It is a pleasure to have his long lost country gospel gem in the world once more.” Will Hodgkinson. "Timeless, poetic depth & unique style like Big Star's ’Third, Bill Fay ’Til the Christ' & John Cale's Paris 1919” Jon ‘Mojo’ Mills. “I watched and wrote and watched. From a hilltop graveyard I watched. And all I did was write and play for the funeral..” Emmett Finley. Imagine songs redolent of prime ‘Doom Trilogy’ Neil Young, Love, Exile On Main Street’s honk via the swagger of Stone Roses (no kidding). Add the crushed biblical ballads of Bill Fay plus mini rock operas and we’re close to describing this ornately crafted but beautifully raw collection. Like Fay, he was a willful studio maverick, a virtuoso who pushed his music as far as it would go and no mind for a career. Both eschew 70’s strings in favour of driven piano, loose skronky guitar. And soul to burn. Emmett knew Hendrix and booked him to play on ‘Sky King’ - a rollicking paean to their competitive friendship. Hendrix vanished to England, but guests who did show included gospel trio The Ellington Sisters. Emmett enthused about their adventurous collaboration including a powerful “Three part harmony on G diminished 7th chords” & lovely snarl on “Gospel’s” finale “Come, come and believe...” giving way to two minutes of vocal musique concrète - and you’re only midway through side one! Lyrically beautiful and haunted, Emmett later described his main influence was ‘the Time’. “In 69, Rock had nothing higher to offer, Woodstock was a peaceful, contained riot. Charles Manson slammed the door of that generation shut!”. It’s dark, it’s emotional, it’s groovy, just a perfect album from a brilliant hooky songwriter and guitarist - with the look & ambition of a rockstar expecting to fly. And then Emmett disappeared from the scene. Forever? A mystery wrapped in an enigma? “I may wind up a thoroughly obscure figure entirely forgotten” Emmett Finley The songs, the beguiling, exquisite arrangements, the ambitious undated production of this soulpiercing album should say otherwise.

generally regarded by music critics as one of the best albums of all time. In 2020 Blue was rated the 3rd greatest album of all time in Rolling Stones “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” Track List LP 1: Side A All I Want (2021 Remaster) My Old Man (2021 Remaster) Little Green (2021 Remaster) Carey (2021 Remaster) Blue (2021 Remaster) Side B California (2021 Remaster) This Flight Tonight (2021 Remaster) River (2021 Remaster) A Case Of You (2021 Remaster) The Last Time I Saw Richard (2021 Remaster)

hot tub soul, Frisco folk, Balearic breeze and trippy troubadourial treasures, all lovingly handpicked for the series. To whet people's appetites for this alluring funky, psychedelic collection, do listen to a first single in form of 'Sweet Sweet Stay A While' by American singer songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols above. Dubbed ‘The high priest of country cool’ by Rolling Stone Magazine, Nichols was raised on bluegrass and country in Missouri, lived in New York in the late 70s during the birth of hip hop and rap and shared a squat in the early '80s with The Slits' Ari Up, Adrian Sherwood and Neneh Cherry in post punk London. All meaning that his complete disregard for genre purity have been one of Nichols biggest influences, which is there in great abundance on the soulful 'Sweet Sweet Stay A While'. More about dj and curator Paul Hillery Paul has carried his record boxes to many a venue and played alongside The Polyphonic Spree, Arthur Lee and Love, Bonnie Dobson, Spiritualized, 4 Hero, Happy Mondays, Simian, The Bees, Julian Cope, Courtney Pine and many, many more. He has also graced the turntables at Spiritland, Refuge, Festival No.6, Lunar Festival, Edinburgh Festival and Psychemagik’s Magik Forest to name a few and has supplied guest mixes for radio stations in South America, the USA, Europe and all over the UK. Over to Paul to talk more about the compilation here: “So, what is this ‘Folk Funk & Trippy Troubadours’ thing anyway? Well, it’s tricky to put a finger on. Folk-funk had been around for a while, so I added ‘and Trippy Troubadours’ to give me a little wiggle room from the genre police. To me, the folk- funk groove sounds like it has one leg shorter than the other; let’s call it a funky limp. ‘Feel the Spirit’ by Heaven & Earth, ‘Taking So Long’ by Kathy Smith, ‘Mountain Song’ by Penny Nichols, and ‘Wooden Ships’ by Christine Harwood are all great places to start.” Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours is series of releases that both Paul and all at RE:WARM hope you will come to treasure and hold dear: a heartfelt compilation released with the full support of all featured artists. Tune in, turn on and drop the needle on four sides of the compilation and join us as we travel deep into a vast and wonderful musical universe... Side One A1. Duncan Pryce Kirk - 'Space Out' A2. Eik - 'Mr Sadness' A3. Joe Hall and Eyeball Wine Company - 'Movable Feast' A4. Christian Besa Wright - 'Cherry Blossom Oak' A5. Wendy Grose - 'Blue Sunny Sky Day' A6. Ruth Finlay - 'Deep Calls To Deep' ^ Side Two B1. Will and James Ragar - 'Clouds Lift' § B2. Scott Seskind - 'I Wonder' B3. Tim McKenna - 'Where Are You?' ∞ B4. Jeb Loy Nichols - 'Sweet Sweet Stay Awhile' B5. Gary Boyle - 'So Many Times Before' Side Three C1. Peter Wale - 'One Quiet Sultry Sunday' C2. Sorahan - 'With His Siller In His Hand' C3. Cindi Titzer - 'All For You' ∞ Side Four D1. Smokey - 'Topaz' D2. Geoff Bartley - 'Don’t Want To Know About Evil' D3. Robin Woodland - 'One Golden Moment' D4. Richard Pass - 'We’ll Find Love' D5. Kip Carmen - 'That’s Enough For Me' §