Leadbelly - Leadbelly's Last Sessions (4 CD, 1994/FLAC)

 Recorded between September and November, 1948. Originally released on Folkways (241/2941, 242/2942). Includes liner notes by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. Moses Asch, Sean Killeen, Anthony Seeger, Jeff Place and Matt Walters.

Legend has it that when Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter was shown one of the first commercially available tape recorders--as opposed to the then-standard disc-cutting machines--in the fall of 1948, he immediately sat down in front of it for a marathon impromptu recording session. This fact comes across on the first of these discs taken from those tapes: most of its 35 tracks are traditional blues hollers without even his trademark 12-string guitar for accompaniment.

The other three discs are jam-packed with songs, fragments, and often fascinating conversations. Rather than edit the material--which the listener can do quite nicely with a programmable CD player and blank cassettes--the archivists at Smithsonian/Folkways wisely chose to release these four hours of material exactly as it was recorded. As a result, the sound quality is occasionally a bit dodgy, but the historical import and musical quality of these recordings are undeniable. 

 

Dock Boggs - His Folkways Years (1963-1968) [2 CD, 1998/FLAC]

 Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs (February 7, 1898 – February 7, 1971) was an American old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player. His style of banjo playing, as well as his singing, is considered a unique combination of Appalachian folk music and African-American blues. Contemporary folk musicians and performers consider him a seminal figure, at least in part because of the appearance of two of his recordings from the 1920s, "Sugar Baby" and "Country Blues", on Harry Smith's 1951 collection Anthology of American Folk Music. Boggs was first recorded in 1927 and again in 1929, although he worked primarily as a coal miner for most of his life.

He was rediscovered during the folk music revival of the 1960s and spent much of his later life playing at folk music festivals and recording for Folkways Records.

Arlo Guthrie discography [1967-2014]

 

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, he is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice. Guthrie's best-known work was his debut piece, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem. His only top-40 hit was a cover of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans". His song "Massachusetts" was named the official folk song of the state in which he has lived most of his adult life. Guthrie has also made several acting appearances as an actor. He is the father of four children, who have also had careers as musicians.

Arlo Guthrie.1967 - Alice's Restaurant

Arlo Guthrie.1968 - Arlo

Arlo Guthrie.1969 - Running Down the Road

Arlo Guthrie.1970 - Washington County

Arlo Guthrie.1972 - Hobo's Lullaby

Arlo Guthrie.1973 - Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

Arlo Guthrie.1974 - Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Guthrie.1975 - Together in Concert ( Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie )

Arlo Guthrie.1976 - Amigo

Arlo Guthrie.1978 - One Night

Arlo Guthrie.1979 - Outlasting the Blues

Arlo Guthrie.1982 - Precious Friends

Arlo Guthrie.1984 - Philadelphia Folk Festival

Arlo Guthrie.1986 - Someday

Arlo Guthrie.1986 - Woody Guthrie - Hard Travellin' ( OST ) ( Arlo Guthrie & Various Artists )

Arlo Guthrie.1990 - Baby's Storytime

Arlo Guthrie.1991 - Son of the Wind

Arlo Guthrie.1992 - Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs ( Woody & Arlo Guthrie and the Guthrie Family )

Arlo Guthrie.1994 - More Together Again in Concert

Arlo Guthrie.2005 - Live in Sydney

Arlo Guthrie.2007 - In Times Like These

Arlo Guthrie.2008 - Thirty-Two Cents Postage Due ( Arlo Guthrie with the Dillards )

Arlo Guthrie.2009 - Tales of '69

Arlo Guthrie.2014 - Here Come the Kids

Bob Dylan - Bootleg series Vol. 1-17

 

1991  The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991

1998  The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert

2002  The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue

2004  The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall

2005  The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack

2008  The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006

2010  The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964

2013  The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971)

2014  The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw

2015  The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965–1966

2017  The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981

2018  The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks

2019  The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969

2021  The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985

Leadbelly - The Remaining Library Of Congress Recordings (5 CD, 1997/FLAC)

 

The recordings on this Leadbelly CD were originally made for the Library of Congress from July 1934 to March 1935, under the supervision of John and Alan Lomax. These sessions took place at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola while Leadbelly was still a prisoner, and also at Little Rock, Pine Bluff State Farm, Gould, Shreveport, Bellwood Prison Camp, Wilton and New York City.

The tracks that Leadbelly recorded in these sessions include many songs that he would play throughout his career. They include 2 versions of Irene and the cocaine peddler song Take A Whiff On Me. The track Boll Weavil documents the story of the insect which ravaged cotton crops in the southern states at the start of the 1900’s. Although it affected the black sharecroppers, it had an even greater impact on the prosperity of the white plantation owners. As Paul Oliver points out in “Songsters and Saints” (pp 250-251), it’s subversive nature (small, brown and inconspicuous, attacking the crop from within and virtually indestructible) gave it symbolic significance with Southern blacks (a compilation CD of including several recordings of Boll Weavil songs can be found on Document Records DOCD-5675). This Leadbelly CD also includes the track Matchbox Blues a song that Blind Lemon Jefferson, who Leadbelly dueted with on the streets of Dallas earlier on in his career, recorded for both Paramount and Okeh Records in 1927 (Documents DOCD-5017, DOCD-5018, DOCD-5019,  DOCD-5020).

The sound reproduction is, by today’s high fidelity-stereophonic standards, rather dim. A great many of these recordings were made in field settings on early, primitive portable disc-cutting equipment. This equipment along with various aluminium and acetate discs, though not of the highest quality in so far as sound is concerned, has served to preserve the many brilliant performances of Leadbelly. It is felt that Leadbelly never sounded as well anywhere else as he did when he was recording for the Library. He appears relaxed, strong, crisp and creative.

 

VA - That 70's [5 CD, 2009]

 

Another collection of golden 70's

 

Leonard Cohen discography [1967-2019]

 

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Famously reclusive, having once spent several years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and possessing a persona frequently associated with mystique, he is extremely well-regarded by critics for his literary accomplishments, for the richness of his lyrics, and for producing an output of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career.

Musically, Cohen's earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1967 album, Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music. In the 1970s, his material encompassed pop, cabaret and world music. Since the 1980s, his high baritone voice has evolved into lower registers (bass baritone and bass), with accompaniment from a wide variety of instruments and female backup singers.

Over 2,000 renditions of Cohen's songs have been recorded. Cohen has been inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. While giving the speech at Cohen's induction into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10 March 2008, Lou Reed described Cohen as belonging to the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters.

Cohen died on November 7, 2016 at the age of 82 at his home in Los Angeles; cancer was a contributing cause.

Leonard Cohen.1967- Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen.1969- Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen.1971- Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen.1973- Live Songs

Leonard Cohen.1974- New Skin For The Old Ceremony

Leonard Cohen.1977- Death Of Ladies' Man

Leonard Cohen.1979- Recent Songs

Leonard Cohen.1984- Various Positions

Leonard Cohen.1988- I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen.1992- The Future

Leonard Cohen.1994- Cohen Live

Leonard Cohen.2001- Field Commander Cohen- Tour of 1979

Leonard Cohen.2001- Ten New Songs

Leonard Cohen.2004- Dear Heather

Leonard Cohen.2008- Live in London (2 CD)

Leonard Cohen.2009- Greatest Hits

Leonard Cohen.2009- Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970

Leonard Cohen.2010- Songs from the Road

Leonard Cohen.2012- Old Ideas

Leonard Cohen.2014- Live in Dublin (3 CD)

Leonard Cohen.2014- Popular Problems

Leonard Cohen.2015- Can't Forget A Souvenir of the Grand Tour

Leonard Cohen.2015- Opus Collection [2 CD]

Leonard Cohen.2016- Toronto '88 Live (Remastered)

Leonard Cohen.2016- You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen.2017- From the Shadows (Live)

Leonard Cohen.2017- Upon A Smokey Evening (2 CD)

Leonard Cohen.2019- Thanks for the Dance

Joni Mitchell - The Complete Geffen Recordings (4 CD, 2003/FLAC)

 

4-CDs spoting Joni's complete recordings for Geffen during the '80s, including all four albums ( Wild Things Run Fast, Dog Eat Dog, Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm and Night Ride Home ) she recorded for the label plus some tasty rarities like a couple of demos, Two Grey Rooms and Good Friends , and a cover of Bob Dylan's It's All Over Now, Baby Blue that was recorded for the Night Ride Home sessions. And perhaps even more intriguingly for this elusive artist, Joni has provided a personal introduction and in-depth descriptions for each track. Rare photos, original artwork and 24-bit mastering complete the first of what we hope will be several Joni Mitchell boxed sets to come! 

• Wild Things Run Fast (1982)
• Dog Eat Dog (1985)
• Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm (1988)
• Night Ride Home (1991)

 

Harry Nilsson - Rare Harry in 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's (4 CD)

 Although he synthesized disparate elements of both rock and pop traditions, singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson was at heart a maverick whose allegiance belonged to neither. He's best-known for his versions of other people's songs (Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'," Badfinger's "Without You," an entire album of Randy Newman songs), but he was a skilled composer and is recognized as a pop craftsman of the first order. His initial series of albums in the late '60s made him a personal favorite of the Beatles, who found a natural affinity with his knack for catchy melodies, witty lyrics, and extraordinary vocal range. Nilsson lost some of his original audience, however, with subsequent detours into pre-rock styles of pop, and did little recording over the last 15 years of his life. 

 

VA - Singer Songwriter : Best Of The 70's (4 CD, 2002/FLAC)

 

Volume 1:

1. Don McLean - American Pie

2. Jim Croce - I Got a Name

3. Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band

4. Janis Joplin - Get It While You Can

5. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

6. Seals & Crofts - Diamond Girl

7. Michael Murphy - Wildfire

8. Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

9. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe

10. Nilsson - Without You

11. Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch

12. J.D. Souther - You're Only Lonely

Volume 2:

1. Dave Loggins - Please Come To Boston

2. Ace - How Long

3. Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown

4. Dan Fogelberg - Hard to Say

5. Bread - If

6. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

7. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

8. Art Garfunkel - All I Know

9. Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home

10. Janis Ian - At Seventeen

11. Amazing Rhythm Aces - Third Rate Romance

Volume 3:

1. Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle

2. Carly Simon and James Taylor - Mockingbird

3. America - Tin Man

4. Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You

5. Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E.'s In Love

6. Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze

7. Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou

8. Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans

9. Al Stewart - Time Passages

10. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light

11. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Volume 4:

1. Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee

2. Kenny Loggins - Whenever I Call You Friend

3. Carole King - It's Too Late

4. America - Ventura Highway

5. Bread - Everything I Own

6. Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne

7. Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)

8. Don McLean - Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)

9. Leon Russell - Tight Rope

10. Dave Mason - We Just Disagree

11. Richard Havens - Here Comes The Sun

12. Harry Chapin - Taxi

Tom And Jerry - Complete Recordings Vol. 1 & 2 [Simon & Garfunkel early recordings] (2 CD/FLAC)

  

Tom And Jerry. Complete Recordings Vol. 1 and 2 are compilation albums by Simon & Garfunkel. These albums contains songs in their early career, where they were known as Tom & Jerry.

Simon's first song written for himself and Garfunkel, when he was 12 or 13, was called "The Girl for Me," and according to Simon became the "neighborhood hit." His father wrote out the words and chords on paper by hand for the boys to use. That paper became the first officially copyrighted Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song, and is now in the Library of Congress. In 1957, still in their mid-teens, they recorded the song "Hey, Schoolgirl" under the name Tom and Jerry, given to them by their label Big Records. The single reached No. 49 on the pop charts.

After graduating from high school, Simon majored in English at Queens College, while Garfunkel studied mathematics at Columbia University in Manhattan. Simon was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, earned a degree in English literature, and briefly attended Brooklyn Law School after graduation, but his real passion was rock and roll.


Between 1957 and 1964, Simon wrote, recorded, and released more than 30 songs, occasionally reuniting with Garfunkel as Tom & Jerry for some singles, including "Our Song" and "That's My Story". Most of the songs Simon recorded during that time were performed alone or with musicians other than Garfunkel. They were released on several minor record labels, such as Amy, Big, Hunt, King, Tribute, and Madison. He used several pseudonyms for these recordings, including Jerry Landis, Paul Kane and True Taylor. Simon enjoyed some moderate success in recording a few singles as part of a group called Tico and the Triumphs, including a song called "Motorcycle" which reached No. 97 on the Billboard charts in 1962. Tico and the Triumphs released four 45s. Marty Cooper, known as Tico, sang lead on several of these releases. A childhood friend, Bobby Susser, children's songwriter, record producer, and performer, co-produced the Tico 45s with Simon. That year, Simon reached No. 99 on the pop charts as Jerry Landis with the hit "The Lone Teen Ranger." Both chart singles were released on Amy Records.

 

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Cripple Creek (2 CD, 2009/FLAC)

 Four original Folkways 10" LPs complete, plus 9 bonus cuts.

This set collects four albums released on the Folkways label from the 1950's, plus nine tracks from the 1940's. Two of the albums ("Get On Board"--1952 and "Washboard Band-Country Dance Music"--1956) feature both Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, while the remaining two ("Sonny Terry's Washboard Band"--1955 and "Brownie McGhee's Blues"--1955) are solo albums from both artists respectively.

This relatively early music is a combination of folk (listen to Pete Seeger's banjo) and blues styles in the "Carolina" (Piedmont) style. Even though these are post-war recordings, they hark back to an earlier era of country blues with strains of folk music--thanks to Seeger's fine, sensitive playing. These are some of the earlier examples of both Terry's and McGhee's duo and individual styles. Fans of both these performers who want to hear early examples of their style of blues singing /harp playing/guitar style will want to hear these sides.

• Sonny Terry  Harmonica, Trombone, Vocals, Washboard, Washtub Bass
• Brownie McGhee  Guitar, Vocals
• William Edward Cook Washboard
• Coyall McMahan Maracas
• Frank Robertson Guitar (Bass)
• Pete Seeger 5-string Banjo, Engineering Supervisor

 

 

Lead Belly - Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1-3 (3 CD, 1996-1998/FLAC)

 

The bulk of the best performances by Leadbelly -- whose influence on the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s cannot be overstated -- were recorded during the '40s for Folkways Records founder Moses Asch. Inferior copies and re-recordings of these tunes have appeared over the years, but the original masters have sat in the vaults of Folkways. The three-volume Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy collection shows what we've been missing: the compilers dug out the best available versions of Leadbelly's finest songs and carefully transferred them from the original acetate masters. As the liner notes promise, "these recordings can again be heard the way they sounded in the early 1940s, for in the original masters you can still hear the ringing of the guitar and thumping of the bass." This 34-song first volume is a must for anyone interested in the roots of American folk. It opens with "Irene," which (as "Goodnight Irene") became a national hit for the Weavers less than a year after Leadbelly died on welfare; it includes many more of his most-famous tunes, among them "Rock Island Line," "Cotton Fields," and "Good Morning Blues."

 

 

VA - Negro Folk Music of Alabama (6 CD, 2012/FLAC)

 

American folklorist Harold Courlander compiled this series (Negro Folk Music of Alabama) from recordings he made in rural Alabama in 1950. The album is an attempt to counter the stereotypes of black music that were popular in America during the middle of the 20th century. 

 

 

Matthews Southern Comfort - Matthews Southern Comfort (1969) / Second Spring (1970) [2 CD/FLAC]

 This UK band was formed by former Fairport Convention singer/guitarist Iain Matthews (b. Ian Matthew McDonald, 16 June 1946, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England), and was named after his 1969 debut for MCA Records. 

Comprising Matthews, Mark Griffiths (guitar), Carl Barnwell (guitar), Gordon Huntley (pedal steel guitar), Andy Leigh (bass) and Ray Duffy (drums), the newly formed band signed to EMI Records. The unit’s country-tinged sound proved to be an excellent forum for Matthews’ songwriting talents. In the summer of 1970, their second album, Second Spring reached the UK Top 40 and was followed by a winter chart-topper, ‘Woodstock’. Joni Mitchell wrote the single as a tribute to the famous festival that she had been unable to attend. Already issued as a single in a hard rocking vein by Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young, it was a surprise UK number 1 for Matthews Southern Comfort. Unfortunately, success was followed by friction within the band and, two months later, Matthews announced his intention to pursue a solo career. One more album followed after which the band truncated their name to Southern Comfort. After two further albums, they disbanded in the summer of 1972. 

 

1. Colorado Springs Eternal

2. A Commercial Proposition

3. The Castle Far

4. Please Be My Friend

5. What We Say

6. Dream Song

7. Fly Pigeon Fly

8. The Watch

9. Sweet Bread

10. Thoughts For A Friend

11. I’ve Lost You

12. Once Upon A Lifetime

Tracks 1 to 12 are their debut vinyl album "Matthews' Southern Comfort" - released January 1970 in the UK on Uni Records UNLS 108 and Decca DL 75191 in the USA

13. The Ballad Of Obray Ramsey

14. Moses In The Sunshine

15. Jinkson Johnson

16. Tale Of The Trial

17. Blood Red Roses

18. Even As

19. D’arcy Farrow

20. Something In The Way She Moves

21. Southern Comfort

Tracks 13 to 21 are their 2nd LP "Second Spring" - released June 1970 in the UK on Uni Records UNLS 112 and Decca DL 75242 in the USA 

Bob Dylan - Biograph (3 CD, 1985)

 

Historically, Biograph is significant not for what it did for Dylan's career, but for establishing the box set, complete with hits and rarities, as a viable part of rock history. Following Biograph, multi-disc box sets for veteran rockers became accepted and almost the norm, but that doesn't discount this set's strengths as a summary of Dylan's career, using the familiar and the rare to draw a fully rounded portrait of his strengths as a songwriter, musician, and record-maker in a way that conventional choices alone couldn't achieve. Certainly, the chief attraction of this set, even years after its initial release, is its smattering of rarities that aren't just rare, but revealing -- ranging from forgotten rock B-sides and singles to demos, alternate takes, and unreleased songs that rival official releases. But Biograph is really remarkable for weaving these songs into a fabric that reveals the true trajectory of Dylan's career, offering as much to the curious as it does to the dedicated. That sets a standard for box sets that has rarely been matched, making Biograph all the more impressive in retrospect.

 

 

VA - Greatest Ever Decade 60's (4 CD, 2021/FLAC)

 

 

CD1

01.The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - 00:02:58

02.The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville - 00:02:44

03.The Searchers - Needles And Pins - 00:02:12

04.Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over - 00:02:19

05.The Hollies - Look Through Any Window - 00:02:16

06.Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - Got To Get You Into My Life - 00:02:34

07.Love Affair - Rainbow Valley - 00:03:50

08.The Drifters - Up On The Roof - 00:02:36

09.Trini Lopez - If I Had A Hammer - 00:03:00

10.Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Working My Way Back To You - 00:03:03

11.Sonny & Cher - Little Man - 00:03:17

12.Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go - 00:02:56

13.The Beau Brummels - Hang On Sloppy - 00:02:49

14.The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind - 00:02:43

15.Gerry & The Pacemakers - I Like It - 00:02:14

16.Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad To Me - 00:02:19

17.The Overlanders - Michelle - 00:02:21

18.Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 00:03:01

19.The Tornados - Telstar - 00:03:15

20.Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My (Lovely) - 00:04:43

CD2

01.Petula Clark - Downtown - 00:03:04

02.Cilla Black - Step Inside Love - 00:02:21

03.Helen Shapiro - Fever - 00:02:25

04.Cliff Richard & The Shadows - On The Beach - 00:02:31

05.Freddie & The Dreamers - If Your Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - 00:01:57

06.Herman's Hermits - A Must To Avoid - 00:01:54

07.The Ivy League - Tossing & Turning - 00:02:26

08.Chad & Jeremy - A Summer Song - 00:02:37

09.The Shadows - Wonderful Land - 00:02:05

10.The Everly Brothers - Temptation - 00:02:12

11.Mike Berry With The Outlaws - My Little Baby - 00:01:57

12.Jimmy Justice - When My Little Girl Is Smiling - 00:02:26

13.Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now (My Love) - 00:02:44

14.Frank Ifield - The Wayward Wind - 00:02:42

15.Matt Monro - Walk Away - 00:03:06

16.The Seekers - Morningtown Ride - 00:02:40

17.The Caravelles - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry - 00:01:59

18.Twinkle - Golden Lights - 00:02:31

19.Shirley Bassey - As Long As He Needs Me - 00:02:59

20.Lonnie Donegan - The Party's Over - 00:02:42

CD3

01.The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - 00:02:27

02.Buffalo Springfield - Mr Soul - 00:02:49

03.Love - Alone Again Or - 00:03:14

04.The Association - Along Comes Mary - 00:02:48

05.David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer - 00:02:33

06.The Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San Francisco - 00:03:36

07.The Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet - 00:02:27

08.The Tremeloes - My Little Lady - 00:02:43

09.The Sorrows - Take A Heart - 00:03:14

10.Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream - 00:04:01

11.Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - 00:02:10

12.Eclection - In Her Mind - 00:03:55

13.Moody Blues - I Don't Want To Go On Without You - 00:02:43

14.Barry Booth - He's Very Good With His Hands - 00:02:28

15.Sounds Orchestral - Cast Your Fate To The Wind - 00:03:10

16.Donovan - Colours - 00:02:44

17.Ian Campbell Folk Group - The Times They Are A-Changin' - 00:03:06

18.Jackson C. Frank - Milk & Honey - 00:03:37

19.Pentangle - Springtime Promises - 00:04:05

20.Judy Collins - Who Knows Where The Time Goes - 00:04:44

CD4

01.Aretha Franklin - Respect - 00:02:24

02.Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music - 00:02:20

03.Otis Redding - (Sittin' On The) Dock Of A Bay - 00:02:42

04.Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - 00:02:44

05.The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger - 00:02:20

06.Sam & Dave - Soul Man - 00:02:35

07.Wilson Pickett - Land Of 1000 Dances - 00:02:24

08.The Mar-Keys - Last Night - 00:02:38

09.Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 00:02:44

10.Percy Sledge - My Special Prayer - 00:03:02

11.Ben E. King - First Taste Of Love - 00:02:18

12.Booker T & The MG's - Hip Hug Her - 00:02:23

13.Carla Thomas - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 00:03:30

14.Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose - 00:02:55

15.Archie Bell The Drells - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - 00:02:40

16.Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band - Michael (The Lover) - 00:02:24

17.The Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) - 00:03:22

18.Emile Ford & The Checkmates - Counting Teardrops - 00:02:16

19.Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky - 00:02:52

20.The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law - 00:02:17 

VA - The Complete Songs of Robert Burns (13 CD, 2007)

 Originally released early in 2003, the groundbreaking series took seven years to complete and involved over 80 singers and instrumentalists. It remains the definitive collection of Robert Burns's song and the timeless poetry of Burns is brought vividly to life in this unique 12-volume CD archive. Encompassing ballads and bawdy songs (note the explicit lyrics warning on volume 11), patriotic and political anthems plus songs which bring Scottish places and people to life, this collection of songs touches on all aspects of human nature and is a true representation of a vigorous folk tradition past and present. There are over 360 songs to enjoy; some of which are world-famous and some hidden gems (knowledge of which will mark the listener as a true Burns fan). Tracks include: Auld Lang Syne, My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose, Sweet Afton, Ay Waukin O, Scots Wha Hae, Mary Queen of Scots Lament, In Edinburgh Town, My heart's in the Highlands and Ae fond Kiss. Featured musicians include members of Battlefield Band, The Cast, The Corries, Deaf Shepherd, MacAlias, Malinky, Old Blind Dogs and many more.

 

VA - The Best Of American Folk & Blues (3 CD, 2016/FLAC)

   

 

Disc 1

01. I Get Evil (Albert King) (2:30)

02. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan) (2:36)

03. Hide Away (Freddie King) (2:39)

04. Hold That Train (B.B. King) (3:18)

05. Crying at the Station (Brownie McGhee) (4:03)

06. Train Done Gone (Eddie 'Blues Man' Kirkland) (2:32)

07. Casey Jones (Pete Seeger) (2:13)

08. Too Close Blues (Lightnin' Slim) (1:59)

09. Stormy Monday (Jimmy Witherspoon) (3:43)

10. Where Have All the Flowers Gone (The Kingston Trio) (3:05)

11. Stewball (Memphis Slim) (4:17)

12. Highway Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins) (2:40)

13. Roll On, Buddy (Paul Clayton) (2:41)

14. Love Me Baby (Shakey Jake) (3:06)

15. Jack Went a Sailing (Lori Holland) (1:58)

16. Just Make Love to Me (Muddy Waters) (2:48)

17. Johnny Runkins (Pat Foster) (1:36)

18. Rainin' in My Heart (Slim Harpo) (2:31)

19. I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (3:24)

20. Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker) (2:33)

Disc 2

01. The Hammer Song (B.B. King) (2:12)

02. Dimples (John Lee Hooker) (2:10)

03. I Wanna See My Baby (T-Bone Walker) (3:19)

04. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Dave Van Ronk) (1:53)

05. Mean Ole Frisco (B.B. King) (2:28)

06. Man of Stone (Eddie 'Blues Man' Kirkland) (1:57)

07. Little Old Log Cabin in the Woods (Pegram and Parham) (3:05)

08. I've Made Nights by Myself (Albert King) (2:39)

09. Patrol Blues (Lazy Lester) (2:34)

10. Love Henry (Peggy Seeger) (6:25)

11. I'm a Mojo Man (Lonesome Sundown) (2:24)

12. A Worried Man (The Kingston Trio) (2:52)

13. I Love You Baby (Smokey Hogg) (2:19)

14. Wreck of the Old '97 (Woody Guthrie) (2:14)

15. Bye Bye Baby (Memphis Slim & T-Bone Walker) (2:38)

16. late Last Night (Slim Harpo) (2:39)

17. Heads Up (Freddy King) (2:32)

18. Peg and Awl (Doc Watson) (2:13)

19. I'm a Rollin' Stone (Lightnin' Slim) (2:27)

20. Hoochie Coochie (Muddy Waters) (2:50)

Disc 3

01. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer (B.B. King) (2:47)

02. Mean Old Frisco (Brownie McGhee) (2:16)

03. In the Pines (Dave Van Ronk) (3:03)

04. We're Gonna Rock (Memphis Slim) (3:00)

05. I Wonder Why (Lightnin' Hopkins) (2:30)

06. Tom Dooley (The Kingston Trio) (3:05)

07. Mind Your Own Business (Lightnin' Slim) (2:18)

08. Down on My Knees (Eddie 'Blues Man' Kirkland) (2:21)

09. The Yellow Rose of Texas (Pegram and Parham) (2:05)

10. Don't Start Cryin' Now (Slim Harpo) (2:12)

11. I'll Never Be Free (Jimmy Witherspoon) (3:21)

12. Jackhammer Blues (Woody Guthrie) (2:38)

13. Can't Keep from Cryin' (Earl Gaines) (2:30)

14. Strawberry Roan (Pat Foster) (4:01)

15. Swooshy (Freddy King) (2:20)

16. I'm in Love (T-Bone Walker) (3:56)

17. Shake a Leg (Smokey Hogg) (2:58)

18. Goodbye, Little Bonnie, Goodbye (Paul Clayton) (1:40)

19. Goin Down Slow (Sonny Terry) (3:16)

20. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (Pete Seeger) (2:29)

The Felice Brothers discography [2006-2021]

 Hailing from the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York, the Felice Brothers blend folk, Americana, and revivalist roots rock into a uniquely earthy sound. The Felice Brothers clearly value inspiration over technique, though their evocative, '60s-influenced sound reveals they're capable instruments with solid vocal harmonies. The group made the most of their scruffy, back-to-the-land approach on 2008's The Felice Brothers and 2009's Yonder Is the Clock, but with 2011's Celebration, Florida, they experimented with more ambitious and impressionistic arrangements, and they gained strength as songwriters on 2019's Undress and 2021's From Dreams to Dust.