Mick Hanly

As I Went Over Blackwater (1980)


Mulligan LUN 040, LP

Sweet stuff from a fella from Limerick, Ireland -- in fact, one of my favorite modern trad-folk albums. I'm afraid this lovely set of Irish ballads may be a bit hard to find, as are most of Hanly's records, but it's certainly worth the search. It features several tastefully rendered tradional ballads, as well as what may be the definitive version of Colm Sand's "Every Circumstance," one of my favorite modern trad-folk tunes. Also, for a waggish glimpse into modern pub culture, check out the a capella "Scourge Of The Nation," which laments the growing prevalence of TV screens in Ireland's once-gabby local taverns. A warm, understated album that really should get re-released on CD someday

Musicians:
Mick Hanly: Vocals, Guitar
Donal Lunny: Bazouki
Andy Irvine: Mandolin, Hurdygurdy
Matt Molloy: Flute
Noel Hill: Concertina
Paddy Glackin: Fiddle
Declan Sinnott: Electric Slide Guitar

Tracks:
01. Jack Haggerty
02. The Guerriere and the Constitution
03. Every Circumstance
04. The Dewey Dens of Yarrow
05. Miss Bailey - Jessica's Polka
06. I Wish My Love Was a Red Red Rose
07. Off to California and the Plains of Boyle
08. The Scourge of the Nation
09. As I Went Over Blackwater
Quality: VBR 210 kbps

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by Peter

John Stewart - Columbus Tower Demos (1967-68)


















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John Stewart - The Phoenix Concerts: Live (1974)
























John Stewart - The Day the River Sang (2006)






















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Reups by ericbkk

Larry Jon Wilson - New Beginnings
Larry Jon Wilson - Let Me Sing My Song to You

Gráda - Off To Sardinia (2001)

The band name was a bit of an improvisation. The name was chosen simply because something was needed to slap onto a recording cranked out in five days to support a gig that was supposed to happen at a resort in Sardinia. They sold about 500 copies of a cassette titled "Off to Sardinia" in pubs around Dublin. The Italy show got cancelled, the recording got good reviews, they were encouraged to continue performing, and before you could say "davvero" they were Gráda.

Band members:
Alan Doherty - flutes, whistles, vocals
Andrew Laking - double bass, vocals
Nicola Joyce - vocals, bodhrán
Gerry Paul - acoustic and electric guitars, bouzouki, vocals
Colin Farrell - fiddle, vocals

Former members:
Anne Marie O'Malley - vocals and bodhrán
Brendan O'Sullivan - fiddle, viola, and vocals

Tracks:
01 - Arty House Set (Reels).mp3
02 - Song Of Choice (Song).mp3
03 - Kiwi Set (Jigs).mp3
04 - If You Ever Go Down To Dublin Town (Song).mp3
05 - The Dub Dub Set (Reels).mp3
06 - Maggies Set (Hornpipes).mp3
07 - Skibbereen (Song).mp3
08 - Sweet County Clare (Song).mp3
09 - What The Feck! (Reel-Jig).mp3
10 - Johnny Be Fine (Song).mp3
11 - Off To Sardinia (Slow Reel).mp3

by Gonzo

Gonzo said...
Now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
A country dance band with a difference, their name being the difference..


Dr. Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band
"A Good Run For Your Money" (1981)

what they lack in musical skill and timing, they more than make up for with their lift, jollity and the incredible name.
One of two albums owned by a folk musician friend of mine, for whom I an cleaning these 1980'ish LP's..
Number 1. A Good Run For Your Money.

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Enjoy, and may all your movements be jolly.

This package contains Scans, and a complete set of music scores, plus dance instructions.

by Peter

John Stewart - Willard (1970)

























John Stewart - Cannons in the Rain (1973)
























John Stewart - Wingless Angels (1975)






















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This Is… Martin Carthy

The Bonny Black Hare and Other Songs


Philips 6382 022 (LP, UK, 1971)

Tracks:
01 - The Fowler (3.15)
02 - Brigg Fair (1.32)
03 - The Barley Straw (2.32)
04 - Byker Hill (2.54)
05 - John Barleycorn (3.13)
06 - The Bonny Black Hare (2.00)
07 - Ship in Distress (2.28)
08 - Jack Orion (4.03)
09 - White Hare (2.47)
10 - Lord of the Dance (2.40)
11 - Poor Murdered Woman (2.48)
12 - Streets of Forbes (3.20)

Martin Carthy Et Al

The Old Songs


Greenwich Village Records GVR 225 (LP, UK, 1984)

Musicians:
Martin Carthy: vocals
Martyn Wyndham-Read: vocals
John Kirkpatrick: concertina, vocals
Sue Harris: hammered dulcimer
Maggie Goodall: vocals
Mick Doonan: flute
Bob Thomas

Tracks:
01 - Early One Morning (2.13)
02 - Cockles & Mussels (3.37)
03 - Lavender Blue (3.59)
04 - Rio Grande (3.28)
05 - Minstrel Boy (2.35)
06 - What Can the Matter Be (3.11)
07 - Highland Laddie (2.58)
08 - The Ash Grove (2.55)
09 - No, John (2.41)
10 - Shenandoah (3.40)
11 - John Peel (3.26)
12 - Skye Boat Song (4.08)

by Peter

John Stewart - California Bloodlines (1969)
























John Stewart - Lonesome Picker Rides Again (1971)





















Rick Danko - Rick Danko In Concert (1997)
























Rick Danko Band - Live On Breeze Hill (1999)
























Rick Danko & Levon Helm - Starry Night, Portland [1983-01-28]
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[V.A.] And This Is Maxwell Street



















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Oysterband

The 25th anniversary concert
audio from the original DVD

taped December 2003 at "The Forum", London A remarkable film of a remarkable event, Oysterband the 25th Anniversary Concert was recorded in December 2003 as the culmination of the band's 25th Anniversary Tour. It captures all the excitement of the UK's premier folk rock outfit OYSTERBAND in the company of English folk diva JUNE TABOR, reluctant chart heroes (with the hit Tubthumping) CHUMBAWAMBA (here in their stunning acoustic incarnation) and piper/fiddler, whistle player and singer JAMES O'GRADY.
It was a magic night with thousands of fans queuing outside in light rain even before the venue opened its doors. Once inside, the crowd quickly filled up the London ballroom and rocked its walls from the opening ceilidh to the stunning acapella finale. The rapport between band and fans is nowhere more evident than on the song "Everywhere I Go", as the crowd picks up the lyric and the vocal intensity transmits from stage to audience. "No other folk rock band has the magneticism and verve of the Oysters live" wrote Colin Randall in the DAILY TELEGRAPH: and he was right.
New York Girls was filmed on 1st April 1989 on the streets of New York City and on the Staten Island Ferry and was previously issued on the video "Indie Top Video - Take One" (Picture Music International MVP 9911873) also on "Rykodisc's Reel Of Fortune" (Rykodisc No Number)
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01 Native son
02 Uncommercial song
03 If you can't be good
04 The lost and found
05 The bishop of Chester's jig/The peacock followed the hen
06 Molly Bond
07 Mississippi summer
08 White rabbit
09 20th of April
10 Everywhere I go
11 Blackwaterside
12 This is the voice
13 When I’m up i can't get down
14 The road to Santiago
15 Blood wedding
16 The shouting end of life
17 Put out the light
18 Bright morning star
19 New York girls
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Oyster Band at The Forum:
John Jones: vocals, melodeon
Alan Prosser: acoustic & electric guitars, vocals
Chopper: bass guitar, cello, vocals
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina, vocals
Lee Partis: drums, vocals
with
James O'Grady: uillean pipes, violin, whistles, vocals
and
June Tabor: vocals on "Mississippi Sumer", "White Rabbit", "Put Out The Lights", "Bright Morning Star"
Chumbawamba: vocals on "This Is The Voice", "Put Out The Lights", "Bright Morning Star"
Oyster Band on "New York Girls"
John Jones: vocals, melodeon
Ian Telfer: violin
Alan Prosser: guitars
Chopper: bass guitar

Link deleted (complaint received from the band)

by Oisin

Na Filí - "Chanter's Tune" (1977)



















Here's some traditional Irish music from vinyl. As far as I know this one is not available on CD. Get ready for some jigs, reels, airs and the odd song....

Tracks:
Side A
01 - The Maid At The Spinning Wheel
02 - Ceol An Phíobaire / Micheal Murphy's
03 - Mo Mhuirnín Bán
04 - Give Us A Drink Of Water / Hunting The Hare
05 - Na Connerys
06 - Chanter's Tune / An Samhradh Crua / Greenfields Of Rossbeigh / Murphys
Side B
07 - Inis Dhún Ramha / Paidín Ó Raifeartaigh
08 - Maidin Ró-Mhoch
09 - Trip To Athlone / Pat McGillarney
10 - Sweet Kingwilliamstown
11 - Cait Ní Dhuibhir / Flannel Jacket / Dwyers
12 - Johnny Murphy / Dan Coakley / Ballydesmond

All titles traditional, arranged Na Filí

Na Filí are:
Tomás Ó Canainn (Uilleann Pipes and Vocals)
Tom Barry (Whistles and Flute)
Matt Cranitch (Fiddle)

74 mb @ 256 CBR

Link


Enjoy, Oisín

The Oyster Band

Wide Blue Yonder (1987)


Cooking Vinyl COOK006, LP

Tracks:
01 - The Generals Are Born Again
02 - Pigsty Billy
03 - The Oxford Girls
04 - Following In Father's Footsteps
05 - The Lost And Found
06 - Coal Creek Mine
07 - The Rose Of England
08 - A Careless Life
09 - The Early Days Of A Better Nation
10 - The Lakes Of Cool Flynn
11 - Between The Wars

by Gonzo

More nice LP rips for your pleasure:
Bucca a Cornish group (SW England)
that plays traditional and local music, this one from 1982


Bucca (1982)

Track info:
Side 1
01 St. Malo ~ Zeak Waltz ~ Sunny Corner ;
02 Ny Woer Hi
03 Morvah Fair
04 Constantine in Kerrier Funeral Hymn ~ an Try Marghak ~ Delyow Syvy
05 An Lader (The Robber)
06 The Hole in the Harper's Head

Side 2
01 Maggy May's Hornpipe
02 May Day Carol
03 The Tinner's Fancy
04 A Virgin Most Pure ~ Kost Ar C'Hoad
05 Re a Lever (the robber)
06 Arz Dufunyans (The Awakening)

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The Oyster Band

Twenty Golden Tie Slackeners (1984)


Pukka Records YOP 06, LP

Tracks:
01 - Kentish Cricketers - Galopede
02 - The Belfast Almanac - Folkestone for the Day
03 - Three Jolly Sheepskins - Speed the Plough
04 - Mrs Forster's - The First of May
05 - Dumbarton Castle - 'Twas Within a Mile
06 - Not the Fiery Clockface
07 - P's - J's
08 - Jack's Alive - The Clare Jig
09 - Go and Enlist
10 - Spaghetti Junction - Dixie's - Stack Ryan's
11 - The Redowa Polka
12 - La Morisque
Quality: 192 kbps

Link deleted (complaint received from the band)

The Oyster Band

Liberty Hall (1985)


Pukka Records YOP 07, LP

Tracks:
01 - Arise, Arise
02 - Bonnie Susie Cleland
03 - The Breaking of Our Lord's Birthday
04 - Liberty Hall
05 - Euston Station
06 - Cropper Lads
07 - Steal for Joy
08 - Banstead Downs (Geordie)
09 - St. Peter's Tea Gardens
10 - Six Grey Men
11 - Drink Again (Drowning Ballad No. 142)

by Felefeber

Karen Tweed & Ian Carr - Shhh (1997)





















Both of these great musicians are well known from their work with other line-ups (the Poozies, Kathryn Tickell band, Old Rope String Band, Kate Rusby, Swåp, etc) but in the mid nineties they made two albums as a duo. A third would be great but it seems they're too busy involved in other projects now.

"The pairing of Karen Tweed and Ian Carr (that's Ian Carr the folky, not the jazzbo) has the kind of telepathy so often promised but rarely achieved. It's not a case of Tweed's accordion leading with Carr supplying rhythm on guitar. They work together, as they did in Kathryn Tickell's band, filling and supporting each other, armed with style and a formidable technique -- simply listen to Carr's picking on "Jigs" to understand the possibilities of guitar as a rhythm instrument. While Tweed and Carr are more than capable in every musical sphere, they seem particularly at home on the "Polskas," a foreshadowing of the work they'd do in Swåp. But their approach alone is a joy, whether tackling traditional or contemporary material from Ireland, Scotland, England, or Scandinavia; it's the interaction, lightning fast and beyond any rehearsal, that makes this record truly stand out, with the wonderfully titled "Isleofewe" positively glowing. The possibilities of a duo are rarely fully explored, especially an instrumental one. Carr and Tweed burrow into the nooks and crannies, and their playing is so eloquent that you never miss the words. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide "

by Néstor

Hi, Lizardson:
I think this stuff could be interesting for your amazing blog:

Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem, Family and Friends
"The Lark in the Morning" (1955)





















It’s the very first record by Clancy & Makem, featuring Peggy Seeger and a lot of people.

Thanks! Greetings from Buenos Aires,

Néstor (Music Musica Musique)


Thank You!!

by Pilgrim Jake

Summerhaze (1987)

Below is an album i've not come across anywhere on the web and thought it well worth sharing.
The first (self titled) album of the band Summerhaze was released on Larrikin records in 1987 in Australia. Largely the work of Cathie O'sullivan, its front woman, its quite an unusual album. Her voice is clear,high and striking and is accompanied by her on harp on at least some traditional songs folk songs (eg cruel sister) with the other band members on percussion, strings and a sax. The sound falls somewhere between folk,folk-rock classical and elements of jazz. Many of the songs are written by Cathie. There is even a hint of psych-folk in some songs, especially on a few tracks of the second album. It was distinct then, and even today hard to pidgeon-hole. Part of a great fusion sound coming out of Australia at the time. I first heard on a wonderful radio program - Sunday Folk on ABC fm. Summerhaze did for folk what australian bands such as Sirocco did with world music- Play with a myriad traditions to breathe something new and distinctive of our landscape and intermingling of roots into music.

None of the Larrikin collection has ever been rereleased to my knowledge, and while this album was on both Vinyl and Cd, it has longs since been out of print. If folks like it, i'll put up their second album up.
Jake.

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And artwork here

by Pilgrim Jake

Hi All,
Front and Back Album Art for Scotch Measure album here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JakeOPilgrim/ScotchMeasure#

I've only just started converting my vinyl, so if anyone has tips on software for cleaning the sound (i'm currently not cleaning, beyond removing clicks manually) or good settings for artwork, its appreciated.

Jake.

See original post: Scotch Measure

Archie Fisher & John Renbourn

Kuumbwa Jazz Centre, Santa Cruz, CA
Feb. 2nd 1997













CD1
1. Will ye Gang, Love
2. The Final Trawl
3. Cosshieville
4. Lochearnhead
5. Tall Ship on the Ocean
6. The Broom of the Cowdenknowes
7. Blow the Winds of Freedom
8. The Surge of the Seas
9. Sneider Trophy
10. Tumbledown Shack
11. For Old Times Sake

CD2
11. Clare Tunes
13. Sandwood Down to Kyle
14. Loneliness
15. Black Janet
16. Other Side of the Mountain
17. All that You Ask

Fairport Convention

"Cropredy Festival" August 17, 1991


















Martin Allcock
Dave Mattacks
Simon Nicol
Dave Pegg
Ric Saunders

with
Dan Ar Bras
Vikki Clayton
Gerry Conway
Jerry Donohue
Andy Fairweather-Lowe
Chris Leslie
Roger Marriot
Beryl Marriot
Julianne Regan
Richard Thompson
Anthony Thistlethwaite
The Cropredy Horns


CD 1
01 Intro (Danny Thompson)
02 Claudy Banks
03 Cup Of Tea / Loaf Of Bread / Miss Monaghan's
04 Red And Gold
05 East West
06 One Way Donkey Ride
07 Blackwaterside
08 Lark In The Morning
09 Crazy Man Michael
10 Con Casey's Jig / Tripping Up The Stairs
11 Wounded Whale
12 Raffle Announcement / Aunt Sally
13 Jenny Nettles
14 Searching For Lambs/The Bold Fisherman

CD 2
01 Wheelers Jig/Morrissey's Jig/McFadden's Handsome Daughter/Smokey House
02 Hiring Fair
03 Wide Eyed And Legless
04 Mystery Train
05 How Many Times
06 Dirty Linen
07 Sock In It
08 North Country Girl
09 Poisoned Heart And Twisted Memory
10 Night comes in
11 Man In Need
12 Hand Of Kindness
13 Backstreet Slide

CD 3
01 Tam Lin
02 Bushes And Briars
03 Late November
04 From A Distance
05 Card Song
06 Mock Morris '90
07 Wat Tyler
08 Matty Groves
09 Rutland Reel / Sack The Juggler
10 End Of Show Announcements/Thanks
11 Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
12 Meet On The Ledge

The Oyster Band

English Rock 'n Roll- The Early Years


Pukka Records YOP 01, LP (1982)

Musicians:
John Jones: Vocals, Melodeon
Ian Kearey: Bass Guitar, 12 String Guitar, Epinette, Autoharp
Alan Prosser: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Roland GR800, Bones
Chris Taylor: Bouzouki, Harmonica, Bodhran, Acoustic Guitar
Ian Telfer: Fiddle, Viola, Alto Saxophone, C-Tenor Saxophone
with
Cathy Lesurf: Vocals on "Sons Of Freedom", "Bold Wolfe" and "Wayfaring Stranger"

Tracks:
01 - The Prentice Boy
02 - Rufford Park - Bobbing Joe
03 - Sons of Freedom
04 - A Longport Hymn
05 - Annan Water
06 - Abroad as I was Walking
07 - Bold Wolfe
08 - Old Molly Oxford
09 - Slippin' and Slidin'
10 - The Dockyard Gate
11 - Holligrave - Wayfaring Stranger

The Oyster Band

Lie Back & Think Of England


Pukka Records YOP 04, LP (1983)

Musicians:
John Jones: Lead Vocals, Melodeon
Ian Telfer: Fiddle, Viola, Saxophones, Concertina, Organ
Chris Taylor: Bouzouki, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar, Melodeon
Alan Prosser: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Synthesiser, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Ian Kearey: Bass Guitar, Acoustic & Slide Guitars, Vocals
Claire Hewlett: Drums on "Think Of England"

Tracks:
01 - Waiting on Glory
02 - Gallop Hey
03 - The Furze Field
04 - My Young Man
05 - La Valse Du Conchon Noir - Port Arthur Stomp
06 - The Green Bed
07 - Fanny Blair
08 - Stonecutter Boy
09 - The Sheepstealer
10 - William Hall
11 - Think of England
12 - Michael Turner's Waltz

Bert Jansch

"Edinburgh Festival Fringe"
Acoustic Music Centre @St Brides, Edinburgh
27th August 2006





















01. It Don't Bother Me
02. Strolling Down the Highway
03. Blackwater Side
04. Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door
05. Katie Cruel
06. Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning
07. Running from Home
08. She Moves Through the Fair
09. Hey Pretty Girl
10. Instrumental
11. Morning Brings Peace of Mind
12. Carnival
13. The Auld Triangle
14. A Women Like You
15. Poison
16. My Father
17. Let Me Sing
18. Blues Run the Game

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Vinicio Capossela

Da solo - live
maybe a bit eccentric, but I like Vinicio very much,
This radio gig was broadcasted the very same day his new album Da solo hit the shops.
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Vinicio Capossela: voice, piano, guitar
Mauro Ottolini: sousaphone
Eusebio Martinelli: trumpet
Alessandro Stefana: autoharp, violin hook, guitars
Michel Ticke: clarinet
Zeno De Rossi: big drum, cymbals
Glauco ‘Bruno Ganz’ Zuppiroli: bass, double bass
Vincenzo Vasi: glockenspiel, toy piano, Theremin, sequencer
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01) Il gigante e il mago
02) In clandestinità
03) Parla piano
04) Una giornata perfetta
05) Il paradiso dei calzini
06) Orfani ora
07) Sante Nicola
08) Vetri appannati d'America
09) Dall'altra parte della sera
10) La faccia della terra
11) Lettere di soldati
12) Non c'è disaccordo nel cielo
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broadcasted live by RAI Radio 1, Italy on October 17, 2008
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Da solo - live
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Fiddler's Dram

To See The Play (1978)





















Dingle's LP, DIN 304 (1978)

'To See the Play' is the debut album by British folk music group Fiddler's Dram, released in 1978. The band would later meatamorphose into The Oyster Ceilidh Band, and then, later, Oysterband. The title of the album derives from a line in the song "The Flash Lad".

Musicians:
Cathy Lesurf - vocals, bodhran
Alan Prosser - vocals, guitar, bass, bones
Chris Taylor - bouzouki, harmonica, mandolin, tenor banjo
Ian Telfer - fiddle, viola
Will Ward - bassoon, crumhorn

Tracks:
01 - Jack in London City - 4:05
02 - Song of Victory - Song of the Blackbird - 3:34
03 - Daytrip to Bangor - 4:20
04 - The Flash Lad - 3:38
05 - Ythanside - 5:15
06 - Keyhole in the Door - 1:07
07 - Youankis - Skraperez - Guerz Ar Gechantez - 3:28
08 - Wa'ney Island Cockfight - 3:11
09 - The Two Brothers - 3:03
10 - Peel The Tatties - The Pig In The Kitchen - The Barony Jig - 2:55
11 - False Knight on the Road - 5:07
12 - Nottingham Goose Fair - 3:15
Quality: VBR 171 kbps

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Fiddler's Dram

Fiddler's Dram


Dingle's LP, DID 711 (1980)

Fiddler's Dram is the second and final album by British folk music group Fiddler's Dram, released in 1980.

Tracks:
01 - Thirteen Pence a Day - 3:15
02 - Darley's Jig - 2:33
03 - The Flash Lad - 3:41
04 - Fedora - 1:55
05 - The Farmer's Cursed Wife - 2:45
06 - Sloe Gin - 3:43
07 - Mamma's Ill - 2:20
08 - Johnny John - 1:52
09 - Beercart Lane - 2:20
10 - The Bad Girl - 4:29
11 - Whiskey - 4:34
12 - Stick Morris - 3:35
13 - Day Trip to Bangor - 2:49
Quality: 256 kbps

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Fiddler's Dram

Folk '80 (Tape from BBC)



Tracks:
01 - Station Ident
02 - Intro (Isla St Clair)
03 - Lilli Bolero
04 - Fedora
05 - The Flash Lad
06 - The Bonny Bunch Of Roses
07 - Johnny John
08 - Come Lads Come
09 - Day Trip To Bangor
10 - Tune & Outro

Quality: 192 kbps

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Oyster Ceilidh Band

Jack's Alive





















Dingles LP, DIN 309 (1980)
The Oyster Ceilidh Band continued as both a dance and concert band, however, changing their name c.1982 to Oysterband. Cathy Lesurf subsequently left the Oysters for a spell with the Albion Band.

Musicians:
Cathy Lesurf: Vocals, Calls The Dances
John Jones: Melodeon, Piano, Vocals
Alan Prosser: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Fiddle, Bones, Bowed Psaltery, Vocals
Chris Taylor: Bouzouki, Mandola, Acoustic Guitar, Jaw-Harp, Harmonica, One-Row Melodeon
Ian Telfer: Fiddle, Viola, English Concertina
Will Ward: Bassoon, Recorders, Crumhorn, Synthesiser
Chris Wood: Electric Bass, Percussion, Vocals


Tracks:
01 - The Blean Hoodening Song-The City Branle - 3'36
02 - Hunting The Hare-The Clog - 3'13
03 - Schottische D'Auvergne-Belle Rosine - 3'01
04 - Oyster River Hornpipe-Herne Bay Dance-The Curly-Headed Ploughboy - 3'31
05 - Marche Du Fin Du Bal-The Committee Jig - 2'45
06 - The Lakes Of Cool Flynn - 3'42
07 - The Rambling Sailor - 3'40
08 - Brandy - 1'44
09 - The Shaalds Of Foula - 2'36
10 - The Lawyer - 2'52
11 - News Of The Victory-The One-Horned Sheep - 2'59
12 - Limbo - 2'46
13 - Boscastle Breakdown - 2'53
Quality: VBR 196 kbps

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by Gonzo

Following up on the Scotch Measure posting by Jake, here is Kentigern
another Scottish group that has similar personal. This LP is owned by me, was ripped and cleaned by me and the cover was also scanned by me... Enjoy..

"Kentigern" 1978

John Gahagan (whistle) (past member of The Battlefield Band)
Jimmy McGuire (fiddle, banjo) (The Victoria Bar owner)

combined with the four members of Tinkler Maidgie -

Sandy Stanage (cittern, guitar, banjo) (who had also been in Molendinar),
Ian MacDonald (pipes)
Jim Barnes (cittern, guitar, vocals)
Sylvia Barnes (vocals, dulcimer, guitar, bodhran)
(Dougie Pincock (pipes, whistle) later replaced Ian MacDonald.)

Side One:
1. Cullen Bay (Ian Duncan)/Jig O' Slurs (G S MacLennan)/Seagull (Donald MacLeod);
2. The Corncake;
3. Breton Melody/Breton Melody/Breton Melody/Greenwoodside;
4. The Weary Farmers;
5. Pipe Major Donald McLean of Lewis/The Weavers of Newly/Kail and Pudding/Loch Roag (Iain MacDonald);
6. The Iron Horse

Side Two:
1. The Last o' Tinkler (Violet Jacob);
2. Rathven Market (Ian Duncan)/The Conundrum (Peter MacLeod);
3. Gin I Were Shot o' Her;
4. Hebridean Air/The Braes of Tulimet/The Braes of Mellinish;
5. Wild Roving No More;
6. Put Me in the Great Chest/The Three Peaks of South Uist/South Uist.

all songs traditional unless otherwise indicated

DL

by Pilgrim Jake

Hey all,
Heres a band from 1985 that I havent seen on the blogs - Scotch Measure. Doing traditional folk tunes, in a fairly heavy brogue, with a smattering of folk - rock to it. An interesting voice. Part of the folk rock of the eighties.

"Scotch Measure" 1985

DL


omg... what a great album.

Perlinpinpin folc and Calennig's covers

covers
Perlinpinpin folc
Als curios
Snowy days of January

please see the original posts
Calenníg ::: Snowy days of January
Perlinpinpin fòlc ::: Perlinpinpin fòlc
Perlinpinpin fòlc ::: Als curiós

Folk day at Proms

broadcasted live by BBC from Royal Albert hall on July 20, 2008 as part of this year's Folk day, here below you can hear the whole evening concert
pity the afternoon one is still unavailable

Bella Hardy


01 Young Edmund
02 Searching for lambs
03 Three black feathers
04 Down in yon forest
05 Dog & gun

256 kbps CBR

Bella Hardy
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Bella is new for me, but she deserves to be heard
You can read full lyrics on her own website

Martin Simpson

01 Little Musgrave
02 Batchelor's hall
03 When A Knight Won His Spurs
04 Never any good
05 Come Down Jehovah

256 kbps CBR

Martin Simpson
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before Bellowhead putting Albert hall on fire, Martin Simpson delivered this precious set

Bellowhead

01 Fakenham fair
02 Sloe Gin set
03 London town
04 Roll her down the bay to Juliana
05 Frogs legs and dragons teeth
06 Prickle-eye bush

256 kbps CBR

Bellowhead
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by ericbkk

The Journeymen - New Directions in Folk Music (1963)





















This is the third and final LP by the three-piece acoustic folk Journeymen -- featuring the immense talents of Dick Weissman (banjo/vocals), Scott McKenzie (guitar/vocals), and John Phillips (guitar/vocals). The title New Directions in Folk Music (1963) could not have been more accurate. In a very short span of time during the early '60s, the more traditional forms of folk began to synthesize with blues and even pop to create uncharted musical landscapes. The trio embraced these various influences throughout this effort. Of the dozen cuts on this platter there are notably few true original compositions. However, as they had done on their prior two long-players, there are fresh and vital interpretations of standards including "Stackolee," which is also know as "Stagger Lee" as well as Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller's "San Francisco Bay Blues" and the striking reading of Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds." Not to be missed is the sly "One Quick Martini" or, quite possibly the highlight of the whole affair, the cover of Muddy Waters' "Someday Baby." Although the Journeymen were forging new inroads for the genre, behind the scenes the combo was falling apart. By the end of 1964 Phillips had formed the New Journeymen with his wife Michelle and Marshall Brickman (banjo). This band would be the launch pad for the Mamas & the Papas as Denny Doherty (vocals/guitar) would eventually replace Brickman several months later. In 2003 Collectors' Choice Music issued New Directions in Folk Music on to CD with seven additional bonus tracks. Among them are previously unearthed takes of the aforementioned "San Francisco Bay Blues," another Tyson number called "Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad," "Greenland Whale Fisheries," "I May Be Right," and the stunning reworking of "Mary Wore Three Links of Chain."
: ~ Lindsay Planer

Track Listings
01. Stackolee
02. All The Pretty Little Horses
03. Two Hoboes
04. San Francisco Bay Blues(Version 1)
05. Someone To Talk My Troubles To
06. Ja-Da
07. Bay Of Mexico
08. Ben And Me
09. Someday Baby
10. One Quick Martini
11. Country Blues
12. Four Strong Winds
13. Rag Mama
14. San Francisco Bay (Version 2)
15. It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
16. Virgin Mary
17. Mary Wore Three Links Of Chain
18. I May Be Right
19. Greenland Whale Fisheries
20. Armstrong Tile Commercial

by Felefeber

People with an interest in Dick Gaughan and Sileas will probably be interested in Clan ALba. The CD is not available mow so it may be appropriate for here.

Clan Alba (1995)






















Disc 1
01 - Five To Six
02 - Dressed To Kill
03 - Harpset
04 - Oran Na Cloiche
05 - Lark And The Bowman
06 - Cam Ye Oer Frae France
07 - True Thomas
08 - Fred's Jigs

Disc 2
01 - Bye Bye Big Blue
02 - Air a' Ghille Tha Mo Run
03 - Clan Alba
04 - No Gonnae Leave Here
05 - Growing Wings
06 - Canan Nan Gaidheal
07 - Tar The House
08 - Childhood's End

by Graaf24

Hi Lizardson, (in case you don't check your hotmail e-box)
about your request from June 3 & 6 2007 on THTM site. Here is the link to:

Skybird - Summer of '73 (1974)
Holyground HGS118, UK



















1. Queen Magdalena
2. Snowcloud
3. A Thousand Miles Away
4. Remembering
5. I Can't Take No More
6. Lately I Dream
7. Legend
8. Someone Ought To Tell Her
9. Who Killed Whom?
10. So Long Ago
11. Summer Of seventy Three

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pozdrav, Graaf24


Sooooooo much thanks!!

Ron Sexsmith

Sodra Theatre, Stockholm
Oct. 9th 1999 [FM Broadcast]





















graphic by Lizardson

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Jethro Tull

"Complete Performance 1972"
Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Tokyo [15/7/72]

















"JULY 19, 1972" from back cover is incorrect.

Ian Anderson: flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals
Martin Barre: electric guitar
Barrimore Barlow: drums and percussion
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond: bass guitar
John Evan: piano and organ

1. Thick As A Brick (inkl. Bourée)
2. Thick As A Brick II
3. Cross Eyed Mary - A New Day Yesterday
4. Aqualung
5. Wind-Up
6. Locomotive Breath
7. Wind Up (Reprise)

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by ericbkk

The Highwaymen
Michael, Row The Boat Ashore (Best of..) [1992]





















Do not confuse the folk singers of the sixties featured on this set with the country superstars Cash, Jennings, Nelson and Kristofferson who also recorded and toured using the Highwaymen name.
These original Highwaymen are best remembered for Michael Row the Boat Ashore (sometimes just titled Michael), a number one hit in Britain, America and other countries around the world, which begins this set. Cotton Fields, originally written by Leadbelly, was a top twenty hit for the Highwaymen, though others have also charted with this song, including the Beach Boys. Another famous song is The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, a massive seventies hit for Roberta Flack. It was written by folk singer Ewan MacColl about Peggy Seeger who later became his wife. The version here is very folky, true to the original.
There are several other well known songs here, including Big Rock Candy mountain and The Gypsy Rover. Even the obscure songs here are worth hearing. The general feel of the album is easy-going but upbeat - the sort of album that you can play as background music, but has plenty to offer if you give it dedicated attention. In particular, there is their very amusing song, titled Number One, about themselves. It shows that having a number one record will get you a lot of attention but doesn't guarantee further success.
Many of the tracks here are more interesting than Michael - if you like sixties folk music, the Highwaymen are well worth a listen.
This composite CD is taken from various of their LPs from the 60s, and represents a worthwhile trip back to old territory for many baby-boomers.
: ~ Amazon Customer Comment

01. Michael
02. Santiano
03. Cindy, Oh Cindy
04. Big Rock Candy Mountain
05. The Gypsy Rover
06. Three Jolly Rogues
07. Cotton Fields
08. The Carlton Weaver
09. Whiskey In The Jar
10. I'm On My Way
11. March On Broghers!
12. I Know Where I'm Going
13. (Marching To) Pretoria
14. Well, Well, Well
15. All My Trials
16. The Tale Of Michael Flynn
17. Universal Soldier
18. Work Of The Weavers
19. So Fare Ye Well
20. The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)
21. There Comes Alibama
22. The Sinking Of The Reuben James
23. Ramblin' Boy
24. Number #1

by Felefeber

Leon Rosselson & AdrianMitchell
"A Laugh, a Song, and a Hand-Grenade" 1968





















You might like one more album to add to this wonderful blog. It's 'A Laugh A Song and A Hand Grenade' by Leon Rosselson and Adrian Mitchell. vinyl rip @128 (best I have available).

Tracks:
Flower Power = Bread
Take Stalk Between Teeth
Pull Stalk from Blossom
Throw Blossom over Arm Towards Enemy
Lie Flat and Await Explosion
She Was Crazy, He Was Mad
A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Burial Party
Judgemends
An Oxford Hysteria of English Poetry
The Whom It May Concern
Jumbo the Elephant
Ode to an Assasination of President Johnson
History Lesson
Vroomph
Palaces of Gold
To You
The Rules of the Game

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Hope you enjoy it.

Felefeber

The Doors (without Morrison)

Balboa Stadium, San Diego [72-08-13]





















01 Tightrope Ride
02 In The Eye Of The Sun
03 I'm Horny I'm Stoned
04 Love Me Two Times
05 Verdilac
06 Close To You
07 No Me Moleste Mosquito
08 Ships With Sails
09 Good Rockin' Tonight
10 Light My Fire

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You can find official albums of trio Doors at Retro Vinyl Cupboard blog

The Doors

L.A. Woman (1971)





















01. The Changeling
02. Love Her Madly
03. Been Down So Long
04. Cars Hiss by my Window
05. L. A. Woman
06. L'America
07. Hyacinth House
08. Crawling King Snake (John Lee Hooker)
09. The Wasp (Texas Radio & The Big Beat)
10. Riders on the Storm

Bonus:
11. Orange County Suite
12. (You Need Meet) Don't Go No Further (Willie Dixon)

Roy Bailey

Leaves From A Tree


Fuse Records CF394 (LP, UK, 1988)

Tracks:
01 - Intro
02 - Rivonia
03 - The Dunne's Store Strike
04 - Ghost Story
05 - Nottingham Captain
06 - Stand Together
07 - Sleep Well - Gravity
08 - Diaz
09 - Daughters Of The Revolution
10 - Song Of The Exile

Quality: 192 kbps

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by Marc

Antoine Trémolières & Lous Velhadours - L'Espérant



















Compilaton of songs by Antoine Trémolières, with some songs off the Lous Velhadours album

Pentangle

Teatro Orfeo, Milan, Italy
December 9, 1982 [SBD]





















Front cover by Lizardson : )

This was from the reunion tour of the original band, except that Terry Cox
broke his leg and couldn't play.

Bert Jansch
Jacqui McShee
John Renbourn
Danny Thompson

1) Bruton Town (6:20)
2) People Of The Highway (4:10)
3) Light Flight (3:53)
4) Cherry (4:21)
5) A Bold Young Farmer (2:39)
6) Basket of Light (5:10)
7) If I Had A Lover (4:15)
8) Watergate (4:34)
9) One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (2:58)
10) Black Waterside (5:51)
11) Sovay (3:00)
12) Sweet Child (5:05)
13) band intro (0:29)
14) Pentangling 1 (9:26)
15) Pentangling 2 (3:06)
16) I've Got A Feeling (4:33)
17) Cruel Sister (encore) (5:24)
18) Sally Free and Easy (3:24)
19) Moonshine (second encore) (5:13)

to anonymous:
thanks for the correct tracklist!

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O.P.M.C.

Amalgamation (1971)





















Beautiful Dutch/ UK psychedelic folk with long tracks full of 60's vibe and drugged-out spacy guitar.

This international underground association was centered around Barrie Webb (from Scotland) and Teun van der Slikke. They wrote friendly, rural hippie folk songs with strange lyrics, as illustrated by "I'll Just Sit Here And Dream". You may be able to detect a dim, drug-induced aura, vaguely reminiscent of Love's Forever Changes, although musically this is much more sparse. Amalgamation is indeed a very good album strong on haunting melodies and a delayed late sixties atmosphere.

01. Ouverture
02. I'll Just Sit Here and Dream
03. Balad of the Sun
04. The Head
05. Sick and Tired
06. Train Thing
07. Easter Song
08. Cambridge Impressions
09. Song for Mariolijn
10. Fire Child

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Pangur Ban

01. The Ulster Way
02. Ballad of George and Pop
03. Four Strong Winds
04. The Smuggler
05. Death before Revenge
06. This Land is your Land
07. Willy and Danny
08. Gallipoli
09. Women of Ireland
10. Holy Ground
11. The Informer

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Sorry, no cover art...

Roy Bailey & Leon Rosselson

If I Knew Who The Enemy Was


Fuse Records CF284 (LP, UK, 1979)

Musicians:
Roy Bailey: vocals
Leon Rosselson: vocals, guitar
Martin Carthy: vocals, guitar, Jews's Harp, synthesiser
Sue Harris: vocals, hammered dulcimer, oboe
John Kirkpatrick: button accordion, melodeon
Firoz Shapur: piano, French horn

Tracks:
01 - Barney's Epic Homer
02 - The Ugly Ones
03 - The Testimony of Patience Kershaw
04 - Song of A Moderate Man
05 - Across the Hills
06 - Whoever Invented the Fishfinger?
07 - The World's Police
08 - On Her Silver Jubilee
09 - See It Come Down
10 - The Diggers' Song
Quality: 160 kbps

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Deaf Shepherd

Even in the Rain

fROOTS #229, July 2002
Deaf Shepherd's third album firmly establishes them as one of the most
exciting Scottish bands around. They're firmly in the mould pioneered so
long ago by Battlefield / Ossian / The Tannahills (nothing wrong with
that!), but choc-full of the spirit, freshness and enthusiasm of youth.
New member Mark Maguire on percussion, together with Malcolm Stitt's
bouzouki and John Morran's guitar, provide a solid backing to the
tremendous duelling fiddles of Clare McLaughlin and Marianne Campbell (aka
CMC), while Rory Campbell's pipes and whistles always guarantee
excitement. Morran's plaintive and unusually phrased vocals are possibly
an acquired taste, but the overall passion and sheer exuberance of the
whole album certainly isn't. Rory Campbell also contributes several new
tunes sure to be picked up by other musicians, and Morran's not afraid to
have a crack at less familiar songs either (such as The Bonnie Lass O
Wellwid Ha' or I Coft A Stane O Haslock Woo). Finally, rock singer Sam
Browne's guest vocals on the closing Lost For Words At Sea are nothing
short of stunning - a fitting showstopper for a tremendous album. As a
bonus, the CD contains piccies, video clips and additional info for those
suitably equipped.
Bob Walton
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01 Millenium Village: Islay’s Charms/Farewell to Millennium
Village/Pierre’s right arm/Alex C MacGregor
02 The Bonnie Lass o Wellwid Ha’
03 Mince: The world’s end/There’s time to wait/Mince in a Basket
04 Chessmen: The Alborada Rant/Chessmen
05 Yestreen I had a pint o wine
06 Póilín Ní Lionsaigh
07 Braemar Gathering: The Braemar Gathering/Morag MacNeil,
Tangusdale/Colin Clark Caruthers/New Hands/Donella Beaton
08 I Coft a Stane o Haslock Woo/Ben Wyviss
09 Jimmy Lothian's: Uist Dance/Lady Madelina Sinclair/Grant’s Reel/Dunse
Dings A/Haggs Castle
10 The Mermaid's Sang
11 Even in the Rain: Even in the Rain/The Quebec Breakdown/
Unknown/Gregor Lowrey’s
12 Lost For Words at Sea
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Claire McLaughlin: fiddle
John Morran: vocals, guitars, bass pedals
Mark Maguire: bodhran, snare drum, percussion
Rory Campbell: highland bagpipes, whistles, vocals
Marianne Campbell: fiddle, vocals, piano
Malcolm Stitt: bouzouki, vocals, bass pedals
with
Sam Brown: vocals (12)
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2002 • Deaf shepherd 1 (selfproduced and now hard to find)

Roy Bailey & Leon Rosselson

"Love Loneliness & Laundry" 1977


Acorn Records CF271 (LP, UK, 1977)
Fuse Records CF271 (LP, UK, 1979)

Arranged by Martin Carthy and Leon Rosselson
Produced by Martin Carthy
Recorded by Colin Sanders on 16 track at Acorn Studios, December 1976

Musicians:
Leon Rosselson, Roy Bailey, Martin Carthy, Firoz Shapur, Val Bailey

Tracks:
01 - Let Your Hair Hang Down
02 - Single in Spring
03 - Invisible Married Breakfast Blues
04 - Don't Get Married, Girls
05 - In the Park
06 - Once When I Was Young
07 - The Man Who Puffs the Big Cigar
08 - We Sell Everything
09 - Abiezer Coppe
10 - Garden of Love
11 - Stand Up for Judas
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Leon Rosselson - Palaces of Gold

Acorn Records CF249 (LP, UK, 1975)
Fuse Records CF249 (LP, UK, 1979)

All titles recorded 16 track at Acorn Studios, July 1975

Tracks:
01 - Why Does It Have to Be Me?
02 - Tim McGuire
03 - Dead Men Never Die
04 - History Lesson
05 - Rules of the Game
06 - Jumbo the Elephant
07 - Battle Hymn of the New Socialist Party
08 - Palaces of Gold
09 - The Ugly Ones
10 - Down the Drain
11 - She Was Crazy, He Was Mad
12 - Brass Band Music

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Calenníg ::: Snowy days of January

(Dyddiau gwyníon fonawr) 1985

What In Greenwood Shades is to Oxfordshire so Calennig's Dyddiau Gwynion
 Ionawr (Snowy Days Of January) is to South Wales - sort of. It contains
songs of a locality - in this case mostly traditional songs of miners and
strikes instead of jolly fellows and ploughs. Side one opens with a Harri
Webb poem that prophesies South Wales' industrial fate with uncanny
accuracy and closes with a fundraising song from the 1898 'Sliding Scale'
strike. But it's not all pits and protest. There are also songs for lovers
and Cape Horners and nearly half of the album is given over to
instrumental numbers. Mick Tems and Pat Smith's squeezeboxes are as
exhilarating as ever - in fact l've never heard them play better, just cop
their fingerwork on The Carpenter's Hornpipe or The Egg Basket. The duo is
joined bere and there by drummer Mike Kennedy and the combination suggests
that Band Mawr, or which they are all members, must be an extremely
danceable ceilidh band. Elsewhere what could have been an overlush setting
of the title track or a predictable folkrock treatment of Song Of The
Strike is prevented by Pat's sparkling concertina passages. Musically this
is easily Calennig's most ambitious recording to date and the inventive
arrangements work to great effect throughout to give a full, rich, rounded
sound (which the pressing of my review copy was not quite up to, I'm sorry
to celate). Only on The Miner's Life does the production fall fiat - such
stirring stufi deserves a few more voices in the chorus, after all there
is some fine, lusty singing on Rolling Home To Dear Old Swansea which
leaves the listener in no doubt that they've just heard a very enjoyable
record.
Lawrence Heath • folk roots #26, August 1985
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01. History and prophecy (Harri Webb/Mick Tems)
02. Y fasged wyau/Ton y ceiliog du
03. Dyddiau gwynion ionawr
04. Polca aberdar rhif 2/Ymdaith gwyr penllyn
05. Old soldiers (Jon Heslop)/The miner's life
06. Song of the strike
07. Pibddawns y Saer
08. Calennig
09. Ymdaith milwr mwnc
10. Rolling home to dear old Swansea
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Mick Tems: voice, diatonic accordeons, Anglo-concertina, harmonium, synthesiser, piano
Pat Smith: voice, Anglo-concertina, spoons
Mike Kennedy: bass, marching drum
Produced by Gareth Hughes Jones
Recorded by Eryl Davies at Stiwdio Sain, Llandwrog, Gwynedd in 1985
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1985 • Sain 1325
It seems there is an elusive Japanese CD version (Seven Seas 280E 52058)
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Snowy days of January
Snowy days of January - scans
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by Sub Comandante Marcos

Thoughts & Words (1969)



















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SO MUCH THANKS!!

by Ailis

Roy Bailey - Roy Bailey
Trailer LER 3021 (LP, UK, 1971)





















Musicians:
Roy Bailey: vocals, guitar
Martin Carthy: guitar, dulcimer
John Kirkpatrick: concertina, jews harp, accordion
Peter Knight: fiddle, mandolin
Leon Rosselson: guitar

Tracks:
01 - The Three Butchers
02 - Bitter Withy
03 - Dust to Dust
04 - Thornaby Woods
05 - How Should I Your True Love Know?
06 - A Fair Maid Walking
07 - Poverty Knock
08 - Clerk Saunders
09 - No Sir No
10 - The Dalesman's Litany
11 - Palaces of Gold

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Lou Dalfin ::: En Franso i ero de granda guera
> 192 kbps VBR (source: lp)





















First recording by Sergio Berardo band. A traditional effort, very different from '90s Lou Dalfin.
I ripped it from the original not so well recorded lp
No recording or issuing dates are showed on the cover and I don't know what anno dell'anziano (year of the old man) may mean, but it seems it was released in 1982
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Sergio Berardo: hurdy-gurdy, semitoun, fifre, voice
Paolo Delfino: fiddle, voice
Alberto Gertosio: flute
Marco Origlia: guitar, mandola
Valerio Pellegrino : clarinet
Anna Maria Ovidi: voice
Marco Lovera : trombone
Ivo Giorgis: snare drum
Cristina Cavallo : oboe
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01 La fënno lourdo 2.12
02 Balet/Courenta 2.55
03 Doues guihoùnes de la Chanal 3.25
04 Gigo/Balet 2.31
05 Il prigioniero di Saluzzo/2 valzer 6.21
06 Nineta pasa l'aiga/A l'age de quatorze ans 7.33
07 Giga di Sanfront 1.29
08 Li trei sooudà/Courenta/Courenta di Caraglio 8.35
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1982 • Madau dischi D010
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En Franso i ero de granda guera
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Lou Dalfin ::: L'aze d'Alegre





















01. L'aze d'alegre
02. Din la valà de Pragialà/Chansoun di espouzes
03. Due courente della Val Vermegnana
04. Le siège do Coni
05. Rigoudin/Courenta di Caraglio
06. Due courente della Val Varaita
07. San Giauzè emé Marìo
08. Due Contraddanze
09. Pastorella/Balet
10. Lou mes de ma/Rigoudon
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Sergio Berardo: voice, hurdy-gurdy, charamel, galoubet, Provencal tambourine
Silvio Peron: accordion, melodeon
Marco Origlia: guitar, mandola, galoubet
Luciano Pasquero: clarinet, recorder
Donata Pinti: voice
Alberto Cesa: voice
Bruno De Rosa: oboe
Roberto Beccaria: harpsichord
Agostino Zucca: violin, Jew's harp
Yves Rouiguisto: charamel
Guido Berruti: bassoon
Valerio Pellegrino: clarinet
Maurizio Davico: flute
Marco Lovera: trombone
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Recorded by Defendente Vivenza
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1984 • Prince 221

L'aze d'Alegre
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Lou Dalfin ::: W Jan'l'Eiretto
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Sergio Berardo: hurdy-gurdy, semitoun, fifre, galoubet, flutes, musa, arebebo, voice
Diego Origlia: electric and acoustic guitar, voice
Riccardo Serra: drums, voice
Fabrizio Simondi: keyboards, voice
Dino Tron: accordeon, semitoun, voice
with
Dario Anghilante: spoken words
Alberto Gertosio: flute
Fabio Perversi: violin
PierRenzo Ponzo: soprano sax
Stefano Pramauro: MIb clarinet
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01 Jan d'l'Eiretto 2.01
02 Tres valser: de la stacada di Breil/San Jouan/Meglio cosi' 6.32
03 Courenta/Balet/Balet 3.25
04 En calant de Cimiez 4.26
05 Caro barba/Attesa 6.19
06 Jan jan jan/Polca de Niça 5.32
07 Armee espagnole, l'/Dui rigoudoun: di Bounoumas/Les fies de men 4.21
08 Per quiei/La Valentina/Schottish del gatto 6.54
09 Se chanto 3.42
10 Marcho 2.22
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1992 • Ousitanio Vivo OV004

W Jan'l'Eiretto (not available at this time)
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First record of Lou Dalfin's new wave.
Berardo and co. rock their roots


Lou Dalfin - Gibous, bagase e bandi'





















After two strictly folk recordings, Lou Dalfin tranformed into this folk rock outfit. This is their fourth and, dare I say, best record.
Leader of the group, Sergio Berardo, is the mastermind behind the revival of Occitan folk music: most of the musicians playing today in Western Piedmont have been his pupils, or are heavily influenced by him.
Lou pal is an Occitan version of the anti Franco Catalan song L'estaca by Lluis Llach.
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Sergio Berardo: hurdy-gurdy, melodeon, recorders, voice
Enrico Damilano: bass
Alfredo Piscitelli: guitars
Riccardo Serra: drums, percussions
Fabrizio Simondi: Keyboards, voice
Dino Tron: accordion, melodeon, pipes
with
Roy: trumpet
Tyson: trombone
Pablo Parpaglione: saxofones
Davide Rossi: fiddle
Nives Orso: galoubet
Stefano Degioanni: voice
Madaski: voice, programming
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01 Lo gibós/Neu 5.09
02 La vacha malha 2.39
03 Suite de rigaudons: de Saint-Bonnet/Sant Ahnes/La dançarem pus 5.07
04 Aisoun 1.56
05 Rossinholet sarvatge/Rigaudon 3.31
06 La San Zan/Monsarà/Avant de s'en aller 6.04
07 Lo pal 3.27
08 Farandola 1.15
09 François/Joan Peiròl/Per ben la dançar 5.02
10 Ploretz, filhetes/Anges/Addio Lugano bella/Me pare 7.24
11 Bandits 4.51
12 Lou dub 4.01
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1995 • Baracca e burattini/Sony 37-483678-10

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that's all for today

by Ailis

Roy & Val Bailey & Leon Rosselson "Oats & Beans & Kangaroos"
Fontana SFL 13061 (LP, UK, 1968)





















Tracks:
01 - Upon Paul's Steeple
02 - Oats & Beans & Barley
03 - The Keys Of Canterbury
04 - Peri Meri Daxi
05 - Hallali Dallaki
06 - Old King Cole
07 - I Saw Three Ships
08 - London's Bridge Is Broken Down
09 - What's At The Windy Wa'
10 - Why Does It Have To Be Me
11 - When The Boat Comes In
12 - Kangaroos Like To Hop
13 - The Three Ravens
14 - Nasty Spider
15 - Carrion Crow
16 - The Fox

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Perlinpinpin fòlc ::: Perlinpinpin fòlc

01 Hilhas n’aimetz pas tan los omis
02 Seguida de borreias
03 Lo Jan de Peirahorta
04 La pastora
05 Branles
06 Cançons de nau
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Alan Cadelhan: cant, alboka, boha, ton-ton, clarin, caramels, flabuta, percussions
Patric Cadelhan: cant, accordeon, clarin, flabuta, percussions, metalofòn de viatge
Joan-Pèire Casada: guitarra de uèitcordas, bassa, percussions
Cristian Lanau: cant, violon, percussions
Joan-Luc Madier: cant, violon de sièis còrdas, violon, percussions
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1980 • Revolum REV027

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Perlinpinpin fòlc
Artwork
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Perlinpinpin fòlc ::: Als curiós
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Alan Cadelhan: cant, albocà, boha, caramèla, flauta, escobafon, percussions, policlorur de vinilofòn
Patric Cadelhan: cant, acordeon, clarin, flauta, caramèla
Joan-Pèire Cazade: guitarra de uèitcordas, bassa, percussions
Cristian Lanau: violon, percussions
Joan-Luc Madier: cant, violon de sièis còrdas, violon, mandola
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01. Carnaval
02. Quin es lo men, quin eslo ton?
03. Cançon de la cigala
04. Parlatz-li d’un marit
05. Als curiós
06. Pas de qaute/Rondèu
07. Darrèr lo castel de Montvièlh
08. Sonet d’un poeta avant de s’anar negar
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Revolum REV040
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Als curiós
Artwork
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by Winston

Beckstrøm kvartett - "Døgenikt" (2008)


















Lars Beckstrøm is best known in Norway for playing bass in deLillos, a brilliant pop/rock band. This is his latest solo album, and it's a beautiful folk-rock album.

More info about Beckstrøm kvartett here:
http://www.myspace.com/larsbeckstrom

by Ailis

The Nits - The Nits (1978)





















The Nits are a Dutch band with an everchanging line-up. They've been making music since the late seventies. They wrote tens of what I'd call 'perfect pop songs in every genre : new-wave (In the Dutch Mountains, Woman Cactus), jazzy pop (three sisters, Nescio), etc... Some of them are very raw : just piano and voice (the amazing Cars&cars), others are heavily produced or orchestrated... I never understood why such an obviously talented band never got any kind of success in the UK...
Only about 1000 copiesof this release have been printed. To my knowledge this was also not re-released on CD. The band signed their contract with CBS after this LP. Probably unavailable by now.

Tracks:
01 - Rails And Rain
02 - Tutti Ragazzi
03 - Mister Mister
04 - Fantasies And Factories
05 - So In Love
06 - London Letters
07 - Yes Or No
08 - After Thoughts
09 - Amarilla
10 - Dancing Girl + Red Cat
11 - Susan My Love
12 - Caravan
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by danny

Gary & Vera Aspey ::: From the North





















01 From the North
02 The parting
03 Coal picking
04 The three foot seam
05 Mill girl's lullaby
06 King cotton
07 Auntie Ketyll
08 Come t' thi tay
09 The cradle song
10 The roving navvy
11 The ship canal song
12 Hailey-go
13 Tuppence on the rope
14 A bit of a sing
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1975 • Topic 12TS255

From the North
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Atherton couple Gary & Vera were the darlings of the 70s and 80s Manchster/Lancashire folk scene. Here they are introduced by Bernard Wrigley, then the Bolton Bullfrog, latterly actor in Emmerdale, who contributes concertina. Great songs collection


Gary & Vera Aspey ::: A taste of hotpot





















01 The Eskdale & Ennerdale hunt song
02 Weeping an' wailin away
03 The shuttle kissing song
04 Foddered me yowes
05 The nightingale
06 Don't get married girls
07 Kid's songs
08 The coal hole cavalry
09 Morning stands on tiptoe
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1976 • Topic 12TS299

A taste of hotpot
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Awfully cheesy cover apart, this is a fine album by the local stalwarts of the Lanky folk scene. Surprisingly it was recorded not on their home patch but at folk clubs in Lincs, Glos and even (whisper it) Yorks! Great humour in these tales, no matter how grim it is oop north.

A charming live album, recorded mid-decade at a variety of English folk clubs, with enthusiastic singalongs and amused guffawing by the affable audience members. A nice mix of "serious" traditional folk and goofier humorous asides, with Gary Aspey adopting an onstage persona rather similar to that of humorist Les Barker. Also includes a version of Leon Rosselson's "Don't Get Married, Girls," which may have actually been recorded before the "original," and many other fascinating tunes, including several oldies from Cumbria. I'm pretty sure this album remains out of print, but it's worth picking up if you can find a copy.


Vera Aspey ::: The blackbird





















01 Blackbird
02 Owd Betty Barlow
03 Ladybird
04 Maypole inn
05 Pit brow lassies
06 My Johnny was a shoemaker
07 Coal black faces
08 Highwayman
09 Shule agra
10 Aggie bell
11 Sprig of thyme
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1977 • Topic 12TS356

The blackbird
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Gary & Vera Aspey ::: Seeing double





















01 Seeing double
02 My goodlooking man
03 Miss Tickle Toby
04 Dowie dens of yarrow
05 Cruise of the Calibar
06 Hounds and horn together
07 Bolinder boatman
08 Testimony of Patience Kershaw
09 July wakes
10 Knocker upper man
11 Price of coal
12 Coal and Albert Berry
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1979 • 12TS407

Seeing double
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Third and last Topic album


Gary & Vera Aspey ::: Stories, songs & humour





















01 Lanky's spoken here [Dave Dutton / Bernard Wrigley]
02 Man on the road G & V Aspey]
03 They don't write them like that any more [Pete Betts]
04 Lady take your time [Allan Taylor]
05 Billy cocked hat [Don Bilston]
06 Phantom flasher [Clive Cliston]
07 I wonder why [Mike Redway]
08 Icy acres [Colin Wilkie]
09 Room for tears [G & V Aspey]
10 Oban harbour [G & V Aspey]
11 Our Gracie [G & V Aspey]
12 Slag Alice [G & V Aspey]
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1982 • Dingle DIN 325

Stories, songs & humour
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All the above album have been downloaded somewhere else on the web, thanks to the unknown uploader/s
Bitrate is 192 kbps CBR

by Winston

Glad you like Einar Stenseng. He's an underrated artist.
Here's his most recent release; the EP To the Dogs:


Einar Stenseng - "To the Dogs" (2007)





















1. "Ready for Your Love"
2. "I Want Out"
3. "A Salty Tune"
4. "St. James Infirmary"
5. "Careless Love"
6. "Farewell Song".

Words and music by Einar Stenseng, except track 3 by Einar Stenseng and Nathan Vanderpool and track 4 traditional arranged by Einar Stenseng.

Recorded and rough mixed by Einar Stenseng in Oslo, August-November 2007.

Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, violin, harmonica, percussion, grand piano, Raagini Digital: Einar Stenseng. Bass, ukulele, backing vocals: Egil Clausen. Drums, percussion: Olga Raftevold, Aage Moltke Schou. Mandolin: Lars Beckstrøm. Pedal steel guitar: Frode Bjørnstad. Electric guitars: Alexander Ozga, Chris Damien Doll. Bass: Marthe Berger Walthinsen. Backing vocals: Nathan Vanderpool. Backing vocals: Elisabeth Wood. Double bass: Simen Thornquist. Flute: Kjell Asbjørn Bunæs.

by Winston

Einar Stenseng - "Hard at Work" (2005)

1. "Bed of Nails"
2. "Stoned and Lonesome"
3. "It's Been a Bad Year"
4. "Oh, My Baby"
5. "Death & Disease"
6. "Gambling Blues"
7. "A Simple Game"
8. "Columbine (A Cowboy Love Song)"
9. "Loretta"
10. "Leaving Jerusalem"
11. "Un appartement avec trois mille deux cents trombones".

Words and music by Einar Stenseng, except track 9 by Townes Van Zandt.

Recorded and mixed by Einar Stenseng in Berlin, Germany, December 2005. Piano recorded at the Bellman Bar.

Vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica: Einar Stenseng. Banjo, acoustic guitar, backing vocals: Nathan Vanderpool. Acoustic guitar: André Herman Düne. Backing vocals: Jan Nikolaus Junker, Clémence Freschard, Marie Sjøvold.


http://www.myspace.com/einarstensengband


Very nice... Thank you!

Ron Sexsmith

Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA
September 17, 2008















01. Never Give Up
02. Cheap Hotel
03. Average Joe
04. This Is How I Know
05. One Last Round
06. Wastin' Time
07. Dandelion Wine
08. Idiot Boy
09. Brandy Alexander
10. Poor Helpless Dreams
11. It Never Fails
12. How On Earth
13. Strawberry Blonde
14. Hard Bargain
15. Traveling Alone
16. All In Good Time
17. These Days
18. Snow Angel
19. Jazz at the Bookstore
20. Brighter Still
21. Please Tell Me Again
22. Gold In Them Hills
23. Whatever It Takes
24. God Loves Everyone
25. God Loves Everyone
26. Secret Heart

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by Ailis

Jim Causley - Fruits Of The Earth (2005)





















In this stunning debut album, Jim Causley conjures a happy mixture of slow tempo and more upbeat songs, all of them simply but superbly arranged. (Some of them are even performed a cappella!). Causley updates all of these old songs - adding some of his own material on the way - and provides them with the freshness both his youth and his passion for this musical heritage bestows.
The quality of Causley's voice - often overshadowing his beautiful playing - could easily be praised as a natural talent, a charm lacking in artifice... the truth is, only voices which are very sure of themselves and very well atuned to the material they sing can come off so perfectly, and his does.
Jim Causley's Fruits of the Earth is the present and the future of English folk music. Now grab it before somebody else does!

Tracks:
01 - John Barleycorn 3:35
02 - Arscott of Tetcott 6:11
03 - Tan Yard Side 2:59
04 - The Pricklie Bush 4:16
05 - Old Riverside 3:19
06 - Harvest Song 4:22
07 - Rewind 4:57
08 - The Carnal and the Crane 3:36
09 - Lusty Young Smith 2:58
10 - Sing Ivy 4:03
11 - The Whimple Wassail 6:09
12 - Yonders Hill 3:09
13 - Unwind 2:04


Doug Bailey said...
It seems that you are offering a download of this album from your site. Whohas given you permission to do this?

Doug Bailey
WildGoose www.wildgoose.co.uk
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