Folk Heritage Records

Subject: Folk Heritage Records
From: Thomas Stern
Date: 01 Jun 22 - 07:54 PM

received notice of this forthcoming release.
Can someone provide some comment on the label and the performers??
announcement copied below.

Thomas.

Before The Day Is Done – The Story Of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975, 3CD Box Set
Various Artists
£21.99

Released August 19, 2022.
• First-ever CD anthology of the fiercely-collected Folk Heritage label and related satellites/ spin-offs.

• Four-hour compilation featuring tracks from some of the most valuable British folk albums of the early 70s.

• Third instalment of Grapefruit’s underground British folk triptych that started with much- acclaimed releases ‘Dust On The Nettles’ and ‘Sumer Is Icumen In’.



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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TRACKLIST
• First-ever CD anthology of the fiercely-collected Folk Heritage label and related satellites/ spin-offs.

• Four-hour compilation featuring tracks from some of the most valuable British folk albums of the early 70s.

• Third instalment of Grapefruit’s underground British folk triptych that started with much- acclaimed releases ‘Dust On The Nettles’ and ‘Sumer Is Icumen In’.

Founded in the Greater Manchester area in 1968 by the late Alan Green, the Folk Heritage label and its subsequent associated imprints – Midas, Sweet Folk & Country, Westwood, Real – was an obscure but dedicated home for the grass-roots element of the British folk boom.

Throughout the 70s, Folk Heritage and its offshoots released limited-edition pressings of albums by various bands and singers, most of whom were active on the thriving north-west England folk club circuit. With most releases limited to 200 copies or less, and only available from the folk club where the performer was resident, many of the albums have gone on to become hugely collectable. ‘Before The Day Is Done’ assembles the cream of the label’s roster during its late 60s/early 70s heyday.

It features tracks from the rarest, most valuable releases, including legendary-among-collectors names like Gallery, The Oldest Proffession, Folkal Point, The Minor Birds, Mike Raven/Joan Mills and Spinning Jenny.

Folk club stalwarts like The Taverners, Rosie Hardman and The Harvesters are also represented, while there’s also space for bands of a more folk-rock persuasion (Saraband, Stained Glass, Music Box) and acoustic guitar-wielding singer-songwriters (Christie Hennessy, Janet Jones, Jancis Harvey, Stuart Marson, etc).

The first anthology of Alan Green’s small but prolific cottage-industry empire since a 1973 budget label vinyl LP, ‘Before The Day Is Done’ is the definitive overview of a much-loved but little- documented label. Housed in a stylish clamshell box, it includes a 48-page booklet with rare photos, quotes and potted biographies of all featured acts.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE:
1 SONGS OF SUNSHINE – Music Box
2 HIGH IN THE TREES – Christie Hennessy
3 DEATH AND THE LADY – Michael Raven and Joan Mills
4 MARCIE – Penny Wager
5 SWEET SIR GALAHAD – Folkal Point
6 VISIONS OF CUMBRIA – Mike Donald
7 HEY, THAT’S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE – Blue Horizon 8 PHOTOGRAPHS – Porter Cunningham
9 LAZY DAY – Peregrine
10 SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR – The Harvesters
11 COLD HAILY RAINY NIGHT – The Yardarm
12 THE OLD WOMAN’S LAMENT – Janet Jones
13 BUTCHER BOY – Spinning Jenny
14 ANATHEA – The Oldest Proffession
15 FANNY BLAIR – The Combine Harvester
16 QUEEN OF HEARTS – Gallery
17 THE TWO BUTCHERS – The Jovial Crew
18 YOU KEEP GOING YOUR WAY – The Young Folk
19 YOU WERE THERE – Margaret and Ian
20 THREE DRUNKEN MAIDENS – Drowsy Maggie
21 RETROSPECT – Saraband
22 HEDGEHOG’S SONG – Geoff Smedley
23 OATS AND BEANS/TURKEY RHUBARB – John and Christine
24 HARD TIMES OF OLD ENGLAND – The Taverners Folk Group

DISC TWO
1 MATTY GROVES – The Wayfarers
2 DANCERS OF STANTON DREW – Parke
3 LORD LOVELL – The Minor Birds
4 JANUARY MAN – Paul and Glen
5 OLD PENDLE – The Pendlefolk
6 GERALDINE – Mabel Joy
7 YESTERDAY’S RAIN – Saga
8 LARK IN THE MORNING – The Blue Water Folk
9 APRIL COME SHE WILL – The MacDonald Folk Group
10 WILD AND FREE – Stained Glass
11 PRETTY SARO – Rosemary Hardman
12 THE TWO MAGICIANS – Horden Raikes
13 LAND OF THE OLD AND GREY – Mike Donald
14 BLACKLEG MINER – The Bards
15 SUMMER COMES OCTOBER (AKA THE LONG AND LONELY WINTER) – The Yardarm
16 TWENTY YEARS – Michael Raven and Joan Mills
17 TRAVELLING PEOPLE – The Young Folk
18 MICE AND OLD CLOCKS – Friends O’Mine
19 4 + 20 – Jack Hudson
20 CANNILY CANNILY – Folkways
21 THE FEMALE DRUMMER – The Oldest Proffession
22 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT – Peregrine
23 ICY ACRES – Gallery

DISC THREE
1 CLOSE TO IT ALL – Saraband
2 TAKE ME FOR YOUR FRIEND – Raggerty
3 CONNEMARA CRADLE SONG – Spinning Jenny
4 GREY OCTOBER – The Minor Birds
5 THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH – Parke
6 BALLAD OF A FALMOUTH MAN – Saga
7 THE FALSE BRIDE – The Harvesters
8 HEADING FOR THE SUN – Rod Neep
9 OH SO NICE – Oddsocks
10 CHRISTMAS AND TCHAIKOVSKY – Stuart Marson
11 ALL I WANNA DO IS PLAY GUITAR – Dave Lewry
12 A WEEK BEFORE EASTER – Jancis Harvey
13 SNAIL – Steve Rostron
14 WHAT’S THE POINT – The Mug Band
15 THE WHITE HARE OF OLDHAM – Brian Dewhurst & Tom Tiddler’s Ground
16 ELIZABETHAN – The Bards
17 POLL MILES – Stained Glass
18 CRUEL WAR – The MacDonald Folk Group
19 ONCE I KNEW A PRETTY GIRL – Folkal Point
20 I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE – Penny Wager
21 ALL THE GOOD TIMES – The Blue Water Folk

Subject: RE: Folk Heritage Records
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Jun 22 - 09:16 PM

Well, Thomas, this (click) is the best I've found, but your work is always far superior to this.
I think this is going to be a tough one for you. I've never heard of the label, or of any of its performers. Maybe they all are unknown gems.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Folk Heritage Records
From: Reinhard
Date: 02 Jun 22 - 02:25 AM

I have only one album on Folk Heritage Recordings, "The Fine Old Yorshire Gentleman" by Bill Price, plus a CD reissue of "The Jolly Machine" by Mike Raven and Joan Mills.

Discogs lists quite a lot of tha label's albums but tnis seems not to be complete. In their label profile they write:

UK label based in Wales. Specialised in folk and country music. Founded by Brian Horsfall and Alan Green. Linked to Mid Wales Sound Studios. Back catalogue now owned by Celtic Music [i.e. Dave Bulmer]

Subject: RE: Folk Heritage Records
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 02 Jun 22 - 03:37 AM

Some names I know and saw at Swinton Folk Club! Some I am unaware of but if they are all of the same quality it sounds a fine album.

Blue Water Folk reminded me, anyone know what Ian Grimes is up to nowadays?

Subject: RE: Folk Heritage Records
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 02 Jun 22 - 06:12 AM

Alan Green ran Folk Heritage records (inc. doing the recording) from a bedroom in his house in Cheadle Hulme. I believe I only have one of his records which I won in a folk club back in the ‘70s.

Wasn’t there some story of him eventually breaking up his mixing desk and burying in on a hillside somewhere in Wales?

Subject: RE: Folk Heritage Records
From: GUEST,matt milton
Date: 06 Jun 22 - 11:00 AM

I've heard of a few of them. Folkal Point made a highly collectable album which was reissued a few years ago
http://www.folkalpointmusic.co.uk/

And I would presume that the Mike Raven mentioned is the same Mike Raven who compiled the tunebook 1000 English Country Dance tunes?

Subject: RE: Folk Heritage Records
From: GUEST,GUEST, Erich
Date: 07 Jun 22 - 02:19 AM

@ Joe Offer:
I can add some more from my collection:

FHR 061 Brian Dewhurst: Bits and Pieces
FHR 062 Taverners: Times of Old England
FHR 075 Brian Dewhurst & Tom Tiddler's Ground: The Hunter and the Hunted