what one folk recording would you have

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 09:07 PM

Homeward Bound by the Boston Revels. http://store.revels.org/homewardbound.aspx That's what I'd choose today, anyway!
On any day, it would be trad music, probably sea music, and probably with vocal harmonies--lots of voices.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,raymond greenoaken
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 05:52 PM

Celestial Light – Amazing Blondel. It's the nearest thing to taking Lincoln Cathedral with you.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 01:54 PM

A Mighty River Of Song, The Watersons.

Dave H

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: johncharles
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 01:51 PM

Fotheringay with Sandy Denny singing the banks of the Nile.
john

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Little Robyn
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 01:42 PM

Let her go is based on The Keeper -
Jacky Boy
Master
Sing ye well?
Very well
Hey down
Ho down
Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green-o.

No, I don't think I could handle that.
Until the batteries ran out, my little old cassette player could play Silly sisters for me. Or The High Level Ranters or Watersons. If I knew in advance I could put them all on one tape and enjoy the lot - till the batteries died.
Robyn

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 01:22 PM

WiFi coverage on the island probably wouldn't be good enough for Youtube anyway.......???

Still think Bellowhead should cover it ....

or even better, do it as a duet with Joe Brown himself


Ps, if I'd been in an even more mischievous mood
I might have suggested Anthony Newley - "Strawberry Fair"

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 01:14 PM

let her go is just a variation of o no john, and is sung as if the singer is being dictated to by the[so called] accompanying instruments, each to their own, but if i was stuck alone on a desert island with only that, i would throw it in the sea

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Bert
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 01:12 PM

Nice choice Jack.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,sturgeon
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 12:46 PM

Geordie Hanna singing 'Old Ardboe'.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 12:18 PM

The Watersons' "The Good Old Way" : "And I have a sweet hope of glory in my soul..."; or else their "Tour Of The Dales".

~M~

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Jack Campin
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 12:15 PM

My father singing "Bhair mi o" in the bath.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Bill D
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 12:04 PM

I would not be able to pick just ONE... but Northerner's choice of "Jeannie Robertson - My Son David" is about as close as anything....as are several by Davy Stewart..(like "The Merchant's Son and the Beggar's Daughter")

These are never fair questions.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 11:48 AM

I thought she was so sexy it was scary.
I was just a little kid.
(:-( o)=

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,999
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 11:36 AM

I agree with Henry about Mary Travers. Met her once in 1967(?). Whew, what a lovely gal she was.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 11:30 AM

Can't pick just one because it depends on my mood from day to day....

But today's favourite is a vintage half century old recording
that sounds near enough to 'folk' for me:
and I sincerely challenge Bellowhead to do a storming live cover version..

This song was destined to be sung by Jon Boden !!!


Joe Brown "Let her go"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLogw-tGV5E

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Speedwell
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 06:24 AM

Annie Briggs A Collection (Topic Records, 1999)- a folk masterpiece.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 06:02 AM

Golden Ring: A Gathering of Friends for Making Music, recorded in Sandy and Caroline Paton's famous living room.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 05:55 AM

If it was on DVD it would have to be Peter Paul and Mary from the 60's. Just so I could look at Mary all day and night
(:-( P)=
You know, she was from Kentucky too!!
(:-( D)=

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Marje
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 04:41 AM

I think for me it would have to be an early Watersons track, or something by the Voice Squad. I'm struggling to choose just one by either, though ...

I have a lot of tunes and songs in my head that I would always have for company. But with both of those groups, the intertwining of the voices in harmony just thrills me every time I hear them, and I don't think I'd ever tire of them.

Marje

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,Azoic
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 04:20 AM

june Tabor singing "Lili Marlene".

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,Blandiver
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 04:11 AM

If Percy Grainger had the wit to record Joseph Taylor in 1905, why didn't Cecil Sharp to back and record John England's Seeds of Love which had so inspired him a couple of years earlier? Or maybe he did?

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Northerner
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 03:11 AM

Jeannie Robertson - My Son David.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 12:52 AM

Son House: Death Letter
(:-(D)=

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 12:12 AM

Well if I was washed up with a guitar I wouldn't want or need a recording or electricity. Enough stuff is ingrained on my mind but for variety I'd make something new.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 11 Aug 12 - 12:02 AM

Ben Harper and "The Innocent Criminals."

Sincerly,
Gargoyle

Fascinating and delightful man and family...

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Elmore
Date: 10 Aug 12 - 08:05 PM

lady of Autumn by Beggar's Velvet.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,petecockermouth
Date: 10 Aug 12 - 07:37 PM

joe strummer - bhindi bhagee

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Aug 12 - 07:06 PM

Uh, that means you expect to have electricity . . .

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,Blandiver
Date: 10 Aug 12 - 06:52 PM

Joseph Taylor singing Brigg Fair as recorded on wax cylinder by Percy Grainger in April 1905.

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 10 Aug 12 - 06:25 PM

One by Anne Bryne

Subject: RE: what one folk recording would you have
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 10 Aug 12 - 06:07 PM

and the correct answer is.....

Dick Miles singing The wild Rover!

Subject: what one folk recording would you have
From: The Sandman
Date: 10 Aug 12 - 05:53 PM

if you were cast away on desert island