I'm staying in Britain for the moment, but some of those sound excellent. Thanks in particular for the Trees tip - I've listened to a couple of the tracks that have been Youtubed, and they're fantastic. Now that's what I call folk-rock...

'Cruel Sister' by Pentangle.

Side one is rather fab, but I can't listen to Jack Orion these days (I see Trees recorded Glasgerion though...)

Mixed feelings about Pentangle. Basket of light is still one of my favourite albums of any genre (that production!) but in retrospect I do wish they'd stuck with trad material. Nothing wrong with the rhythm section, though, which isn't something you can always say of folk-rock. (If Terry Cox had joined the Albions...?)

'Solid Air' by John Martyn.

yeahbutnobut...

My favourite John Martyn-related story was about the floor-singer who turned up at a none-more-trad folk club in Sussex and, having heard some of the regulars, apologised for not having any trad material and offered a John Martyn song instead. And did Spencer the Rover.


Bert Jansch's 'Rosemary Lane' was probably the Bertest of all his albums.

Duly noted.

Can't help noticing that nobody's nominated anything by the Fairports, in any incarnation.

Also, what about that Tabor person? What would people recommend for someone who

loves:
Young Waters
Waly Waly
her take on the Scarecrow*

but hates (seriously):
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
King of Rome
her take on Love will tear us apart**
?

*Never heard a bad version of the Scarecrow, now I think of it

**Some songs, on the other hand, should be left well alone.