Electric Muse,
The Story of Folk Into Rock, 4LP UK
Island/Transatlantic 1975 - Folk 1001
It
is important to talk about this monumental work, a classic in the
history of folk. In it, Peter Bellamy and Young Tradition participate
with the only "Lyke Wake Dirge", taken from the first album of the
group. In the CD version this song is replaced by "The Fox Hunt". The
work is divided into 4 vinyls + a detailed booklet edited by Karl
Dallas, who is also the creator of the project. The graphic concept is
beautiful and original.
Importante è
parlare di questa opera monumentale, un classico per la storia del
folk. In essa, Peter Bellamy e gli Young Tradition partecipano con la
sola "Lyke Wake Dirge", tratta dal primo album del gruppo. Nella
versione CD questo brano è sostituito da "The Fox Hunt".
L'opera è articolata in 4 vinili + un dettagliato booklet
curato da Karl Dallas, che è anche l'ideatore del progetto.
Bellissima e originale la concezione grafica.
Album 1, Side A:
From the Acoustic Roots
Introductory Medley:
Steeleye Span: Robbery With Violins
from Parcel of Rogues;
Ian Campbell Folk Group: Tail Toddle (extract)
from Edinburgh Folk Festival;
Fairport Convention: Sir B. McKenzie (extract)
B-side of the single Now Be Thankful; later released on the Full House
CD reissue
Leadbelly: The Gallows Pole
Jack Elliott: Pretty Boy Floyd
from Talking Woody Guthrie
Margaret Barry: She Moves Through the Fair
Alan Lomax and the Ramblers: Hard Case
from Alan Lomax and the Ramblers
Jim, John, Bob & Ron Copper: The Banks of Sweet Primroses
previously unreleased BBC recording made on 3.4.1952
Ray & Archie Fisher: The Twa Corbies
from Far Over the Forth
A. L. Lloyd: The Shoals of Herring (extract)
from the BBC radio ballad Singing the Fishing
- Album 1, Side B:
From Reeling to Rocking
Ian Campbell Folk Group: Campbell's Fancy: The 93rd's Farewell to
Gibraltar / Rakes of Kildare / The Drunken Piper / Timour the Tartar
from This is the Ian Campbell Folk Group
The Dubliners: Mason's Apron
The Chieftains: Carolan's Concerto
Gryphon: Kemp's Jig
Fairport Convention: Medley: The Lark in the Morning; Rakish Paddy;
Foxhunter's Jig; Toss the Feathers
from Liege and Lief
Morris On Band: Greensleeves
from Morris On
Hedgehog Pie: Drops of Brandy
John Martyn: Eibhlí Gheal Chiún Ni Chearbhaill
Album 2, Side A:
Blues, Baroque and Beyond
Davey Graham: Angi
Davey Graham: She Moves Through the Fair
from The Thamesiders and Davey Graham
Davey Graham: Better Git It in Your Soul
John Renbourn: Waltz
Bert Jansch: Veronica
Ralph McTell: Willoughby's Farm
Marc Brierley: Dragonfly
from Marc Brierley
Jackson C. Frank: Blues Run the Game
from Jackson C. Frank
Roy Harper: Forever
- Album 2, Side B:
Soho, Needless to Say
Pentangle: Waltz
Martin Carthy: Scarborough Fair
from Martin Carthy
Al Stewart: Soho, Needless to Say
John and Beverley Martyn: John the Baptist
New Humblebums: Please Sing a Song for Us
Fairport Convention: Chelsea Morning
from Fairport Convention
Album 3, Side A:
Roll Over Cecil (and Tell Vaughan Williams the News)
Shirley Collins, Davey Graham: Pretty Saro
from Folk Roots, New Routes
Bert Jansch: Blackwaterside
The Young Tradition: Lyke Wake Dirge
from The Young Tradition
John Renbourn: Bransle Gay
from The Lady and the Unicorn
Martin Carthy / Dave Swarbrick: Our Captain Cried All Hands
from Byker Hill
Pentangle: Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Shirley Collins: The Wedding Song
from Anthems in Eden
- Album 3, Side B:
The Electric Adventure
Fairport Convention: Nottamun Town
from What We Did On Our Holidays
Fairport Convention: Tam Lin
from Liege and Lief
Traffic: John Barleycorn
from John Barleycorn Must Die
Fairport Convention: Lord Marlborough
from Angel Delight
Steeleye Span: The Weaver and the Factory Maid
from Parcel of Rogues
Album 4, Side: A
A New Traditon
Bob & Carole Pegg: Rise Up Jock
Mr Fox: The Gay Goshawk
Fairport Convention: Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman
previously unreleased track from the Full House recording sessions;
later released on (guitar, vocal)
Lindisfarne: Turn a Deaf Ear
Jack the Lad: The Third Millennium
Richard Thompson: Nobody's Wedding
from Henry the Human Fly
- Album 4, Side B:
End of a Honeymoon?
Albion Country Band: Albion Sunrise
from Battle of the Field
Albion Morris: Upton-Upon-Severn Stick Dance
previously unissued; later released on Rattlebone & Ploughjack
Fairport Convention: Furs and Feather
from Rosie
Steve Ashley with Tinder Box: The Spirit of Christmas
previously unissued; later released on Stroll On Revisited
Mike & Lal Waterson: The Magical Man
from Bright Phoebus
Fairport Convention: Stranger to Himself
from Rising for the Moon
Albion Country Band: The New St. George / La Rotta
previously unissued; later released on Battle of the Field
|
