Various Artists - Vocation From My Mind

Forager Records

£34

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: FORLP006
Barcode: 652401574323
Release Date: 24 Jun 2022
Genre: Soul/Soft-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Psych

The Third installment of Forager Records’ critically acclaimed compilation series.

Featuring a selection of songs sourced from rare records of the 70s & 80s reissued for the first time. Non-Returnable.

12 restored and remastered tracks from 12 obscure artists.
Premium case wrapped style sleeves for a period correct look & feel.
Includes a free digital download of the full album plus 3 additional bonus tracks.
Original artwork by Eric Thompson.

A gift to the overthinkers and overworked. Those who are over-concerned and always preoccupied. This is an invitation to hang up the bootstraps, take a load off, and visit a place in the mind where the sun is shining, the breeze is soft and the waves lap softly at your feet. Vacation From My Mind is a sonic realignment of melancholic soul, breezy soft rock, & mellow jazz-funk.

This album is a thoughtfully curated collection of 12 rare and obscure tracks from 1973 to 1981. From Jeanette Baker’s hypnotic 70’s soul title track “Vacation From My Mind” to the Latin rhythms of David Buckland’s jazz-funk “Celia”, this compilation was lovingly crafted to ease the stresses and worries of modern life. The Care Package’s song “The Storm” is a larger-than-life production of dreamy harmonies not often found on privately released 45s. Utopia’s “Lejos De Mi” is a slow-burning slice of Bolivian psych that will have you searching for similar sounds. Whatever your preference, we hope that this album will give you a vacation from your mind.

Tracklist:
Adventure / Unlimited - Rainy Day Blues , Jeanette Baker - Vacation From My Mind , Naz Jazz - Each Moment We Survive , David Buckland - Celia , Mary Haynes - We Can Love , Manzanno - Why Must It End This Way, The Care Package - The Storm , Sunshine Earth Band - If I Had Loved You , Roger Allan Hughes - The Cosmic Fool , Utopia - Lejos De Mi , AOH - The Answer Lies In Love , Kerry - Not So Long Ago