EMH Tree Farm [JW's Rock Garden]

I got the idea for the Shawn Phillips Tape Trees in 1995 after a discussion with Shawn Phillips' manager, Arlo Hennings. I had started my tape collection through "tape trees" from the Jefferson Airplane list and being bit by the tape collector bug thought perhaps Shawn's fans would be interested too. Arlo had a few tapes and after I posed the question on the Shawn Phillips mailing list, a few more tapes were discovered. Since, putting together this concept, I have searched internationally for Shawn Phillips tapes and have been somewhat successful.

The first tape tree put together was from 2 tapes Arlo found. One from a show in Rochester, New York in April of 1972 and the other fron Shawn's tour of South Africa in 1994. I asked the folks on the Shawn Phillips mailing list, at the time, to help me find a name for this tree, and I settled on Breakthrough, one of Shawn's titles.

Since that fateful time in 1995, 10 trees have been run, with more to come. These tape trees have given Shawn's fans a taste of quality Shawn Phillips music that without the internet and email, they never would have heard. I have archived all the tapes I have received over the years and have also come across a few videos. People who are new to tape collecting or to Shawn Phillip's music are encouraged to sign up for the tape trees as they are announced. For more information on "Tape Trees" see The Rust List

The following is a list Shawn Phillip's Tape Trees. Click on the links to find out more information on these tape trees. If you are interested in obtaining any of these tapes, email me at... [email protected]

EMH VCD Tree #1 - Milestones Music Room VCD