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Clay Pipe Music invites you to take a journey through the Midlands countryside with Frankley My Dear – a new Mini CD housed in a handmade box from Andy Baker’s The Baker Fields. Limited to 100 copies it will be available from the Clay Pipe stall at the Independent Label Market, Coal Drops Yard, London, on Saturday 10th May 2025.

The 5-track collection takes its cue from a bicycle ride through Andy’s local area – past the duck pond at Lickey Hills, through Uffmoor Woods (named after the great Mercian King Offa, where a carpet of bluebells appears in spring), and on to Frankley Beeches, which overlooks Birmingham. On Bonfire Night, people gather here to watch a million fireworks across the city, and on quieter days, you might hear the call of a Yellow Hammer. The journey also takes in the old church in Romsley, named after St Kenelm, who was believed to have been murdered on the nearby Clent Hills.

Each track is infused with a fuzzy melancholy, melodic grace, and a gentle psychedelic undercurrent – music shaped by quiet lanes, half-forgotten landmarks, and the gentle passing of time.

'An entrancing record label built on a foundation of arcadian sounds and gorgeous graphic design'. Shindig

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