Caught By The River has an extract from the chapter on Clay Pipe in Ian Preece’s upcoming book Listening to the Wind: Encounters with 21st Century Independent Record Labels, published next month by Omnibus Press.
As way of an introduction to those who may not have heard the music on Clay Pipe here is a playlist of Clay Pipe releases. Included are unheard tracks from albums due to be released this summer; Gilroy Mere's Adlestrop and David Boulter's Great Yarmouth.
00:00 - Jon Brooks - Please Drive Carefully - From the LP Shapwick
03:57 - Tyneham House - Bletchingly - From the 10" Tyneham House
05:12 - Gilroy Mere - Age of the Train - From the forthcoming LP Adlestrop
10:16 - The Hardy Tree - Looking Down on London - From the LP Through Passages of Time
13:35 - David Boulter - Looking for Trudy - From the forthcoming LP Great Yarmouth
16:51 - Jon Brooks - Fonn - From the LP How to Get to Spring
21:55 - Vic Mars - Last Days of the Great House - From the LP Inner Roads Outer Paths
26:09 - Gilroy Mere - Christ's Hospital - From the forthcoming LP Adlestrop
29:04 - Alison Cotton - House of the Famous Poet (Edit) - From the 10" House of the Famous Poet
32:10 - Retep Folo - Galactic Flare - From the LP Galactic Sounds
34:22 - D Rothon - The Years Fell Away - From the LP Nightscapes
38:41 - Vic Mars - Villages, Hamlets and Fetes - From the LP - The land and the Garden
41:46 - David Boulter - The Milk Bar - From the forthcoming LP Great Yarmouth
43:54 - The Hardy Tree - After the Rain - From the flexi disc/comic book EP Stagdale
46:48 - Plinth - A1 51°43'.23 N 05°40'.10 W - From the LP Music for Smalls Lighthouse
