Ed Askew

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Love Is Everyone 01:58 Tools
Blue eyed baby 02:40 Tools
Fancy That 05:26 Tools
Marigolds 02:47 Tools
The Garden 03:42 Tools
Mr. Dream 04:41 Tools
Peter and David 05:03 Tools
Ask the Unicorn 02:48 Tools
May Blossoms Be Praised 07:04 Tools
Little Eyes 02:57 Tools
Red Woman - Letter To England 03:32 Tools
9-Song 04:47 Tools
MOON IN THE MIND 04:59 Tools
Roadio Rose 06:55 Tools
Songs for Pilots 06:12 Tools
Oh, All the Gold and Green Eyes 04:38 Tools
Waiting in the Station 02:11 Tools
Beds of Soft Silk 04:22 Tools
Hey Joe 04:08 Tools
City of Glass 02:43 Tools
GERTRUDE STEIN 03:10 Tools
For the world 03:04 Tools
SO 03:25 Tools
Old Mother Moon 03:36 Tools
PAPER HORSES 03:59 Tools
baby come home 03:03 Tools
Deep Water 02:26 Tools
drum song 02:21 Tools
My Love Is A Red, Red Rose 03:21 Tools
Little Infinite Love Song 03:26 Tools
MAPLE STREET 03:49 Tools
The Face of Fire 00:00 Tools
boy with a hat 03:49 Tools
Art and Life 04:49 Tools
Little Infinite Love Songs 00:00 Tools
Rainy day song 03:26 Tools
Hitchhiking 07:01 Tools
Red Woman / Letter to England 03:31 Tools
house of embers 03:43 Tools
My Love Is a Red Red Rose 00:00 Tools
BUDDHA SMILES 04:08 Tools
At Home In The Factory 05:44 Tools
Here We Are Together Again 06:02 Tools
tom 00:00 Tools
This Is The End 04:25 Tools
Red Woman--Letter to England 03:30 Tools
A waltz in the dark 02:25 Tools
Spinning tops 04:29 Tools
The Accordian Man 04:11 Tools
A child rides 04:11 Tools
Climbing to the top 03:53 Tools
Windy Days 05:44 Tools
A new song 04:12 Tools
Over my shoulder 03:12 Tools
The Accordian Man (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71) 03:47 Tools
Morning comes again 03:59 Tools
We 01:58 Tools
Rodeo Rose (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71) 06:34 Tools
O The Lovely Face (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71) 04:28 Tools
9 - Song 03:19 Tools
Reasonable Man 05:50 Tools
Crazy Angels 06:34 Tools
O The Lovely Face 04:28 Tools
Yellow Dollars 06:11 Tools
Green Song 03:44 Tools
Reasonable Man (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71) 05:50 Tools
My Love Is A Red, Red Rose (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71) 03:27 Tools
Clint Eastwood 03:23 Tools
Red Woman 04:51 Tools
The Accordion Man 04:07 Tools
whiskey neat 03:23 Tools
Jeffery Taste 03:00 Tools
Rodeo Rose 06:34 Tools
Friends and Loves 02:21 Tools
The Good Shephard 05:01 Tools
Real Train 03:14 Tools
QUARTETS 00:00 Tools
Oh the Lovely Face 05:11 Tools
A Soldier's Song 04:48 Tools
Jeffery Tast (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71) 03:23 Tools
Purity Chat 04:27 Tools
drumsong 02:21 Tools
Accordian Man 04:02 Tools
LITTLE HOUSES 03:23 Tools
nothing old 04:53 Tools
For the World (feat. Sharon Van Etten) 00:00 Tools
Jeffery Taste (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71) 03:22 Tools
My Best Friend 03:19 Tools
Tiple Talk 03:32 Tools
The Fact of Fire 03:51 Tools
The good shepherd 05:03 Tools
mountains for Russell 03:54 Tools
looking for love 04:50 Tools
starry nights 04:52 Tools
lullaby 02:10 Tools
the Zen problem 00:49 Tools
the blue winds 06:20 Tools
friendly fire 03:07 Tools
bella crane 02:21 Tools
air-o-plane 04:27 Tools
WHAT CROW SAW 04:02 Tools
Quasimodel 04:39 Tools
Oh What a Lovely Face (Live) 04:27 Tools
ROADEO ROSE 04:27 Tools
Accordian Man (Live) 03:46 Tools
Reasonable Man (Live) 05:48 Tools
sweet heart 04:02 Tools
My Love is a Red, Red Rose (Live) 03:27 Tools
FOR THE WORLD 04:02 Tools
ORNAMENTA 03:32 Tools
Art & Life 03:39 Tools
LITTLE SONG FOR MAURIZIO 02:23 Tools
Jeffery Taste (Live) 03:22 Tools
rimbaud 03:27 Tools
Rodeo Rose (Live) 06:32 Tools
SHIPS 02:42 Tools
EMPIRE CITY 06:20 Tools
FRIDAY NIGHT 05:09 Tools
9 SONG live 05:40 Tools
fancy that (very rare) 04:51 Tools
castle of stars 04:08 Tools
REASONABLE MAN live 05:21 Tools
When I Arrive REMIX 03:49 Tools
the thought of it 03:49 Tools
BOY LOST 03:54 Tools
starry streets 03:54 Tools
FREELY 04:14 Tools
[spoken: Ed talks about his albums] 04:32 Tools
NEW DESTINATION 04:08 Tools
ALL THAT BEAUTY THERE 04:08 Tools
THIS OLD CITY 03:28 Tools
Love Is Everyone - Ed Askew 04:08 Tools
SUNDAY IN NEW YORK 04:08 Tools
MY LOVE IS A RED RED ROSE live 03:28 Tools
THE VILLAGE 03:42 Tools
THE ACCORDION MAN live 03:28 Tools
CAMBRIDGE ROAD 04:32 Tools
RIVER OF LIGHT 04:32 Tools
AUTOMOBILE 04:32 Tools
FRIENDS AND LOVERS 03:53 Tools
THE LOST LETTER 04:32 Tools
Fancy Than 04:54 Tools
WOMAN ON A SWING 04:32 Tools
i remember you 04:32 Tools
[spoken: intro] 05:11 Tools
[spoken: Ed talks about his influences] 07:31 Tools
MERCY (for ESF) 03:13 Tools
PEBBLE BEACH 03:17 Tools
peppermint & rose 03:17 Tools
ROBERT FROST 03:17 Tools
DEEP WATER 16 BIT 03:17 Tools
FOR THOMAS 03:33 Tools
April Song 03:17 Tools
MR DREAM alt 06:00 Tools
BLACK BIRD 06:00 Tools
BURNING BUDDHAS 04:10 Tools
Roadie Rose 07:31 Tools
here with you 05:11 Tools
OLD BOATS 07:31 Tools
When I Arrive / produced by Eoin Flaherty 07:31 Tools
Tyger Tyger (W. Blake) 03:33 Tools
safe harbor 05:11 Tools
Sentimental Journey 03:33 Tools
modern romance 05:11 Tools
As Sweet as Love 05:11 Tools
Eds Chill 03:02 Tools
LITTLE INFINITE LOVE SONG 2007 WFMU 03:02 Tools
THE MAN ON THE STAGE 05:11 Tools
ALL THE PLANETS 05:01 Tools
in america 04:21 Tools
MARIGOLDS live 05:11 Tools
PALOMINO 05:11 Tools
A TRAGIC TALE OF THE HIGH SEAS 03:28 Tools
SATELITES 05:11 Tools
it breaks my heart 05:36 Tools
A TRAIN FROM THE FUTURE 03:40 Tools
all i want to do 03:40 Tools
A PEACEFUL COUNTRY 04:21 Tools
talk 04:21 Tools
Piano 1 00:44 Tools
bright mr. brother 04:21 Tools
My Love is a Red, Red Rose - Live 03:28 Tools
SONG ABOUT MICHAEL. 03:28 Tools
piano 1. 03:28 Tools
THE TURNING 03:28 Tools
UNDER THE CRESCENT MOON 04:38 Tools
On Christmas Morning 05:36 Tools
empty ocean 05:35 Tools
PAPER CUP 07:19 Tools
in the french court 04:23 Tools
MY HEART STARTS BEATING 03:04 Tools
Accordian Man - Live 03:04 Tools
Jeffery Taste - Live 03:23 Tools
BIG CITY 03:23 Tools
me & my shadow 03:23 Tools
My Love Is a Red, Red Rose (Radio Broadcast 1970/71) 03:14 Tools
WILL 03:23 Tools
Ed talks about his influences 03:23 Tools
a04 - little infinite love songs 03:23 Tools
SATELLITES 03:28 Tools
A Take Away Show 03:40 Tools
Ed talks about his albums 03:23 Tools
When I Arrive 03:50 Tools
THE KINGS OF THIS WORLD 04:13 Tools
Rodeo Rose - Live 06:34 Tools
Reasonable Man - Live 05:50 Tools
Reasonable Man (Radio Broadcast, 1970/71 05:50 Tools
Orange 03:14 Tools
IMPROV 03:14 Tools
THE CENTER OF THE WORLD 03:14 Tools
a02 - songs for pilots 03:14 Tools
MY LOVE IS A RED RED ROSE alt 03:28 Tools
HITCHHICKING 03:28 Tools
CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN 03:58 Tools
MONEY, MONEY 04:13 Tools
a Little Rain Must Fall 02:49 Tools
For The World (featuring Sharon Van Etten) 00:00 Tools
One Corner Paintings 03:50 Tools
DANCING ON WATER 03:50 Tools
WOMAN ON A SWING 16 BIT 03:50 Tools
RAINDROPS & WHISTLES 04:03 Tools
GRAND HOTEL 04:03 Tools
O THE LOVELY FACE live 04:03 Tools
ROADIO ROSE live 05:03 Tools
HEART SONG 04:03 Tools
Black Birds, Counterpoint 04:03 Tools
Oh What a Lovely Face - Live 04:03 Tools
Love Is Everywhere 01:58 Tools
baseball talk 03:23 Tools
FANCY THAT alt 05:26 Tools
lamar 05:26 Tools
Oh All The Gold And Green Eyes 04:52 Tools
[spoken intro] 03:05 Tools
THE RED KITE 04:52 Tools
Bridges in the Stars 05:59 Tools
queen 04:09 Tools
BLUE BOXES 04:09 Tools
A MANHATTAN MOON 03:40 Tools
SUMMERTIME 00:00 Tools
after rain 00:00 Tools
what does the dog mean 00:00 Tools
The Language of Space 00:00 Tools
LITTLE SONG FOR MAURIZIO 16 BIT 00:00 Tools
song for R 03:23 Tools
SMOKE 04:23 Tools
BILLY WALKER 03:57 Tools
FAIR WINDS (produced and aranged by DJ Wak) 05:13 Tools
The Difficulties 05:26 Tools
HOW ROSIE GOT JOE 03:54 Tools
LITTLE DANCE 03:05 Tools
ANGLES WILL KISS YOU 03:05 Tools
the blue 03:05 Tools
9 03:05 Tools
angola 03:05 Tools
Brents Poem . 03:05 Tools
Good Friday 03:05 Tools
SING IT AGAIN 03:39 Tools
Xavier 03:39 Tools
LITTLE RICHARD (not the singer) 03:23 Tools
Inland Sea 03:23 Tools
when i arive 03:23 Tools
b01 - my love is a red red rose 03:23 Tools
word for word 03:23 Tools
MADE IN THE CITY 03:23 Tools
piano 2 03:23 Tools
missing you 03:23 Tools
Too Many Feet 03:36 Tools
Handstands in the Corner 04:17 Tools
Tommy Bold 04:01 Tools
RAPT IN BEAUTY 04:09 Tools
O the Lovely Face [Live] 04:09 Tools
PETER & DAVID live 04:09 Tools
THE CITY 04:09 Tools
Brooklyn Bridge Song 03:48 Tools
song about michael 03:48 Tools
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Ed Askew, a gay singer-songwriter, cut one of the best and most obscure LPs in the original ESP Disk’s vague rock/folk/freak series, issued eponymously and since reissued as Ask The Unicorn, before apparently dropping off the edge of his world. Years later, thanks to detective work by - naturally - Mr Clint Simonson of the De Stijl Records imprint, it turned out that not only was Askew still breathing but he had actually recorded a follow-up to his ESP Disk in 1970 that had lain in the can for decades. Originally released as a limited vinyl edition by Simonson himself, Little Eyes blew even his revered ESP side to ribbons and stands as one of the most magical outsider/freak artefacts to ever escape the prodigious gravity of the decade in which it was birthed. Askew has a highly idiosyncratic vocal style that is equal parts quizzical bubble-gum chewing kind on shrooms and doe-eyed real people Richard Brautigan character. Perhaps the closest comparison would be to Tom Rapp or Judee Sill’s old buddy Tommy Peltier. His instrumental conceptions certainly owe a massive debt to bob Dylan circa 64/65 - who the fuck didn’t - especially his spine-tingling harmonica work but it’s the beautiful arc of the songs that will keep you coming back, the way he combines rough, fluffed performances with eye-watering lyrical sentiments, heartbreaking phrasing and weird, clunky chords played on a ‘Martin tiple’. If you ever dug the whole late-60s freak-folk fall-out as documented by Pearls Before Swine, Bleib Alien, Tim Buckley, The Fugs, The Roots Of Madness et al you are gonna crease. Simply put, one of the most beautifully cracked singer-songwriter albums of a timeless age. Only the hardest of hearts could resist it. This new CD edition comes with six incredible bonus tracks culled from various radio broadcasts across 1970 and 71 and liners by Byron Coley. Highly recommended. Ed has recently released FOR THE WORLD on Tin Angel records. http://www.tinangelrecords.co.uk/edaskew/index.html - David Keenan / Volcanic Tongue 2007 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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