Flag So High // Freedom Chant 12" Vinyl

The Uplifter

Please find previews of all 6 tunes featured on the MUSIC page*

Limited pressing of 500 copies on heavyweight black vinyl. (367 copies sold by 01/05/14).

Double sided sleeve artwork custom drawn by talented Brazilian artist Victor Maristane

Side A. Flag So High (Vocals by Tom Uplifter) Brass So High (brass instrumental featuring Dave Leonard on

Please find previews of all 6 tunes featured on the MUSIC page*

Limited pressing of 500 copies on heavyweight black vinyl. (367 copies sold by 01/05/14).

Double sided sleeve artwork custom drawn by talented Brazilian artist Victor Maristane

Side A. Flag So High (Vocals by Tom Uplifter) Brass So High (brass instrumental featuring Dave Leonard on Trumpet/Tom Uplifter on trombone) Dub So HIgh (Dub mix by Paul Fox)

Side B. Freedom Chant (Vocals by Tom Uplifter and Paul Fox) Freedom Melodica (Melodica version by Tom Uplifter) Freedom Dub (Dub mix by Paul Fox)

Ships out within 2 days Edition of 150

This vinyl release features all of the tracks featured here on the The Uplifter Bandcamp corner (Please refer to the individual digital tracks for a preview)...

When the world we are presented with gets too much, for me, I've always pictured my family, friends and all the conscious minded people launching some wooden boats, rowing off into the distance on calm water into a warm sunset to some place better. Somewhere peaceful.

This cover features my pet lizard Draco (see if you can spot him!), family members and with references to fishing and water - themes which always seem to crop up. Many years were spent in Ireland and after two tours of New Zealand - the landscape on both the record sleeve and label remind me of the landscape in both of these beautiful countries.

Paul Fox features on the second verse of Freedom Chant and sings with me on the chorus.

The vinyl release is dedicated to my great uncle, Uncle Mick, who was one of my favourite people in the world. He passed away during the production of this record. We used to go fishing together in Ireland from when I was a child, up to recent times. If you look closely bottom left of the image, he is fishing off the back of a boat (much easier to see on the vinyl record sleeve). credits

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