For many years, I have been meaning to post a tribute to my favorite collection of recordings, the Golden Ring recordings from Folk-Legacy Records. I'll edit these posts along the way, adding links to lyrics for all the songs I can find. In the process, I hope to have corrected and documented lyrics to add to the Digital Tradition. Feel free to post to this thread, but I may edit things to make more sense.

On another thread, Artful Dodger, whose opinion I usually respect without question, said he hasn't cared for the later Golden Ring recordings. Well, I dunno. The five Folk-Legacy Golden Ring recordings are probably my all-time favorite recordings. I think all five were made in the living room of Sandy and Caroline Paton's home in Sharon, Connecticut. Now, the house was once a violin school, and I think it has seven bedrooms. The room where I stayed when I visited in November 2000, is the room that houses Sandy's library, and I spent the night browsing books. The living room is huge, and the fireplace hearth is a good-sized stage. The acoustics in the living room are wonderful, and there has always been a flow of excellent musicians through the Paton household.

Sandy and Caroline made many wonderful recordings, but it's the Golden Ring recordings that I really treasure.

-Joe-

This is an edited PermaThread® for the Golden Ring recordings published by Folk-Legacy Records. This thread will be edited by Joe Offer. Feel free to post to this thread, but remember that all messages posted here are subject to editing or deletion.
-Joe Offer-