Peter Bellamy, Mainly Norfolk, Songs & Ballads, LP UK XTRA 1968 - XTRA 1060

Sydney Carter’s review, June 1968: One example of the re-emergence of folk song in the Folk Revival is Mainly Norfolk, on which Peter Bellamy sings songs from the repertoire of such staunchly traditional singers as Harry Cox and Sam Larner, in much the same way as they must themselves have sung half a century ago. Like a true folk singer (as distinct from a folk scholar) he flings in a song like The German Musicianer for sheer fun. This is the kind of un-folk song the old folk-singers liked to sing before collectors robbed them of their innocence (not that it stopped them, even then). A good record.

Recensione di Sydney Carter, giugno 1968: Un esempio della ricomparsa della canzone folk nel Folk Revival è Mainly Norfolk, in cui Peter Bellamy canta canzoni dal repertorio di cantanti fedeli alla tradizione come Harry Cox e Sam Larner, più o meno nello stesso modo in cui devono aver cantato loro stessi mezzo secolo fa. Come un vero cantautore folk (a differenza di uno studioso del folk) ci butta dentro una canzone come The German Musicianer per puro divertimento. Questo è il tipo di canzone non folk che i vecchi cantanti folk amavano cantare prima che i collezionisti li derubassero della loro innocenza (non che questo li abbia fermati, nemmeno allora). Un bel disco.

Tracks: Side 1 The German Musicianer (Roud 17774) (2.53) Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (2.38) Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (1.41) The Fourteenth of February (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47) (2.34) The Shooting of His Dear (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (2.03) The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49) (1.48) Side 2 Yarmouth Town (2.31) Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (2.43) Fakenham Fair (2.01) The Lofty Tall Ship (Roud 104; Child 250) (2.34) Butter and Cheese and All (Roud 510; G/D 4:914) (2.31) The Turtle Dove (Roud 422) (2.12)