Beginner's Guide to English Folk

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1▼CD: Folk Roots
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Blackwater Side recording of: Blackwaterside (Blackwater Side, traditional folk song) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 312)	Anne Briggs		3:51
2	Anji	Davy Graham		2:25
3	Here's Adieu Sweet Darling Nancy recording of: Adieu Lovely Nancy lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 165)	Martin Simpson		4:09
4	Byker Hill live recording of: Byker Hill lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3488) recording of: Byker Hill lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3488)	Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick		7:30
5	Columbine	Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight		4:10
6	Canadee-I-O	Nic Jones		5:56
7	Black-Eyed Susan	Shirley & Dolly Collins		3:33
8	Famous Flower of Serving Men recording of: The Famous Flower of Serving Men (aka The Border Widow's Lament) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Child Ballads (number: 106) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 199)	Martin Carthy		10:16
9	A Man of Constant Sorrow	John Tams		5:23
10	The Dancing recording of: The Dancing writer: Jim Russell and Andy Shanks	June Tabor		7:25
11	Four Loom Weavers	Ewan MacColl		2:53
12	Rubber 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)	Mike Waterson		2:58
13	The Trees They Grow High recording of: The Trees They Grow So High (Original folksong) writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 31)	John Renbourn Group		3:35
14	The Weary Whaling Grounds	A. L. Lloyd		2:36
15	The Werewolf cover recording of: Werewolf lyricist and composer: Michael Hurley (American folk singer-songwriter)	Barry Dransfield		3:51

2▶CD: Folk Routes

3▶CD: Folk Groups

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/2084856 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B001CKZTFI [info]

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Barcode:: 5014797135581
Format:: 3×CD
Length:: 3:05:30

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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Nascente
NSBOX 040

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United Kingdom
2008-08-11

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