English 70s Folk etc (1 Viewer)

[mackle]

Been listening to a lot of this lately. Stuff thats been blowing my mind

Fairport Convention
Trees
Steeleye Span
Dave Swarbrick
Pentangle
Incredible String Band
Vashi Bunyan
Clives Original Band

Anybody got any recommendations based on these bands?

 

[japeo]

i would strongly recommend, 'full circle' by a band called, 'forest'

one of the best in that genre i have heard..

also comus are pretty cool, but crazy as fuck

 

[mackle]

Cheers.

Forgot Comus. First Utterance is unbelievable.

 

[Lili Marlene]

If you like the Incredible String Band and aren't too snobby about what what it's ok and not ok to listen to i'd recommend Tyrannasauraus Rex, they tend to get described as a 'pocket' version the ISB. Very odd take on melody that almost completely disappeared by the time they morphed into T.Rex.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Been listening to a lot of this lately. Stuff thats been blowing my mind

Fairport Convention
Trees
Steeleye Span
Dave Swarbrick
Pentangle
Incredible String Band
Vashi Bunyan
Clives Original Band

Anybody got any recommendations based on these bands?

some I'd recommend

Mr Fox - Mr Fox / Gypsy
Shelagh McDonald - The Shelagh McDonald Album / Stargazer (collected on 2 CDs - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme)
Anne Briggs - The Time Has Come
Bright Phoebus - Bright Phoebus (Mike and Lal Waterson)
Shirley Collins - Love, Death And The Lady / Anthems In Eden / The Power Of The True Love Knot / No Roses (With Albion Country Band) / Folk Roots, New Routes (with Davy Graham)
Bert Jansch - LA Turnaround
Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs
Barry Dransfield - Barry Dransfield
Morris On - Morris On
Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
Etchingham Steam Band - Hard Times Of Old England
Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden / HMS Donovan
The Transports - A Ballad Opera
Martin Carthy - Shearwater
Dick Gaughan - Handful Of Earth
Albion Country Band - Battle Of The Field
June Tabor - Airs And Graces

comps
Anthems In Eden (4 CDs)
Acoustic Folk Box (Topic 4 CDs)
Early Morning Hush
Gather In The Mushrooms
Never The Same: Leave Taking From The British Folk Revival 1970 - 1977
Fruit Of The Forest click

 

[Vinnie]

Some cool contemporary stuff drawing directly from this tradition

Chris Wood
Trembling Bells
Karine Polwart
The Unthanks
Kate Rusby

 

[japeo]

some I'd recommend

Mr Fox - Mr Fox / Gypsy
Shelagh McDonald - The Shelagh McDonald Album / Stargazer (collected on 2 CDs - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme)
Anne Briggs - The Time Has Come
Bright Phoebus - Bright Phoebus (Mike and Lal Waterson)
Shirley Collins - Love, Death And The Lady / Anthems In Eden / The Power Of The True Love Knot / No Roses (With Albion Country Band) / Folk Roots, New Routes (with Davy Graham)
Bert Jansch - LA Turnaround
Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs
Barry Dransfield - Barry Dransfield
Morris On - Morris On
Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
Etchingham Steam Band - Hard Times Of Old England
Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden / HMS Donovan
The Transports - A Ballad Opera
Martin Carthy - Shearwater
Dick Gaughan - Handful Of Earth
Albion Country Band - Battle Of The Field
June Tabor - Airs And Graces

comps
Anthems In Eden (4 CDs)
Acoustic Folk Box (Topic 4 CDs)
Early Morning Hush
Gather In The Mushrooms
Never The Same: Leave Taking From The British Folk Revival 1970 - 1977
Fruit Of The Forest click

love that donovan album(s) - what were they smoking back then?

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

 

[shidheat]

dando shaft - interesting band that my sister has an album by. nice instrumentation, more acoustic than fairport. hard to find any of their stuff though.

there were a couple of nice primers in the wire magazine about english folk.

 

[mackle]

If you like the Incredible String Band and aren't too snobby about what what it's ok and not ok to listen to i'd recommend Tyrannasauraus Rex, they tend to get described as a 'pocket' version the ISB. Very odd take on melody that almost completely disappeared by the time they morphed into T.Rex.

As in Marc Bolans T.Rex?

 

[mackle]

some I'd recommend

Mr Fox - Mr Fox / Gypsy
Shelagh McDonald - The Shelagh McDonald Album / Stargazer (collected on 2 CDs - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme)
Anne Briggs - The Time Has Come
Bright Phoebus - Bright Phoebus (Mike and Lal Waterson)
Shirley Collins - Love, Death And The Lady / Anthems In Eden / The Power Of The True Love Knot / No Roses (With Albion Country Band) / Folk Roots, New Routes (with Davy Graham)
Bert Jansch - LA Turnaround
Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs
Barry Dransfield - Barry Dransfield
Morris On - Morris On
Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
Etchingham Steam Band - Hard Times Of Old England
Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden / HMS Donovan
The Transports - A Ballad Opera
Martin Carthy - Shearwater
Dick Gaughan - Handful Of Earth
Albion Country Band - Battle Of The Field
June Tabor - Airs And Graces

comps
Anthems In Eden (4 CDs)
Acoustic Folk Box (Topic 4 CDs)
Early Morning Hush
Gather In The Mushrooms
Never The Same: Leave Taking From The British Folk Revival 1970 - 1977
Fruit Of The Forest click

Wow, Thats exactly what I was looking for! Cheers dudeser

 

[Lolo]

As in Marc Bolans T.Rex?

Yup! I love his hippy-drippy folky warbly stuff, but then I love his ridiculous glam boogie stuff too.

 

[george mcfly]

If you like the Incredible String Band and aren't too snobby about what what it's ok and not ok to listen to i'd recommend Tyrannasauraus Rex, they tend to get described as a 'pocket' version the ISB. Very odd take on melody that almost completely disappeared by the time they morphed into T.Rex.

what's wrong with liking Tyrannasaurus Rex??

 

[Lili Marlene]

Some people would dismiss them/ be snobby about liking stuff that wasn't 'proper' folk or something along those lines

I was recommending them wasn't I?

 

[Mormon Nailer]

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

i tried to buy this before christmas,very popular though apparently so it had sold out.looks excellent.

 

[Vinnie]

Yes yes yes. Love this.

 

[u:m]

check out The Compleat Dancing Master

 

[old]

That still makes me shudder.

 

[u:m]

That still makes me shudder.

its supposed to