mountain ash band

• Re-issue of the classic 1976 folk-rock album
• Includes the previously unreleased track ‘English Birds’
• Professionally remastered
• Background liners and rare images

Emanating from the curious urban landscape of the West Midlands in the early 1970s, the Mountain Ash band emerged in the midst of a sustained interest in folk music. Cambridge-born writer Colin Cripps led the band up to the beautiful moors of Ilkley in Yorkshire, providing an idyllic backdrop for their concept album The Hermit in 1975. Cripps’ network of friends from the Coventry arts scene would prove vital in bringing the album to fruition, but wouldn’t be able to envisage its continuing influence and its hefty price tag decades later. Hiatus proudly presents their 1976 classic album with previously unreleased material, restorative audio remastering, interviews, background liners and rare archival memorabilia.

Track Listing:

• The Birth Part 1
• The Birth Part 2
• Journeys Part 1
• Journeys Part 2
• Stone On Stone Part 1
• Stone On Stone Part 2
• A Long Winter Part 1
• A Long Winter Part 2
• Who Knows Part 1
• Who Knows Part 2
• I'll Sing For My Supper Part 1
• I'll Sing For My Supper Part 2
• The Outcast
• Rebirth
• Leading Lady, November
• The Patient's Song
Bonus Track;
• English Birds (previously unreleased)