving ensemble to allow the Music of the Tree to take root and its branches to ring with songs and sounds. I now live in Cincinnati Ohio (USA) with my wife and we are involved in composition and playing. In fact from Shipen's example perhaps, I have been playing sitar for several years along with my collection of wind instruments and both playing and composing with my wife Shari who is a violinist and plays keyboards and percussion, under the name Luminaria."

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