New Items In The Clay Pipe Shop

There are new items in the Clay Pipe Shop, four new prints, a bag and badges.

The prints are all Risograph prints and were printed at Ditto Press, unlike digital prints they are not direct copies of the original artwork, each colour is printed separately and overlapping inks of different transparencies are used to create extra, or modify existing colours - because the colour pallet is very limited Risograph prints have a distinct charm all of their own.

They are printed on Munken Pure 170mg paper, signed and numbered, 40 copies of each.

Jon Brooks '52' Sleeve design.

£20 + P&P
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Illustration from the Tyneham House booklet.
£20 + P&P
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(Artist Proof)

 

Illustration from the Tyneham House booklet.
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(Artist Proof)

Illustrations from The Hardy Tree booklet.

£20 + P&P
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Enamel Badge

£3.50 + P&P
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Tote record bag - with flap and adjustable strap.
£9.99 + P&P
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London Independent Label Market

On Saturday 29th of Nov, Clay Pipe will be taking part in the London Independent Label Market, at Spitalfield's Market. I'll be sharing my stall with WIAIWYA and Fika records. I'm hoping to dig deep and find some 'sold out' goodies to sell. I'm also hopping to have 4 new Risograph prints for sale. More info HERE

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who bought a copy of Jon Brooks '52', unfortunately it is now all sold out. There will however been another edition, so if you missed it please put your name on the mailing list and I will let you know when they are available again. Please don't be temped to spend the crazy sums that some people have started asking on Discogs and Ebay, it WILL be available again at a reasonable price.

Jon has a new Advisory Circle record coming out on 5th December on Ghost Box called From Out Here

 The next release on Clay Pipe will be a vinyl LP by Sharron Kraus, called 'Friends and Enemies; Lovers and Strangers'. It is a series of eleven haunting folk songs based around  the ancient Welsh Mabinogion tales.

Jon Brooks "52" available to pre-order.

Jon Brooks '52' is available to pre-order .
LPs will be dispatched on or about the 13th of October.

SOLD OUT

500 hand numbered copies, on beautiful reverse mat board with a download code inside the sleeve.

Jon Brooks returns to Clay Pipe after 2012's sell out 'Shapwick'. '52' sees Jon taking a gentle side step away from his Advisory Circle work for Ghost Box, into more personal and reflective territory.
Inspired by his Grandmothers' house, synth-laden and atmospheric '52' contains 14 aural memories of the house and garden.

“... will you stop tearing up that newspaper? It’s making a mess down here”. I sat quietly and watched the pieces float from the mezzanine, through the railings, down to the floor
below. I was reminded of late autumn, when dried seed helicopters from the trees were
abundant - their free-flowing nature always a reminder of our life cycles. It was an early
meditation; something to help focus the restless mind.

Silence broke eventually. “They all come from Leafield. They head from there with the
purpose of making our lives difficult!”. I wasn’t entirely convinced, but I let it go. I thought of
their colonies, their families, the way they moved and went about their business - it was a
fascinating other world, where everyone looked out for each other. Always a lucky escape
for them, through the hum of a summer evening.

“Doctor of Philosophy. That’s what it means, it’s an abbreviation”. I wondered, as I pulled
another thick rubber band around the arm of the sofa. The structures I made seemed to
serve no purpose at all; they didn’t need to.

“... I’m resting up for the weekend”. I always noticed that. The pencil sharpener, the cuckoo
clock, everything in its’ place. The way the dust fell in the late afternoon sun. I wouldn’t
leave.

On the way back up the hill, we passed the three monkeys. “Do you think you’ll go to
college?”. “I think so”, I answered, not really knowing why I’d chosen that reply. The words
flutter-echoed through the stone and brick, in the heat of the day; all the way past Mr
Mulberry’s, Mrs Viner’s, Mrs Mouser’s.

SIDE 1
Morning Window
The Mezzanine
Fibre Optics
Pond i
Hothouse
All The Way From Leafield
December Trees

SIDE 2
The Back Room
Lichen
Walk In Store
Pond ii
Wax Lemons
Whispering Glass
End Of The Corridor

Pre-Order from Tuesday

Jon Brooks "52" will be available to pre-order from Tuesday morning,(7th Oct) with the release date being the 13th October. It'll cost £15 + P&P.

Jon Brooks - Pond i

'Pond i', from the forthcoming Jon Brooks album '52'.

Jon Brooks '52'

 

Jon Brooks' new album '52' will be released on the 13th Oct 2014, with pre-orders available a couple of weeks before. Limited to 500 vinyl copies with download code.

The album was inspired by his Grandmothers' house where he lived as a child, and contains 14 aural memories of the house and garden.

“... will you stop tearing up that newspaper? It’s making a mess down here”. I sat quietly
and watched the pieces float from the mezzanine, through the railings, down to the floor
below. I was reminded of late autumn, when dried seed helicopters from the trees were
abundant - their free-flowing nature always a reminder of our life cycles. It was an early
meditation; something to help focus the restless mind.

Silence broke eventually. “They all come from Leafield. They head from there with the
purpose of making our lives difficult!”. I wasn’t entirely convinced, but I let it go. I thought of
their colonies, their families, the way they moved and went about their business - it was a
fascinating other world, where everyone looked out for each other. Always a lucky escape
for them, through the hum of a summer evening.

“Doctor of Philosophy. That’s what it means, it’s an abbreviation”. I wondered, as I pulled
another thick rubber band around the arm of the sofa. The structures I made seemed to
serve no purpose at all; they didn’t need to.

“... I’m resting up for the weekend”. I always noticed that. The pencil sharpener, the cuckoo
clock, everything in its’ place. The way the dust fell in the late afternoon sun. I wouldn’t
leave.

On the way back up the hill, we passed the three monkeys. “Do you think you’ll go to
college?”. “I think so”, I answered, not really knowing why I’d chosen that reply. The words
flutter-echoed through the stone and brick, in the heat of the day; all the way past Mr
Mulberry’s, Mrs Viner’s, Mrs Mouser’s.


SIDE 1
Morning Window
The Mezzanine
Fibre Optics
Pond i
Hothouse
All The Way From Leafield
December Trees

SIDE 2
The Back Room
Lichen
Walk In Store
Pond ii
Wax Lemons
Whispering Glass
End Of The Corridor

London Independent Label Market

I shall be selling some Clay Pipe wares at the Independent Label Market at Spitalfields London, on Saturday 12 July. I've been kindly asked to share the WIAIWYA stall, I should have some rarities and handmade download code cards of previous releases. The London Brewers market is taking place at the same time so it looks to be a good day out.

Tyneham House 3rd Edition Now Available

£15 + P&P
SOLD OUT

If you wish to order more than one copy please contact me first.

The pastoral, wistful yet ineffably disquieting music of Tyneham House is made by artists who wish to remain anonymous here, save for their eponymous title. The musicians are happy, however, to let it be known that these recordings have been around for some years (many of them complied from old cassettes) and that they take inspiration from the 1960s/’70s/’80s work of the Children’s Film Foundation – a body who really ought to have made a film about this mysterious West Country curio. At least now we have its endlessly poignant soundtrack.

The small village of Tyneham, on the beautiful Isle of Purbeck, in Dorset, was once a thriving little community – that is until the British Government requisitioned it for training manoeuvres and other ‘strategic purposes’ in the run up to WWII. This was supposed to be a temporary measure, but the area remained in military possession long after hostilities had ceased, causing distress among former inhabitants, many of whom were farmed out to prefabs in nearby Wareham and Swanage.

Tyneham was characterised by its red telephone box, a tiny parade of shops – Post Office Row – and a grand country pile which stood about half a mile away from the village: Tyneham House. The army removed the building’s oak panelling and ornate decorative details and promptly set about using it for target practice. So great was the shame expressed locally about the damage inflicted upon one of Dorset’s grandest houses that the powers that be decided to grow a copse around the remains of the structure to give the impression that it was no longer there. Despite this, a substantial part of the structure remains intact, including its Saxon hall.

Land access around Tyneham was opened up in the 1970s, but admission to the house remains strictly verboten. Those who’ve been found around the premises, especially anyone wielding a camera, have felt the full weight of military trespass law. Tyneham today is regarded as a nature reserve by some – as a national embarrassment by others. It’s still a political hot potato, in Dorset at least.

Tracklisting (CD) :

• A Chalk Horse
• Rookery Wood
• Coppice Walk
• Binoculars
• Bletchingley
• Post Office Row
• The Crows Circle
• Winter Carriage
• The Ragged Cat
• I Shall Not Cross The Sleeping Hill
• The Porch Room
• Saxon Chapel
• Last Village Before The Sea
• Lit Room At Midnight

Tracklisting (Cassette) :

A: A School Holiday, 1977
B: May Day, 1981

Plinth Gigs

An expanded Plinth line up will be playing Dalston's Cafe Oto, on Saturday 28th June, you can buy tickets HERE They are also playing a free gig at the Leigh On Sea Folk Festival the following day. I am hoping to have pre-release copies of Tyneham House available for sale at these events.

There is also an earlier date at Colchester Arts Club on the 18th June more info HERE

Tyneham House 3rd Edition

A new 3rd edition of Tyneham House is on its way. This will be similar to the previous editions in a brown card Gocco printed box with CD, cassette and booklet. It will be limited to 100 copies.
Keep your eye on this website/facebook/twitter or sign up to the mailing list for further info.

Risograph Prints

Two, and three colour prints based on designs from Clay Pipe Music's LP and CD covers. These are A3 size Risograph prints printed at Dalstons Ditto Press.

£20 each + P&P

 The Hardy Tree 'The Fields Lie Sleeping Underneath'

£20 + P&P 

SOLD OUT

    

 

Jon Brooks 'Shapwick'

£20 + P&P
SOLD OUT

Plinth  'Music for Smalls Lighthouse'

£20 + P&P
SOLD OUT

Jetsam and Gareth E. Rees 'A Dream Life of Hackney Marshes'

£20 + P&P 

SOLD OUT