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Tales

by Morellas Forest

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Jason Baker
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Jason Baker I now have 4 different versions of "Sweet Sweet Charity" and it's so awesome to hear how the song evolved over Ronnie's different projects. From this very early version all the way to Rainbow Rider and then Joy Electric. This album really is a wonderful glimpse of where both Joy Electric and Starflyer 59 came from. Favorite track: Sweet Charity.
John Felix
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John Felix I love it because Ronnie Martin and Jason Martin are nice blokes. I always liked their music a lot. I even made my own joy electric cover and played it live (I'm a guitarist and a vocalist myself).
Loscha
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Loscha This album is the culmination of all the influences that lead us to Joy Electric, Starflyer 59, Dance House Children, Rainbow Rider and a dozen other bands. Favorite track: Will Last So Long.
Emanuel
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Emanuel It's actually kind of crazy to suddenly have these songs that captures a brief but transcendent moment in time of some of my musical heroes. Oh, I could listen to Honeylands in repeat for hours. Favorite track: Honeylands.
Dennis Draeger
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Dennis Draeger I saw the name of the band listed in a catalog back in 1989 or 90 in the coming soon section. At the time, I thought it was a cool name for a band and wanted to order it when it came out, but it never came out. I was confused by the T&N band because they didn't seem old enough when they came out. Then, I found out about this release being Ronnie and Jason with Randy around 97 or 99 when I interviewed Cloud for my zine. I've been waiting to hear this for 31 years or so, and it's better than expec Favorite track: Enchanted.
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wendallsan So glad this was found and released!
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Honeylands 04:52
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One Fine Day 03:29
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The Bridge 03:54
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Swallow Me 02:56
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Enchanted 03:51
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Morella’s Forest is one of the great lost bands, and their lone album Tales – (recorded in 1988) when brothers Ronnie and Jason Martin were just 18 and 16 – has been the ultimate lost album for over 30 years to the handful of people who even know it exists. The two brothers would go on to respectively form the cult bands Joy Electric and Starflyer 59. No track listing or audio has ever leaked out. Its long-overdue release in 2021 feels like nothing short of a miracle or transmission from another dimension. VBM is thrilled to have acquired the rights to this record, and to be putting it out into the world ! ! !

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released May 7, 2021

Ronnie Martin - Guitars, Vocals
Randi Lamb - Bass
Jason Martin - Drums
Recorded by Chris Colbert
Cat. # VBM 201

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Morella’s Forest is one of the great lost bands, and their lone album Tales – (recorded in 1988) when brothers Ronnie and Jason Martin were just 18 and 16 – has been the ultimate lost album for over 30 years to the handful of people who even know it exists. The two brothers would go on to respectively form the cult bands Joy Electric and Starflyer 59. ... more

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