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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Quite a variety of tunes on this from "Streets of London" through to "Colours" and "Matty Groves". No surprises- most folk acts you can think of are represented although some like Billy Bragg are notable by their absence. The chances are this would suffice as a good introduction to folk, since most people into the genre will have nealry all of these tracks in some form or another.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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At £2-98, how can one go wrong with this? It is my favourite CD to play on my computer as I work. There are so many great tracks with a few I often skip. My favourites are the Alchemist and the Pedlar (I often play that over again - a really great song!) The streets of London, Matty Groves, and the Needle of Death, to name the very very best, but this CD will not, in my view, disappoint at all!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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A great collection of folk songs from the 60's and 70's, which was a very productive time in British folk. There's hardly a bad track among the 20 here.
All the big names are here: Donovan with "Colours", Bert Jansch with "Needle of Death", Ralph McTell's "Streets of London". But it's not just acoustic guitars, they also include plugged-in band performances: Steeleye Span are represented by a great track called "When I was on Horseback". It's an old traditional tune, but one I had never heard before getting this album. It's played at a slow, mournful pace, with a droning guitar accompaniment and an outstanding vocal. Atmospheric and haunting. I love this song, and for me the album was worth getting for this song alone.
Another excellent track included is Pentangle's "Night Flight", the least folky-sounding song of the collection. Fairport Convention are also included with "Matty Groves."
The Watersons "Bright Phoebus" is here, too, with lead vocals from the unmistakeable Mike Waterson, who has a great and extremely distinctive voice.
Another highlight is "The Pedlar and the Alchemist" by Dransfield, who I had never heard of, but it's a very well-constructed and thoughtful lyric, both a compelling narrative and searchingly philosophical. Nice delivery, too.
There's also a song by the Humblebums, comprising Billy Connolly and Gerry Rafferty, called "Her Father Never Liked me Anyway": a pleasant enough song, if slight.
There's a few less successful inclusions. The Ian Campbell Folk Group's cover of "The Times they are A-Changin", for example, was too reverential and hymnal for my tastes.
I'm a semi-fan of folk, and have a few collections of this sort, and I think, song for song, this is the best one. It was cheap, too. It's great music, well crafted and truthful and including most of the best folk artists of the time.
All the big names are here: Donovan with "Colours", Bert Jansch with "Needle of Death", Ralph McTell's "Streets of London". But it's not just acoustic guitars, they also include plugged-in band performances: Steeleye Span are represented by a great track called "When I was on Horseback". It's an old traditional tune, but one I had never heard before getting this album. It's played at a slow, mournful pace, with a droning guitar accompaniment and an outstanding vocal. Atmospheric and haunting. I love this song, and for me the album was worth getting for this song alone.
Another excellent track included is Pentangle's "Night Flight", the least folky-sounding song of the collection. Fairport Convention are also included with "Matty Groves."
The Watersons "Bright Phoebus" is here, too, with lead vocals from the unmistakeable Mike Waterson, who has a great and extremely distinctive voice.
Another highlight is "The Pedlar and the Alchemist" by Dransfield, who I had never heard of, but it's a very well-constructed and thoughtful lyric, both a compelling narrative and searchingly philosophical. Nice delivery, too.
There's also a song by the Humblebums, comprising Billy Connolly and Gerry Rafferty, called "Her Father Never Liked me Anyway": a pleasant enough song, if slight.
There's a few less successful inclusions. The Ian Campbell Folk Group's cover of "The Times they are A-Changin", for example, was too reverential and hymnal for my tastes.
I'm a semi-fan of folk, and have a few collections of this sort, and I think, song for song, this is the best one. It was cheap, too. It's great music, well crafted and truthful and including most of the best folk artists of the time.
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Good collection, pity about the last track.
All-in-all, a pretty good compilation. It introduced me to a number of artists who have never quite made my playlists and who will need further exploration e.g. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr Brandybuck
Mike Harding must be so proud of this lot!
A games compendium for grown ups with good taste in British folk music. There's traditional stuff presented in a way that brings it kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Read more
Published 15 months ago by S. Taylor
Best of British
Classic Folk from the past.
Can't beat the Ralph McTell version of Streets of London. Took me back to my school days. Read more
Can't beat the Ralph McTell version of Streets of London. Took me back to my school days. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. Vivien M. Burgess
best of british folk
this album very enjoyable either to sit and listen to or to have as back ground music. was greta to listen to music i had not heard for avery long time. Read more
Published 20 months ago by sparky
Great Intro to British Folk
I bought this as an intro to the British folk scene of years gone by and its great. I thought for the price there would be a few dodgy recordings but this is a genuine bargain. Read more
Published 21 months ago by J. E. Hunt
Excellent
About 3/4 of the tracks on this are excellent, the rest OK ish. In short, well worth buying. Even my kids like some of them!
Published 23 months ago by Bernard Burke
Folk compilation
Not the best folk compilation I have bought. Interesting to hear some of the artists I haven't heard before. Bert Jansch, etc.
Published 23 months ago by E. Carruthers
An ideal sampler for anyone new to classic British Folk
What a cracking album. A couple of tracks one would expect to feature - Streets of London being the most obvious example - and most of the luminaries of the British Folk scene are... Read more
Published on 26 May 2010 by Mr. Howard J. Ellis
Not mine
I purchased this as a present for a friend. She said it's an exellent CD but she is a big folk music fan, while I am more into blues and rock. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2009 by A 70's Old Fart
Very good but not what I expected
This album should be retitled:60's British Folk. Rather than meeting expectations, this album presents the listener with sounds that often bridged the gap between folk and rock. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2004
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