Scarborough Fair: The Best of English Folk

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
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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