★Folklore Tapes
Ceremonial County Series Vol.VII - Durham | Staffordshire
*100 copies limited edition* Durham by Rob St John. Staffordshire by Powders
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 8x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 7 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XII - West Midlands | Warwickshire
*100 copies limited edition* West Midlands: The Paranormal Origins of Black Sabbath by dbh and the Dark PoolWarwickshire: Meon Hill by PPYO (The Primitive Youth Percussion Orchestra)
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 12 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.IX - Merseyside | Herefordshire
*100 copies limited edition* Merseyside by Benjamin D Duvall. Herefordshire by Sam McLoughlin
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 9 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XI - Shropshire | Nottinghamshire
*100 copies limited edition* Shropshire: Bridget Hayden - The Legend of Llynclys Pool Nottinghmashire: Daniel Weaver - Ghosts of the Meadows, Sneinton and Forest Fields
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case - 6x panel reseach note sleeve - Unique OS map cut-out piece - D/L code
Volume 11 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.V - Norfolk | West Yorkshire
*100 copies limited edition* - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 5 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
The tape series can be bought and collected individually each month, as well as the full subscription service.Norfolk: The Lantern Man by PefkinWest Yorkshire: The Bradford Boar by Dean McPhee
Ceremonial County Series Vol.IV - Lincolnshire | East Yorkshire
*100 copies limited edition* - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 4 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
The tape series can be bought and collected individually each month, as well as the full subscription service.
Lincolnshire - Ballad of the Linksheere Commons by ADRAEast Yorkshire - The Legend of Willy Howe (the fairy cup) by Thorn Wych
The Witches of Eagle Crag
Folklore Tapes open up the West Yorkshire vinyl series with a stunning musical adaptation of the tale of ‘The Witches of Eagle Crag’, performed by FT artists Bridget Hayden, Dan-Bridgwood-Hall, Ramsey Janini, Sam McLoughlin and David Chatton Barker. Eagle Crag is a well known rocky outcrop in the shape of an eagle’s head, located in Calder Valley just outside of Todmorden in Lydgate. The Witches of Eagle Crag was originally discovered in the book ‘Traditions of Lancashire’ by John Robey. The tal…
Two Kings
Hand-numbered edition of 250. First record of the mysterious duo Two Kings (Ian Humberstone, founder of Folklore Tapes and Malcolm Benzie). Somewhere, lost in another plane of existence, a banished king searches in vain for his kingdom. This is King Herla, a man stricken by the spells of an unruly dwarf king and destined to ride the stormy skies for all eternity. But on All Hallow’s Eve, when the boundaries that separate his world from our own are somewhat porous, our protagonist spies his oppor…
Ceremonial County Series Vol.X - Kent | Berkshire
*100 copies limited edition* Volume 10 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
A Web Of Braided Willow - The Folklore Of The Wickerman
Huge Tip! Sold-out at source. Screen printed front and reverse sleeve, 140g LP housed in black pocket + expanded A5 research booklet, contains a pressed willow leaf and D/L code. Originally released on cassette in 2023, after much demand we decided to expand the edition into a re-mastered vinyl with an expanded research booklet. Exploring eleven folkloric roots found woven within the classic film. It features various artists exploring various folkloric strands located within the cult 1973 film T…
Ceremonial County Series Vol.VI - Cornwall / South Yorkshire
*100 copies limited edition* Volume VI in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.VIII - Cambridgeshire / London
Volume VIII in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.I - West Sussex | Cheshire
Volume I in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.II - Suffolk | Dorset
Volume 2 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.III - North Yorkshire | Devon
Volume 3 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Larksong
For the 2023 British Textile Biennial, collaborative artists Nick Jordan and Jacob Cartwright created a new film, Larksong, and textiles installation, in Goodshaw Chapel - a nonconformist Baptist chapel established by textile workers and farm labourers in 1760. With the chapel as a central leitmotif, the film captures the surrounding landscape of cloughs, rivers and moorlands, laced with the remnants and imprints of the textile workers and industries that shaped the environment.
The musical scor…
Brown Wardle Hill
Brown Wardle Hill stands as an imposing yet noble hill on the South Pennine Moors of Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire. Regarded as a site of prehistoric importance due to the overwhelming amount of mesolithic flint scatterings discovered during the early 20th century, the hill also boasts an incredible amount of lore and legend. In 2019 David Chatton Barker spent a year walking and researching into the hill and its surrounding moors, the material gathered formed a series of performances, culmin…
Fae Transit
*200 copies limited release* Fae Transit is an expedition into a realm of faerie music Sam McLoughlin introduced us to in his contribution to Folklore Tapes’ Swifter than the Moon’s Sphere. If Green and Brown was a sighting of a faerie parade, Fae Transit is a full abduction, a journey through a woodland inhabited by spirits and haunted by the living.
The album is written entirely for harmonium, nylon guitar, hand percussion and dictaphone, with harmonium and finger-plucked guitar continually ex…
La Sorcière de Rochefort-en-Terre
*300 copies limited release* Folklore Tapes first foray into overseas finds them in a rural Breton village known as Rochefort-en-Terre. Once inhabited by the renowned witch Naia, who along with her ‘spirit stick’ familiar ‘Gnami’ cured ills, cursed locals, split in two and crushed hot coals into dust! Naia is a collaboration with Brittany arts group Le Bon Acceuil and features two distinct sonic explorations into the infamous witch, largely based around the article and photography of Charles Gén…
When The Frog From The Well Sees The Ocean (Reports From English UFOlklore)
200 copies limited edition "This latest collection from Folklore Tapes borrows its title from a Japanese proverb about knowing one's limitations ("the frog in the well knows nothing of the sea"), which was itself borrowed from a Chinese fable. In the context of an album devoted to UFO lore, of course, humans are the frogs, the infinite universe is the ocean, and the usual eclectic Folklore Tapes cast of characters gleefully devote themselves to celebrating the colorful hoaxes and stories of thei…