I'm very pleased to have managed to blag myself a copy of this sadly extremely limited edition tape. The cover, like so many of these local releses leaves a lot to be desired. The original artwork and concept are beautiful, i like the left handed presentation, shame the cover doesn't actually fit in the case and the lettering is scruffy and/or unreadable. This tape gives great value for money, clocking in at nearly an hour and a half and featuring an international cast of musicians recorded at some impressive locations. The sound quality is varied in this collection, nevertheless the quality of the songwriting and the energy of the moment shines through.

The music is a travelogue of spontaneous sessions that have occurred on Frazer's Journeys round the sacred sites and festivals of the world. The album begins simply: '11th Day' is an acoustic duo's recorded during sessions on Mcleod Ganj in the Hymalayas, with some beautiful lead work from Ed. Next up is Frazers classic solo rendition of the Buster Nolan lyric 'Seeds' recorded during the 'Tribal Voices' sessions at Coombe Farm. 'Powers of the Ages' and 'Change the World' groove jazzily along behind more blistering fretwork from Ed. The general meanderingness of a lot of these songs probably mean this tape will get lost in the background a lot of the time, it does however, bear repeated listening, there's so much musical information on these tracks that you'll never be able to take it all in in one sitting. 'We are One' is a crash course in eco politics with lyrics from Eddy Moon as performed in high raucous humour at the big green last year. Side one winds up with a multi part piece compiled from the Hymalayan sessions comprising a graceful instrumental duo, a group improvisation introduced with some convincing tabla rhythms, featuring sitar, indian flute and bouzouki, and concluding with a french / hindi laraday fusion driven by Frazer's inimitable 12 string funk engine, who invited the opera singer?.

One of the highlights of the tape for me is the snatch of a jam with a paid-up Ganesh Baba in southern India that begins the second side as a prelude to some of Frazer's best loved songs, like 'Talking Trees' - a tribute to poet, activist and man of the trees, Buster Nolan, whose influence shows up right through the entire album. 'River of Life' is a setting of Buster's lyric recorded in the shadow of Chalice Hill with a glorious violin solo from Nick Harrison. This is followed with a vibrant rearrangement of Blake's 'Jerusalem' recorded by Jim, Frazer and Michael from the Tribal Voices sessions. The title track in all but name is one of Frazers most haunting melodies, 'Flower Hill' with a spectacular string arrangement andf violin solo from Nick Harrison once again. Penultimately, there comes a rambling live version of 'Blessed Be',recorded live at the Green Gathering '98 with Harp, Terumpet and Tegwyn, the Author of the song, providing luxurious backing vocals. The tape ends with a collective jam around the tune that finally became 'seeds'.

People seem to love or loathe Frazer's music, if like me you're one of the former then this tape is going to be a real treat. It features many classic tracks that you'll certainly be familiar with if you've caught Frazer live, in between which are some classic spur of the moment improvisations which certainly deserve airing.