While the U.S. was adding folk to rock, the Brits dug deep into their roots.
The reissuers at Cherry Red check out what happened with 86 tracks from traditionalists and more commercially minded performers, ranging from Shirley Collins, Martin Carthy and the Watersons to Donovan, the Seekers and Chad And Jeremy.
Visiting Americans such as Paul Simon andJackson C. Frank also get a shoutout.
There's even a track by Benny Hill.
Out April 24.
Here's the track list:
DISC ONE
1. SHIRLEY COLLINS & DAVY GRAHAM - Reynardine
2. JON MARK - Baby I Got A Long Way To Go
3. THE SOUTHLAND TRIO - Once I Had A Sweetheart
4. BERT WEEDON - Colour Him Folky
5. HEDY WEST - The Wife Of Usher's Well
6. THE MALCOLM PRICE TRIO - The Long Black Veil
7. ALEX CAMPBELL - The Night Visiting Song
8. DAVID H. LEE - The Road That Carries Me Home
9. THE IAN CAMPBELL FOLK GROUP - Geordie Black
10. HARRY BOARDMAN - Hard Times
11. THE FREEWHEELERS - Why Do You Treat Me Like A Fool
12. MAUREEN CRAIK - Bonny At Morn
13. NEW FACES - So Small
14. BERT JANSCH - Needle Of Death
15. LOUIS KILLEN - The Bramble Briar
16. THE WEDGWOODS - Peace
17. THE SEEKERS - A World Of Our Own
18. JUDI SMITH - Leaves Come Tumbling Down
19. DAVE HELLING - It Ain't Me Babe
20. CHAD & JEREMY - Donna, Donna
21. THREE CITY FOUR - Sally Free And Easy
22. HAMILTON FOLK 4 - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
23. DOMINIC BEHAN - Master McGrath
24. DAVY GRAHAM - Maajun (A Taste Of Tangier)
25. JESSE FULLER - Move On Down The Line
26. THE DUBLINERS - McAlpine's Fusiliers
27. THE McKINLEYS - Give Him My Love
28. THE NIGHTSHIFT - The Lavender Tree
DISC TWO
1. MARIANNE FAITHFULL - The Most Of What Is Least
2. UNIT FOUR PLUS TWO - Wild Is The Wind
3. FRED WEDLOCK - Franklin
4. DORRIS HENDERSON with JOHN RENBOURN - The Leaves Are Green
5. PATRICK SMALL - Man Of Constant Sorrow
6. THE GENTLE FOLK - That's My Song
7. LYN AND GRAHAM McCARTHY - Seven Doves
8. GLENFOLK 4 - My Singing Bird
9. BOB & CAROLE PEGG - Ballad Of The Five Continents
10. ANNE MAVIUS - She Moves Through The Fair
11. DAVE SLESS - Pretty Polly
12. BARBARA ANN - Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair
13. HARVEY ANDREWS - Harvest Of Hate
14. BEV & RICHARD DEWAR - Fare Thee Well
15. GRETA ANN - Children’s Song
16. SPIKE WOODS - The Quiet Beast
17. ALAN KLEIN - It Ain't Worth The Lonely Road Back
18. THE SLADE BROTHERS - Love And Comfort
19. THE LEVEE BREAKERS - Wild About My Loving
20. PETER AND GORDON - I Told You So
21. CRAIG - Ain't That A Shame (Dark Blues)
22. PAUL SIMON - The Sound of Silence
23. TRISHA - The Darkness Of My Night
24. DONOVAN - Universal Soldier
25. JENNIFER LEWIS & ANGELA STRANGE - Bring It To Me
26. LONNIE DONEGAN - Farewell
27. LEONORE DREWERY - The First Time Ever
28. THE GREEN GINGER THREE - Oh Miss Mary
29. DEDICATED MEN'S JUGBAND - Boodle-Am-Shake
DISC THREE
1. NICO - I’m Not Sayin’
2. CROFTERS - Pill Ferry
3. THE SOUTHERN FOLK FOUR - The Travelling People
4. VASHTI BUNYAN - I Want To Be Alone
5. SANDY & JEANIE - Honey Babe Blues
6. MARTIN CARTHY - Scarborough Fair
7. PAUL EVANS - Across The Hills
8. JULIE FELIX - Someday Soon
9. THE LUDLOWS - The Last Thing On My Mind
10. JOSH MACRAE - Baron James McPhait
11. STEVE BENBOW - The Gallows Pole
12. THE OVERLANDERS - Room Enough For You And Me
13. MICHA - The Serpent
14. DANA GILLESPIE - You're A Heartbreak Man
15. MICK SOFTLEY - I'm So Confused
16. THE SETTLERS - Woman Called Freedom
17. THE WATERSONS - Hal-an-Tow
18. RAMBLERS TWO - Mountains And The Sea
19. TOMMY YATES - Long Time Gone
20. BOB DAVENPORT & THE RAKES - The Hexamshire Lass
21. THE KARLINS - Who Would?
22. JACKSON C. FRANK - Blues Run The Game
23. CORRIE FOLK TRIO AND PADDIE BELL - I Saw Three Ships
24. JUSTIN HAYWARD - London Is Behind Me
25. GORDEANNA McCULLOCH - The Dowie Dens O' Yarrow
26. THE CHANTELLES - Weeping Willow
27. THE EXILES - Tae The Beggin’
28. VERNON HADDOCK'S JUBILEE LOVELIES - Stealin'
29. BENNY HILL - What A World
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