Various Artists – Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: English Weather (2LP)

The latest project from two-thirds of Saint Etienne is a deluxe double LP of English music that represented the transition from psychedelia to prog as the 60s moved into the 70s. Most of it is not an easy listen, but it’s always interesting, melodic, melancholy, with jazz and folk touches.
It features 19 tracks from Caravan, John Cale, Camel, Matching Mole, Alan Parker and Alan Hawkshaw, Spring etc. Lavishly put together, with two of Peter Mitchell’s iconic photographs of 1970’s Leeds.
The double LP is on 180g clear vinyl with a heavy card sleeve.