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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although I am a big fan of late 60's/early 70's English folk-rock, I had never heard of this group before running across them on an anthology album back in 2001. I promptly went out and purchased the only available CD of their 2 albums (from 1970/71) and quickly fell in love with the edgy, deliberately primitive sound and their storytelling abilities within their songs. After writing a review of this first CD release, I then discovered through later Amazon reviews that a track had been left off. There was a song MENDEL that originally led off their second album THE GIPSY which was not included due to time constraints (or so they said). This new compilation (2004) restores the song and gives us the complete Mr. Fox in all their arcane glory and at 79 minutes you definitely get your money's worth.
For those of you unfamiliar with the group, sample the title cut from their first album MR FOX along with THE GAY GOSHAWK, THE BALLAD OF NEDDY DICK and MR TRILL'S SONG to get a feel for their unique sound. From the second album THE GIPSY there's THE DANCING SONG, ALL THE GOOD TIMES, the newly restored MENDEL and their version of THE HOUSE CARPENTER to round out the picture. Along with this self contained complete set are lengthy and informative liner notes that chronicle the band's rise and fall as well as the lives of founders Bob and Carole Pegg. The remastered sound is better on this release too. If you're a fan of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Pentangle and other British groups from this era then you owe it to yourself to become familiar with Mr Fox. You might find yourself as I did somewhat amazed and pleasantly surprised. They are true originals who deserve to be remembered and appreciated some 30 years after the fact.
For those of you unfamiliar with the group, sample the title cut from their first album MR FOX along with THE GAY GOSHAWK, THE BALLAD OF NEDDY DICK and MR TRILL'S SONG to get a feel for their unique sound. From the second album THE GIPSY there's THE DANCING SONG, ALL THE GOOD TIMES, the newly restored MENDEL and their version of THE HOUSE CARPENTER to round out the picture. Along with this self contained complete set are lengthy and informative liner notes that chronicle the band's rise and fall as well as the lives of founders Bob and Carole Pegg. The remastered sound is better on this release too. If you're a fan of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Pentangle and other British groups from this era then you owe it to yourself to become familiar with Mr Fox. You might find yourself as I did somewhat amazed and pleasantly surprised. They are true originals who deserve to be remembered and appreciated some 30 years after the fact.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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I bought the vinyl double album re-issue of Mr Fox/The Gypsy titled 'The Complete Mr Fox' on Transatlantic Records in 1975 following a review in New Musical Express and was stunned by the content then & am stunned by it still. I'd never heard of the band up until the review but enjoyed folk music (Fairport Convention in particular) and just trusted the reviewer (I forget the name). Totally overwhelming springs to mind with the breadth of the material. Sure, by todays standards some of it seems a little less polished - Carol Pegg was never the best violinist - but it's sheer feel - brooding, cheery, sinister, regretful, happy, reflective - all are in evidence here & give it it's everlasting charm. Most of the tracks reflect it's Yorkshire roots and looking on 30+ years later some are indeed a product of it's time but are no less valuable for that. I live in Yorkshire (Leeds) and visit 'The Dales' regularly and it is honestly impossible for me to hike in the area without the refrains of 'Leaving The Dales' & 'The Gypsy' running silently through my head at some point during the day. You have 17 classic tracks on this CD but the afore mentioned two are the standout ones. The first will connect with anyone living in or from a rural area that has seen great changes over the years. 'The Gypsy' is, well, an epic really. It tells the tale a Yorkshire lad's love for a young gypsy girl who he courts (old fashioned word!) in Bradford, only for her to leave, whence he then hikes through the Yorkshire Dales to follow her and ultimately rejoin her high up in Swaledale. It's a multi-styled music track in the vein of Fairports Matty Groves or Queens Bohemian Rhapsody (predating the latter by a number of years). It's worth the admission alone, heartfelt & heartbreaking and a stunning, stunning musical composition that unfortunately hasn't recieved the audience it deserves. This single CD is truly a gem.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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I only ever saw Mr. Fox live on tv-Granada, late at night, around 1970,sharing a half hour spot with the Natural Acoustic Band, they were magnificent. I have had these albums in various formats since then-they are unlike other folk-rock bands in that this is essentially English music and offer a uniquely English, well Yorkshire, vision of the world. This is a world of eccentrics, the spirits of the dead walking the Dales, of people cheating death by dancing,of changlings, the Bluebeard Mr. Fox and of course Gypsies. This vision of Yorkshire is of a dying Dales society, of children leaving the area, of tradition being discarded, there is humour and great sadness. If you know Yorkshire you need this new edition of these two ablums. Bob and Carole Pegg had made one lp for Trailer "He Came From The Mountains" (sadly out of print and never released on cd) after playing the Keele Folk Festival and being part of the late night discussions that led to Steeleye Span being formed out of the desire to present English folk music in a contemporary way. Mr. Fox toured, released these two classic lps and disbanded amidst great acrimony. Bob went on to release two lps with Nick Strutt before releasing Ancient Maps, the last we would hear of him on vinyl for 25 years, when he released The Last Wolf. All of Bob's records are worth hearing but this set is essential. Buy this record, it will live with you for the rest of your life.
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Well worth the wait!
I have been trying to get this album at a reasonable price on CD for ages - and now I have! Well worth it even though I only wanted the one track - The Gipsy. Read more
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As good as I remembered!
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