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November, 2009: The Rainbow Records 3CD set is finally here! This lavish package collects all three of Collie Ryan’s 1973 albums The Giving Tree, Indian Harvest, and Takin’ Your Turn ‘Round the Corner of Day in a squarebound slipcase with new cover art by Ms. Ryan. Comes with fascinating liner notes from fellow commune-dweller and longtime friend Tommie Zook, three photo cards, and Japanese-style OBI strip. 24-bit transfer direct from the original master tapes. From Yoga Records and Riverman Music. Available from Forced Exposure and finer stores everywhere.

March, 2009: Sebastian Speaks, in cooperation with Yoga Records proudly presents The Hour Is Now, a “best of” LP compilation of Collie Ryan’s three albums available now in stores and via mail order. We made 1,000 copies with high quality, old-fashioned wraparound covers designed by Ms. Ryan, and an all-analog mastering process supervised by electronic music luminary JD Emmanuel. We are really proud of this record.

About Collie Ryan: Collie Ryan recorded three albums in 1973: The Giving Tree, Indian Harvest, and Takin’ Your Turn ‘Round the Corner of Day. A 3CD set of these albums with new liner notes, cover art and never before seen photos is due in September of 2009. Collie’s song ‘Cricket’ is featured on the Ladies of the Canyon compilation by the Numero Group. You may send messages to Collie via this page and we will forward them to her via snail mail. If you’re interested in buying original copies of Collie’s albums, you may do so here.

For a fascinating introduction to Collie’s world please read this interview.

Thanks,
Douglas Mcgowan

Yoga Records, in association with Riverman Music, is proud to present this 3CD box set — the first-ever CD reissue of these breathtaking obscure folk gems by Texas’ Collie Ryan. Collie Ryan privately-pressed three albums in 1973, The Giving Tree, Indian Harvest, and Takin’ Your Turn ‘Round The Corner Of Day. These records were funded in part by Collie’s friends at the New Age Farms carrot and fresh juice company in Lompoc, California, and shortly after their recording, Collie devoted her life to nature and moved completely off the grid. Collie’s mesmerizing sound remained largely a secret until “Cricket,” one of the tracks from Indian Harvest, surfaced on Numero Group’s stellar Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies From The Canyon compilation in 2006. Collie’s cosmic music is almost solely based around her high, bird-like voice and nylon guitar picking, and her lyrics reflect her lifelong study of theosophy and naturalist living. Even today, Collie lives largely outside of what would be considered “regular” society, residing in a converted 1930s school bus in the middle of a Texas desert and painting mandalas on hub cabs, while continuing to produce her very special and personal music. This 3CD box set, entitled The Rainbow Records, features a new painting by Collie, fantastic liner notes by partner-in-crime Tommie Zook, and never-before-seen photographs. The tracks have been completely remastered from the original master tapes in a 24-bit remaster, and are housed in a paper sleeve and slipcase. A sun-kissed bevy of quirky, circular, acoustic guitar-picked metaphysical song cycles, topped by Collie’s unfailingly sweet, clear trill. Surely, Ryan belongs alongside such queens of the folk pantheon as Vashti Bunyan, Linda Perhacs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joni Mitchell, Sibelle Baier, Ruthann Friedman, etc. This is a haunting collection that simply should not be missed.