Wrong Speed Records
Reigns - Tollinghurst
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Electronic-Folk-Explorations
FFO
Ghost
Box
Recordings,
John
Carpenter
Soundtracks,
Caretaker,
Wicker
Man,
and
deep
diving
into
the
mysteries
of
this
hellish
Isle.
Album
number
six
from
the
Wessex
based
duo.
Edith
Tollinghurst
was
an
English
commercial
artist
who
worked
extensively
throughout
the
1950s
and
1960s.
She
was
famous
for
her
stylised
portrayals
of
family
life,
and
her
work
was
frequently
featured
in
lifestyle
magazines
of
the
day.
Her
work
is
perhaps
best
exemplified
by
her
illustrations
for
the
1957
Woman’s
Weekly’s
feature
“How
To
Host
The
Perfect
Dinner
Party”;
an
article
that
was
reprinted
without
variation
for
eight
successive
years.
From
1964
until
her
death
in
1970,
she
designed
and
illustrated
what
is
now
known
as
the
Tollinghurst
Tarot.
It
is
said
that
she
toiled
day
and
night
on
the
deck,
painstakingly
and
repeatedly
reworking
the
illustrations.
When
it
was
complete,
just
a
handful
of
readings
were
ever
given,
but
the
surviving
sitters
all
attest
to
the
otherworldly
beauty
of
the
cards
and
to
the
staggering
complexity
of
the
layouts.
These
same
accounts
also
maintain
that
her
prophecies
were,
without
fail,
100%
accurate.
On
the
18th
of
November
1970,
Edith
-
in
a
move
possibly
prompted
by
a
sharp
decline
in
her
own
fortunes
-
used
the
cards
to
foretell
her
own
future.
The
prognosis
was
bleak:
the
deck
foresaw
her
violent
end
before
the
day’s
close.
Edith,
in
a
bid
to
thwart
the
cards,
set
about
burning
her
life’s
work.
However,
the
resulting
fire
engulfed
both
the
house
and
its
mistress,
simultaneously
upholding
the
deck’s
flawless
track
record.
‘TOLLINGHURST’
outlines
our
speculations
as
to
the
nature
and
substance
of
those
destroyed
cards.
Track
List:
1.
The
Conjuror
2.The
Mountebank
3.
Dead
Driver
4.
The
Dreamer
Under
The
Snow
5.
The
Hoarder
6.
The
Debutante
7.
The
Night
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