(c’92-’13) Tenth Plant, along with sub-label Wooden Hill Records formed in ’95, were based at 13 Barricane, St, Johns, Woking and specialized in rare / hard to find psychedelic rock re-issues and compilations, specifically the Syde Tryps series. Between Tenth Planet and Wooden Hill, they re-issued some 65+ titles.
The first was, a limited 500 numbered copy run, of the LP “Standing Stone” [TP 001] by Oliver (aka Oliver Chaplin) in ’92, a rarity that had originally been self-released in ’74, with liner notes credited to David ‘Dog Man’ Wells. We know that the test pressing occurred on 19 August ’92, so we assume that the runs printing and pressing schedule, which was done in France, would have led to a September/October release date. A CD version was issued on the newly established Wooden Hill, then based at 48 Armadale Road, Woking, in ’95.
“Syde Tryps One” [TP 002] was also released in ’92 and featured 14 tracks by The Pleasure Garden, Giorgio & Marco’s Men, Whispers of Truth, Free Expression, The Purge, The Poets, The Maniax, Tidal Wave, Blackthorn Winter, Euphoria, and Kat. Wells handled the liner notes and Steve McCarthy the cover art, as he had on ‘Standing Stone‘. The production run was once again 500 copies and Wooden Hill dropped a CD version, with an additional track by Fringe Benefit, in ’95.
In 2016, Wells compiled Grapefruit Records [CRSEGBOX033] “Let’s Go Down and Blow Our Minds: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1967” 3-CD compilation box set, that included The Late’s “Family Tree”. The Late also recorded, around ’69, several acetates, demos and private recordings, some recorded in Bob Potter’s studio in Mytchett, Surrey, on an Ampex 4 and many are now included on Wooden Hill Records compilation “Songs from the Family Tree” [WHCD021].
(Ed – So much more to add when we get to it…)
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