A mere 36 years after the Spott Farm saga ran its course the band has gained a new presence with this long-overdue record. First released on CBC radio 3, Canada's web radio site, the 13 tracks comprising this retrospective collection have now been added to the recordingsunlimited.com site, owned and operated by former Spott Farm drummer, Jerome Jarvis.
The tracks were taken from the band's archives, recorded live and live in the studio, and include songs written by J.R.Hutt, Nicholas Paterson, Bob Mahood, Jerome Jarvis, Richard Knechtel and Perth County Conspiracy (does not exist).
It may seem odd that such a record should come into being at this time; with no reunions planned and no obvious reason to resurrect a long-gone musical act. But the friends and fans of the band are creatures of abiding memory; and some of them had preserved, sought out and shared a few unofficial recordings on cassettes and mp3s which had become the only representation of the music available. Quality was poor and lacking fidelity, but these songs remained favourites of the folks who kept the spark of those days alive, reminders of a more innocent and idealistic time.
It took about 6 months of tinkering with the original sound files (not a full time job) before the sound quality achieved a listenable and presentable standard. The old versions of these tunes, including Spott Farm's only actual release "the Christmas Record" (RR#01-45rpm) were then posted to the cbc3 site in time for Christmas 2010 and many have since enjoyed hearing the old chestnuts (300 plays by mid-Feb '11) Spott Farm on CBC3 (these recordings have been reduxed and reissued for download from thedropbox link below)
Since cbc3 is for streaming audio only; and their official policy excludes "cover" material I have reworked the original live recordings and made the entire record available as mp3s for download for FREE from dropbox
download album "Once Upon A Farm" 14 trax
(you can check out other recordings and even make a donation if yoiu like on my website ->
http://recordingsunlimited.com
- With both sides of the 45 included, remastered and joined into one 7 minute track,"the Christmas Medley"
Whether you were around in the 70's, if you saw this band performing then or not; even if you never heard of Spott Farm I hope this offering brings you some joy and a pleasant taste of how music used to be.
Love and Bests to all
Jerome
The tracks were taken from the band's archives, recorded live and live in the studio, and include songs written by J.R.Hutt, Nicholas Paterson, Bob Mahood, Jerome Jarvis, Richard Knechtel and Perth County Conspiracy (does not exist).
It may seem odd that such a record should come into being at this time; with no reunions planned and no obvious reason to resurrect a long-gone musical act. But the friends and fans of the band are creatures of abiding memory; and some of them had preserved, sought out and shared a few unofficial recordings on cassettes and mp3s which had become the only representation of the music available. Quality was poor and lacking fidelity, but these songs remained favourites of the folks who kept the spark of those days alive, reminders of a more innocent and idealistic time.
It took about 6 months of tinkering with the original sound files (not a full time job) before the sound quality achieved a listenable and presentable standard. The old versions of these tunes, including Spott Farm's only actual release "the Christmas Record" (RR#01-45rpm) were then posted to the cbc3 site in time for Christmas 2010 and many have since enjoyed hearing the old chestnuts (300 plays by mid-Feb '11) Spott Farm on CBC3 (these recordings have been reduxed and reissued for download from thedropbox link below)
Since cbc3 is for streaming audio only; and their official policy excludes "cover" material I have reworked the original live recordings and made the entire record available as mp3s for download for FREE from dropbox
download album "Once Upon A Farm" 14 trax
(you can check out other recordings and even make a donation if yoiu like on my website ->
http://recordingsunlimited.com
- With both sides of the 45 included, remastered and joined into one 7 minute track,"the Christmas Medley"
Whether you were around in the 70's, if you saw this band performing then or not; even if you never heard of Spott Farm I hope this offering brings you some joy and a pleasant taste of how music used to be.
Love and Bests to all
Jerome
