Scarborough Fair: The Best of English Folk

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Tracklist

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1Join Us in Our Game
Mr. Fox2:57
2Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Isla Cameron1:39
3I was a Young Man
Martin Carthy2:43
4A Maiden Came From London Town
Dave & Toni Arthur1:26
5Nottamun Town
recording engineer:
Bill Leader
banjo and guitar:
Bert Jansch
arranger:
Bert Jansch
cover recording of:
Nottamun Town (Fair Nottamun Town / Nottamun Fair)
lyricist and revised by:
Barry Childs‐Helton
writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1044)
Bert Jansch4:34
6The Trees They Do Grow High
John Renbourn3:35
7Sunny Goodge Street
recording of:
Sunny Goodge Street
lyricist and composer:
Donovan (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Donovan Music Ltd.
Donovan2:56
8Farewell (Fare Thee Well)
Lonnie Donegan3:22
9England 1914
Ralph McTell3:07
10Wrecked Again
Michael Chapman4:19
11Pretty Polly
recording of:
Pretty Polly (on 1967-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15)
Sandy Denny3:00
12She Moved Through the Fair
Jean Hart2:17
13Rubber Band
recording engineer and producer:
Bill Leader
bass guitar:
Ashley Hutchings
clarinet:
Sammy Rimington
cornet:
Dennis Field
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave Mattacks
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Richard Thompson (UK folk rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
mouth harp [jews harps]:
Bill Leader
other instruments [rubber band]:
Richard Gold
tambourine:
Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist)
trombone:
Keith Nichols
vocals:
Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist), Maddy Prior, Lal Waterson (English folksinger), Mike Waterson (English folk singer) and Norma Waterson (English folk musician)
recording of:
Rubber Band
lyricist and composer:
Mike Waterson (English folk singer)
Lal & Mike Waterson2:58
14Banquet on the Water
engineer:
Ron Pender
producer:
Nathan Joseph (Producer)
guitar:
Michael and Sally
recording of:
Banquet on the Water
lyricist and composer:
Mike Oldfield and Sally Oldfield
The Sallyangie4:45
15Yellow Roses
Heron4:08
16Gabilan
Duncan Browne44:07
17Evensong
Keith Christmas4:28
18Winter Is a Coloured Bird
Comus8:01
19Poor Murdered Woman
recording of:
Poor Murdered Woman
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1064)
Shirley Collins & The Albion Countryband4:20
20Grey Daylight
producer:
John Wood (UK producer)
guitar:
Simon Nicol (singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from England)
violin:
Dave Swarbrick
recorded at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1981) and Regal Sound Recorders (studio in Hitchin) in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1981)
Dave Swarbrick1:46
21Dalesman's Litany
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior4:52
22England
Dave Cartwright4:03
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1A Maid That's Deep in Love
engineer:
Jerry Boys
producer:
Bill Leader
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
John Renbourn
Appalachian dulcimer:
Bert Jansch
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
triangle:
Terry Cox (UK rock drummer)
vocals:
Jacqui McShee
arranger:
Terry Cox (UK rock drummer), Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Sound Techniques in Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Short Jacket and White Trousers (A Maid That's Deep in Love)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 231)
The Pentangle35:31
2John Barleycorn
arranger:
Peter Bellamy (English folk singer), Heather Wood (UK/NY folk artist, Young Tradition) and Royston Wood
recording of:
John Barleycorn (traditional, unknown/unspecified arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 164)
The Young Tradition2:27
3Tramp
Al Jones2:35
4Mr Homburg Hat
Harvey Andrews2:50
5Morning Brings the Light
John James4:32
6Velvet to Atone
Trader Horne2:28
7The Mouse and the Crow
Carolanne Pegg2:53
8Do I Know You?
Mike Cooper4:07
9We Can Swing Together
Alan Hull3:30
10The Sailor
Robin Scott43:56
11Beet Routes
Cliff Aungier3:02
12Three Waltzes
The Sawdust Band3:24
13The One Armed Boatman and the Giant Squid
Andy Roberts5:57
14Dulwich Song
Bob Bunting3:50
15Geordie
Dave Sless4:11
16Time for Love
Marc Brierley3:15
17Rambling Sailor
recording of:
The Rambling Sailor (aka Soldier / Young Johnson / The Trim-Rigged Doxy)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 518)
The Albion Band3:21
18Ballad of Dickie Lubber
The Dransfields4:37
19Beauty of the World
Prelude2:09
20Yorkshire Lass
Bernard Wrigley2:46
21Dear River Thames
Richard Digance2:59
22Sir Patrick Spens
bass guitar:
Ashley Hutchings
drums (drum set):
Dave Mattacks
electric guitar:
Simon Nicol (singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from England) and Richard Thompson (UK folk rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
violin:
Dave Swarbrick
vocals:
Sandy Denny
arranger:
Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol (singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from England) and Richard Thompson (UK folk rock singer/songwriter/guitarist)
edit of:
Sir Patrick Spens (Liege & Lief sessions; 2002 remaster) by Fairport Convention (English folk rock band)
recording of:
Sir Patrick Spens (on 1969-11-01)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 58) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 41)
Fairport Convention3:52
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1The Blacksmith
choir vocals:
Steeleye Span
recording of:
Blacksmith (Roud 816)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Mews Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 816)
Steeleye Span4:46
2Misttress' Health / Lumps of Plum Pudding / Sherbourne Jig / Spaniards City
recorded at:
Sound Techniques in Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1974)
Etchingham Steam Band3:23
3A Shepherd of the Downs
Royston & Heather Wood5:07
4An Everyday Consumption Song
Spirogyra4:29
5Oh Did I Love a Dream
The Incredible String Band4:31
6Sarah Crazy Child
recording of:
Sara Crazy Child
lyricist and composer:
Marc Bolan
Tyrannosaurus Rex3:13
7Parade
Decameron5:05
8City Life
Steve Tilston4:30
9Buttermilk Hill
The Black Country Three1:46
10Liverpool Lullaby
The Ian Campbell Folk Group2:21
11Scarborough Fair
The Spinners4:09
12Song for a Dead Mole
Lea Nicholson & Stan Ellison4:00
13Kirkstall Forge
Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt4:37
14Laugh That Came Too Soon
Storyteller2:45
15The Unquiet Grave
recording of:
The Unquiet Grave
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 51) and Child Ballads (number: 78)
version of:
Dives and Lazarus
Gryphon5:43
16Won't You Stay Awhile Suzanne?
Gordon Giltrap2:34
17Lovely Joan
Andrew Cronshaw2:42
18Cornwall the Land I Love
Brenda Wootton3:38
19Lady Eleanor (live)
live recording of:
Lady Eleanor
lyricist and composer:
Alan Hull
publisher:
Hazy Music
Lindisfarne4:32
20Just as the Curtain Finally Falls
Synanthesia5:09