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Artist:	RYAN, COLLIE
Title:	The Hour Is Now
Label:	SEBASTIAN SPEAKS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	SSP 006LP

Sebastian Speaks, in association with Douglas McGowan of Yoga Records, is proud to present this compilation of tracks from obscure Texas folkstress Collie Ryan. The Hour Is Now culls tracks from all three of her privately-pressed 1973 albums The Giving Tree, Indian Harvest, and Takin' Your Turn 'Round The Corner Of Day, presented on vinyl in a sleeve featuring new front and back paintings by Collie herself. The tracks have been completely re-mastered from the original source tapes by J.D. Emmanuel of Wizards fame. The original records were funded in part by Collie's friends at the New Age Farms carrot and fresh juice company in Lompoc, California and her mesmerizing music remained largely a secret until "Cricket," one of the tracks from Indian Harvest, surfaced on Numero Group's stellar 2006 compilation Ladies From the Canyon. Collie's music is almost solely based around her cosmic, crystalline, bird-like voice and nylon guitar picking, and her lyrics reflect her lifelong study of theosophy and naturalist living. Even today, Collie lives largely outside of what would be considered "regular" society, residing in a converted 1930's school bus in the middle of a Texas desert and painting mandalas on hub cabs, while continuing to produce her very special and personal music. Absolutely spellbinding, metaphysical, holistic song-cycles that embrace both the darkness and the light. Includes ledger-sized lyrics page insert.

Artist:	RYAN, COLLIE
Title:	The Rainbow Records
Label:	YOGA RECORDS
Format:	3CD
Price:	$31.00
Catalog #:	BTR 042CD

Yoga Records, in association with Riverman Music, is proud to present this 3CD box set -- the first-ever CD reissue of these breathtaking obscure folk gems by Texas' Collie Ryan. Collie Ryan privately-pressed three albums in 1973, The Giving Tree, Indian Harvest, and Takin' Your Turn 'Round The Corner Of Day. These records were funded in part by Collie's friends at the New Age Farms carrot and fresh juice company in Lompoc, California, and shortly after their recording, Collie devoted her life to nature and moved completely off the grid. Collie's mesmerizing sound remained largely a secret until "Cricket," one of the tracks from Indian Harvest, surfaced on Numero Group's stellar Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies From The Canyon compilation in 2006. Collie's cosmic music is almost solely based around her high, bird-like voice and nylon guitar picking, and her lyrics reflect her lifelong study of theosophy and naturalist living. Even today, Collie lives largely outside of what would be considered "regular" society, residing in a converted 1930s school bus in the middle of a Texas desert and painting mandalas on hub cabs, while continuing to produce her very special and personal music. This 3CD box set, entitled The Rainbow Records, features a new painting by Collie, fantastic liner notes by partner-in-crime Tommie Zook, and never-before-seen photographs. The tracks have been completely remastered from the original master tapes in a 24-bit remaster, and are housed in a paper sleeve and slipcase. A sun-kissed bevy of quirky, circular, acoustic guitar-picked metaphysical song cycles, topped by Collie's unfailingly sweet, clear trill. Surely, Ryan belongs alongside such queens of the folk pantheon as Vashti Bunyan, Linda Perhacs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joni Mitchell, Sibelle Baier, Ruthann Friedman, etc. This is a haunting collection that simply should not be missed.

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