Various Artists - The Folk Collection

Title: The Folk Collection Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 11/29/1995 Re-Released On: 2/22/2000 Label: Topic Records Duration: 141:30 Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits UPCs: 714822707824, 501627247002, 5016272470026 Genre: Folk Styles: Celtic, Traditional Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, British Folk, Contemporary Folk, Folk Revival, Irish Folk, Sea Shanties, Contemporary Celtic, Traditional Celtic, Celtic Folk, Scottish Folk, Traditional Irish Folk, British Folk-Rock Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Bonny May :: June Tabor
2. Auretti's Dutch Skipper/An Adventure at Margate/The Spirit of the ... :: Brass Monkey
3. Fisher Boy :: Eliza Carthy
4. Somewhere the Sun Is Shining/Hold Back the Tide :: John Tams, Linda Thompson
5. Fine Horseman :: Silly Sisters
6. The Barley & The Rye :: Robin Dransfield
7. Rising :: Tarras
8. Workers' Song :: Dick Gaughan
9. Rackabello :: Martin Carthy, The Waterson
10. Carthy's Reel/The Return to Camden Town :: Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick
11. Courting Is a Pleasure :: Nic Jones
12. The Weary Whaling Grounds :: A.L. Lloyd
13. The Saucy Bold Robber :: Roy Harris
14. Moonshine :: Martin Simpson
15. The Lady Leroy :: The Battlefield Band
16. Blind Fiddler :: Eliza Carthy
17. The TWA Corbies :: Archie Fisher
18. Sir Partick Spens :: Martin Carthy
19. Angi :: Davy Graham

1. Horizonto :: Blowzabella
2. When First I Came to Caledonia :: Waterson:Carthy, The Waterson
3. The Snow It Melts the Soonest :: Anne Briggs
4. Old Grenadier :: Brass Monkey
5. Blood & Gold/Mohacs :: Silly Sisters
6. Both Sides the Tweed :: Dick Gaughan
7. Da Fields O'Foula/My Love Is a Fair Lad :: Tarras
8. Columbine :: Oliver Knight, Lal Waterson
9. Go Down Ye Murderers :: Ewan MacColl
10. The Sun Is Burning :: Ian Campbell Folk Group
11. Cold, Wet & Rainy Night/The Grand Hornpipe :: Eliza Carthy
12. The Verdant Braes of Skreen :: McPeake Family
13. The Skewbald :: Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick
14. The Hewer :: The High Level Ranters
15. Soldier's Joy :: Tom Anderson, Aly Bain, Trevor Hunter, Dave Tulloch
16. TWA Recruiting Sergeants
17. Down by the Seaside :: Shirley Collins
18. Train to Bay :: Oliver Knight
19. Apple Tree Wassail :: The Watersons

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD Topic Records 707 2000 CD Topic Records 707

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This two-disc collection focuses on traditional folk music. The songs are the stars here, but the performances shine as well. Most feature the simple style of people who play for the love of it, but sprinkled throughout is an unusually lively fiddle or whistle, and more than one bell-clear voice. A wide variety of artists are featured performing traditional songs, as well as more modern works in the traditional style. A fine collection for folk fans, especially for devotees of the folk styles of the British Isles, this collection is solid throughout. ~ Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.L. Lloyd Arranger Aly Bain Performer Anderson & Bain Arranger Andrew Cronshaw Arranger, Performer Anne Briggs Performer Bill Whelan Arranger Blowzabella Performer Brass Monkey Performer Christine Collister Performer Clark Arranger Clive Gregson Performer D. Collins Arranger Dave Swarbrick Performer, Arranger Dave Tulloch Performer Davy Graham Performer Dick Gaughan Arranger, Performer Eliza Carthy Arranger Ewan MacColl Performer Four Men & A Dog Performer Ian Campbell Folk Group Performer John Kirkpatrick Performer, Arranger John Tams Performer June Tabor Performer, Arranger Kilbride Arranger Lal Waterson Arranger Laurence Aston Liner Notes, Compilation Linda Thompson Performer Maddy Prior Performer Martin Carthy Performer, Arranger Martin Simpson Arranger, Performer McPeake Family Performer Nic Jones Performer, Arranger Oliver Knight Performer Patrick Street Arranger, Performer Richard Thompson Performer Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Arranger, Performer Robin Dransfield Arranger Ron Kavana Performer Roy Harris Performer Shirley Collins Arranger Silly Sisters Performer Simon Geal Compilation Producer Tarras Arranger The Albion Band Performer The Battlefield Band Performer The High Level Ranters Performer The Waterson Performer The Watersons Arranger, Performer, Group Tom Anderson Performer Tony Engle Producer Trevor Hunter Performer Waterson:Carthy Performer