{"product_id":"the-eighteenth-day-of-may_the-eighteenth-day-of-maybi-coloured-lime-sherbet-vinyl_2026_dif","title":"The Eighteenth Day of May\/Bi-Coloured Lime Sherbet Vinyl","description":"Released on Joe Boyd's Hannibal label, this album revealed a group drawing its roots from the world of Thompson\/Swarbrick Fairport, but also from that of the Velvet Underground and the Byrds. The Eighteenth Day Of May evoked a legendary era, and the group itself is now a legend, and rightly so. - KLOF MagFormed in London in 2003, the original trio consisted of Allison Brice (vocals, flute), Richard Olson (acoustic guitar) and Ben Phillipson (guitar, mandolin). The following year, the lineup expanded with the arrival of the rhythm section composed of Mark Nicholas (bass) and Karl Sabino (drums, autoharp), followed by Alison Cotton (viola). In the mid-2000s, the British independent music scene was reluctant to welcome a folk band with sunny sounds, but their sole album gradually won the hearts of folk enthusiasts worldwide. Twenty years after its release, this album is now rightly considered a precursor for the myriad of alternative\/psychedelic folk groups that emerged thereafter.Andy Childs, who originally signed the band, tells the story. I discovered their music on a CD given away with the late magazine Comes With A Smile, and to my knowledge, no one else was making music like that, and certainly not with such flair and confidence. To my jaded ears, everything sounded so free: strange old folk tunes, Americana, original psychedelic folk, minimalist drones. Superb melodies, and all six had a beautiful voice! A joyful and unrestrained sound, capable of evoking the Byrds in an instant, then the spirit of the Velvet Underground. They even covered a Spacemen 3 track. I loved their audacity in tackling traditional folk songs like Lady Margaret and Flowers In The Forest, without fear of imprinting their own identity on them. Signing them to Hannibal Records was a no-brainer. The album sounds surprisingly fresh and timeless, even better than when eclecticism might have been out of fashion; its subtleties are all the more evident. \"Their rendition of Lady Margaret culminates in a dizzying crescendo that challenges anyone claiming Shirley Collins, Buffy Sainte-Marie or Trees recorded the definitive version, and the hallucinatory The Waterman's Song To His Daughter lifts an already brilliant album to a supernatural level.\"- IT'S PSYCHEDELIC, BABY Magazine","brand":"The Eighteenth Day of May","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57010421170520,"sku":null,"price":20260619.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/5051142053534.jpg?v=1775764508","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/the-eighteenth-day-of-may_the-eighteenth-day-of-maybi-coloured-lime-sherbet-vinyl_2026_dif","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}