Here is the reissue of the 1971 debut album by the very fine British acoustic guitarist and songwriter Steve Tilston. The album includes solo guitar and vocal tracks, as well as group performances with The Village Thing label-mates Dave Evans and others. One can hear in this unique and original early work - much more clearly than in his later recordings - the echoes of Steve Tilston's mentors and contemporaries Bert Jansch, Wizz Jones, Nick Drake, Davey Grahma, Donovan and many others. This release of 'An Acoustic Confusion' is intended to bring this long lost album from undeserved obscurity to be apporpriately recognized as an important piece of Britain's folk tapestry.

The Sun Life Stanshawe Band—originally called The Stanshawe (Bristol) Band— was formed in 1968 and progressed to become one of the finest bands in the U.K. Foursome For Brass — Quartette playing is a popular feature of the Brass Band movement and many combinations of instruments are used. The combination presented here—two cornets, tenor horn and euphonium—is the classic one and is the brass band equivalent of the string quartet. Our 'Foursome for Brass' is composed of players of great experience and it is interesting to note that three of the instrumentalists—Derek Garside, Haydn Harris and Lyndon Baglin—were members of the C.W.S. (Manchester) Band quartette party which won the title of Champion Quartette of Great Britain 1961 under the conductorship of Alex Mortimer. Best Of Brass — Formed in 1982, the Group comprises nine brass instrumentalists and one percussionist drawn from South Wales and the West of England. The group’s aim is to take brass playing to audiences which would perhaps not normally listen to a brass band and at the same time offer the traditional brass band audience something to supplement brass bands. Fine Arts Brass of England has an international reputation as one of the world's leading brass ensembles. Since its formation in 1980 the group was acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for its musical artistry and entertainment. The original release of this album coincided with the Group's 10th anniversary. During that time it had given over 1000 concerts in Britain, toured in over 35 countries spanning four continents and broadcast over 100 times for the BBC alone.

This compilation of early jazz and ragtime dates from a very early recording (Eli Green’s Cakewalk from 1898) to the 1920s. The sources are from pianola rolls, 78 rpm records and phonograph cylinders. The rolls on this recording were played on an Orchestrelle player attachment 65/88 note made around 1905. The first known player is thought to be the 1863 Furneaux ‘Pianista.’ As with the Orchestrelle this operated by striking the keys of an ordinary piano. The main difference was that it was operated by a handle in the manner of a street piano, while the later instrument is worked pneumatically by foot operated bellows. Early rolls were 58 and later 65 note. 88 notes became standard in the 1900s although the earlier sizes continued to be made. It was some years before manufacturers got together and standardized roll size and fitting so that any player could play any roll.