FEBRUARY 2023 ****OUT NOW*** – THE BEAUTIFUL ALBUM BY RUTH ANGELL

LISTEN TO OUR LATEST TRUNK CALL – NUMBER 14 ABOVE FOR SAMPLES OF ALL THE NEW RELEASES. PLUS FOLK CHART NEWS BELOW……

WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF TALKING ELEPHANT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID CARROLL & FRIENDS FOR GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE FOLK CHARTS TOP 40 AT NUMBER 29.  A WONDERFUL ALBUM BY DAVID AND HIS FRIENDS, HALF OF GRYPHON AND HALF OF FAIRPORT. WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED BY THIS ONE WHICH AS FAR AS WE KNOW IF THE FIRST COLLABORATION OF THESE TWO FANTASTIC BANDS. YOU CAN HEAR A LITTLE SNIPPET ON THEIR PAGE. THE ALBUM IS  IN STOCK AND AVAILABLE.

AVAILABLE NOW IS THE WONDERFUL ALBUM FROM RUTH ANGELL AND HER FORTHCOMING SOLO ALBUM ‘HYLWING’. A STUNNING VIDEO OF THE OPENING SONG IS AVAILABLE TO SEE ON HER ORDER PAGE.

ALSO, JUST ARRIVED AT ELEPHANT TOWERS IS A RARE ALBUM FROM THE EARLY 70s, HANNIBAL BY HANNIBAL, A REAL JAZZ-PROG-ROCK ALBUM AND WERE FORMED BY MEMBERS OF BAKERLOO BACK IN THE DAY.

WE ARE ALSO ENCHANTED BY THE WONDERUL AUDIO/MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE PEAK DISTRICT WITH MARK GWYNNE JONES.

ON THE ROCK SIDE  WE HAVE AN IAN GILLAN PRODUCED CLASSIC OF A VERY BADLY BOOTLEGGED ALBUM BY JERUSALEM. TALKING ELEPHANT ARE PLEASED TO FINALLY MAKE IT LEGAL AND SOUNDING MUCH MUCH BETTER. 

AND THIS IN FROM THE PAST YEAR

‘THE SCOTSMAN’ NEWSPAPER.

Top 10 discs from the archives – timeless re-issues – and in at the Number One spot our very own STEVE ASHLEY’S FAMILY ALBUM. Can’t say better than that. Available now in the store.

STEVE ASHLEY’S FAMILY ALBUM REVISITED, REMASTERED WITH MORE TRACKS AND A WONDERFUL BOOKLET AND DIGIPAK.  ANOTHER  GEM FROM ASHLEY HUTCHINGS WITH NINETY-NINE. IMPRESSIONS SEES  ASHLEY WITH ANOTHER CHANGE IN HIS DIRECTION. LOCAL KENTISH BAND GREEN DIESEL ARE NOT ONLY GETTING SOME FANTSTIC REVIEWS AT THE MOMENT BUT ALSO BROKE INTO THE FOLK CHATS LAST MONTH. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, CRACKER OF A NEW ALBUM ‘AFTER COMES THE DARK’.

CONGRATULATIONS TO LINDA MOYLAN FOR HER BEST FEMALE SINGER 2022 AT THE RECENT GSMC AWARDS. LINDA’S  ‘THE MERCHANT’ HAS BEEN RECEIVING SOME GREAT AIRPLAY AND WONDERFUL COMMENTS. HERE WE SEE LINDA GOING BACK TO HER ROOTS WITH A MORE FOLKY FEEL , PLUS PRODUCED BY PHIL BEER WHO CAN ALSO BE HEARD PLAYING FIDDLE ALL OVER THE ALBUM.  ALSO A CHANCE TO GET A DOUBLE BILL OF SALLY OLDFIELD WITH TWO OF HER CLASSIC ALBUMS ‘EASY’ AND ‘CELEBRATION’.

 IAIN MATTHEWS AND BJ BAARTMANS NEW LOCKDOWN ALBUM DISTANT CHATTER. WELL RECOMMENDED TO CHILL OUT TO. ALSO JUST OUT IS MEL COLLINS FIRST BAND ‘CIRCUS’ FROM THE LATE 60’S, A MIXTURE OF COVERS AND THEIR OWN MATERIAL.

WE ARE ALSO THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO REISSUE THE CLASSIC ALBUMS FROM A NEW DAY RECORDS WITH JOHN CARTER AND MARTIN BARRE AND THEIR ALBUM SPIRIT FLYING FREE PLUS CLIVE BUNKERS AWAKENINGS.

I KNOW, YOU NEVER KNEW THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THE OLD ELEPHANT!!!

PETER KNIGHT’S GIGSPANNER. FROM POETS TO WIVES IS GETTING WONDERFUL REVIEWS AND AIRPLAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP NOW.

CLASSIC PROG KEYBOARDIST JAN SCHELHAAS AND HIS WONDERFUL SOLO ALBUMS. FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH JAN, HE HAS PLAYED WITH SUCH BANDS AS THIN LIZZY, NATIONAL HEAD BAND AND GARY MOORE BAND. MORE RECENTLY THOUGH YOU WILL HAVE SEEN HIM PLAYING WITH CARAVAN AND CAMEL.

THE BEST WINTER ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2021, HUTCHINGS. DUNLOP & MILLS. A MIDWINTER MISCELLANY. AS FEATURED ON RADIO 2, MARK RADCLIFFE FOLK SHOW, A SPECIAL REMIX OF ‘CHRISTMAS WREATH’ AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL SINGLE.

STAY SAFE.

MALCOLM