Trees first album, The Garden of Jane Delawney
(1970) snuggles nicely into contemporary nu-folkies’ idea of the genre, and shares some of the pastoral-whimsy that characterised The Incredible String Band or Donovan, offset by some stunning interpretations of traditional material and Bias’ own songs. The record includes readings of Lady Margaret, Glasgerion
, the old standard She Moved Thro’ The Fair
, and the extended fade of the group’s own Road
, presage the explosive instrumental dueling that would come to characterise the follow up album, On The Shore.
