by J.S. #14

"Leo Gillespie" 1991




















Here's a tape I bought about 1993 in Aalborg, DK, Europe.
Leo Gillespie is a street singer (/ songwriter) who sold his
tapes right out of his guitar case. Guess I paid about 5 US§
back then.

In this time you couldn't find anything about Leo in the I*net
and while time passed I thought I have to go back to Scandinavia
to get some more of his music.

Somewhen I found a site who offers a CD with songs by Leo - but
it's just a site without any working link ...
(http://www.cbm-booking.com/)

Then, about 3 years ago a friend wrote me that Leo is in town - somewhere
in Norway. It wasn't easy but finally he managed to get me two CDs of
Leo: "From The Heart" and "Lost In Laos". Three of the mentioned bonus
tracks (below) are from this releases.

None of those albums are still available - so if you like Leo's Music
(... well, that overproduced stuff he sells today ... ;-) ) - buy as
long it is available ...

If you like this OOP album here: There's an addy at his web-site where
you'd be able to send him 5 bucks and a greeting ...

Leo Gillespie s/t 1991

Side A
1. Teach The Devil (2:48)
2. Only Just The Blues (3:45)
3. The Gypsy (2:20)
4. In The Evening (3:30)
5. Angels (2:52)
6. Capricorn (5:53)

Side B
1. Sing Some Dylan (2:22)
2. Ludwigshafen (1:55)
3. Get Me Off The Street (1:56)
4. Birmingham (4:45)
5. Ticket To The Sky (3:56)
6. Last Song (4:54)

File contains - beside artwork - 4 "Bonus Tracks" which I found in the I*net over the years.
One is from his recent CD and you can buy it via his web site:

http://www.leogillespie.com/

Enjoy!

Kate Rusby

"Awkward Annie" 2007





















This is Kate Rusby's first self-produced album, and she plays to her strengths, with few surprises except for her increased use of strings and piano. As ever, she switches between her two favourite styles: there are jaunty, mildly quirky and humorous songs like the title track or The Old Man; and then the far more distinctive slow, sad-edged ballads that are so suited to her light, pure vocals. There are self-composed songs here, from the pleasantly drifting Planets to the lament for the death of a child (Daughter of Heaven), but it's her reworking of traditional songs that is most satisfying. This latest selection includes John Barbury and a glorious revival of the McPeake Family's Blooming Heather, which builds to a rousing finale with help from opera singer John Hudson. The annoyingly titled "bonus track" is a solid treatment of Ray Davies' Village Green Preservation Society. Her followers will not be disappointed.

01. Awkward Annie
02. Bitter Boy
03. John Barbury
04. High On A Hill
05. Farewell
06. Planets
07. The Old Man
08. Andrew Lammie
09. Dreams Of Nancy
10. Daughter Of Heaven
11. Blooming Heather
12. The Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks cover)

Download (link deleted by complaint)

Emma Holling
Pure Records
PO Box 174 Penistone, Sheffield, S36 8XB
http://www.katerusby.com/
Tel + 44(0)1226 767872

Meg Baird (Espers)

"Dear Companion" 2007





















Meg Baird gives us an intimate, modern presentation of folk music, revealing why traditional song still speaks to us. She extends the concept and reach of classic ballads like Barbary Ellen and Willie O'Winsbury into the 21st century with covers of under-recognized 60s and 70s ballads such as The Waltze of the Tennis Players (Alan Fraser) and All I Ever Wanted (New Riders of the the Purple Sage). The arc is made complete with two of Baird's own contemporary compositions. Baird seems to whisper the tunes on Dear Companion directly in the listener's ear, pulling human experience out of the arcane language of classic ballads and the forgotten recent past to connect it to our lived experience, breathing stories into our hearts.

Nick Drake

"Clothes Of Sand" bootleg





















01. Blossom Friend (The Seasons)
02. Mayfair
03. Joey
04. Strange Meeting (Princess Of The Sand)
05. I Was Made To Love Magic
06. Clothes Of Sand
07. Been Smoking Too Long
08. Brittle Days II
09. Brittle Days III
10. Leaving Me Behind
11. Time Of No Reply
12. Broken Earth (Ft. Soft Machine) There wasn't Nick;;;;
13. Mogwai (Mogwai's song called "Nick Drake")
14. Hanging On A Star
15. Voice From The Mountain
16. Rider On The Wheel
17. Black-Eyed Dog
18. Far Leys
19. The Seasons (;;;)
20. Princess Of The Sand
21. Betty's Blues

See here: 4:14 PM

Vincent Gallo

By Nick Hasted:
Vincent Gallo is a born provocateur, naturally at war with the world. The 42-year-old writer/director/star of Buffalo 66 is also a photographer, painter, Calvin Klein model and musician, all roles in which he has been showered with acclaim. But he has also inspired equal loathing - first, he alleges, from abusive parents who were ashamed of him, and most recently by critics of his second work as a director, The Brown Bunny. Infamous for a scene in which Gallo receives oral sex from Chloe Sevigny, it was loudly jeered at last year's Cannes. Gallo, no fan of journalists, issued an ironic apology.

Vincent Gallo is a born provocateur, naturally at war with the world. The 42-year-old writer/director/star of Buffalo 66 is also a photographer, painter, Calvin Klein model and musician, all roles in which he has been showered with acclaim. But he has also inspired equal loathing - first, he alleges, from abusive parents who were ashamed of him, and most recently by critics of his second work as a director, The Brown Bunny. Infamous for a scene in which Gallo receives oral sex from Chloe Sevigny, it was loudly jeered at last year's Cannes. Gallo, no fan of journalists, issued an ironic apology.

What is often missed beneath the hurricanes of controversy and an image almost calculated by Gallo to make him seem a fraudulent braggart is his real worth as an artist. His most treasured possession is a letter of support from William Burroughs, and his uncensored self-exposure is firmly in the Beat underground tradition.

Though he has a huge ego and ferocious temperament, he uses it to support work of Zen-like gentleness. This softer side is most apparent in the centrepiece of tonight's show, Gallo's first UK record, When, a sensitive album about love that would shock his detractors more than any blow job.

Gallo takes to the stage late and looks nervous. Wearing a black velvet jacket and backed by Jim O'Rourke and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth on guitar and drums, his attempts at the higher notes on "When'' are hopeless. Scattered sniggers suggest that more than one member of the audience sees him as a freak show.

But they are to be disappointed. Gallo's voice soon settled into its thin, hauntingly wistful range, singing "it would be so nice'' as if he wants to believe it, while O'Rourke provides harmonies and bluesy riffs. "I'm used to playing on my own,'' Gallo the control freak apologises when his guitar lets forth an unruly screech. But he fits in with his band modestly enough, focusing on jazzy duets with O'Rourke.

Though Gallo's sharp-boned body marks him as a model and movie star, the feral, aggressive charisma which made directors like Scorsese seek him out is invisible tonight. Instead, on "Laura'', we get Gallo the would-be torch singer. Elsewhere he employs an electronic piano to help create post rock soundscapes.

Unlike most movie stars moonlighting in music (an almost unbroken roll of shame from Keanu Reeves to Russell Crowe), Gallo's talent here is obvious. Though there are longueurs, at his best he sucks you into moods of tangible longing and defiantly amateurish intimacy. The appearance of rumoured lover PJ Harvey for a closing, aching duet on "Moon River" only adds to his charm.

Flawed and inflammatory though he is, Vincent Gallo's strange, soul-bearing artistry cannot, finally, be denied.

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Lúnasa

"The Kinnitty Sessions" [LIVE]



















by Michelle Osborne:
Lunasa's first album arrived on the scene in 1997, a natural outgrowth of their time spent playing together. Since then, they have produced 4 more albums, as well as several solo albums. Lunasa's musical sound is defined by the uilleann pipes (an instrument that most of these Irish "super groups" sadly seem to do without) and the use of an acoustic bass. Unashamedly influenced by jazz music, Lunasa's music is filled with a variety of syncopations and lush harmonies that are expertly woven into both traditional and newly-composed tunes.

The Kinnitty Sessions album was recorded live in front of a small audience (though the sound quality is so good you wouldn't actually know this) in Ireland's supposedly haunted Kinnitty Castle. The opening track is typical Lunasa and is a true joy to listen to. The first tune is an entirely traditional rendition of the jig, the Stolen Purse, played on pipes (Cillian Vallely) and flute (Kevin Crawford). The second tune, An Síoda, brings in the accompaniment in a syncopated pattern that is Lunasa's jazz-influenced sound at its best. After a brief pause, the full group launches into the final tune, Brendan McMahon's Reel. Yes, that's right. One of the hallmarks of Lunasa's tune arrangements is their change between tune types in the middle of a set. While this is far from traditional, it brings an unexpected and refreshing twist to the music.

Other highlights on this album are Kevin Crawford's whistle playing on the reel set entitled Island Paddy (besides a gorgeous whistle tone quality, his technique and style are amazing to listen to), a gorgeous uilleann pipe air entitled The Wounded Hussar, and a fantastic moment on the Walrus track where three members of the ensemble (Kevin and Cillian are joined by Sean Smyth, the fiddle player) all play low whistles and weave in and out of harmony and melody with each other.

Like Solas, Lunasa is not quite pure-drop trad. But if you want a fun album to listen to, this, or any of their other four albums, comes highly recommended. You can find more information on Lunasa at the Lunasa website.

Tannahill Weavers

"The Old Woman's Dance" 1978





















In 1978, after a relentless tour that saw the departure of multi-instrumentalist Dougie MacLean, and the additions of highland piper Alan MacLeod and fiddler Mike Ward, the Tannahill Weavers released their second album for Hedera records, Old Woman's Dance. The inclusion of bagpipes prompted the group to include more instrumentals, and deepened their resolve to become the definitive interpreters of Scottish folk. The surprising arrangements shimmer with pub-fueled intensity, and clearly show a band that's on the ascent -- there's an energy and a sense of camaraderie throughout that was missing from their debut. For this record, the group finds inspiration in the words of poets Robert Burns -- "The Deil's Awa' Wi' the Exciseman" -- and Robert Tannahill -- "Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa'" -- as well as legendary Scottish hero Rob Roy, whose Robin Hood exploits close the record on "The McGregors." While Old Woman's Dance is not their best record, it is the beginning of their halcyon days, and miles above the traditional music being released at the time. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Anne Briggs

01. Blackwater Side
02. The Snow It Melts The Soonest
03. Willie O Winesbury
04. Go Your Way
05. Thorneymoor Woods
06. The Cuckoo
07. Reynardine
08. Young Tambling
09. Living By The Water
10. Maa Bonny Lad

by J.S. #13

Eva Cassidy "Live at Pearl's, Annapolis" 1994











No comments on Jeff, Jim and Amy? So I quit my plan to post a
boot with Jim and Jeff at the Acoustic Cafe.

Instead I like to share a special treat: The only - as far as I know - boot by
the late, great Eva Cassidy. If you haven't heard of her yet - go and listen to her
covers of Sting's "Fields Of Gold", the timeless "Over The Rainbow" or "Autumn Leaves"
and get hooked!!

You're not able to support her with money anymore - but there's a voice from
the past that never shall go silent ...

CD1:
1. If I Give You My Heart (3:07)
2. Woodstock (4:46)
3. Early Morning Rain (4:44)
4. Imagine (4:51)
5. Summertime (3:22)
6. People Get Ready (3:49)
7. American Tune (4:11)
8. I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again (4:00)
9. Wayfaring Stranger (3:29)
10. Who Know Where The Time Goes (4:58)
11. Kathy's Song (4:33)

CD2:
1. Autumn Leaves (3:59)
2. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (2:59)
3. Bold Young Farmer (3:59)
4. Wade In The Water (2:44)
5. Songbird (2:57)
6. The Water Is Wide (5:02)
7. Tennessee Waltz (3:17)
8. Drown In My Own Tears (3:19)
9. My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose (3:53)
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:11)
11. Over The Rainbow (5:34)

CD1
CD2

Each file contains complete artwork.

If you need "moving pics" here you can find some snippets of her life:

Eva Cassidy edition of ABC Nightline:
Part.1, Part.2, Part.3

Trevor McDonald
Part.1, Part.2, Part.3

Happy goose pimples!

Warm regards,
J.S.

by HONEYBEAN (October 29, 2006)

The Watersons - Travelling For A Living (1965 BBC)





















This is the only film made of the Waterson family - Norma, Elaine, Mike and cousin John Harrison - At The height of the British folk song revival in the sixties and of which they were important part. it was broadcast by the BBC in 1966
The film explores their background - their roots are very firmly in Hull anad Yorkshire. The sea and the fishing tradition of the Humber are a vital source of inspiration. It shows them researching their songs, recording for Topic Records and working on various folk projects. It folows them as they travel around from club to club in their old van and return to their own popular club Folk Union One at the Bluebell in Hull.
Mike says in the film ' There's so much enjoyment their among ourselves, the audience catch on to it.
Many of traditional songs which the Watersons have revived and made their own are included in the film. "Three Score and ten" "The Diamond" "The Jolly Waggoner" "The Greenland Whale Fishery" "Jolly Old Hawk" "The Barley and The Rye" "The Oak and the Ash". All the songs are performed live.

Anne Briggs

"A Collection"





















01. The Recruited Collier (1963 From The Iron Muse)
02. The Doffing Mistress (1963 From The Iron Muse)
03. She Moves Through the Fair (1963 see note 1)
04. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (1963 see note 1)
05. Lowlands Away (1964 From The Hazards of Love)
06. My Bonny Boy (1964 From The Hazards of Love)
07. Polly Vaughan (1964 From The Hazards of Love)
08. Rosemary Lane (1964 From The Hazards of Love)
09. Gathering Rushes (1966 From The Bird in the Bush)
10. The Whirly Whorl (1966 From The Bird in the Bush)
11. The Stonecutter Boy (1966 From The Bird in the Bush)
12. Martinmas Time (1966 From The Bird in the Bush)
13. Blackwater Side (1971 From Anne Briggs)
14. The Snow It Melts The Soonest (1971 From Anne Briggs)
15. Willie O Winesbury (Child 100) (1971 From Anne Briggs)
16. Go Your Way (Anne) (1971 From Anne Briggs)
17. Thorneymoor Woods (1971 From Anne Briggs)
18. The Cuckoo (1971 From Anne Briggs)
19. Reynardine (1971 From Anne Briggs)
20. Young Tambling (Child 39) (1971 From Anne Briggs)
21. Living By The Water (Anne) (1971 From Anne Briggs)
22. Maa bonny lad (1971 From Anne Briggs)

by Sins We Can't Absolve #4

Murahachibu

"Live" 1973




















01. A!!
02. Yume Utsutsu
03. Dousiyoukana
04. Akubi Shite
05. Hanakara Tyochin
06. Mizutamari
07. Noumiso Hanbun
08. Umano Hone
09. Netano Yoi
10. Gunya Gunya
11. Nobite Boogie
12. Nn!!
13. Doko e Iku
14. Nigero
15. Doushiyoukana
16. Jyokyoku
17. Gomibako no Futa (bonus, studio)

Dirk's favorite type Japanese underground rock band...

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

"The Lonesome Touch" 1997





















The Lonesome Touch finds Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill turning in another collection of lovely, suprisingly innovative Irish folk and celtic music. Hayes and Cahill keep within the traditions of the music, but open it up with luxurious space and inventive phrasing. Like their previous collection, Under the Moon, it's a pretty, enchanting record that shows how Irish music can move forward without losing its roots. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

by J.S. #12

Jeff Black, Jim Reilley & Amy Rigby
The Songwriter Sessions At WPLN 90,3 FM (20. Nov. 2004)





















One last from The Songwriter Sessions that I'd like to share. Maybe you know Jeff - but I'm sure you never heard of Amy or Jim.

So enjoy this show and let me know how you like it.

Jeff Black, Amy Rigby & Jim Reilley At NASHVILLE Public Radio WPLN 90,3 FM
The Songwriter Sessions NOV 20th, 2004

1. Intro (1:07)
2. Wasted Wishes (3:41)
3. Some Call It Moonshine (3:38)
4. Till The Wheels Fall Off (2:28)
5. Big Cruel World (4:53)
6. Conversation (0:51)
7. Holy Roller (2:54)
8. Dancing With Joey Ramone (2:26)
9. Commercial break (0:59)
10. Words I Didn't Say (3:55)
11. Conversation (0:16)
12. Heaven Now (4:21)
13. Conversation (0:49)
14. Don't Ever Change (3:26)
15. Conversation (0:21)
16. Bitter Green Blue (4:54)
17. To Be With You (4:01)
18. Keep It To Yourself (3:36)
19. King Of The World (3:14)
20. Slip (2:51)
21. The Trouble With Jeanie Is (2:48)
22. Outro (1:06)

Download (Artwork included)

Best wishes
J.S.

by Sins We Can't Absolve #3

by gonzo #19

"The McPeake Family" 1963











gonzo said...
Returning to full power (well almost) with this 1963 Topic offering, the McPeake Family. Seeing some singles posted earlier, reminded me I'd done an album a year or so ago.

Here is the complete 1962/3 Mono album, with full scans, some family history, and enough info to peak(e) your interest for sure.

The McPeake family of Belfast were one of the few Irish pre-ballad boom groups.
That they were better-known abroad than at home is illustrated by a story told
about a conversation between Bob Dylan and Bono of U2 in 1984. The legendary
singer asked what Bono thought of the McPeakes. The Dublin-born Bono had never
heard of them.

The group was built up around the grandfather, Francis I, who had studied pipes
under the blind Galway piper John Reilly, and had won prizes at the 1908 Belfast
Feis and the 1912 Oireachtas. His musical career began as a triangle player in a
flute band of which his brother John was a founder member, around 1898.

He acquired a set of O'Mealy pipes and developed the unique facility of being able
to sing and play at the same time, a combination repeated with great success by
The Fureys and Planxty (albeit using both a vocalist and piper).

The family group, composed of Francis (Da), his sons Francis II and James, and
grandchildren Kathleen, Francis III and Tom McCrudden, achieved considerable
international success and won the Eisteddfodau in 1958, '60 and '62. In the 1950s
they played as the Seamus McPeake Ceili Band, with which piper Tom疽 O Canainn and
fiddler Tommy Gunn played at one time or another.

On the suggestion of Pete Seeger they made a two-month tour of the United States
in 1965, when Francis (Da) was 80, and played for President Johnson in the White House.
They have also performed in Moscow. Other admirers included Van Morrison and
John Lennon who once asked Francie to teach him the uilleann pipes and almost bought
a set off him.

The group featured vocals, two uilleann pipes, two harps, banjo, guitar and tin whistle.
A year later Seeger came to the Whitla Hall in Belfast for Francis senior's farewell
concert. Their most famous song, Will Ye Go, Lassie Go, written by Francis Senior,was
recorded by The Clancys and The Byrds in the 1960s and Rod Stewart
(after copyright hiccups were sorted out) in the 1990s, but they also passed other
folk songs on into the tradition. Another song they performed, Purple Heather, was
recorded by Van Morrison.

Francie II suffered an accident to his right hand in the early 1970s which meant the
end of his career as a full-time performer, but he never gave up playing altogether.

Although the group ceased to play for some time after the death of Francis I in 1971,
they formed a new line-up in the 1980s which did club work in the North.

On the Record

Shoe the Donkey, Francie McPeake with The Clonard, 1989
At Home with the McPeakes, Fontana, 1967
** The McPeake Family, Topic, 1963**
The McPeakes, Prestige, 1960
The Rights of Man, Francie (Da) and Francie II, 1952

Ron Sexsmith

"Holy Heart of Mary Theatre, St. John's"
October 19th, 2007


90min show includes NEW song "This is How I Know".

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by Nel #7

Tim Hollier
"The Story Of Mill Reef, Something To Brighten The Morning"



















Merry Christmas!
My German music-friend got a turntable for Christmas to digitalise his lp's.
His first experiment is this: Tim Hollier- The story of Mill Reef.
He agreed i sent it to you as a "thank you" for all music you offer us.

This is what "Tapestry of Delights - Vernon Joynson says:
The fourth album is a definite oddity. Mill Reef was a champion British racehorse, and the York label, a subsidiary of Yorkshire TV, now appears to be of interest to collectors chiefly through sheer rarity. Hollier 's five songs here are pleasant but uninvolving, and the album is padded out with spoken extracts and racing commentaries.

by Sins we can't absolve #2

by J.S. #11

Ron Sexsmith "At The Acoustic Cafe"
October 29th, 2001/2003





















Here the promised Ron Sexsmith at the Acoustic Café. Two shows: one Oct. 29th, 2001 and one from 2003.

This format has all songs first - then the whole show. So you don't have to program if you just like to listen to the songs.

Tracklist:

1. Still Time
2. Seem To Recall
3. Must Have Heard It Wrong
4. The Idiot Boy
5. Cheap Hotel
6. Thirsty Love
7. Fallen
8. Not Too Big

9. Intro
10. Still Time
11. Conversation
12. Seem To Recall
13. Conversation
14. Must Have Heard It Wrong
15. Conversation
16. The Idiot Boy
17. Outro

18. Intro
19. Cheap Hotel
20. Conversation
21. Thirsty Love
22. Conversation
23. Not Too Big
24. Conversation
25. Fallen
26. Outro

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Warm regards
J.S.

Shibusashirazu Orchestra

"DETTARAMEN"

1. Ooh! Baby (7:45)
2. Senshi (12:48)
3. Meltdown (11:50)
4. We Don't Know What Jazz Is (9:46)
5. A Man on the Boardwalk (9:26)
6. The Shortage of Brain Cells (9:53)
7. Theme of Honda Komuten (8:27)

Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Daisuke Fuwa: conductor
Hiroaki Katayama: tenor sax
Junji Hirose: tenor sax, soprano sax
Reiko Suehiro: tenor sax
Satoshi Konno: tenor sax
Kunihiro Izumi: alto sax
Eiichi Hayashi: alto sax, soprano sax
Hiroshi Iwadate: alto sax
Yasuhiro Kusakabe: alto sax
Arata Suzuki: soprano sax, wind synthesizer
Naoki Hanashima: bass clarinet
Tadashi Ishikawa: trumpet
Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
Shuichi Suehiro: trumpet
Yuji Katsui: violin
Takayuki Kato: guitar
Hal Miyazawa: guitar
Sakuya Ao: keyboards
Izumi Kaneko: keyboards
Seiko Tsuruta: keyboards
Hiroshi Higo: bass
Shiro Onuma: drums
Shuji Soh: drums
Miho Yoshida: percussion
Hiro Katagai: percussion
Toshiyuki Igo: voice, etc.

Produced by Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Recorded at Chocolate City on January 12, 1993
Recorded and mixed by Yosuke Nozawa
Illustration: Koji Suzuki
Photography: Yoko Hiramatsu
Design: Erica Tanabe

1993 (Nutmeg, NC-2066)
1996 (Chitei Records, B-8F)

Ron Sexsmith

"Cafe de la Danse, Paris" December 11th, 2002

01. Up the Road 02. Former Glory 03. Disappearing Act 04. Cheap Hotel 05. Secret Heart 06. Thinking Out Loud 07. These Days 08. Dragonfly On Bay Street 09. Fallen 10. The Less I Know 11. Still Time 12. Nothing Good 13. Gold In Them Hills 14. Speaking with an Angel

15. Ring Them Bells 16. Riverbed 17. For A Moment 18. Heart's Desire 19. Lebanon, Tennessee 20. Just My Heart Talkin' 21. Strawberry Blonde 22. Band intro... 23. The Least I Can Do 24. Fool Proof 25. Average Joe 26. Right About Now 27. Seem to Recall 28. God Loves Everyone

Part.1
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Ron Sexsmith

"Berns, Stockholm" November 3rd, 2001














01 Tell Me Again
02 Strawberry Blonde
03 Heart With No Companion
04 Right About Now
05 At Different Times
06 Falling For You
07 Riverbed
08 Thirsty Love
09 Joy
10 Talking To Me
11 Keep It In Mind
12 Every Passing Day
13 Secret Heart
14 Beautiful View
15 April After All

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by Sins We can't absolve

Ron Sexsmith, Steve Earle & Tim O'Brien

"Songwriter Sessions At WPLN 90,3 FM" 2000





















01. Intro
02. Steve Earle - Steve's Last Ramble
03. Tim O'Brien - Walk Beside Me
04. Ron Sexsmith - Thirsty Love
05. Steve Earle - I Can Wait
06. Tim O'Brien - Brother Wind
07. Ron Sexsmith - The Idiot Boy
08. A Short Break
09. Steve Earle - Me And The Eagle
10. Tim O'Brien - Running Out Of Memory For You
11. Ron Sexsmith - Wastin' Time
12. Steve Earle - South Nashville Blues
13. Tim O'Brien - When I Paint My Masterpiece
14. Ron Sexsmith - Song For A Winter's Night [Lightfoot]
15. Steve Earle - Talk about Jonathan Nobles
16. Steve Earle - Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)
17. Tim O'Brien - I'm Not Gonna Forget You
18. Ron Sexsmith - Thinly Veiled Disguise
19. Stacey Earle 1
20. Stacey Earle - Must Be Love
21. Stacey Earle 2
22. Stacey Earle - Dancin' With Them That Brung Me

Cover: Front, Back

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by SCION

Tim Hart and Maddy Prior
"Folk Songs of Olde England Vol. 2" 1969






















See here for full detail

by J.S. #10

J.S. said...
Hello Lizardson!
So the last Jimmy show for now:

Jimmy LaFave, Tom Russell & David Olney performing the
Songwriter Sessions at Nashville Public Radio WPLN 90.3 FM
March 4th, 2000





















1. Intro
2. If I'd Have Known I Couldn't Do It (David Olney) DAVID OLNEY
3. Intro
4. Throwin' Horseshoes At The Moon (Tom Russell) TOM RUSSELL
5. Intro
6. Only One Angel (Jimmy LaFave) JIMMY LaFAVE
7. Lazlo (David Olney) DAVID OLNEY
8. Intro
9. Sitting Bull In Venice (Tom Russell) TOM RUSSELL
10. Intro
11. The Open Road (Jimmy LaFave) JIMMY LaFAVE
12. Commercial break
13. Fast Eddie (David Olney) DAVID OLNEY
14. Intro
15. Down The Rio Grande (Tom Russell) TOM RUSSELL
16. Intro
17. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) (Woody Guthrie) JIMMY LaFAVE
18. Intro
19. Illegal Cargo (David Olney) DAVID OLNEY
20. Conversation
21. California Snow (Tom Russell-Dave Alvin) TOM RUSSELL
22. Conversation
23. On A Bus To St. Cloud (Gretchen Peters) JIMMY LaFAVE
24. Outro

Artwork included in the zip-file.

If you like this kind of performance - next time I'll offer one with Ron Sexsmith, Steve Earle and Tim O'Brien ...

Warm wishes,
J.S.

P.S.: Don't forget to visit Jimmy at
http://www.jimmylafave.com/

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off course I have that Sexsmith, Earle and O'Brien sessions.
but I'll gladly accept any help from you.
Thanks always!

The Battlefield Band

"At The Front" 1978





















At The Front was recorded for, and released by, Topic in 1978. This incarnation of the band had the stalwarts Alan Reid and Brian McNeill plus fellow Scot Jamie McMenemy and Irishman Pat Kilbride. Again with producer Robin Morton they turned out a very distinctive album reflecting the tastes and repertoire of the individuals involved. We are pleased to make this excellent recording available again to those who missed it first time round.

by arbor

arbor said...
Here is one I though would fit in well here:

Tim Hart and Maddy Prior
"Folk Songs of Olde England Vol. 1" 1968





















See here for full detail

Happy holidays!

arbor

by J.S. #9

J.S. said...
Here now the first of the second promise to give you five ... ;-)

Jimmy LaFave "Kerry's Farm in Tahora, New Zealand"
Recorded July 1993





















Setlist:
1. If You Were A Bluebird (Emmy Lou Harris) (4:17)
2. Deep South 61 Delta Highway Blues (3:58)
3. Because The Wind (Joe Ely) (5:32)
4. Talk (0:48)
5. Oklahoma Hills (Jack & Woody Guthrie) (3:47)
6. Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (Bob Dylan) (3:47)
7. Desperate Men Do Desperate Things (5:11)
8. Girl From The North Country Fair (Bob Dylan) (5:13)
9. Rock & Roll Baby (3:05)
10. Only One Angel (5:14)
11. Tuning (0:33)
12. Measuring Words (4:42)

Total playing time: 46:09

Hope you enjoy!

Warm regards, J.S.

Download (artwork included)

by Oisin #3

Seán Ó Riada "Ó Riada sa Gaiety" 1970

Oisín said...
I just saw Shane's post with songs of Seán Ó Sé (Thanks for those!). It reminded me of the other Seáns (also featuring in Shane's post). Time to brush up our Irish language and listen to Seán Ó Riada and a few more songs of Seán Ó Sé... And some names may sound familiar..., indeed, as members of the Chieftains.

Taobh 1:
1 Marcshlua Uí Néill
2 Mná na hÉireann, (amhrán)
3 Planxty Johnston
4 Im Aonar Seal, (amhrán)
5 Cnocáin Aitinn Liatroma
6 Marbhna Luimní

Taobh 2:
7 Do Bhí Bean Uasal, (amhrán)
8 An Ghaoth Ó nEas
9 Máirseáil Ri Laoise
10 An Chéad Mháirt de'n Fhómhar; Na Gamhna Geala
11 Iníon An Phailitínigh, (amhrán)
12 Ril mhor bhaile an chalaidh

Na Ceoltóirí:
Stiúrtóir agus Cóiritheoir - Séan Ó Riada
Amhránaí - Seán Ó Sé
Bheidhlíní - Máirtin Fay, Seán Ó Ceallaigh, Seán Ó Catháin
Píob - Paddy Moloney
Feadóg - Seán Potts
Fliúit - Micheál Ó Toibride
Bosca Ceoil - Éamon de Buitléar
Bodhrán - Peadar Mercier
Cruitchorda - Séan Ó Riada

Buy

updated by gonzo

Pyewackett "This Crazy Paradise"

by danny #10

Ram's Bottom "The Young May Moon" 1981





















01 The old ‘95/The young may moon
02 Trombone song/Mountain Rose (E. Bogetti)
03 The moon shines bright
04 Golden Valley two-step (K.Kendrick/I. Carter)/Ton o’Ewes/Ernie Dunn
05 The deadly wars/General Monk’s goosestep
06 Tip O’Derwent (Gerard Short)
07 ‘Ey up mi duck! (Ian Carter)
08 Brass nuts/Blue eyed stranger/Blue eyed stranger
09 Nowell, Nowell
10 Pappadum polka/March bluebird
11 A man that’s growing old (John Bloor/Ian Carter)
12 Charlie Sparrer’ marrer (Frank Sutton)
•
Keith Kendrick: vocals, Anglo and English concertinas
Barry Coupe: vocals, melodeons, percussion, bowed psaltery
Ron Cossor: cello, vocals
Trevor Hopkins: banjo, vocals
Ian Carter: vocals, baritone saxophone, piani, dulcimer, xylophone, plucked psaltery
Rick Scollins: vocals, percussion
with
John Adams: trombone, harmonium
Chris Pollington: triangle
•
1981 • Tradition TSR 038

A very good group from the dance craze, featuring some great singers as well

link

by Shane

McPeake "Family "Wild Mountain Thyme"

Shane said...
A couple of seven inch singles... One is by the McPeake Family and is along the same lines as the McPeake Family album already on Time Has Told Me. Just four songs this time but all of them are beautiful.


Seán Ó Sé "An Puc Ar Buile"

The second single is by Seán Ó Sé and CeoltóirI Cualann. An Puc ar Buile is quite a famous tune so this may well be more generally available or at least available online in better quality than it is here but its good stuff all the same. Its very formal in style but great fun. Rockin' even!

Both of these are quite crackly, sorry.

by danny #9

Chris Foster "All Things in Common"
1979 • Topic 12TS391

01. Black fox (Graham Pratt)
02. Low down in the broom
03. Grey cock
04. Pigeon at the gate
05. Unicorns (Bill Caddick)
06. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury/Jump at the sun (John Kirkpatrick)
07. The working chap
08. When this old hat was new
09. The world turned upside down (Leon Rosselson)

Chris Foster: vocals, guitar
Graham Pratt: vocal, guitar
Eileen Pratt: vocals

Produced by Tony ENGLE
Recorded by Nic KINSEY at Livingstone Studios, London, Oct and Dec 1978

this is the second Chris' album, in the same vein of the previous one, still Nic Jonesque even in absence of the man itself, a very good record indeed

by danny #8

The Watersons "Mighty River of Song"
2004 Topic Records TSCD545/6/7/8













CD 1:
01 Here We Come A-Wassailing
from Frost and Fire

02 The Folksons: Blood Red Roses
Lal, Mike & Norma Waterson, John Harrison and Pete Ogley, vocals
fragment - previously unreleased live performance from 1964

03 Let the Bulgine Run
Lal, Mike & Norma Waterson and John Harrison, vocals; Mike, guitar
previously unreleased live performance from 1964

04 The Ploughboy
recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, June 4, 1965; from Folksound of Britain (LP)

05 Holbeck Moor Cock Fight
recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall, June 4, 1965; from Folksound of Britain (EP)

06 The Greenland Whale Fishery
from New Voices

07 The Derby Ram
08 Hal-an-Tow
09 Mike Waterson: John Barleycorn
all three from Frost and Fire

10 Lal & Norma Waterson: The Barley and the Rye
previously unreleased; intended for the unreleased Topic LP Folk Union One (1966)

11 The Thirty-Foot Trailer
12 I Am a Rover
both from The Watersons

13 Rap Her to Bank
from the The Watersons recording sessions; later released on Early Days

14 Three Score and Ten
from the soundtrack to the BBC documentary, Travelling for a Living

15 The Jolly Waggoners
16 Twanky-Dillo
both from The Watersons

17 The Whitby Lad
18 The Morning Looks Charming
19 Willy Went to Westerdale
20 The White Cockade
21 Lal Waterson: Stow Brow
all five from A Yorkshire Garland

22 Lal & Mike Waterson: The Bird
demo recorded at home in Hull circa 1970; previously unreleased

23 Lal & Mike Waterson: Red Wine Promises
previously unreleased demo for Bright Phoebus, recorded in London, 1971

24 Lal & Mike Waterson: Song for Thirza
demo recorded at home in Hull circa 1970; previously unreleased

first CD in a four pieces box-set












CD 2:
01 Pace-Egging Song
02 Boston Harbour
03 Mike Waterson: Sweet William
all three recorded live at the Down River Folk Club, Loughton, on October 20, 1974 - previously unreleased

04 Souling Song
from Various Artists: Voices in Harmony

05 Lal & Norma Waterson: Barney
06 Mike Waterson: Three Day Millionaire
07 The Good Old Way
all three from For Pence and Spicy Ale

08 The Light Dragoon
recorded live at Folkfestival '76 Dranouter

09 Lal & Norma Waterson: Jenny Storm
from A True-Hearted Girl

10 Mike Waterson: Tamlyn
from Mike Waterson

11 Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy
12 Heavenly Aeroplane
13 Emmanuel
all three from Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy

14 Mike Waterson: Swansea Town
from Mike Waterson

15 Norma Waterson: The Unfortunate Lass
16 Lal Waterson: The Welcome Sailor
both from A True-Hearted Girl

17 Lal & Norma Waterson: Young Billy Brown
recorded live at the Tithe Barn, Laycock, July 1977, during the Chippenham Folk Festival; previously unreleased

18 The Khaki and the Blue (The Ploughboy)
recorded live at the Tithe Barn, Laycock, July 1977, during the Chippenham Folk Festival; previously unreleased

19 The Whitby Lad
recorded live at the South Street Seaport, New York, July 5, 1978 - previously unreleased

20 Mike Waterson: The Black and Bitter Night
From Peter Bellamy's ballad opera The Transports

2nd CD in a four pieces box-set












CD 3:
01 The Prickle Holly Bush
from Green Fields

02 Peter Bellamy: When I Die
Peter Bellamy, vocals, Lal, Mike & Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Heather & Royston Wood, vocal harmonies,
from Peter Bellamy: Both Sides Then

03 I Went to Market
recorded live at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, 1981; previously unreleased

04 Martin Carthy & Mike Waterson: The Furze Field
from Green Fields

05 The King's Song (Joy, Health, Love and Peace)
recorded live at the Iron Horse, Northampton, USA; previously unreleased

06 Swarthfell Rocks
recorded live at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, 1982; previously unreleased

07 Lal & Norma Waterson: Meeting Is a Pleasure
08 Mike Waterson: Doing a Bit
both recorded live at the Knaresborough Folk Club, 1982; previously unreleased

09 Young Banker
10 Chickens in the Garden
both from Sounds of Yorkshire

11 Martin Carthy: A Stitch in Time
recorded live at the Udazkenean Festival, Donostia, Spain, 1986; previously unreleased

12 Mike Waterson: All I Have Is My Own (The Brisk Lad)
recorded live at the Udazkenean Festival, Donostia, Spain, 1986; previously unreleased

13 Brave General Wolfe
recorded live at the Folk Union One 25th Anniversary, Hull, 1986; reviously unreleased

14 Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy: May Song
recorded at William Noble's Barn, Denby Dale, Yorkshire, September 27, 1986.
From the EFDSS sponsored cassette, The Holme Valley Tradition: Will's Barn

15 Harvest Home (Sheepshearing)
16 Gower Wassail
both Lal, Mike, Norma & Rachel Waterson and Martin Carthy, vocals;
recorded live at Wisconsin University, Madison, USA, for Simply Folk, Wisconsin Public Radio, 1988; previously unreleased

17 Mike Waterson: Rumpsy Bumpsy Toralee (Tumble and Cut Me Bum)
recorded live at the Góilin, Dublin, Eire, March 14, 1988; previously unreleased

18 The Waterdaughters: John Ball
Eliza Carthy, Lal, Maria & Norma Waterson, vocals;
from the A True-Hearted Girl CD

19 The Waterdaughters: A Stor Mo Chroi
Lal & Norma Waterson, vocals;
recorded live at the Leicester Tradition Folk Club, 1988; previously unreleased

20 Stormy Winds
Lal, Mike, Norma & Rachel Waterson and Martin Carthy, vocals;
recorded live at the Bracknell Folk Festival, July 1987; previously unreleased

21 Blue Murder: Mole in a Hole
Jim Boyes, Dave & Heather Brady, Lal, Mike, Norma & Rachel Waterson and Martin Carthy, vocals; Jim Boyes, banjo; Martin Carthy, guitar;
recorded live at the Bracknell Folk Festival, July 1987; previously unreleased

mainly unreleased material this volume












CD 4:
1. Hilda's Cabinet Band
from Richard Thompson et al: Hard Cash

2. Mike Waterson: The Rambling Irish Man
From Singing in the Seasons, December 1, 1990;
Recorded at McCabes, Santa Monica for Folkscene KPFK Los Angeles; previously unreleased

3. There Are No Lights on Our Christmas Tree
Martin Carthy, lead vocals; Mike & Norma Waterson and Jill Pidd, vocals;
from Singing in the Seasons, December 1, 1990;
Recorded at McCabes, Santa Monica for Folkscene KPFK Los Angeles; previously unreleased

4. Norma Waterson: Coal Not Dole
recorded live at the 1991 Augusta Folk Festival, Elkins, USA; previously unreleased

5. The White Cockade
Lal, Mike, Norma & Rachel Waterson and Martin Carthy, vocals;
recorded live at the Whitby Folk Week, August 1990;
from the cassette From the Humber to the Tweed

6. Cob-a-Coaling
Ann, Mike & Norma Waterson, Eliza & Martin Carthy and Jill Pidd, vocals;
from Various Artists: Voices: English Traditional Songs

7. Waterson:Carthy: T Stands for Thomas
recorded live at the Beverley Folk Club, June 1992; previously unreleased

8. Blue Murder: I Bid You Goodnight
from Out on the Rolling Sea

9. Mike Waterson: McIlroy the Emerald Cowboy
from No Masters

10. Mike Waterson: Jack Frost
demo recorded in 1996; previously unreleased

11. Waterson:Carthy: Pleasure and Pain
recorded live at the 1996 Cambridge Folk Festival; previously unreleased

12. Waterson:Carthy: Stars in My Crown
alternate mix to the Common Tongue recording; this mix previously unreleased

13. Waterson:Carthy: Flowers of Knaresborough Forest
recorded live at The Boatrace, Cambridge, 1997; previously unreleased

14. Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy: There Ain't No Sweet Man Worth the Salt of My Tears
recorded in London, 1998; previously unreleased

15. Waterson:Carthy: Black Muddy River
recorded at The Fiddler's Bristol, November 27, 1998; previously unreleased

16. Lal Waterson & Maria Gilhooley: Just a Note
from A Bed of Roses

17. Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy: Earth
from Les Barker: The Wings of Butterflies

18. Eliza Carthy: Stumbling On
from Red

19. Norma Waterson: Poor Boney
recorded live at Newcastle Live Theatre, April 2, 2001; previously unreleased

20. Blue Murder: Bright Phoebus
alternate recording to the one on Shining Bright; previously unreleased

21. Maria Gilhooley & Oliver Knight: My Sweet Lullaby
from Mysterious Day

by danny #7

Nick Dow "A Poor Man's Gift" 1983

Nick Dow: vocals, guitar
Jill Blackwell: Northumbrian pipes, chorus
Bernard Blackwell: accordion, flute, chorus
•
01. The hearty poacher
02. The distant isle (N. Dow)
03. The maid and the parson (B. Prince)
04. The bonny girl
05. The ballad of Lumley Kettlewell (G. Pratt)
06. Another man’s wedding
07. The dreams of lovely Nancy
08. The bold princess royal
09. The humour of Tullachrine/ The gold ring
10. Limbo
11. The mare and the foal
12. Scarborough’s fair town
13. Ripple away (P. Metsers)
•
1983 • Old House Music OHM 102
•
Another fine album by this English folksinger

link

I send you a message yesterday with the first CD of the Watersons boxset
Have you got it? Second Cd is ready to be sent
cheers
d

I don't know what's the problem
But I didn't get the message about Watersons boxset ...
Thanks anyway!

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

"Sing of the Sea" 1968





















Their popularity is the result of several factors. There was already an American folk revival beginning in the United States, and men such as Ewan MacColl popularizing old songs on the other side of the Atlantic. But it was the Clancys' boisterous performances that set them apart, taking placid classics and giving them a boost of energy and spirit (not that they took this approach with all their songs; they would still sing the true mournful ballads with due reverence).

But by the late 1960s, rock music had taken full swing, and the ballad and folk boom was waning. To keep the Clancys at the top, Teo Macero began producing their records for Columbia. Macero introduced many new instrumentations to the Clancys music, the among them Louis Killen coming in to play concertina on backup, especially on their 1968 album of sea songs, Sing of the Sea. But their last three albums for Columbia Record in 1969 and 1970 are considered by many to be overproduced, with a multitude of string instruments and synthesizers added the simpler traditional Clancy mix of guitar, banjo, tin whistle and harmonica.

Side One
Congo River
Santy Anno
Farewell to Carlingford
Paddy West
Johnny's Gone to Hilo
The Lowlands Low

Side Two
The Good Ship Calibar
Love Is Kind
Blood Red Roses
Three score and Ten
Heave Away My Johnny

Paddy Clancy
Tom Clancy
Liam Clancy
Tommy Makem

by gonzo #18

gonzo said...
Going back again into the 50's decade
here is the classic:

Ewan MacCol, Dominic Behen "Streets of Song" 1959

This is posted in two parts:

Part One, the MP3 files
Part Two, the Artwork, full words etc


gonzo said...
I must second Manila's comments and also say thanks to all the posters that have made so much varied music available to our ears, some artists I never heard before, some familiar too, but all interesting, even if I didn't keep some of the downloads, my collection has certainly swelled a lot.
Greetings to all however you celebrate this time of year.

Thanks Gonzo.

P.S And of Course to Lizardson
who is online and frantically editing these posts NOW :-))

by danny #6

Nick Dow "A branch of May" 1980

Nick Dow: vocals, guitar
•
01 Seven long years
02 The dancing tailor
03 Jenny of the moor
04 The friar’s britches
05 The death of Bill Brown
06 The minstrel (Graham Pratt)
07 The fairies’ hornpipe
08 Wild goose tamed (Ralph Henning)
09 The lake of Coolphin
10 Old admirals (Al Stewart)
•
1980 • © Old House Music 101
•
If you like Nic Jones, maybe you’ld like Nick Dow too

link

from Manila

To Lizardson and all the contributors and visitors to this blog. If you celebrate Christmas or any other festival at this time, have a great one. May 2008 be peaceful and prosperous for all of you. Very best wishes.
Manila.

by J.S. #8

Jimmy LaFave "Highway Angels... Full Moon Rain" 1988





















J.S. said...
Hy Lizardson!
So now here's the 3rd album. As far as I know Jimmy sold this only after his concerts - on tape!

Side A
1. Deep South 61 Delta Highway Blues
2. Minstrel Boy Howling At The Moon
3. The Price Of Love
4. Red Dird Roads At Night
5. Is It Still Raining

Side B
1. One Angel Is You
2. Thru The Neon Night
3. The Lone Wolf
4. Rt. 66 One More Time
5. The Loneliness Of America

All songs by Jimmy except B3 by Bob Childers (?)
Recorded 12/87 - 6/88

Best wishes - and thank you guys for your requests!
J.S.

Download (Artwork included)

by gonzo #17

Roy Harris "By Sandbank Fields" 1977

gonzo said...
Here is the 4th Roy Harris album, this completes my collection, anymore would be welcome..

Side A
A01 - As I was Going to Banbury.
A02 - The Knight & the Shepherd's Daughter (Sweet William).
A03 - The Baker of Colebrook.
A04 - The 23rd of March.
A05 - Go From My Window.
A06 - Think on This (when you smoke tobacco).
A07 - The Dockyard Gate.

Side B
B01 - The Lady of Carlisle.
B02 - Robin Hood & Little John.
B03 - Sandbank Fields.
B04 - The Spithead Sailors.
B05 - The Unhappy Parting.

Roy Harris: Vocals
Roger Watson: English Concertina tracks 1/4, 1/7, 2/5
Roger Watson: Melodeon track 1/1
Helen Watson: Harmonium tracks 1/1, 2/5
John Adams: Trombone track 1/1
John Adams: Fiddle 1/4
Sue Adams: Triangle track 1/1
Neil Harris: Dulcimer track 2/2

DL (updated 2009.12.25)

by Oisin #2

Pyewackett "This Crazy Paradise" 1987











Oisin said...
When nosing around on this outstanding blog I noticed the three albums by Pyewackett:
"Pyewackett" (1981)
"The Man in the Moon Drinks Claret" (1982) and
"7 to Midnight" (1985).
Wouldn't it be nice to add #4 as well?
"This Crazy Paradise" (1987)
I thought it would, so here it is:

Download

It certainly has a different atmosphere compared to the other albums, but having an opinion about that one should listen first, I'd say... :-)

Tracklisting:
1 - For Saheli
2 - Christmas Day in the Morning
3 - Love Me or Leave Me
4 - Homes for Heroes
5 - Ek sê ou Windhoek toe nou
6 - Resting Place
7 - Illusions
8 - Fever

Musicians:
Ian Blake - Clarinet, recorders, sax, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, ocarina
Rosie Cross - Bassoon, tambourine, vocals, hammer dulcimer
Mark Emerson - Violin, viola, keyboards, drum, vocals, accordion
Bill Martin - Guitar, accordion, keyboards, vocals, Yamaha synthesisers, piano, drum, synthesiser programs
Ralph Salmins - Drums

Sadly enough I can't provide any images of the sleeve, but the Pyewackett discography seems to be more or less complete now.
It's not my rip, actually I do not even remember how I got this; it was just residing somewhere in the dark alleys of my computer...
Greetings, Oisín.

Feber 2; Andres Lokko Folk

01. Over The Hill - John Martyn
02. Lord And Master - Heron
03. What We Say - Matthews Southern Comfort
04. Travelling Down - Keith Christmas
05. Song For The Waterden Widow - Bridget St. John
06. Only A Hobo - Rod Stewart
07. Snail's Lament - Trees
08. Standing On The Shore - Anne Briggs
09. Long Way Down From Stephanie - Al Stewart
10. The Sea - Fotheringay
11. My Only Son - Duncan Browne
12. Air - Incredible String Band
13. Lonely Vagabond - The Lone Pigeon
14. Withered And Died - Richard & Linda Thompson
15. Done This One Before - Ronnie Lane
16. Spirit Of Love - C.o.b.
17. Sing Us One Of Your Songs, May Bill Fay
18. The Lang Toun - James Yorkston & The Athletes
19. Rainbow River - Vashti Bunyan
20. Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne
21. Autopsy - Fairport Convention
22. I Want To See The Bright Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson
23. Don't Know Why You Bother Child - Gary Farr
24. Rain - Dando Shaft
25. Turquoise - Donovan
26. Nothing Else Will Matter - Forest
27. Stargazer - Shelagh Mcdonald
28. The Someone Else - King Creosote
29. Walk To The Water - John Martyn
30. Fly On Strangewings - Jade
31. Love Owed - Meic Stevens
32. Sbia Ar Y Seren - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
33. Island - Claire Hamill
34. The Music Weaver - Sandy Denny
35. Milestones - Terry Reid

by danny #5

Nick Dow "Burd Margaret" 1978
Dingle's DIN306

danny said...
I posted this one and his following two albums on Celtic circle.
I think it could be a good idea to re-post them all here.

Nick Dow: guitar, vocals
Bonnie Shaljean: steel strung harp, harmonium
Ruth Morgan: treble recorder
David Foister: synthesizer

01 A week’s work well done 2.20
02 The scarecrow 3.26
03 Tarry trousers 3.05
04 Davy Lawston 5.19
05 The green linnet 4.44
06 The devil and the feathery wife 2.50
07 The lover’s ghost 4.14
08 The poor old couple 3.36
09 Fair Rosamund 2.51
10 Quaker/Black joker 2.40
11 Burd Margaret 3.53
12 The jolly old robber 3.22

This is the first Nick's album

link

by danny #4

Bob Fox & Stu Luckley "Nowt So Good'll Pass" 1978
Rubber RUB028
Bob Fox: vocals, guitar, dulcimer, Portoguese guitar, piano
Stu Luckley: acoustic bass guitar, tambourine, Fender bass, guitar, vocals

01 The Bonny Gateshead lass
02 Reynard the fox
03 Gipsy Davy
04 The beggin’
05 Bonny at morn
06 Row between the cages
07 Sally Wheatly (Wilson/Glasgow)
08 The sand gate lass and the ropery banks
09 Isle of Isley (Donovan)
10 Doodle let me go (Yeller girls)

Produced by Geoff Heslop
Recorded by Mickey Sweeney at Impulse Studios, Wellsend

Bob Fox and Stu Luckley took the folk world by storm when they began playing together in the late 1970s. The duo's reputation was cemented in 1978 when they released Nowt so good'll pass, their debut album which won Melody Maker's 'Folk Album Of The Year' award. The acclaim has stood the test of time: milestone folk albums are few and far between but Nowt so good'll pass remains up there with the very best and has proved enduringly popular

Download

Artwork for Nick Dow "A Mark Upon The Earth" post is updated

danny aka cianfulli

Which name should I use for your post?
danny aka cianfulli or dp?
Thanks for your mail as always!

Duncan Browne

"The Wild Places" 1978





















Following his stint in the group Metro with Sean Lyons and Peter Godwin, Duncan Browne turned up in 1978 with his first solo album since the dawn of the '70s. The Wild Places isn't much like his Immediate album Give Me, Take You -- indeed, it's more like a lost Roxy Music album, or perhaps a lost Bryan Ferry record. It's electric, and the music has a sense of drama as well as beautiful melodies that were even better realized, with lush contributions on the synthesizer and related keyboards by Tony Hymas and a fierce guitar sound courtesy of Browne himself, aided by the upfront presence of John Giblin and Simon Phillips on bass and drums, respectively. The music runs the gamut from edgy progressive rock to straight-ahead rock & roll (the latter highlighted by "The Crash"), though Browne was at the top of his game, as both a singer and composer, working in an introspective, romantic vein, as on the killer title cut and numbers like "Roman Vecu" and "Kisarazu." Long out of print in the United States, The Wild Places was reissued on CD during late 2000 in Japan. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

by Oisin

Sourdeline "La Reine Blanche" 1976





















Oisin said...
Dear Lizardson,
Time has told me this blog is my favourite... :-)
Every now and again I come across a must-have!
Thank you for your efforts to make these gems available for all.
I should have expressed these words of thanks earlier, so to make up I offer you (and anonymous) a link to Sourdeline's "La Reine Blanche". Here you go:

by J.S. #7

Jimmy LaFave "Broken Line" 1981





















J.S. said...
Hello Lizardson!
Here's the 2nd album by Jimmy.
Needed 4 trades to get an almost clean copy ...

Tracklist:
Side 1:
1. Silent Homeland
2. Just Another
3. Feeling's Gone
4. Walking Away
5. Company You Keep

Side 2:
6. Coast To Coast
7. Friend Of Mine
8. Down The Road
9. You're A Star
10. Broken Line

All Songs by Jimmy LaFave

File includes the cover.

Warm regards
J.S.

P.S.: If you like his music - don't forget to buy his available albums or go to his shows ...

Download

Duncan Browne

"Streets of Fire" 1979





















Duncan Browne's second late-'70s album was even better than its predecessor, or at least the first half of it was -- the music on side one more easily accommodates his melodies and a rocking beat, and the influence of progressive rock is largely muted, subsumed into Tony Hymas' synthesizer work. Browne wrote some of the prettiest music of his career (and that is saying something) for this album's first side, and as a producer he knew exactly how to get the most out of it, bringing in saxman Dick Morrisey for "Fallen Angel"; his guitar playing also achieved new heights of virtuosity on the riveting title cut, an instrumental that, at times, resembles a coherent jam by the mid-'70s-era King Crimson. Side two is slightly less engaging, as though he ran out of really first-rate material, and has fewer memorable melodies. Reissued on CD in Japan in late 2000. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Peter Bellamy

"Peter Bellamy" 1975

This LP, Bellamy's first to be recorded and issued in the United States, features Peter alone with his guitar and concertina. There are also whistle parts on some tracks; these may have been double-tracked by Peter, or the album's producer Patrick Sky (an uillean pipe player as well as a folksinger) could have added them. The LP came with an introductory essay by executive producer Lisa Null, and brief notes to each song by Bellamy.

01. On Board a 98
02. Sweet Lemeney
03. The Poacher's Fate
04. Bungay Roger
05. Courting too Slow
06. Ramblin' Robin
07. The Rigs of the Time
08. Rag Fair
09. The British Man of War
10. Firelock Stile
11. The Greenhopper
12. Ward the Pirate
13. A Ship to England Came
14. Old Brown's Daughter
15. Searching for Lambs
16. Nostrodamus

+4 bonus tracks

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Ian A. Anderson

1 song from
"A Vulture Is Not A Bird You Can Trust" 1971
















Side 1
1. One More Chance
2. Black Uncle Remus
3. Policemans Ball
4. Edges
5. The Survivor Click here to start download..

Side 2
1. Well...Alright
2. Time Is Rife
3. Wishing The World away
4. One Too Many Mornings
5. Number 61

Tim Hardin

"Painted Head" 1972





















This is a much different album for Tim Hardin, but it is much better than most would have thought. There are no original songs on Painted Head, but the song selection is so esoteric that the listener doesn't notice much. Backed by a crack team of British musicians, Hardin works his loose magic on such cuts as Jesse Winchester's Yankee LW, Badfinger's Perfection, and Randy Newman's I'll Be Home. While other cuts, such as the blues classic Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out should have worked, they come off a bit flat. While Painted Head isn't that great an album, it shows that Tim Hardin was trying to reel in his excesses and give his career some much-needed discipline. ~ James Chrispell, All Music Guide

by J.S. #6

Jimmy LaFave "Down Under" 1979





















J.S. said...
Hello Lizardson!
One of my countless Top 10 musicians is Jimmy LaFave.
As far as I know are his first 3 albums OOP.
So please leave a comment if there's an interest in "Broken Line" (1981) or "Higway Angels ... Full Moon Rain" (1988).

Covers are included.

Warm regards

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Lindisfarne "Roll on Ruby": Floodlit Footprint

Andy M. Stewart, Phil Cunningham, Manus Lunny

"Fire in the Glen" 1991





















andymstewart.com:
Andy M. Stewart: lead vocals, tenor banjo
Phil Cunningham: accordion, synthesizers, acoustic piano, whistles, backing vocals
Mánus Lunny: acoustic guitar, bouzouki, lead vocal
(Track 5), backing vocals

Chivalry Music price: $14 Buy it now!

Interesting facts -- Wizard-o-philes may be interested to know that the Bill Watkins of the "Wee Red Whiskers" who taught Andy the song "Brighidin Ban Mo Store" among others, was an original member of Silly Wizard before they started recording, and he is also the Bill Watkins who wrote "The Errant Apprentice", which Andy recorded on Man in the Moon. Watkins has since written two terrific books, A Celtic Childhood and Scotland is Not for the Squeamish. You can read about them on his web site: wildbillwatkins.com

Tracks & notes

"Treorachadh" (Phil Cunningham)
This introducing Pibroch style melody leading into the "I Mourn For The Highlands" song was written by Phil, and the title, Treorachadh, is the Gaelic word meaning simply, Introduction.


"I Mourn For The Highlands"
(Words: Traditional, Music: Andy M. Stewart)
The beautiful evocative poetry in this song conjures up a series of vivid images of the devastating effect the Highland Clearances had on the North of Scotland. It strongly condemns those landowners who cleared the glens of families who had lived there for generations. They did this in order to turn the land over to the more profitable pursuits of large scale sheep farming and as a haven for rich sportsmen who wished to hunt the Red Deer, or fish for Salmon.

"The Gold Claddagh Ring"
(Words and Music: Andy M. Stewart)
The Claddagh ring originated in an area known as The Claddagh near Galway City in the West of Ireland. The ring has a unique design, that of a heart being encircled by a pair of delicate hands. In this song, the young man's heart is well and truly in the hands of the girl he admires from afar. On getting to know her better, he falls falls victim to a clever ploy.

"Fire In The Glen"
(Words and Music: Andy M. Stewart)
A song of a man who has become tired of fighting for other people's causes, finally realizing that whoever is king or master over him matters little in term of his own happiness and well-being. The sight of "fire in the glen" - the deliberate burning of the crofters' homes by the landlords in order to enforce eviction notices, proves to be the last straw fro him. He elects to head for America, a republic which boasts equality and "allegiance to no crown".

"The Spare Shillin' "
(Manus Lunny)
"The Viszla's Rambles"
(Phil Cunningham)
"The Lying Dew"
(Phil Cunningham)
"NIL SO I nGRA" (She's Not In Love)
(Words and Music: Manus Lunny)
The young man in this song has been forced into marriage by social and family pressures rather than for love. His only consolation is that his wife also feels the same way, enabling them to part without animosity. The translation of the third verse from the Irish is as follows:
But now I am happy
And I have no hatred in my heart
For this trick that was played on my mind
Is gone like the morning mist

"Watkins' Wee Red Whiskers"
(Words and Music: Andy M. Stewart)
This song was written by Andy for Bill Watkins.
All Hail To Mevagissey
(Phil Cunningham1)
Phil wrote this for the fine people of The Plymouth Folk Club who looked after him so well on a recent visit.
The Girls At Martinfields
(Phil Cunningham1)
Phil wrote this for his three adopted aunties on The Isle of Skye.

"Young Jimmy In Flanders"
(Words and Music: Andy M. Stewart)
Andy wrote this song for his grandfather, who, as young piper, was forced to endure the horror and lunacy that was the First World War. Somehow, thankfully, he survived. The song is in the form of a conversation between the recruiting officer, the piper, and his wife. It was inspired by the traditional song, Will Ye Go To Flanders?

"Brighidin Ban Mo Store"
(Words: Tradional/Music: Andy M. Stewart)
It would be difficult to find a song that expresses more love, hope, and expectation than this one. This song was given to Andy by Bill Watkins who remembers it being sung in his grandmother's house in Limerick in the 1950's. Brighidin Ban Mo Store was translated from the Irish by Edward Walsh (1805-1850) who made the following notes: "The proper name Brighit or Bride signifies a fiery dart, and was the name given to the Goddess of Poetry in Pagan Ireland." A more flowery version of the song appears in The Cabinet of Irish Literature, Vol. III, 1879.

"Ferry Me Over"
(Words and Music: Andy M. Stewart)
When going home has become overdue, it can produce some pretty strong emotions. This song is a celebration of returning home. The instrumental break is actually the first half of a tune written by Phil, entitled, The Spring Moon Over Gairloch. It was pure coincidence that this tune worked as a counterpoint to Andy's song, as the two pieces were written independently of each other.

by gonzo #16

Flowers and Frolics "Bees on Horseback" 1976





















gonzo said...
Prompted by the Flowers & Frolics posting, I've been archive digging again, found three albums by that seminal English country dance gang that has spurned many offshoots since their formative days playing at the Empress of Russia, Islington London.

1976 finds them together on the "Bees on Horseback" album, and in 1984 on the "Sold Out" album. This album having been posted already, I will wait to see if the original poster can sort the problems, before posting my copy of the Vinyl.
Here is the link for the 1976 album.

by Anonymous

A.L. Lloyd "The Old Bush Songs"





















Anonymous said...
Hi I also love me some A.L.Lloyd.
This is for Sascha.
Enjoy.
The Old Bush Songs - A.L.Lloyd 160 Kbps (my ul but not my rip)

01. Waltzing Matilda (2:46)
02. The Kelly Gang (3:30)
03. The Drover's Dream (2:53)
04. The Cockies of Bungaree (5:52)
05. Flash Jack from Gundagai (2:06)
06. Bluey Brink (3:10)
07. Brisbane Ladies (3:27)
08. The Derby Ram (3:11)
09. Bold Jack Donahue (3:48)
10. The Wild Colonial Boy (5:34)
11. The Hold-Up at Eugowra Rocks (2:17)
12. Euabalong Ball (2:24)
13. Rocking the Cradle (2:46)
14. Lachlan Tigers (2:29)
15. The Lime-Juice Tub (1:45)

#1, 10-12 and 15 are from The Great Australian Legend: A Panorama of Bush Balladry and Song (Topic 12T203, 1971)
#2, 3, and 13 are from First Person (Topic 12T118, 1966)
#4-5 and 7-9 are from The Banks of the Condamine and Other Bush Songs (Wattle C4, 1957) and Outback Ballads (Topic 12T51, 1960)
#6 and 14 are from Across the Western Plains (Wattle D1, 1958) and Outback Ballads (Topic 12T51, 1960)

by gonzo #15

Peggy Seeger "Courting & Complaint" 1955





















gonzo said...
Jumping back another decade in the archive, here is the 1962 re-issue of the 1955 original Peggy Seeger album "Courting & Complaint"

Originally in a pretty dirty & noisy state, this cleaned up copy is far from perfect, but it is a folk classic and as such deserves to be heard.

Restored front cover with painstakingly corrected track listing to add the missing information is included.

by Sascha

Anonymous said...
I would like to recommend a "new" (she's recording songs since 2003) american folk singer called Alela Diane. Especially her Album "The Pirate's Gospel" is absolutly fantastic!

Alela Diane "The Pirate's Gospel" 2004 / 2007



Alela Diane "Forest Parade" 2003



P.S.: I would like to request some more recordings of A. L. Lloyd. I really liked his songs on the "The Bird In The Bush" compilation.
Thanks for this and all the other fantastic posts.

Sascha

by a visitor

Ron Sexsmith "Small Hall: Paradiso, Amsterdam"
May 30th, 2005
















01. There's A Rhythm
02. Tell Me Again
03. Strawberry Blonde
04. The Idiot Boy
05. This Song
06. Whatever It Takes
07. Not About To Lose
08. Tomorrow In Her Eyes
09. Gold In Them Hills
10. In A Flash
11. Listen
12. One Less Shadow
13. Only Me
14. Former Glory
15. Hard Bargain
16. Pretty Little Semetery
17. These Days
18. Wishing Wells
19. Thinking Out Loud
20. Secret Heart
21. For A Moment
22. God Loves Everyone
23. Bobby Jean
24. Miracle In Itself

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Heron

"Upon Reflection: The Dawn Anthology"

Disc.1 1. Yellow Roses 2. Car Crash 3. Harlequin 2 4. Smiling Ladies 5. Little Boy 6. Sally Goodin 7. Upon Reflection 8. Lord and Master 9. Little Angel 10. Goodbye 11. For You 12. Sally Goodin 13. Carnival and Penitence 14. Harlequin 2 [#] 15. Rosalind [#] 16. Bye and Bye 17. Through Time 18. Only a Hobo 19. I'm Ready to Leave 20. River of Fortune [#] 21. Some Kinda Big Thing [#] 22. If It's Love [#]

Disc.2 1. Madman 2. Take Me Back Home 3. Love 13 (Lone) 4. Something Inside 5. Miss Kiss 6. John Brown 7. Big a 8. Winter Harlequin 9. Sound of the Music 10. Your Love and Mine 11. You Really Got a Hold on Me 12. Great Dust Storm 13. My Turn to Cry 14. This Old Heart of Mine 15. Minstrel and a King 16. Getting 'Em Down 17. I Wouldn't Mind 18. He's a Poor Boy 19. Devil 20. Wanderer 21. Harlequin 5 22.

by danny #3

Flowers and Frolics "Sold Out" 1984
EFDSS 6





















01 Oats, beans and peas/When daylight shines
02 Bobby Shafto/Mickey chewing bubblegum
03 Bonny lass/The merry month of May
04 La Scottish/Orlando’s return
05 The man in the moon/Valse clogue
06 Navvy on the line
07 Foul weather call/Speed the plough
08 Jack’s alive/The fiery clockface
09 The merry girl/Pepper in the brandy
10 Wiskey hornpipe/The man from Newry
11 Ben-Hur march/Jimmy Garson’s march

Trevor Bennett: trombones, flugelhorn, helicon
Mike Bettison: melodeon
Roger Digby: Anglo concertinas
Rob Gifford: percussion
Nick Havell: bass trombone
Dan Quinn: melodeons
Chris Smith: sound
with
Sue Bainbridge: piano
Ken Lees: banjo

Produced by Eddie Upton
Recorded by Tony Engle at Ideal Sound Recorders, London, Dec 1983

... Flowers opt for a straightforward poster. bordered by a forest of leaves, the words "Cecil Sharp House" writ large, perhaps underlining their ultimate respect for tradition, but still striking and colourful.

It should be said that all are excellent records. To play around with dance music, you've got to be very sure of your ground and completely at case with the tradition. The bouts of experiment and adventure are delivered from all three with considerable confidence and panache. In some ways, the Flowers record - superfìcially the most mundane - offers the most exhilarating moments. For while they generally tend to play slower and more carefully than the other bands, they are allo more considered and when they do let rip, as on something like Ben Hur March or Jack's Alive, they really steam. The sound is rock solid and the exhilaration breathtaking. That bass trombone of Nick Havell is worth its weight in gold...

Colin Irwin • Southern rag #23, Jan/Mar 1985

Jackie Leven

"Creatures of Light and Darkness" 2001





















Jackie Leven returns with an effort that is every bit as poignant and moving as Fairy Tales for Hardmen and as lush and textured as Night Lilies, proving his last album, Defending Ancient Springs, an aberration -- albeit a very fine one that began his successful collaboration with David Thomas -- from his own carved out path as Scott "Soul Brother Number One." Creatures of Light and Darkness is as gorgeously produced as any Leven record, and perhaps more lush than most. A usual, the poetry is beyond the reach of virtually any other songwriter on the planet, with the possible exception of Leonard Cohen, and the tunesmith craft is both accessible and intricately assembled. The set opens with the sound of the wind as it meets the drum and a melodeon (courtesy of David Thomas) in "My Spanish Dad," an up-tempo elegy for Leven's father. He tells his father's story of attending auctions, driving his Cortina, his hard-working countenance, and his flawed but golden heart. There is no judgment, no bitterness, only the acceptance of lineage and passage. With horns covering the refrain, and the large half-Celtic/half-mariachi band carrying Leven's bigger than life vocal. As a pedal steel guitar whines high and lonesome in the background, and mandolins cascade in time with the drums, his reverie isn't maudlin or nostalgic, but a regal tribute to the ghost of a complicated man, now a ghost, who has left his mark indelibly. In the cricket sung intro to "Exit Wound," Leven brings his second thread of the nocturnal tapestry to bear. With a stunning piano intro matching his layered vocals laying out a desolate set of images before Leven slips in with a Leon Ware-styled vocal caressing the backbeat, telling a song of desolation as true and forlorn as a seagull's cry against a gray sky. When Deborah Greenwood's wonderful voice chiming in the chorus: "White bars of heaven are keeping me from you/I know you're living in hell but what can I do." Indeed it carries Leven's own line "If you could look inside you'd see a body without a soul." The track with its soul-music overtones and jazz ostinatos is over before you know it, filling the vibrational silence with desolation. What comes next is perhaps the most controversial and heartfelt song Leven has ever written. "The Sexual Loneliness of Jesus Christ" begins with a synthesizer and a recorded, heavily brogued voice relating a proverb of disappearance before the cut time rhythm carries Leven's "one-two" lyric of Jesus meditating on his bewildering predicament. As the guitars begin to crunch and wail above the mandolins and rhythm section and violins swirling around in the mix like vultures hovering before a final descent, Deborah Greenwood plays the part of Jesus' archetypal lover and mother, the woman, not the virgin: "And I miss my baby/I miss him all through the night/they're gonna kill my baby/and the stars are shining bright." The entire tune disintegrates melody, harmony, and rhythm in a cacophonous roar of electric guitars before entering into a sampled refrain of "Desolation," from the previously heard brogue's throat. In "The Hidden World of She" Leven warns against the betrayal of women in a folk song turned into a Motown-style (á la Marvin Gaye) gospel exhortation. The musical meditations Leven puts forth on the relationships between men and women, and men to themselves, are searing testimonies from the front. That such powerful psychic material can be floated on the wings of such glorious arrangements and exacting songcraft in a minor miracle. Even in the workman-like songs, the care and precision Leven puts into his production and singing raises them above the high-quality bar. A keen example is the bluesy, souled-out "Rainy Day Bergen Women," with David Thomas. It becomes painfully obvious that Leven has listened aplenty to the girl groups of the early '60s. His melodies are erected along classic rock & roll lines, infused with a beautifully unadorned Celtic folk strain. Instruments of all types slip in and out of the mix, caressing the guitars and drums that caress his mellifluous voice. When the soul influence becomes overt, Leven makes light of it while pulling it off just the same with swinging pop flourishes and easy, in-the-pocket delivery ("Friendship Between Men & Women"). Leven's records in general, and this one in particular, are doused heavily in ambiences and atmospherics. His textured, intricately-layered production maximizes the emotional transference of his lyric and its delivery. The disc closes with "Wrapped in Blue"; the simplest track on the record is also pointed in its expression of heartbreak and desire, its forlorn loneliness in the midst of a relationship going south. With acoustic guitars and keyboards shimmering in the foreground and strings on the backing matte, Leven states his case plainly and without adornment. This is the other side of his single from the last album, "Universal Blue." This is the moment that leads to separation and anguish, and Leven puts it across better than any songwriter since Gaye did on the Here, My Dear album. I wish soul-jazz guitarist Phil Upchurch were caressing Leven's devastated, grief-stricken vocal with his rounded serpentine lines, but that's just personal preference and 20/20 hindsight. Two final points about this record are painfully obvious: the wide-ranging use of Greenwood's voice on this album sets it apart from all of Leven's other work -- even the records she appears on. Like Lotte Lenya, the legendary German singer, Greenwood's voice is plaintive and detached; at times it feels almost untrained. But it is far from raw: its coolness is sensual and a perfect counterpart to Leven's own very expressive instrument. The other thing is her diction: it's phenomenal. Greenwood is so necessary because she lends intense focus to the emotional nature of each track; she brings Leven's lyrical and vocal loping to a still point and lets it take root. Leven is an artist that takes great care to produce artistic yet very accessible pop records of uncompromising quality and merit -- musically and lyrically. In addition, he is a better singer than any male vocalist out there, bar none, and has an extensive back catalog. Yet he remains a marginal figure among the populace in his native British Isles, making his living primarily in the Netherlands and Germany. But the most puzzling question of all is why he remains a completely unknown figure on this side of the Atlantic, where we lavish accolades and awards on many pop stars that unwittingly attempt to do, on some small scale, a version of what Leven does without an ounce of the class or ability. (It would not be a stretch to think of Leven as a songwriting Frank Sinatra of the Celtic soul set.) Until this changes, however, lift a glass or two to celebrate the monumental achievement that is Creatures of Light and Darkness. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Richard Dees's Bootlegs #36

Dick Gaughan
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
1-Aug-1996

1. What You Do With What You've Got (Khan)
2. Son Of Man
3. Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Seeger, arr. Gaughan)
4. Song For Ireland (Colclough/Colclough)
5. Shipwreck
6. No Cause For Alarm
7. Worker's Song (Pickford)
8. Strike The Gay Harp/Shores Of Lough Gowna (Trad.)
9. Bonnie Jeannie o Bethelnie (Trad.)
10. 51st (Highland) Division's Farewell To Sicily (Henderson/Robertson)
11. Freedom Come Aa Ye (Henderson)
12. Thomas Muir Of Huntershill (McNaughton)
13. Canan Nan Gaidheal (MacFarlane)
14. Both Sides The Tweed (Trad.)
15. No Gods And Precious Few Heroes (McNeill)
16. A Different Kind Of Love Song
17. Now Westlin Winds (Trad.)

Sourced from the soundboard but edited to fit a single disc; no music is missing, but all between-song chat has been cut out.

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by danny #2

Nick Dow "A Mark Upon The Earth" 1986
Old house music OHM 107

01 The verdant braes of Skreen
02 The crokery ware
03 Jacky Robinson
04 Sweet William ghost
05 Just like John Barleycorn (Pete Morton)
06 The hills of Isle au Haut (Gordon Bok)
07 The rich shipowner’s daughter
08 The hostesse’s daughter
09 Writing in the gound (Colin Bargery/Graham Goffee)/The worlds’ police (Leon Rosselson)
10 Crow on the cradle (Sidney Carter)
11 Bold Carter
•
Nick Dow: guitar, vocal
Andy Brown: melodeon, sax, chorus
Hilary Lamb: fiddle, chorus
Graham Goffee: guitar, sax, chorus
Janet Simpson: keyboards, chorus
Chris Pollington: synth
Produced by Mally Dow
Recorded by Chris Pollington at Dragontail Studios
•
Nick Dow has made a terrific record, fully in command of his material, singing and playing with the ease, authority and assurance that mark Nic Jones' work. He also confirms my (unoriginal) pet theory that the same qualities are needed to put over both love songs and political ones convincingly. This LP is dead right from the first notes of track one, Verdant Braes Of Skreen onward. Particularly good are Just Like John Barleycorn (Pete Morton) and Writing In The Ground (Colin Bargery/Graham Goffee), articulating the political concerns expressed in Dow's sleevenotes. The latter, with some chilling synth from Chris Pollington, is linked into - and I feel outshines - Leon Rosselson's The World's Police, where the sheer trickiness of the tune serves to divert one's attention from the lyrics. On the trad front he comes up with distinctive variants of well-known songs/plots such as Bold Carter, The Hostess' Daughter and Rich Shipowner's Daughter (Polly On The Shore, I Sowed Some Seeds and Willie O' Winsberry respectivelv). Unreservedls, recommended
Nick Beale • Folk Roots #51, Sept. 1987

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back cover available soon, I hope
for the horphans of Celtic circle, this is the 4th Nick Dow's lp. I can repost here the previous three

cianfulli

by gonzo #14

Tony Rose "On Banks of Green Willow" 1976

gonzo said...
Having another dig into the previously ripped vinyl archive and I found this excellent album by the late Tony Rose, "Banks of Green Willows" I gather that this is another album that is unlikely to see the light of day as a CD, the last copy I saw on eBay went for $80.
It's not the best quality album, recording wise, but contains a wealth of nice tracks from an artist that at the time was quite new to the game. (1971)

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Richard Dees's Bootlegs #35

V.A. "Cambridge Folk Festival 2"
26-29 July 2007
BBC Radio 2 FM

STAGE
01 Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
02 Oyster Band - Where The World Divides
03 Show Of Hands - Roots
04 Alison Moorer - A Change Is Gonna Come
05 Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
06 Under One Sky - A Long Time Past
07 Toots And The Maytals - Monkey Man
08 Kate Rusby - Awkward Annie
09 James Hunter - Don`t Do It
10 Steve Earle - The Devils Right Hand
11 Alabama 3 - U Don`t Dance 2 Techno
12 Waterboys - Everyone Takes A Tumble
13 Waterboys - The Raggle Taggle Gypsies
14 Waterboys - When Will We Be Married
15 Seasick Steve - Intro Interview
16 Seasick Steve - Cut My Wings
17 Seasick Steve - Interview
18 Allison Moorer - A Soft Place to Fall
19 Four Men And A Dog - Baby Loves to Boogie
20 Oyster Band - Someone Somewhere
21 Ruthie Foster - Runaway Train
22 Show of Hands - Are We Alright
23 Show of Hands - Cousin Jack
24 Steve Earle - Steves Last Ramble
25 Waterboys - Whole of the Moon
26 Under One Sky - Title Unknown

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V.A. "Cambridge Folk Festival 3" Studio
26-29 July 2007
BBC Radio 2 FM

STUDIO
01 Under One Sky - Intro Interview
02 Under One Sky - Lavender Hill
03 Under One Sky - Outtro
04 Under One Sky - Intro 2
05 Under One Sky - Lay You Down
06 Martin Simpson - Intro Interview
07 Martin Simpson - Never Any Good
08 Kate Walsh - Intro Interview
09 Kate Walsh - Light And Dark
10 Kate Walsh - Intro Interview 2
11 Kate Walsh - I Wish It Was You
12 Chris Drever - Intro Interview
13 Chris Drever - Harvest Gypsies
14 Kate Rusby - Intro Interview
15 Kate Rusby - Awkward Annie
16 Kate Rusby - Interview
17 Kate Rusby - The Bitter Boy
18 Phil Beer - Interview Guitar Lesson
19 Phil Beer - The Tea Totallers Reel
20 Waterboys - Interview Intro
21 Waterboys - The Raggle Taggle Gypsies
22 Waterboys - Interview
23 Waterboys - It`s Gonna Rain
24 Waterboys - Outro

All these songs were performed for BBC Radio 2 at Cambridge Folk Festival but are not stage recordings. This is the last part of the trilogy.

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But I heard today that you have offered my music free for download.
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Richard Dees's Bootlegs #34

V.A. "Cambridge Folk Festival"
26-29 July 2007
BBC Radio 2 FM
Broadcast 1 August 2007















01. Solas - Pastures Of Plenty
02. Show of Hands - Are We Alright?
03. Nanci Griffith - Interview with Mike Harding
04. Nanci Griffith - It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go
05. Martin Simpson and Danny Thompson - Duncan And Brady
06. Sharon Shannon - Gaffo's Ball
07. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Anarchy In The UK
08. Steve Earle - Interview with Mike Harding
09. Steve Earle - Rich Man's War
10. Bellowhead - Fire Marengo
11. Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust
12. Under One Sky - Breton Sky/Johnny's Jig
13. Kate Rusby - Interview with Mike Harding
14. Kate Rusby - Blooming Heather

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by danny

Martin Carthy "Shearwater" 1972





















1972 • Pegasus PEG 12 • Mooncrest CREST 25 •• 1991 • Mooncrest CRESTCD 008 •• 2005 • Castle Music CMQCD1096

01 I Was a Young Man (2:46)
02 Banks of Green Willow (4:31)
03 Handsome Polly-O (2:32)
04 Outlandish Knight (5:25)
05 He Called for a Candle (2:49)
06 John Blunt (3:26)
07 Lord Randall (4:35)
08 William Taylor (3:43)
09 Famous Flower of Serving Men (9:23)
10 Betsy Bell and Mary Gray (1:34)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Carthy
Published by Sparta/Florida Music
Produced by Terry Brown for September Productions Ltd.
Engineer: Jerry Boys
Special thanks to Maddy Prior who sings on Betsy Bell and Mary Gray

The Castle CD reissue has three bonus tracks from the BBC Radio 1 John Peel session recorded on May 22, 1972 at the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London and broadcast on May 30, 1972:

11 The False Lover Won Back (4:12)
12 King Henry (5:42)
13 Trimdon Grange (4:06)

Martin Carthy recorded Shearwater in 1971, just after leaving Steeleye Span for the first time

by gonzo #13

Hamish Imlach "Fine Old English Tory Times" 1972

















Side One:
Forty Pence Butter (trad)
One Day Old (Hughes/Fisher)
Base Details (Sassoon)
If You Want to See the General (trad)
Downtrodden Landlord (Woolf/Clayton)
Automation (Fascination) (A Sherman)

Side Two:
Twelve Pence Ain't A Shilling (Tom Glazer)
Pie in the Sky (trad)
Whisky (Silverstein)
Dialogue (trad)
Five Eyes (Silverstein)
Fine Old English Tory Times (trad)

Hamish Imlach (vocals, guitar)
with Allan Barty (fiddle, mandolin, electric guitar)
Iain Mackintosh (whistle, banjo, acoustic guitar)
Mike Whellans (harmonica, percussion)
Tom McGrath (piano)
Archie Fisher (bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals)

by MJF #4

Hamish Imlach "Old Rarity" 1971
XTRA 1121

















Side One: Clive's Song (Clive Palmer);
The Cuckoo (trad);
Baron of Brackley (trad);
Pretty Little Horses (trad);
Noted Rider (trad);
Kilbogie (trad)
Boozin' Bloody Boozin' (trad);
Kid's Drinking Song (Pete Ross);
Streets of Laredo (trad);
Western Cowboy (Leadbelly);
Lang Johnny More (trad);
Poisening the Students' Minds
Whupped Up the Hill (Leabelly)

Hamish Imlach (vocals, guitar) with Archie Fisher (mandola, banjo,
concertina);
Iain MacIntosh (whistle, banjo, concertina); Tam Harvey (pedal steel
guitar, acoustic guitar);
John MacKinnon (fiddle, mandolin); Mike Whellans (harmonica, percussion)


Hamish Imlach "More and Merrier" 1995
KRL Lochshore CDLDL 1238

Castlereagh (Hamish Imlach);
Mary Alice Jones (unknown);
Black is the Colour [1] (Hamish Imlach);
I Like Beer (Tom T Hall);
She Moved Through the Fair [1] (trad arr Imlach);
Shit I've Forgotten the Words (unknown);
Mary Anne (Hamish Imlach);
The Hills of Lorne (Charlie Hunter)/Old French/Woodchoppers Reel [2];
Pub With No Beer (Gordon Noel Parsons);
Amazing Grace [2] (trad arr Kramer);
The Willowy Gardens (Hamish Imlach);
Aunt Clara (unknown);
Jock o' Bredeslie (trad arr Imlach);
If You Go Away [1] (Jacques Brel/Rob McKuen);
If It Wasn't for the Unions (Matt McGinn)

[1] = sung by Muriel Graves [2] = sung/played by Kate Kramer

with Muriel Graves, Kate Kramer, Martin Allcock, Ian McCalman, Derek
Moffat, Fraser Spiers

Now all that is neded is some kind soul to supply:
Ballads of Booze (XTRA 1094, 1967)
Fine Old English Tory Times (XTRA 1128, 1972)
Scottish Sabbath (Autogram ALLP 209, 1976)
A Man's A Man (Autogram ALLP 215, 1978)
The Sporting Life (Kettle KOP 3, 1979, reissued in Germany by
Musikiste, 26-6-250)
I Was Born In Glasgow (Gallus Music GAL 102, no year- 1991?)

and a complete discography will exist

MJF

by MJF #3

Matt McGinn 10 Albums

MJF said...
Matt McGinn 10 Albums May not fit in as it's Irish/Scots Music Hall, I leave it to you

Personalities
Matt McGinn
By Michael Moss

Matt McGinn Matt McGinn was born in Ross Street at the corner of the Gallowgate in Calton in 1928, one of a family of nine. At the age of twelve, he was sent to an approved school for two years. On his release he worked in the Hillington factory of Guest, Keen & Nettleford, spending his spare time at evening classes and reading, When he was thirty-one, he gained a prestigious Trade Union scholarship to Ruskin College in Oxford.

After taking his diploma in economics and political science, he went to Huddersfield Teachers' Training College. While he was there he won a competition in a Sunday newspaper to write a song in the folk tradition.

Upon qualification Matt McGinn went to work as a teacher in Rutherglen for three years before becoming the organiser of the Gorbals Adventure Playground. Thereafter he became a full-time comedian and singer. He was a prolific songwriter, drawing on his experiences of Glasgow life for much of his material. His performances in clubs and concert halls were hugely popular, often leaving the audience in tears of laughter.

He was a deeply committed radical in the tradition of Red Clydeside. He believed passionately in the overthrow of capitalism and was a keen supporter of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in.

He died in 1977 from the effects of smoke inhalation having fallen asleep with a cigarette in his hand.

Born a Catholic, he abandoned religion and at his funeral the Communist anthem "The International" was sung movingly by the large congregation. His songs live on and are still performed.


"Matt McGinn" 1966
Transatlantic XTRA 1045 LP

The Red Yo Yo
Willie MacNamara
Old Johnny Bull
Big Sammy
The Footba' Referee
Ban the Beatles
The Heilan' Man
The First Man On the Moon
Manura Manyar
Gallowgate Calypso
Lots of Little Soldiers
Unner Alow the Ground

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"Matt McGinn Again" 1967
Transatlantic XTRA 1057 LP

Side One
Rob Roy McGregor
Mambo
The Rolling Hills of the Border
Moaning
We’ll All Be Angels
The Road to Aldermaston

Side Two
I.O.U.
The Ballad of John McLean
The King & The Key
Three Nights and a Sunday
Rosy Ana
I’m Looking for a Job
Big Willie's Blues

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"Honesty Is Out Of the Fashion" 1968
Transatlantic XTRA 1071 LP

Side One
Honesty is out of the Fashion
The Pekinese Dog
The Sash/Kevin Barry
The Dundee Ghost
The Ballad of the Q4
Biddie McGrath
The Leaving of Liverpool

Side Two
Ros in the Bow
Two Foot Tall
The Sequel to the Dundee Weaver
No Nay Never
The Big Orange Whale
The Pill
Coorie Doon

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"Little Ticks of Time" 1969
Transatlantic XTRA 1078 LP

Side One
The Cleansing Man
The Witches Song
Polly Had A Poodle
Little Ticks Of Time
Skinny Ma Linky Long Legs
The Man In The Moon
Bingo Bella
Jolly Red Nose
Mornin' Elanora
Tra La La Tweet Tweet
Oor Wee Wean
The Dundee Cat
Eternity Will Soon Be Over
Loch Lomond

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"The Matt McGinn Sampler" 1969
Transatlantic TRA SAM 18 LP

Side One
Rob Roy McGregor from XTRA 1057
The Ballad of the Q4 from XTRA 1071
The Dundee Ghost from XTRA 1071
Big Samrny from XTRA 1045
The Pill from XTRA 1071
The Red YoYo from XTRA 1045

Side Two:
The Boys from Lisbon from TRA/SP 15
I Have Seen the Highlands from TRA/SP 18
Willie MacNamara from XTRA 1045
Moaning from XTRA 1057
The Ballad of John MacLean from XTRA 1057
The Heilan'Man from XTRA 1045

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"Take Me Back To The Jungle" 1971
RCA International INTS 1240 LP

Side One
Take Me Back To The Jungle
With Fire And Sword
Tony Capaldi
Cead Mile Failte (A Hundred Thousand Welcomes)
The Little Carpenter

Side Two
Hi Jack
Life Is A Fountain
Have A Banana
The Man They Could Not Hang
Tell Me What Tea Leaves Tell Me
On The Beach At Portobello

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"Tinny Can On My Tail" 1972
RCA International INTS 1368 LP

Side One
Tinny Can On My Tail
The Gay Liberation
I've Packed Up My Bags
Skull and Crossbones
Lady Chat (written by Jim McLean)
Wi' Jimmy Reid and Airlie

Side Two
Troubled Waters In My Soul
Yes, Yes, U.C.S.
In a Neat Little Town
Rich Man's Paradise
Get Up, Get Out
The Ibrox Disaster

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"The Two Heided Man" 1972
Emerald Gem GES 1079 LP

Side One
Introduction by David Scougall
Height Starvation Song (McNaughton)
Poem: The Two Heided Man (McGinn)
Poem: Ra Dug Frae Ra Port (McGinn)
Joke: The Prime Minister
Poem: Timbuktu (McGinn)
Song: The Depth of My Ego (McGinn)
Story: The Silver Screw
Song: St. Columba and the Masons
(McGinn, Connolly, Harvey)
Song: The Big Glasgow Polis (McGinn)

Side Two
Poem: The Big Effen Bee (McGinn)
Song: The Foreman O'Rourke (McGinn)
Poem: The Philosophy of Frun (McGinn)
Poem: Farrer and Murrer (McGinn)
Poem: The Black Velvet Hand (Janet)
Song: Snowball (McGinn)
Poem: Ra Murrer of Five (Trad.)
Poem: My Farrer (McGinn)
Poem: The Tay (McGinn)
Poem: There Are Two Teams in Glasgow (McGinn)
Joke: The One Legged Man
Song: The Dog's Party (McGinn)

RECORDED Live at Edinburgh Police Club

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"Two Heided Man Strikes Again" 1974
Emerald Gem GES 1120 LP

Side One
Benny Lynch (Song)
Billy Davidson's Twins (Joke)
The Big Shike (Story)
Sugary Cake and Candy Man (Song)
The Buckin' Bronco (Joke)
A Tribute to McGonnegal (Poem)
The Bonnie Broon-Haired Lassie (Song)
(McGonnegal, adpt. Cairnie, McGinn)
The Royal Infirmary (Poem)
Janetta (Song)

Side Two
Five Million Scotsmen Will Call (Song)
I Woke Up With the Dawning (Poem)
Frankie Vaughan (Song) (Jennett)
The Magic Shadow Show (Song) (McGinn, Kayyam)
Samson (Story)
The Teuchter (Joke)
Wally Brodie (Poem)
We Ain't Gonna Dig No More (Song)
I Was Born 10,000 Years Ago (Song) (Trad. Arr. Unknown)

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"Screwtops Are Falling On My Head" 1975
PYE PKL 5527 LP

Side One
Intro by Matt McGinn Junior
Granda
The Cradle of Civilisation—including:
Cider Wi' Yer Maw,
Ma Darlin' Is a Charlie and
My Dearest My Darling (Davidson)
My Wee Auntie Sarah
Crofter Story
Suzie

Side Two
Screwtops—including Leaving In a Police Van (Davidson)
and Amazing Grace
Gaelic Joke
Heiderum Hauderum
Maggie Might
Glaswegians Would (Matt McGinn, Jr.)
Two Wee Germs
Somebody's Wean
The Schmitt Family
Nelly May (J Herd)

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MJF

Marianne Segal

"The Gathering" 2007
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Hello, Do you accept submissions?
Thanks,
Best wishes,
Marianne Segal
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Finally the follow-up to Marianne Segal's 1970 Jade classic, Fly On Strangewings. This new offering leans towards the pastoral baroque side of folk rock. However, any notion of a land too twee are soon interrupted by the psych/blues lead guitar of Bill Steer (Firebird). Co-produced by Michael Tyack of Circulus, it's no surprise to find ample helpings of Moog synthesizer and Tudor crumhorn. If you need a change from your endless rotation of Fairport Convention and Jefferson Airplane CDs then try this.

Buy the special edition CD here. The special edition is a limited pressing of 500, personally signed & numbered by Marianne, and only available from MarianneSegal-Jade.com.

All MP3 samples are encoded at 160 kbps and are between 45 seconds and 1 minute long, weighing in at around 1 MB each.

September Song (2:50) MP3 sample
Lapis Wings (6:06) MP3 sample
Circle Round The Sun (5:59) MP3 sample
Saints On Tapestry (6.28) MP3 sample
Root People (4:55) MP3 sample
Kicking Up The Sands Of Time (5:29) MP3 sample
Sussex Downs (5:26) MP3 sample
Dreamers (4:28) MP3 sample

Marianne Segal & Jade

Richard Dees's Bootlegs #33

Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Cologne, Germany - WDR Studio 'L'
1977-02-03

01. Swimming Song
02. Foolish You
03. Fair and Tender Ladies
04. Travelling on for Jesus
05. Kiss and Say Goodbye
06. -talk-
07. Hommage a Grungie
08. -talk-
09. Talk to Me of Mendocino
10. Reel du Pendu
11. -talk-
12. Naufragee du Tendre
13. -talk-
14. Dancer with Bruised Knees
15. Be My Baby
16. Heart Like a Wheel
17. No Biscuit Blues
18. -talk-
19. Complainte pour Ste-Catherine
20. Work Song

Taken form a stereo braodcast on German TV.

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Sally Oldfield

"Water Bearer" 1978

Alongside of Renaissance vocalist Annie Haslam, Sally Oldfield is the other major British female vocalist to arise out of the 70s prog rock scene, albeit towards the later part of the decade. This solo debut was the one that most contributed to her recognition as quite a talented young woman, all the more admirable in a genre dominated by male acts.
Sally is similar to her younger brother Mike in a number of respects. First of all, she proves herself a Jill-of-all-trades, playing a good 95% of what you hear on this release. Additionally, her writing style also displays the angular riffing, intricate time signatures, and subtle thematic transformations for which Mike is well known. But ultimately, it's the material itself on Water Bearer that makes it an outstanding effort. The entire first side is a classic slice of folk-prog at its best. With Sally's sweet harmonies, all of the songs here contain their share of moments that embody what I love about this genre at its most open and ultra-romantic. One of my happiest recent memories is listening to "Night Song" alone one clear night at a beach in Cape Cod, and it was just one of those moments you never forget, where music and environment coalesce perfectly. The second side, while not as consistent, still features some strong material such as "Weaver" and "Child of Allah."

There are only two shortcomings on Water Bearer. One is the Tolkien references, saved somewhat by Sally's sincere delivery, the fact that this was still the 70s, and the novelty that for once it's a lady singing it rather than a Ronnie James Dio figure. The other is the wholly unnecessary but luckily brief vocal contributions of tenor Brian Burrows. But these are trifling complaints. This is considered by most everyone to be Sally's best work, and really it's a touchstone recording — the veritable blueprint of folk/pop/new age styling from which many female artists have borrowed from extensively since, if not outright stolen. Sally's influence should receive greater acknowledgement.



"Easy" 1979

Sally Oldfield's second solo album, and the style generally doesn't mess with the formula of her excellent debut, Water Bearer. Those already familiar with the debut know very well what this means: folky tunes and Sally's skyrocket vocals. Also preserved for the listener's pleasure are the distinctive combination of acoustic instruments: guitar, piano, mandolin, the occasional sleigh bells, and riding above all of it, the multilayered, Eastern-flavored melody patterns played by an army of tuned percussion. Also present are Sally's Hawaiian vocal lilts on "Sun in My Eyes" and "Answering You" that previously showed up on "Mirrors and "Water Bearer"; the use of a folky 3/4 beat on "You Set My Gypsy Blood Free" and "First Born of the Earth," recalling that of "Land of the Sun"; and "Hide and Seek" is virtually the bastard child of "Weaver."
As previously demonstrated on Water Bearer's beautiful "Wampum Song," Sally's voice is definitely at home in the brightly lit world of D major, and this album accordingly contains no less than three excellent pop songs set in that key, for the listener to bask in her golden harmonies: the audaciously titled "You Set My Gypsy Blood Free," Boulevard Song," and "Sons of the Free." It is "The Boulevard Song" that is the album's highlight for me, a pretty flawless pop gem that radiates sunlight on every note. I love the way she sings "Babe/You're warm as the sun, yeah..." and also the brief one-line harmony she sneaks in on "And every lady loves you..." While we're at it, I also love the excision of two beats in the chorus, similar to the idiosyncratic but perfectly flowing time shifts that crop up on Water Bearer.

However, with the expansion of session musicians involved, Easy also tugs in the direction of a more contemporary pop (for the late 70s) edge. It is comprised of discrete songs with more down-to-earth subject matter, putting aside the fantasy imagery, track segues, and sense of concept album-cohesion that characterized the preceding work. Our first big reminder of this is three tracks in with "Answering You," marked by its loungy combo of Fender Rhodes and distortion-less electric guitar. That being said, probably the only two things I don't care for on this album are the title track and the disco beat shift in "Hide and Seek," another element that obviously hasn't sounds of its time and hasn't dated very well.

Not for the warm 'n' fuzzy-averse, of course, and although one might fairly say Easy is not as consistently strong as its blueprint, its best tracks more than salvage it. The trademark style of acoustic folk instruments, tuned percussion, and Sally's vocals make this overall a needed procurement for fans.



"Celebration" 1980

Lyrically and melodically, the music here is upbeat, with lots of major keys and (at the risk of sounding too 'touchy-feely') life-affirming lyrics-- as you might guess from song titles like "Love is Everywhere" and "Morning of my Life" (as well as from the album title itself). Even those songs which delve into what might normally be considered a darker, or more dangerous side of human sexuality like "Woman of the Night" (yes, it's about what you think) or "My Damsel Heart" (about a young gypsy seductress) are infused with a spirit that is warm, sensuous, romantic, and ultimately joyful and celebratory. There's nothing cynical, tawdry, embittered, or depressing about this album-- although, that said, I hasten to add that it's not saccharine-sweet bubble-gum either. It acknowledges pain and loss, and sorrow, and the troubles and complexity of life-- I think the lyrics from the danceable reggae-grooved title track perhaps sum it up best , reminding us, "Come on, come on, you're gonna die someday" but saying that the best attitude to adopt towards this is to "Wipe your tears away...... join in the celebration".

One of the neat things about this album are the lush arrangements and instrumentation. Tuned percussion (chimes, vibraphone, etc.), played by Pierre Moerlen (of Gong fame!) is used amply here, especially on Mandala and the title track, and there is a good deal of acoustic guitar (played very romantically on "My Damsel Heart") and gentle keyboards. There's also some other percussion used for rhythm, but there's no actual drum kit on most (any?) songs, which gives a laid-back feel that makes a lot of tunes sound like mellow prog rather than pop. And of course, there's Sally's beautiful voice on all tracks. Beautiful stuff, all around, although I suppose it's not for everyone. Folks looking for unhappy, angry, aggressive music would do better looking elsewhere.

Lyric seat: Side 1, Side 2


Artworks by J.S.
Thanks always!

Susan McKeown

"Bushes & Briars" 1998
















On Bushes & Briars, Susan McKeown brings her eloquent and haunting voice -- as well as the instrumental talents of a distinguished cast of supporting musicians -- to bear on a set of traditional Celtic and British songs. Most of her accompanists are Irish musicians, but the arrangements are anything but traditional: McKeown sings "In London So Fair" over a shimmery bed of looped whistles and mandolins; "Bonny Boy" is delivered a cappella in a controlled voice that hints at an underlying frenzy of rage and sexual frustration; and her accompaniment on "The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow" consists entirely of tabla, tambura and low whistle -- a truly bizarre instrumentation that fits so perfectly with her quiet, resigned delivery that you may not even notice its strangeness. McKeown has taken an ancient repertoire and made it entirely new and her own, with wonderful results. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

John Clark - French horn
Larry Campbell - guitar
Johnny Cunningham - fiddle
Hassan Hakmoun - vocals
Susan McKeown - vocals, guitar
David Bargeron - tuba
Jamshied Sharifi - keyboards
Nikki Matheson - background vocals
Samir Chatterjee - tabla, tambura
Mick McAuley - accordion
Akira Satake - mandocello
Don McGeen - bassoon
Tom Zajac - hurdy-gurdy

Guest player:
Andy Irvine, Greg Anderson, Seamus Egan, Jerry O'Sullivan, Chris Speed, Skuli Sverrisson

Pete & Chris Coe

"Game Of All Fours" 1979

01. The Beggar. Gypsies Hornpipe
02. The Drummer Boy for Waterloo
03. Polkas. Towhouse. Willie Tay
04. The Cruel Mother
05. Broomfield Wager. Direktors Waltz
06. The Game of All Fours
07. Catch Me If You Can
08. Jigs. The Roman Wall. Let The Hackles Rise
09. The Factory Lad
10. Shallow Brown

Complaint received from Pete Coe himself...

by redsuffolk #8

V.A. "Buttons & Bows" Volume 2
A Further Celebration Of British Tunes‏





















redsuffolk said...
Hi Lizardson
This is the second set of tunes released on Dambuster in 1985

Disc 1
01 Martin Simpson - Prince William
02 The Oyster Band - Mrs Foster's/The First Of May
03 The Albion Dance Band - Clare Dragoons
04 Ian Cutler & Steve Moreham - Cooley's Reel
05 Rick Kemp - Frogmarch
06 Doug Morter - General Taylor
07 Alistair Anderson - Father Murphy
08 Richard Digance - I Live Not Where I Love
09 Martin Simpson - Donal Og
10 Doug Morter & Martin Simpson - Loving Hannah
11 Steve Moreham - The Seal
12 The Traders - The Butterfly
13 Mick & Sarah Graves - The Memory/Hennessy's Polka

Disc 2
14 The Albion Dance Band - High Level Hornpipe/Uncle George's
15 Tiger Moth - The Belfast Poker
16 The Hooligan Band - Going Home
17 Alistair Anderson - Golden Eagle/The Teetotaller Goes Astray
18 The Traders - My Darling Asleep/Behind The Haystack/Morrison's Jig
19 Dave Shepherd & Stuart Moffat - Barham Down
20 Eavesdropper - Martin Wynne's/The Golden Ring
21 Ian Cutler - Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
22 The Prospectors - Marquis Of Lourne/The Durham Rangers
23 Mick & Sarah Graves -Walpole Cottage/Come Dance And Sing
24 Chris Newman - Atholl Highlanders/The Black Bird
25 Stuart Moffat - Martial Air
26 The Kipper Family - Strip The Widow

Richard Dees's Bootlegs #32

Dick Gaughan & Brian McNeill
Germany - January 7, 2001











1 Instrumental
2 The War Of The Crofter
3 Muir And The Master Builder
4 Strong Women Rule Us All
5 Any Mick’ll Do
6 Ewan MacColl Radio Balads
7 No Gods And Precious Few Heroes
8 Instrumental

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by gonzo #12

The Druids "Burnt Offering" 1970

gonzo said...
I had reason to re-visit an LP I did last year, clean a few more tiny clicks, and generally brighten it up a bit, the DRUIDS, Burnt Offering, I see it was posted last year, but someone may have missed it so here is my copy:

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gonzo said...
2nd Attempt at "Burnt Offering"

Try this link to the correct archive WITHOUT two track 6's the same but with different names.

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Richard Dees's Bootlegs #31

Dick Gaughan "Radio Session" 1989





















1 Worker’s Song
2 Fifty Years From Now
3 Shipwreck
4 When I’m Gone
5 Amandla
6 Think Again
7 Hawks And Eagles Fly Like Doves

Listen to him

The Mathews Brothers

"Mathews' Wilson Doonan" 1981

01. Reels
02. Ramblin Suiler
03. Geordie
04. Jigs
05. Flash Company
06. Jigs
07. Maid On the Shore
08. Binnorie
09. Reels
10. Bonnie Light Horseman

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by J.S. #5

Jonathan Swift

Hy Lizardson!
Maybe you'd like to add this zip-file to the "Introvert" album by Jonathan Swift.
It contains the artwork and a "OK version" of track #7.

Best wishes,
J.S.

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by J.S. #4

Jonathan Swift "Songs" 1972

Side 1
Just A Thought
The Face I Cannot See
Call Me A Stranger
Lonely Trip
If You Need A Friend
If You Don't Believe

Side 2
Green Fields Of Earth
Just This Morn'
Corinna
Hope You Enjoyed The Show
Biding My Time

zip-file contains songs, artwork and labels

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by gonzo #11

Alistair Anderson "Cut and Dry Dolly" 1976

gonzo said...
In the words of the "TV Chef"

Here is one I cooked earlier, again its a Topic album, but NOT one of mine, one I did for a friend, his rip not mine.

12TS278 Cut and Dry Dolly.

Collection of Northumbrian pipe Tunes
featuring Alistair Anderson:

Sunderland Lasses /
Lads of Alnwick /
All the Night I Lay With Jockie /
Peacock Followed the Hen /
Jack Layton /
Green Breckons /
Bob and Jones /
Kiss Her Under the Coverlet /
Cuckold Came Out of the Amrey /
Cuddly Claw’d Her /
Holme’s Fancy /
Stagshaw Bank Fair /
Lasses Pass the Brandy /
Cut and Dry Dolly /
John Fenwick’s the Flower Among Them /
Over the Border /
Pheasant’s Dance /
Rusty Gully /
Keelman Over the Land /
I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me /
My Laddie Sits O’er Late Up /
Shew’s the Way to Wallington /
Drops of Brandy.

Hedgehog Pie

"Live!"





















01. Cool Reelies
02. The Burning Of Auchendoon
03. Intro
04. Go With The Flow
05. Intro
06. The Green Lady
07. Intro
08. Planxty Johnson / The Big Kerry Reel
09. The Female Drummer
10. Drops Of Brandy
11. Blarney Pilgrim / The Gander In The Pratie Hole
12. Intro
13. The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
14. Intro
15. Ramble Away
16. The March Of The King Of Laois
17. Intro
18. The Lowlands Of Holland
19. Dancing The Baby

by Nel #6

Tony Capstick with Hedgehog Pie "His Round" 1971

Nel said...
Hi Lizardson,
I found this vinyl-rip in the list of a friend. Is it something for your blog? I found some Hedgehoge albums on your blog, but not this one.

I put the Tapestry-of delight info in an attachment.
If you don't mind, i have a request for one song : Billy J. Kramer - Sorry. Is there anyone who could help me to get that song?
Thanks again for all the great music on your blog!!
Greez
Nel

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Aztec Two-Step

"Days of Horses" 2004



















by Wil Owen:
Aztec Two-Step has been around since 1971. I've been around a couple years longer, but their 12th CD (from what I can tell looking at their website), Days of Horses, was my first introduction to their music. Two guitars, catchy folk-rock melodies, engaging harmonies and a bizarre band name -- what a combination! I'm a little late getting to the party, but better late than never, eh?

Rex Fowler is from Pittsfield, Maine, while Neal Shulman is from New York City. Their debut album (self-titled) was released in 1972. According to the promotional material, their name originated from the poem "A Coney Island of the Mind" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

On Days of Horses, they were joined by several other musicians on various tracks to round out their folk-rock guitar sound: Seth Farber (accordion), Irwin Fisch (piano), Pete Levin (piano), Frank Vilardi (drums, percussion), Mary Ellen Bernard (percussion), Kenny Kosek (mandolin, fiddle), Rob Papparozzi (harmonica), Jim Chapdelaine (electric guitar) and Paul Guzzone (guitar, bass, synth, drum programming).

Days of Horses starts out with the title track. The lyrics reference the time before cars, but these days, the horses are under the hood. The piano is what is going to first grab you when you hear this track. When Rex and Neal start harmonizing, it really does not matter if you are an automobile aficionado or not if you enjoy good folk music. Rex and Neal are truly at their best when singing together. Individually, their voices are decent. As a duo, their sound is much improved.

"Stargazers" is perhaps my favorite track. The two guitars and the harmonica in the background will start your toes tappin' while Rex and Neal sing about folks throughout history watching the stars. The best way I can describe this track if you are not familiar with Aztec Two-Step is to say that if these two guys were women and this was their signature sound, they would be called the Indigo Girls. (Well, the Girls' vocals are a little deeper.)

The CD closes with an amusing "gospel" track. "I Don't Believe in Jesus (but I sure do like his songs)" sounds like a good old revival tune. With lines like "I'm a Hebrew child and, baby, I don't know Luke from Paul," you'll be chuckling at the seeming sacrilegiousness of it all. Musically, however, you might be ready to be baptized in the closest river.

Aztec Two-Step has been around for more than three decades. While they may not be the world's best-known folk-rock band, they apparently have quite the following. I was surprised to learn that they had a documentary on PBS titled No Hit Wonder. They have also been on David Letterman and toured with many well-known bands.

I have quite enjoyed Days of Horses. It is a good folk-rock album. The instrumentation is better than the vocals, I think, but you may disagree. Check them out and see for yourself.

Nic Jones

Nigel Spencer said...
Dear "Lizardson",

Following conversations recently with Ralph Jordan, who was involved in producing Unearthed and who is a very good friend of Nic's, it is absolutely clear that Nic does not want Unearthed or In Search of... to be made available for free via your blog. Now, you may have a policy that you only remove albums if the artist themselves contacts you and grovels to you. If so, you need to tell me so I can pass your policy on to Nic. If you'll accept the word of third party, please remove these albums from your blog as a matter of urgency. They are NOT yours to give away.

Trusting you do the decent thing,

Nigel Spencer