BLOODWOOD - Man made music (Sidetrack, 1981)

Very good Australian folk album!

More stuff of this group will follow

As far as I know it must be their first LP

These people are still today on the road! :-))

Thanks to our Friend GRAAF for providing the track list that I'm always too lazy to compile!

KISS
The COUNTESS

GARY SHEARSTON - Folk songs & ballads of Australia (CBS, 1964)

This LP belongs to the first period of Gary Shearston, who released two LPs for the Australian CBS label within the early 60s.  He also appeared on a couple of folk anthologies that the Downunder CBS made (coming soon or "relatively soon", we'll see).  More or less 10 years later, he  reappeared with "Dingo" (Charisma, 1974 see foto at foot-post), an LP which unless someone specifically requests for, I will NOT scan-and-upload.  It was a disappointment for me, why should I also disappoint you, who are my good friends?
In any case, it's no more folk music at all.
Moral: "Get the good things while they're still available, there's no ensurance about tomorrow..."

"Dingo" the 1974 LP that I will NOT upload.

Your COUNTESS

HALLIARD - Three titles (1967-1968)

An album (and its re-issue) that carries with itself lots of poisons and controversies, see comments in other blogs and you'll understand what I mean.  Out of the trolls' candid cameras, and faraway from the enemies of Music.

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IMPORTANT:
Our Friend Donna points out that this version is not complete, and I also agree that she's right. What I will do here is simply posting things that I managed to gather from various sources, as I have no real vynil LPs of this group. So, next week you'll see also the Halliard's other 2 works. Some CD publications offer reissues of already-released songs, therefore this will prevent the Halliard discography confusion to be finally resolved. It also took me some time for posting this stuff because I was looking for other possible higher-bitrate scans (which I didn't find).
Deep THANKS also to the precious help of my Friend Manila!

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APPENDIX
AN ATTEMPT OF GENERAL DISCOGRAPHY
 HALLIARD, JON RAVEN, etc...
(the Nic Jones' discography is not included)

BLACK COUNTRY THREE - Black Country Three (Transatlantic, 1966 / TRA 140)
HALLIARD - I't s the Irish in me (Saga, 1967 / SOC 1058)
HALLIARD - The Halliard and Jon Raven (Broadside, 1968 / BRO 106)
JON RAVEN - Harvest (Broadside, 1970/ BRO 112)
JON RAVEN, MIKE RAVEN, JEAN WARD - Kate of Coalbrookdale (Argo, 1971 / ZFB 29)
SAGA - same (Westwood, 1972 / WRS 017)
SAGA - Sweet Peg O'Derby (Westwood, 1973 / WRS 036)
JON RAVEN, NIC JONES, TONY ROSE - Songs of a changing world (Trailer, 1973 / LER 2083)
MIKE RAVEN & JOAN MILLS with Saga - The Jolly Machine (Folk Heritage Records, 1974/ FHR 053)
JON RAVEN, JOHN KIRKPATRICK, SUE HARRIS - The English canals (Broadside, 1976 / BRO 118)
MIKE RAVEN - same (label...?, 1977)

This is enough material for collectors :-)
The hunt is up!
Your COUNTESS

DAVE AND TONI ARTHUR - Hearken to the witches rune (Trailer, 1970)

An LP I don't love much,

but requested by Donna, therefore.... 

...how can one say no? :-)))

What I particularly don't like here is the poor quality of Dave Arthur's singing, especially if compared to Toni's high classed voice and control of the vocal instrument.

Even some counterpoints, which in the intentions would have been of refined construction,

fail in the concrete realization, and that's a shame.

KISS

the COUNTESS

JOHNNY ASHCROFT - Little boy lost (EMI Columbia, 1959 or 60?)

RE-UP: NEW LINK AND PW!
Thanks to JANISFARM for reporting the problem!


 Franz writes: " I'm not sure of the release date but we can hear a number of fine folk tunes, some traditionals among them, sung with a curious and pleasing vocal technique that reminds of some rockabilly style.  On the same shelves, together with this album, I also found a kind of "greatest hits" of JA on sale, where he was singing some R'n'R standards, and the cover showed him dressed more or less like Gary Glitter. After listening to some songs, I decided to buy only the LP you see in the picture."

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Thanks a lot, this version of Waltzing Matilda is for me the best I know!

kiss, the Countess

PETER HAMMILL - Folk Anthology (home-made for 2 virtual CDs)

From FRANZ:

Can we give the title "folk" to this home-made collection of songs?  In my opinion, yes.

For those of you who are bold enough, and for those who don't have prejudices and won't ever fall prey of them: give a chance to this "side" of Peter Hammill.  His albums are not really 100% "folky", but on each of them there's always 1 or 2 cameo songs that you would happily name as folky. The songs are really high classed, melodies often weird, strange harmonies, exstended mastery of the voice, and a lot of emotions and love inside.  I had to exclude so many of him, I should have made a 3rd CD!
But explanations are useless in this case.

I made this 2 CD compilation for myself, about 10 years ago, so that I could have the songs with me on my MP3 players, this means that unfortunately there are quite low bit rates, at times (even to 96), and I'm sorry for that.  For the moment, let's imagine this as an experiment.

Anyway, I will have to rework completely this 'Best of' one day, because still so many songs come directly from half-cleaned vinyl LPs, while today I have all Hammill's discography on CDs.

Just consider that in any case you have nothing to lose.
Songs like Vision, Don't tell me, Ophelia, Solitude, The lie, Four pails, etc will blow you out of mind. And at the end, the great funny "Polaroid", not issude on the UK album edition - You CAN'T miss this!

For those who don't know Hammill at all, I wish you a happy time for your discovery.

part 1:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fripyi

part 2:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yw3nj6

for both, the PW is:

23983490350940450938349783487


FOR THOSE IN A HURRY, HERE'S A FUNNY ONE BY HIM, DON'T MISS IT:
PETER HAMMILL - Polaroid
http://www.sendspace.com/file/tgw6q4
Me holidays on the Southern Sands,
trying to get some fun by way of one night stands...
I clocked this girl, thought l'd give her the chat -
one of them Swedish blonde types, and l've always fancied that.
I showed her me Polaroid.
She said "I like it, will you please take my picture?"
I say "Right then", thinking this is gonna be me lucky day.
She whips off her bikini top and I think "OK!"
I say "It only takes a minute for this thing to develop."
She says "I'd better push off now or me feller'll be jealous."
Just then I felt a hand on me collar, and it was a Boy in Blue.
He says "You can't take nude photographs on this beach,"
and "I'm arresting you." I protested me innocence,
but it was no use, the picture was forming;
he gave me the official warning that day.
He'd seen me Polaroid, so what could I say?
I got me Polaroid She got away.
I looked around, but she'd disappeared,
I say "You don't understand, this was all her idea"
but the copper says "Don't worry son, I get the picture OK."
He took me Polaroid and I got ten days.

Cheers, Franz

VASHTI BUNYAN - Five live performances 2006 & 2007

FIVE LIVE PERFORMANCES of VASHTI BUNYAN


Summer Sundae 2006
Live at BBC 2006
Folk Britannia, 2006 (from TV)
Barbican 2006
BBC sessions 2007

(...Not coming earlier than the first week of February, sorry...)

Vashti's splendid 1970 LP, "Just another diamond day"

Kiss from

The Countess

(Nothing) NEWS for my FRIENDS

Dear Friends,

as usual, I'll be away again for work till the 23rd of January, and won't be often online.

I leave you in company of what I've managed to pack and send during these latest days of holidays...  There are of course many more things already scanned, but they're not yet on the servers, and so... For Vashti Bunyan and further things, although I have already all files ready by me, you will need to wait till the next shipping, because I still have to scan-clean-edit-pack-prepare them etc and uploading them is always the longest procedure. But you're all ensured to be repaid for your patience, afterwards!

You have some new pics to view in my gallery, so feel free to tell me what LPs you prefer to hear first.

Remember to send me your comments

(POSITIVE ones, of course!!!!!)

so your Countess will be happy :-)

SOME OF THE NEXT ALBUMS:

TRANQUILITY - same (Epic, 1972)

BLOODWOOD - Man made music
fabulous fabulous !!!

FOLKLÄNDER - requested

JOHNSTONS - requested

DAVE COUSINS - his first, don't miss it!

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About Michael Chapman....

...Michael Chapman, as I have written somewhere, is an author that I like very little, not even his first 2 LPs sound to me very interesting. Albums like "Window" (1972) aren't something more than a light and monotonous  rock, inconsistent guitar riffs, sentences and chords repeated 1000 times, beginner-level strummed guitar solos, etc.,  but because of the Harvest label, look at all those sheep-collectors a-hunting!!!

Anyway, "Window" will appear here soon, coz the CD reissue has a different mix.

By me, as a steady rule, you find always and only the originals.

"Millstone grit" (Deram, 1973) is instead an album with something valuable, notably side A, with this lovely "Firewater dreams."

After this, only the LP "Pleasure of the streets" (1974, live), for me, has something to offer.

Anyway, the Chapman LPs will appear soon here because (as some of you told me) they seem to be nowhere else and coz they were requested by someone in Folk Impossible. That's why  :-))

Your COUNTESS

FOLKLÄNDER - Wenn man fragt, wer hat's getan (Amiga, 1981)

NEW UPLOAD and PW

Again a contribution from magic FRANZ, whom we share the same server accounts with, so that everything is more practical.  He's uploading the album in these days, it's coming soon on this page

Taken from the web: "Es gibt sie wieder: die Folkländer-Gesänge von 1981 ! Nicht jeder hat das Glück, die Original-Amigaplatte in einem guten alten Vinylladen in der Dresdner Neustadt erwerben zu könnnen..."

THE COUNTESS

BERT JANSCH, RALPH McTELL, JAN AKKERMAN, STEFAN GROSSMAN - Fire Guitarrer, TV 1975

BERT JANSCH
RALPH McTELL
JAN AKKERMAN
STEFAN GROSSMAN

in
"FIRE GUITARRER"
Broadcasted on DR2, Denmark Network, recorded in 1975

A splendid video where these four artists play divinely singularly and together.

I  needed to divide the avi file in four parts, in case some of you have troubles, I suggest to download the VLC Media Player (link below) from the web, that is sharefree and great working!

http://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/download#pathbar

...And in the end, if someone wants, I can also add the simple audio "soundtrack" of the video

KISS

COUNTESS VANESSA

BARBARA DICKSON - Do right woman (Decca, 1970)

For me, her absolute best album

JUDY COLLINS - Judith (Elektra, 1975)

Some beautiful music for starting the new year:

An amazing album

It contains the most beautiful song existing in the world: "The moon is a harsh mistress"....

You surf thru internet, you can easily find "Maid of constant sorrow", "Golden apples of the sun", "In my life", and many more LPs of hers ... But you can't find THIS LP, and it's unbelievable....! - There are gorgeous songs, like "Pirate ships", "Angel spread your wings", "Born to the breed"... well, I should name all of them... The whole album is gorgeous.....

your Countess

Especially for Ellen  :-)))

AL STEWART - Live at Les Cousins June 1968

AL STEWART in a splendid acoustic concert

Guests appearances of Young Tradition and Meg Aitkin

01 Samuel, oh how you've changed!

02 Burbling / Cambridge town*

03 My enemies have sweet voices

04 In Brooklyn (earlier version)

05 MEG AITKEN & AL STEWART - Danny Boy / Last thing on my mind

06 YOUNG TRADITION - Medieval mystery tour

07 YOUNG TRADITION - Rise my soul & stretch thy winds

08 The Carmichaels

09 A long way down to Stephanie

10 Room of roots

11 Ivich

12 The ballad of mary foster

* not sure of the title "Cambridge Town", was difficult to find further references...

With thanks to FRANZ (for his notes and song list), who completely reworked the package,

not least giving the right titles to some "unknown" tracks

Your COUNTESS

VANESSA

EVENSONG - same (Philips, 1973)

The Evensong's only album

You can find this LP in another blog, but last month some visitors asked me if I have a good copy, coz it seems that the other available is not very clean. Whatever it is, now I upload mine here, you will judge what is the best of the two, I have no idea of the other one.  I would say my LP is anyway in very good conditions.

Especially for Mr. Gurnemanz

Your Countess

JOHN JAMES - Head in the clouds (Transatlantic, 1976)

With collaborations by John Renbourn

TOMMY MAKEM & LIAM CLANCY - same (1976)

titles:

1. Windmills

2. Move along

3. Fadh mo buartha

4. Hares on the mountain

5. The hills of isle au haut

6. The town of rostrevor

7. Bread and fishes

8. The sally gardens

9. Maggie pickens

10. The band played Waltzing Matilda

A great great album!

*smile*

The Countess

JOHN KIRKPATRICK - Jump at the sun (Trailer, cover says 1972, label 73)

Thanks - once again - to the promptness of our friend Manila, we have this album available here!

Our friend Ghera requested it and it would have taken some time for me, to scan and digitalize the LP, but Manila arrived as quick as hell and preceeded me with his copy (from CD?), hence our... "thanksgivings" - *wink!!*

You see, folks, Manila's scan is perfect (picture below), but sometimes people also love to lurk something about labels, n there4...

http://sharebee.com/9eb7299f

pw    manilaalinam

KISS from the gothic Vanessa :-))

LIAM CLANCY & FRIENDS - Live in Glasgow Jan 2008

Remembering Liam  Clancy

 

FRANKIE ARMSTRONG - Lovely on the water (Topic, 1972)

Two editions cover: Topic original (left) and reissue.

FRANKIE ARMSTRONG - Out of love, hope and suffering (Bay, 1973) re-up

I started Folk Impossible with posting 3 albums: Mike Cooper and 2x Frankie. Unfortunately, for some technical mistake of mine, her 2 LP got damaged in the uploadings. Lots of disappointed visitors were writing for possible re-ups, which at the time I didn't wanna risk to do. So now, for all those who asked me again and again about her albums, here come the re-ups. The rate of this LP is 224 k.b/sec

And in addition, two more albums that in Folk Impossible didn't take place, so tht everyone should be happy now :-))

The COUNTESS

FRANKIE ARMSTRONG - Songs and ballads (Topic 1975) Re-up

 

Please, read the notes on the other Frankie post

FRANKIE ARMSTRONG & DAVE VAN RONK - Let no one deceive you (Flying Fish, 1989)

FRANKIE ARMSTRONG & DAVE VAN RONK

Let no one deceive you (Flying Fish, 1989)

Songs of Bertolt Brecht

ASHLEY HUTCHINGS, ALBIONS, POLLY BOLTON - BBC 1988

Again a contribution from our friend Manila:

MANILA writes: "This is a great recording of Ashley Hutchings’ Albion Dance Band – with the magnificient Polly Bolton - in 1988 from BBC Radio’s ‘Folk on 2’ programme. "

THANK YOU!

Your COUNTESS :-))

WATERSONS - Live at McCabe’s 1990 (21 minn.)

Directly from our Friend Manila:

" these are the Watersons singing some Christmas songs at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, in 1990. Only 21 minutes long but a good recording and, well, it’s the Watersons, so anything is worth having.

THANK YOU, dear MANILA!

You do always a lot of work for us!

KISS-KISS
your VANESSA

AMAZING BLONDEL - Live at Okarina Folk Festival, 1999

TANZBÄR - Missethaten (Nature, 1979)

After Fabio's request

Buon Natale
La Contessa :-)

SEAN CANNON - Erin the green (CBS Ogham, 1979 - Eire only)

These are the titles:
1. The newry highwayman

2. The banks of the bann
3. The bantry girls' lament
4. Siúil arún
5. The bay of biscay
6. The yellow bittern (an bunán búi )
7. The red-haired man's wife
8. Ned of the hill (Eamon an chnuic)
9. The bonny bunch of roses
10. Erin the green
your Countess

FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Unconventional (BOX SET 5 CDs)

"Hi Vanessa.

Here's a small Christmas gift from me.

Fairport Unconventional:"

Thanks very very much, dear Manila, for this huge fatigue!

KISS KISS

Your COUNTESS