The Essential Guide to Folk

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Tracklist

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1CD: Roots
#TitleArtistLength
1Spencer the Rover
recording of:
Spencer the Rover
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1115)
The Copper Family3:26
2Glory of Love
Big Bill Broonzy2:42
3Dirty Old Town
Ewan MacColl1:06
4Heartbreak HotelMartin Carthy2:43
5Dr O'Neill / The Battering Ram
recording engineer:
Bill Leader (on 1967-03-12)
fiddle:
Andy Boyle, Lucy Farr and Jimmy Power
piano:
Reg Hall
Jimmy Power, Lucy Farr & Andy Boyle4:19
6Do-Re-Mi
Woody Guthrie2:38
7The Doffing Mistress
Anne Briggs1:25
8Tom Dooley
Sweeney’s Men2:33
9Brownie's Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee5:27
103/4 AD
Davy Graham & Alexis Korner4:40
11Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk
recording of:
Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk
lyricist and composer:
Sheila Stewart
Sheila Stewart1:32
12Where Have All the Flowers Gone
recording of:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
additional lyricist:
Joe Hickerson (in 1960-05)
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1955-10)
publisher:
The Bicycle Music Company (in 1961)
Pete Seeger1:57
13The Patriot Game
recording of:
The Patriot Game
lyricist:
Dominic Behan (in 1957)
additional composer:
Dominic Behan (in 1957)
composer:
[traditional]
version of:
The Nightingale
Dominic Behan4:01
14Little Boxes
recording of:
Little Boxes
lyricist and composer:
Malvina Reynolds
publisher:
Schroder Music Company
Malvina Reynolds1:40
15Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lonnie Donegan3:24
16Wild Colonial Boy
Margaret Barry3:07
17Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Lead Belly1:53
2CD: Folk Rocks!
#TitleArtistLength
1It's All Over Now Baby Blue
recording of:
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1965-01)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music, Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
Bob Dylan4:19
2First Girl I Loved
recording of:
First Girl I Loved
lyricist and composer:
Robin Williamson
publisher:
Warlock Music Ltd.
The Incredible String Band4:58
3Fog on the TyneLindisfarne3:24
4Curragh of Kildare
Finbar & Eddie Furey4:49
5The World Turned Upside Down
recording of:
The World Turned Upside Down
lyricist and composer:
Leon Rosselson (in 1974)
Dick Gaughan2:49
6The Old Man's Song
The Ian Campbell Folk Group3:37
7Angie
producer:
Bill Leader
cover recording of:
Angi
composer:
Davey Graham
Bert Jansch3:12
8The Female Drummer
recording of:
The Female Drummer
lyricist:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 226)
Steeleye Span4:03
9Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
The Humblebums4:39
10Canadee-I-O
Nic Jones5:57
11Light FlightThe Pentangle3:17
12Hesitation Blues
Ralph McTell2:48
13A Man's a Man for a'That
Five Hand Reel3:28
14The Cloud Factory
recording engineer:
Charlie Beresford (in 2005-05)
mixer:
Charlie Beresford and Mark Emerson
recorded at:
Oak Barn in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom (in 2005-05)
June Tabor6:22
15Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox5:47
16Banks of the Clyde
Linda Thompson5:41
17Up to Now
Dransfield4:18
3CD: New Routes
#TitleArtistLength
1New Year Carol: Residue
Waterson:Carthy3:02
2Damn the Day
Pete Morton3:21
3Katie CruelBert Jansch feat. Beth Orton & Devendra Banhart3:01
4Gypsy Maid
Tim van Eyken4:18
5The Point Road
medley including a recording of:
The Point Road
composer:
Iain M. MacLeod
Shooglenifty3:18
6Barbara Allen
Cassie Franklin With Southern Brew2:49
7Draggle-Tail Gypsies-O
Benji Kirkpatrick3:00
8Innocent When You Dream
cover recording of:
Innocent When You Dream
lyricist and composer:
Tom Waits
Spiers & Boden4:43
9Seafaring Man
Mouth Music4:59
10The L&N Don't Stop Here Any More
cover recording of:
The L & N Don’t Stop Here Any More
lyricist and composer:
Than Hall
publisher:
Jonathan B. Pickow Trust
Kieron Means3:02
11MohairEliza Carthy2:59
12An Gille Donn / Vaskilinnun Valkerrus
Andrew Cronshaw & Sanna Kurki-Suonio3:52
13The Lincolnshire Poacher
Dr. Faustus4:43
14South Sea's
Oliver Knight3:34
15Auld Lang Syne
Salsa Celtica4:30
16Babes in the Wood
recording of:
Lost in a Wood (aka. Babes in the Wood)
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 288)
The Copper Family2:40