Simon Finn
Pass The Distance
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*2025 stock. LP miniature* "A black-magical Devendra Banhart in a different time/place long before this freakfolk thing hit, the English bard Simon Finn released Pass The Distance, a sprawling, fractured, dense brew of dark acid-folk... The album’s centerpiece is “Jerusalem”, a six-minute, shiver-inducing crucifixion-of-Jesus exorcism that anticipates Current 93 as well as a bevy of lesser apocalyptic folkies. By its ecstatic, organ smashed final strains, you can’t but help imagining Finn sweaty and in a trance, his guitar splintered and speaking different six-string languages.” - Pitchfork
Format
Originally released in 1970 on LP by Mushroom Records, MR2.
Tracks 1 to 10 comprise the original album. The remaining tracks are previously unreleased.
Tracks 11 and 12 are from the sole surviving acetate of a projected single from the collection of David Tibet.
Tracks 13 to 15 are previously unreleased studio tracks.
Limited edition of 700 copies.
Release notes
Originally released in 1970 on LP by Mushroom Records, MR2. Tracks 1 to 10 comprise the original album. The remaining tracks are previously unreleased. Tracks 11 and 12 are from the sole surviving acetate of a projected single from the collection of David Tibet. Tracks 13 to 15 are previously unreleased studio tracks. Limited edition of 700 copies.
| 1 | Very Close Friend | 1:19 | |
| 2 | The Courtyard | 5:43 | |
| 3 | What A Day | 3:16 | |
| 4 | Fades (Pass The Distance) | 3:39 | |
| 5 | Jerusalem | 6:44 | |
| 6 | Where's Your Master Gone | 3:13 | |
| 7 | Laughing 'Til Tomorrow | 2:54 | |
| 8 | Hiawatha | 4:58 | |
| 9 | Patrice | 2:49 | |
| 10 | Big White Car | 5:48 | |
| 11 | Children's Eyes | 4:36 | |
| 12 | Good Morning | 3:00 | |
| 13 | Butterfly | 3:27 | |
| 14 | Colonel Bleep | 3:04 | |
| 15 | Dirty Old River |
- David Tibet
- Design [CD Design], Layout, Liner Notes
- Paul Jackson
- Design [CD Design], Layout
- Paul Burwell
- Drums, Tabla, Percussion
- Michael Lawrence
- Engineer [Master Tape Transfer]
- David Toop
- Lead Guitar, Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Flute, Piano, Harmonium, Accordion, Violin, Percussion, Artwork, Liner Notes
- Simon Finn
- Liner Notes, Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Written-By
- Vic Keary
- Liner Notes, Producer, Engineer
- Denis Blackham
- Mastered By
- Kenny Elliot
- Organ (4, 5)
- Marie Yates
- Photography By
- Rob Buckland
- Recorder
