a four song 12 inch 45 on 180 gram vinyl, garden fete presents alternative mixes of two original songs from rodney graham's cd release never tell a pal a hard luck story (you'll only get a hard luck story in return) 'she failed to see the point', and 'sinkin' in the west' and two covers: the everley brothers' 'take a message to mary' and the kinks ' i'm on an island'. the latter is an uptempo version of the song which forms the soundtrack of graham's sculptural installation in the petuel park, munich, germany. the work comprises and outdoor room defined by four nine foot hedges in which loudspeakers are hidden. graham's performance of the kinks song is heard once a day at 4:15 in the afternoon." (label info) comes in beautiful deluxe packaging