Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy & Diz Disley
Release Date: 18 June 2007
Label: Topic
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 714822051729
Genres: Folk English Folk
Description
Originally released in 1967, this album was immediately recognised as being a recording landmark revered by generations of instrumentalists. It went out of print soon after its release only becoming available again in 1999 when Topic Records released a restored and remastered CD version to great critical praise and substantial sales. The album was produced by the legendary American Joe Boyd.
Swarbrick came to prominence on the folk scene as a young instrumental virtuoso in the Ian Campbell Folk Group. By 1967 Dave had already left them and had teamed up with Martin Carthy as a duo. In this all-instrumental album the focus was on Dave and it really gave him a chance to stretch out and demonstrate his remarkable instrumental prowess, The result was a new era of English instrumental folk and a new approach to folk music altogether. As Joe Boyd says in the original liner notes, reproduced in the CD booklet, "Dave Swarbrick is doing perhaps the finest job of reconciling traditional instrumental styles with modern ideas and technique." This is still true almost 40 years later.
Tracklisting
Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay
Angeline Morrison
The Watersons
Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman, Jack Rutter
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
Anne Briggs
Martin Simpson
Fay Hield
Eliza Carthy & Ben Seal
Jon Doran & The Northern Assembly
The Home Service
Nick Harper
Banter
Mat Green & Andy Turner
Leon Rosselson
Various Artists
