Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind

I'm sad that I missed you for 40 years...what beauty there is in your voice!! I fell in love right away...a siren's song. Do "Bees Dream of Flowers..."? Now I'm searching for any songs you recorded or participated in. Vashti Bunyan...you are enchanting; your songs are so intimate they feel like personal conversations between two close friends (or two lovers). I feel I've found a secret garden.

FINALLY! Highly recommended collection of the mid-60's Vashti masterpieces-I had only heard the 45 that was officially out-the amazingly ULTRA Andrew Loog Oldham constructed/Jagger-Richard written (Mick did some percussion on this as well) Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind/flip...this collection has it all-including demos recently unearthed by Vashti and available to the world...Vashti is her own artist, so I don't want to make comparisons-but if I had to-and you're not familiar with her compostions-she has many parallels to Marianne Faithfull's Decca/London era and the early to mid-60's Francois Hardy...I HIGHLY recommend this-love her voice and style...great packaging also-like a mini-album...

Despite the vintage of these recordings, Vashti Bunyan is a fresh voice. The "Train Song" is especially appealing, and was used recently in a TV commercial, which is where I first heard her sing. If you were a fan of folk rock in the 60's, you would probably put this CD on the same shelf as Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, and Judy Collins.

This recording truly captures the essence of the 60's-- not merely because the lyrics are so of the time, but also because of the way the recording crackles and Vashti Bunyan's beautiful voice wavers. Much like when I saw the 2009 movie Adventureland and thought "this is my favorite movie from the 80's, only I never actually saw it in the 80's," this recording seems so familiar even though it is new to me. I expect to see a Wes Anderson movie with any number of her songs (Winter is Blue?) because they so completely evoke a time and place.

Speedy delivery. Charming.

One of the best CD’s I have purchased. The music is fresh and not rehearsed.

A beautiful collection of works from a very sad and pessimistic girl with one of the most enchantingly beautiful voices of all time

Great album but the thin cardboard packaging got bent and destroyed the top of the album cover. I like displaying my albums so I wasn’t too happy about that. Ship your vinyl in thicker cardboard Amazon!

Très bonne musique

A brilliant record -- how most of these beguiling tracks were never released at the time is a mystery! I guess the right people just didn't take her work seriously—maybe it was just too subtle. Throughout, Vashti comes across as a sort of English Françoise Hardy. Some of the songs -- in particular the superb I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind and Winter Is Blue—have inventive, sensitive arrangements. One listen to them and you'll be hooked. Most of the tracks, however, are home demos that feature Vashti solo on guitar, charmingly introducing the title of each track, so that you really feel you're in the room. Quite different -- more straightforwardly melodic, more direct -- than her later folky output [which is also great in a different way], this is essential for anyone with affection for great 60s pop music.

ジャケ買い。 ヴァシュティの歌声は、真夜中の湖畔のように静謐かつ神秘的です。 レコード屋さんで探すのがたいへんそうなのでこちらで購入しました。趣には欠けますが。

Ho scoperto Vashti Bunyan soltanto qualche mese fa grazie alla magnifica "Train song", e dopo solo un paio di giorni dalla scoperta mi sono convinto a comprare questa raccolta di alcune sue registrazioni inedite e singoli. Devo dire che non sono affatto rimasto deluso. Le sonorità dolci e malinconiche di ogni canzone sono perfette per chi ama questo genere di musica, e chi apprezzerà la cantante sicuramente non potrà fare a meno di chiedersi come mai non sia più conosciuta a livello internazionale. Grazie a questo disco, però, chiunque potrà scoprire ed ammirare il talento sottovalutato di Vashti. Acquisto più che consigliato. Unica pecca, alcune canzoni hanno un suono peggiore rispetto ad altre, ma credo sia più dovuto alle condizioni dei nastri dai quali le canzoni sono state prese più che dal disco in sé, e l'ascolto non viene comunque compromesso più tanto.

This artist demonstrates remarkable talent. The accompanying audio quality is exceptional, and the pressing is superb. Vashti Bunyan is recognized as a highly distinctive and influential folk artist from the 1960s. The absence of this sonic aesthetic represents a significant loss for independent music.