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Gather Up is the culmination of ten years on Acid Jazz for Matt Berry.
Following the huge acclaim earlier this year for Matt Berrys eighth studio album The Blue Elephant, on 26th November Acid Jazz Records will release Gather Up, a compilation album encompassing the singular musical adventures this extraordinary musician has taken over the past decade, offering a revelatory and fascinating insight into the working process of a genuine musical maverick and sonic explorer.
Gather Up comes as a standalone 21 track 2LP or a beautifully packaged 5LP Box set with a 64 page booklet.
Over 10 years with Acid Jazz Records Berry has released nine incredibly diverse albums (including one live album). From the tangled-folk rock thickets of Witchazel and Kill The Wolf (which features the song from which this box gets its name), to the out-there explorations of Music For Insomniacs or TV Themes retro-kitsch delights, through the soul power in Matt Berry & The Maypoles Live or the twilight grooves of The Small Hours to the classic pedal-steel songwriting of Phantom Birds and the smorgasbord of psychedelic sounds on The Blue Elephant, Berrys journey has produced a feast for the ears that twists and turns down more unexpected avenues than most artists could manage over several careers.
The 55 tracks on the box set version are split between an anthology compilation that tracks the very best tracks from his 8 albums and associated singles for the label over the last decade, an album of unreleased tracks and rarities, a demo version of his 2020 album Phantom Birds and the previously unreleased Live At A Festival LP which showcases Matt & his band the Maypoles in full flight.
The book included has an extended essay by Chris Catchpole which review Matts musical career and an exclusive set of photo images culled from the archive of Matts long time photographic collaborator Ben Meadows.
The LP Box is strictly limited to 1500 copies and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Matt.
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