Release Date: 18 June 2021
Label: Good Deeds Music
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5060155725420
Description
61-track, 4-CD set explores the experimental side of the British folk scene, from the folk-rock era to the present. Includes new and unreleased recordings from Imagined Village (the first new music from the band in 9 years, with vocals from Eliza Carthy), Justin Adams, and Stick In The Wheel, unreleased songs from Maddy Prior and Lavinia Blackwall, and rare demos from Sandy Denny and Richard and Linda Thompson.
The remarkable cast also includes everyone from Shirley Collins and Fairport Convention to Billy Bragg, June Tabor and Oysterband, Eliza Carthy, Jim Moray, Olivia Chaney, Spiro, Lau, Jon Boden, Martyn Bennet, Capercaillie, Stick In The Wheel, Sam Lee, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Yorkston Thorne Khan and many more.
Compiled by writer and broadcaster Robin Denselow, who also wrote the 24-page sleeve notes, the boxset is released to coincide with publication of the book of the same title (on Omnibus) - which is an updated version of the celebrated story of the folk-rock era The Electric Muse, first published in 1975. This boxset brings together an extraordinary cast of great musicians for the first time, and tells the story of how British traditional music has been re-worked with influences not just from rock but from punk, rap, electronica, big band brass, and sounds and styles from around the world.
"You can't hurt this stuff by messing with it" - Martin Carthy.1.Sweet Greens and Blues 1964 (home recording) - Shirley Collins and Davy Graham
2.Gilderoy - Shirley and Dolly Collins
3.Crowlink - Shirley Collins
4.St Patrick Spens 1989 (live) - Fairport Convention
5.The Festival Bell - Fairport Convention
6.The World Is A Wonderful Place (demo) - Richard and Linda Thompson
7.Who Knows Where The Time Goes'?' (solo home demo) - Sandy Denny
8.The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood - Imagined Village (vocals Eliza Carthy)
9.A Sailor's Life - Lavinia Blackwall
10.John The Gun - Maddy Prior
11.Dark Morris Song - Steeleye Span
12.Harvest - Steeleye Span
13.What Do You Do In The Day'?' - John Kirkpatrick
14.I Got New Shoes - Albion Dance Band    Â
15.My Dearest / To Ireland I Made My Way - Ashley Hutchings
16.She Moved Through The Fair - Justin Adams
17.The Ship In Distress - Andrew CronshawÂ
18.The Maid and the Palmer - Brass Monkey Â
19.Alright Jack - Home Service
20.I Am The Common Man - Battlefield Band
21.Between The Wars - Billy Bragg
22.Hal-an-Tow - Oysterband
23.Susie Clelland - June Tabor and The Oyster Band
24.The Recruiting Sergeant - The Levellers
25.Plough The Speed - Edward II
26.Inexile - Capercaillie
27.Greenwood Laddie/Mrs Caprons Reel/Tune - Eliza Carthy
28.Worcester City - Eliza Carthy
29.Ale House - Martyn Bennett
30.Early One Morning - Jim Moray
31.Lucy Wan - Jim Moray
32.England, Half English - Billy Bragg and The Blokes
33.Cold Haily Rainy Night - Imagined Village
34.My Son John - Imagined Village
35.Four Loom Weaver - Ian King
36.Bonnie Bunch of Roses - June Tabor & Oysterband
37.I'll Show You Wonders - June Tabor and Oysterband
38.Saint Monday - Lau
39.Les Bras De Mer - Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
40.Send Her To Holloway - The Rails
41.Far In Distant Lands - False Lights
42.A Gay Goshawk - Carole Pegg & Radik Tulush
43.Believing is Seeing - Rab Noakes
44.False Bride - Olivia Chaney
45.Willie O'Winsbury - Offa Rex
46.House On A Hill - Olivia Chaney
47.Searching For Lambs - Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band
48.You Know Me - Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band
49.The Copper Suite - Spiro
50.Sweet Thames Flow Softly - Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings
51.Sacred Earth - Sharon Shannon
52.Hichki - Shooglenifty & Dhun Dhora
53.The Shearing's Not For You - Yorkston Thorne KhanÂ
54.The Water Is Wide - Lizabett Russo
55.Bristol Slaver - Show of Hands
56. Rigs of the Time - Lunatraktors
57.Villon Song - Stick In The Wheel
58.Top Knot - Stick In The Wheel
59.100,000 Years/Â Brisk Lad - Stick In The Wheel
60.Spencer The Rover - Sam Lee
61.The Tan Yard Side - Sam Lee, Lisa Knapp and the Nightingale
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
Miles Hunt
Concrete Prairie
Miles Hunt
The Wonder Stuff
Padraig Jack
Miles Hunt
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
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