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Hokey Pokey

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by: Richard Thompson Linda Thompson

Release Date April 12, 2004
I completely agree with Rab in all but one respect. Hokey-Pokey in fact came between Bright Lights and Pour down like silver.
Never Again, I have read, came from the time of Fairports crash in 1969 and is in memory of Jeannie Franklin killed in that crash.

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The Very Best of the Seekers

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by: Seekers

Release Date October 13, 1997
Wonderful CD - all the greats, beautifully produced and seemingly original (1960s) recordings. Well worth your dosh !

CD-Charts Position 93
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The Times They Are a-Changin': Remastered

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by: Bob Dylan

Release Date June 20, 2005
'The Times They Are A-Changin'' doesn't progress from what Bob Dylan did on 'Freewheelin''. Rather, it broadens his protest-oriented repertoire. Perhaps the gloomiest of his albums, it seems to be the only one from which his sense of humour is entirely absent. There is a slight shift in emphasis from anti-war songs to the effects of social injustice and hardship. Nevertheless, 'With God On Our Side' would have fitted in with the dominant theme on his previous album. The lyric, and in particular, its closing verse, is brilliantly crafted, though Dylan's delivery is occasionally disjointed by sloppy tempo changes, perhaps an attempt to break up its seven minutes.

The title track is probably the best-known item on the album, in large part due to ... Read More:

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Fotheringay

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by: Fotheringay

Release Date August 16, 2004
Whilst I broadly agree with the other reviews, I must say that I don't think this is the highlight of Sandy's post Fairport career. Sandy's compositions and vocal style continued to get more varied and interesting, and also her post Fotheringay albums are sung entirely by her which is all to the good.

This album is held back by Trevor's performances (although i actually don't mind The Ballad of Ned Kelly, which is one of Trevors best songs.) when what one longs for is to finally hear Sandy writing and performing a whole album without compromises.

The Sandy penned songs and the traditional Banks of the Nile are naturally the standout tracks here: for one can't see how anyone in their right mind would thing Trevors Gordon Lightfoot cover ... Read More:

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Take Yourself a Wife

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by: Megson

Release Date September 29, 2008
As a big fan of Megson's last album - the largely original "Smoke of Home" - I approached "Take Yourself a Wife" with some trepidation. Songs gathered from 250 years of the North East's musical tradition didn't exactly make my heart leap in anticipation to be honest. But how wrong could I be? This is excellent stuff - nine tales of distant fathers and departing lovers, of press gangs and pit workers that move easily from the touching "Little Joe" to the entertaining knees-up of the title track.

One thing that links all the songs, though, is their rooting in the everyday experiences of working class folk over the last couple of centuries. Songs taken from writers who lived and worked in the area north of the Cleveland Hills and south of the Scottish borders. ... Read More:

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Solomon's Seal

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by: Pentangle

Release Date February 26, 2008
Of all the Pentangle albums, this is by far my favourite - if you could add Cruel Sister & Let No Man Steal Your Thyme to it, it would be perfect! Sally Free & Easy is sublime, and the only song that betters it in my mind is Willy O'Winsbury (the tune of which will be familiar to Fairport fans as it was used to set the words of Farewell Farewell to). The only song I'm not too keen on is the Lady of Carlisle, but then you can't have everything!

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Want One

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by: Rufus Wainwright

Release Date May 31, 2004
"Want One" is, all things considered, Rufus Wainwright's best album. It is here that he perfected his baroque take on musical magic realism (which he fairly sustained through to "Want Two"), before his frankly surprising creative collapse on "Release The Stars" and subsequent escape into the qualitatively inconsistent cabaret pastiche of "Rufus Does Judy".
Here, proceedings get started on a pleasantly leftist note with "Oh What A World". The appropriately named "I Don't Know What It Is" cranks things up considerably, but keeps its meaning to itself. The pleasant electronic keyboard extravaganza of "Vicious World" recalls Stevie Wonder, while "Pretty Things" proves Rufus and plain piano go quite well together on their own.
"Harvester Of Hearts" is a delightfully ... Read More:

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Complete Greatest Hits

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by: Gordon Lightfoot

Release Date May 27, 2002
There is nothing I can add to what has been said before.
I will admit that while I listened to radio 2 in the 70's-thanks mum & dad!- before I moved towards Joy Division & The Banshees I listened to your choice of music and I am extremely grateful for it.
"Daylight Katy" and "Sundown" are songs that stick with me now in middle-age as when I was young.
Bob Dylan was an icon for a generation but Mr Lightfoot caught my imagination when I was a nipper-listen to "If You Could Read My Mind" and tell me that Dylan wrote anything better and I would beg to differ....

CD-Charts Position 99
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The Guilded Palace Of Sin & Burritos Deluxe

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by: The Flying Burrito Brothers

Release Date March 24, 1997
The Byrds underwent many line-up changes but the line-up that recorded the classic Sweethearts of the rodeo album didn't last long even by Byrds' standards. Two of its key members, Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, quit and formed the Flying Burrito Brothers. This twofer contains their first two albums.

The first album, Gilded Palace of Sin, is regarded as a landmark album in the evolution of country-rock, almost as important as Sweethearts of the rodeo. Despite the label country rock, this album actually contains a few soulful ballads. On this album, the group comprised Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, Sneeky Pete Kleinow and Chris Ethridge. Most of the songs are originals, though the album also includes brilliant covers of Dark end of the street and Do right woman.

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Live at Blues Alley

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by: Eva Cassidy

Release Date February 19, 2001
I was heartbroken to hear that Eva Cassidy herself considered Live at Blues Alley to be a lesser work. I think it is her best album and it is the one I reach for first when I need an "Eva Fix." Each song is an individual treasure, and together, they form artistry that continues to make me mourn the loss of one of the 20th Century's finest voices, and people.