VA — The Electric Muse Revisited — The Story Of Folk Into Rock And Beyond (2021)
mp3 320 / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) | Folk, Rock, World, & Country | 4h 50 min | 668 MB/ 1.7 GB
61-track, 4-CD set explores the expental side of the British folk scene, from the folk-rock era to the present.
Includes new and unreleased recordings from Imagined Village (the first from the band in 9 years, with vocals from Eliza Carthy), Justin Adams, and Stick In The Wheel, unreleased songs from Maddy Prior and Lavinia Black-wall, and rare demos from Sandy Denny and Richard and Linda Thompson.
The remarkable cast also includes everyone from Shirley Collins and Fairport Convention to Billy Bragg, June Tabor and Oysterband, Eliza Carthy, Jim Moray, Olivia Chaney, Spiro, Lau, Jon Boden, Martyn Bennet, Capercaillie, Stick In The Wheel, Sam Lee, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Yorkston Thorne Khan and many more.
Compiled by writer and broadcaster Robin Denselow, who also wrote the 24-page sleeve notes, the boxset is released to coincide with publication of the book of the same title (on Omnibus) — which is an updated version of the celebrated story of the folk-rock era The Electric Muse, first published in 1975. This boxset brings together an extraordinary cast of great musicians for the first , and tells the story of how British traditional music has been re-worked with influences not just from rock but from punk, rap, electronica, big band brass, and sounds and styles from around the world.
CD 1
01. Shirley Collins & Davy Graham — Sweet Greens And Blues (3:19)
02. Shirley & Dolly Collins — Gilderoy (4:47)
03. Shirley Collins — Crowlink (4:28)
04. Fairport Convention — Sir Patrick Spens (3:28)
05. Fairport Convention — The Festival Bell (2:59)
06. Richard & Linda Thompson — The World Is A Wonderful Place (3:30)
07. Sandy Denny — Who Knows Where The Goes (4:32)
08. The Imagined Village — The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (5:35)
09. Lavinia Blackwall — A Sailor\’s Life (7:33)
10. Maddy Prior — John The Gun (4:52)
11. Steeleye Span — Dark Morris Song (4:03)
12. Steeleye Span — Harvest (7:28)
13. John Kirkpatrick — What Do you Do in The Day (4:46)
14. The Albion Dance Band — I Got New Shoes (2:50)
15. Ashley Hutchings — My Dearest (To Ireland I Made My Way) (3:31)
16. Justin Adams — She Moved Through The Fair (3:02)
CD 2
01. Andrew Cronshaw — The Ship In Distress (7:56)
02. Brass Monkey — The Maid And The Palmer (5:32)
03. Home Service — Alright Jack (5:36)
04. Battlefield Band — I Am The Common Man (2:59)
05. Billy Bragg — Between The Wars (2:30)
06. Oysterband — Hal — An — Tow (4:24)
07. June Tabor & Oysterband — Susie Clelland (5:13)
08. The Levellers — The Recruiting Sergeant (3:48)
09. Edward II — Plough The Speed (3:40)
10. Capercaillie — Inexile (4:26)
11. Eliza Carthy — Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capons Reel / Tune (5:58)
12. Eliza Carthy — Worcester City (4:47)
13. Martyn Bennett — Ale House (3:58)
14. Jim Moray — Early One Morning (4:31)
15. Jim Moray — Lucy Wan (5:01)
16. Billy Bragg & The Blokes — England, Half English (2:25)
CD 3
01. The Imagined Village — Cold Haily Rainy Night (6:12)
02. The Imagined Village — My Son John (6:08)
03. Ian King — Four Loom Weaver (3:45)
04. June Tabor & Oysterband — Bonny Bunch Of Roses (5:00)
05. June Tabor & Oysterband — I\’ll Show You Wonders (4:41)
06. Lau — Saint Monday (5:22)
07. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita — Les Bras De Mer (8:00)
08. The Rails — Send Her To Holloway (4:38)
09. False Lights — Far In Distant Lands (5:11)
10. Carole Pegg & Radik Tiuliush — A Gay Goshawk (4:15)
11. Rab Noakes — Believing Is Seeing (4:21)
12. Olivia Chaney — False Bride (4:02)
13. Offa Rex — Willie O\»Winsbury (7:29)
14. Olivia Chaney — House On A Hill (3:57)
CD 4
01. Peter Knight\’s Gigspanner Big Band — Searching For Lambs (8:31)
02. Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band — You Know Me (4:24)
03. Spiro — The Copper Suite (8:37)
04. Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings — Sweet Thames Flow Softly (3:07)
05. Sharon Shannon — Sacred Earth (5:04)
06. Shooglenifty & Dhun Dhora — Hichki (5:02)
07. Yorkston / Thorne / Khan — The Shearing\’s Not For You (7:43)
08. Lizabett Russo — The Water Is Wide (3:29)
09. Show Of Hands — Bristol Slaver (4:25)
10. Lunatraktors — Rigs Of The s (3:30)
11. Stick In The Wheel — Villon Song (2:26)
12. Stick In The Wheel — Top Knot (2:06)
13. Stick In The Wheel — 100,000 Years / Brisk Lad (3:56)
14. Sam Lee — Spencer The Rover (4:51)
15. Sam Lee, Lisa Knapp — The Tan Yard Side (6:34)
