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For a band that's seen seven or more incarnations, Fairport Convention has remained a near-mythological Godhead for the British folk scene. Castle Music's sprawling Fairport Companion, complete with a hand-drawn family tree foldout from legendary illustrator/journalist Pete Frame, manages to dutifully represent nearly all of the group's major offshoots. Well-known tracks from the Ian Campbell Folk Group, Steeleye Span, Shirley Collins, and Dave Swarbick are nestled snugly against lesser-known offerings from Trader Horne, Lal and Mike Waterson, Shelagh McDonald, and Harvey Andrews and Graham Cooper -- even the Sandy Denny tracks, Alex Campbell's "Been on the Road So Long" and then-boyfriend Jackson C. Frank's "Milk and Honey" are long overlooked gems. The Fairport Companion should be handed out to anybody looking to make sense of the collective's annual Cropredy Festival, as it features nearly everyone who would be likely to take the stage, but it should also be required listening for anybody with even the most remote interest in the origins of English folk-rock, as it sounds -- albeit pleasurably -- like a lecture from a visiting professor. ~ James Christopher Monger Fairport Convention Music Fairport Convention Songs | | Fairport Convention CD DISC 1: |
| 1. | Rocky Road to Dublin & Drops of Brandy | |
| 2. | Washington at Valley Forge | |
| 3. | Can't Recall Her Name | |
| 4. | Been on the Road So Long | |
| 5. | Milk & Honey | |
| 6. | Soldiers Three | |
| 7. | It Takes Alot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry | |
| 8. | Morning Way | |
| 9. | Velvet To | |
| 10. | Miner, The | |
| 11. | Lowlands of Holland | |
| 12. | Two Corbies | |
| 13. | One Night as I Lay on My Bed | |
| 14. | Pretty Little Tune, A | |
| 15. | Song For a Friend | |
| 16. | Days Used to Be Much Warmer | |
| 17. | Alligator Man | |
| 18. | Baby Go Slow | |
| 19. | Odyssey | |
| 20. | Poor Murder Woman | |
| | Fairport Convention Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | Murder of Maria Marton | |
| 2. | Rave On | |
| 3. | Dangerous Dave | |
| 4. | Rubber Band | |
| 5. | Morris Dance Tunes | |
| 6. | Franklin Avenue | |
| 7. | Knowing the Game | |
| 8. | Medley | |
| 9. | Targets | |
| 10. | Here We Come a Wassailing | |
| 11. | Patrick's Breastplate | |
| 12. | Cutty Wren, The | |
| 13. | Medley | |
| 14. | It Suits Me Well | |
| 15. | Boadicea | |
| 16. | Albion Band Is Here Again, The | |
| 17. | Electric Guitar Is King, The | |
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Purchase Fairport Convention CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Small Faces Ogden's Nut Gone Flake CDs (1968) England; Deluxe Edition
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The Small Faces present their four disc U.K. import reissue release OGDEN'S NUT GONE FLAKE.
Having begun their career as the archetypal Mod band, the Small Faces latterly embraced traces of flower-power's whimsy. Astute enough not to sacrifice their identity, the quartet retained a distinctive perspective, as evinced by a string of superb pop singles, including "Here Comes The Nice" and "Itchycoo Park." A sense of pop melody and adventurism culminated on this album which encompassed tongue-in-cheek fun ("Lazy Sunday") and passionate love songs ("Afterglow"). Steve Marriott's voice remains completely self-assured and the group's characteristic organ-based swell is often enhanced by P.P. Arnold's emotional backing vocals. Eccentric comedian Stanley Unwin narrates the concept suite "Happiness Stan," but the music is strong enough to withstand the novelty tag. OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE was the Small Faces' swan-song, at least until an ill-starred reunion, but it proved a fitting end to a golden era.
Having begun their career as the archetypal Mod band, the Small Faces latterly embraced traces of flower-power's whimsy. Astute enough not to sacrifice their identity, the quartet retained a distinctive perspective, as evinced by a string of superb pop singles, including "Here Comes The Nice" and "Itchycoo Park." A sense of pop melody and adventurism culminated on this album which encompassed tongue-in-cheek fun ("Lazy Sunday") and passionate love songs ("Afterglow"). Steve Marriott's voice remains ...
| | Walker Brothers Ultimate Collection CD (2008)
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This two-CD compilation, assembled from the Walker Brothers' three albums and various singles released by Philips between 1965 and 1967, gives a good overview of their U.K. history without limiting itself to their hits. The sound quality is good if not exceptional -- one gets the sense that another round of remastering would be in order (and while we're talking about sound, wouldn't one like to see a Mobile Fidelity reissue on the Walker Brothers or, for that matter, Scott Walker's best solo stuff?). And the track order isn't chronological -- their two best-known songs, which were not their first two U.K. singles -- occupy the opening two slots on disc one. So this set is lacking in some attributes that one would, ideally, like to se. On the other hand, all of the songs that one would like to see are here somewhere, and the annotation is thorough if not extensive. For anyone starting a collection of the classic Walker Brothers' material, this set -- which also carries the subtitle "My Ship Is Coming In" -- is a great place to start and finish, assuming that one doesn't wish to own everything that they did during their British period. ~ Bruce Eder
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Christmas and the blues might seem at first like a strange combination, given that the music of the holiday season is usually joyful, hopeful, and bright, but no other time of the year is so good at showing you what you don't have, and what you can't get, and if you have the blues at Christmas, well, it's going to be a pretty heavy dose. This generous two-disc set from Document Records features 52 tracks of vintage African-American Christmas-themed blues and gospel pieces (with a couple of street sermons thrown in) recorded between 1925 and 1955, ranging from down-and-out laments and jailhouse moans to surprising (and occasionally risqué) requests for what Santa can bring down the chimney. Highlights on the first disc include the opening track, the joyous "Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn," recorded in 1925 by comedian and female impersonator Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon; Harry Crafton's "Bring That Cadillac Back" (a Cadillac might not be the best gift if your girlfriend likes to ramble) from 1947; Tampa Red's amazing, ringing slide guitar tone on "Christmas and New Year's Blues" from 1936; and the bizarre, disturbing field recording of "Junior's a Jap Girl's Christmas for His Santa Claus," sung by Willie Blackwell for Alan Lomax in Arkansas in 1942. Other high points include the charming "Christmas Boogie," recorded in 1950 by piano prodigy (he was only ten years old when this recording was made) Frankie "Sugar Chile" Robinson and the intense, bottled-up street-corner sermon ...
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Track Listing of songs: Be Good To Me; His Washboard Band Blues At Midnight; Break Em On Down; Country Blues; Back Home Blues; Burr Clover Farm Blues; Black Panter Blues; 41 Blues; Check Up On My Baby Blues; Boogin With Mezz; Big Billy Blues; Cry Your Blues Away; Can't Get That Woman Out Of My Mind; Call It The Night; Crow Jane Blues; Boogie Awhile; Careless Love; Cabbage Greens No.1; Blues On Central Avenue; Ain't ...
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