Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith

So the song " I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is known around the World, let's just say if i did not have a full time job being Irish i would volunteer to be Scottish on the strength of the song "Sunshine On Leith" on its own!

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Cap In Hand

Then I Met You

My Old Friend The Blues

Sean

Sunshine On Leith

Come On Nature

I'm On My Way

What Do You Do

It's Saturday Night

Teardrops

Oh Jean

Irish Girls Are Pretty

Harry Chapin - Greatest Stories Live

Great Live Set from an all round decent Guy who Sung Beautiful Songs and Campaigned Tirelessly to bring about Social Change. Another Much Missed Artist and a Key Player in the Creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977 [he was the only member who attended every meeting]!

1."Dreams Go By" – 4:54

2."W·O·L·D" – 5:04

3."Saturday Morning"  – 3:05

4."I Want To Learn A Love Song" – 5:04

5."Mr. Tanner" – 5:17

6."A Better Place to Be" – 9:59

7."Let Time Go Lightly" – 4:56

8."Cat's in the Cradle" – 4:04

9."Taxi" – 6:53

10."Circle" – 7:21

11."30,000 Pounds of Bananas" (Extended with two alternate endings) – 11:28

12."The Shortest Story" (Studio track) – 2:25

Busted Again

Jeff Buckley - Live At L'olympia

Another great loss to the World was the Untimely Death of Jeff Buckley who without doubt would have achieved Massive Success as an Artist. This is one of 3 live sets that have been released after Jeffs death its high quality and the voice is pure gold...listen please!

1."Lover, You Should've Come Over" – 7:47

2."Dream Brother" – 8:00

3."Eternal Life" – 5:06

4."Kick Out the Jams" – 3:06

5."Lilac Wine" – 5:39

6."Grace" – 6:08

7."That's All I Ask" (Horace Ott) – 5:18

8."Kashmir"  – 1:34

9."Je n'en connais pas la fin" – 6:25

10."Hallelujah" – 9:35

11."What Will You Say" – 7:49

Dolphins

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman

Masterpiece from 1971 contains such great songs i can't begin to but them in any order of preference. Four of these songs [plus other cat stevens songs] where used on the Soundtrack of Cult Movie and one of my top 10 all time Movies ''Harold & Maude''. If i ever blog my 2,500 Movies this will be the first one up to the Clouds!

1. "Where Do the Children Play?" – 3:52
2. "Hard Headed Woman" – 3:47
3. "Wild World" – 3:20
4. "Sad Lisa" – 3:45
5. "Miles from Nowhere" – 3:37
6. "But I Might Die Tonight" – 1:53
7. "Longer Boats" – 3:12
8. "Into White" – 3:24
9. "On the Road to Find Out" – 5:08
10. "Father and Son" – 3:41
11. "Tea for the Tillerman" – 1:01

Wild World

tim buckley - dream letter [live in london 1968] [320]

Dad of Jeff Buckley and another person to die tragically at the Tender Age of 28. Recorded Live in London in 1968 it showcases Tim Buckleys Fantastic Vocals and the cover of the song Dolphins should knock your socks off...if you have a Soul that is!

1. "Introduction"  – 1:06
2. "Buzzin' Fly"  – 6:13
3. "Phantasmagoria in Two"  – 4:41
4. "Morning Glory"  – 3:43
5. "Dolphins"  – 6:39
6. "I've Been Out Walking"  – 8:18
7. "The Earth Is Broken"  – 6:59
8. "Who Do You Love"  – 9:27
9. "Pleasant Street (Buckley)/You Keep Me Hanging On"  – 7:58
10. "Love from Room 109/Strange Feelin'"  – 12:18
11. "Carnival Song /Hi Lily, Hi Lo" – 8:50
12. "Hallucinations"  – 7:14
13. "Troubadour"  – 6:04
14. "Dream Letter/Happy Time" – 9:25
15. "Wayfaring Stranger/You Got Me Runnin'"  – 13:08
16. "Once I Was"  – 4:29

Sometimes I Think About

leonard cohen - death of a ladies' man

A true Living Legend Leonard Cohen had this record produced by Mad as a Shithouse Rat Living Legend Phil Spector. The results are hard to gauge but still solid as a rock and you gotta love the Emotion of "Don't Go Home with Your Hard-on". For the best Cohen experience its got to be the ‘’I’m your man’’ album. My ex wife loves Leonard Cohen and i still love her.

1. "True Love Leaves No Traces" – 4:26
2. "Iodine" – 5:03
3. "Paper Thin Hotel" – 5:42
4. "Memories" – 5:59
5. "I Left a Woman Waiting" – 3:28
6. "Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On" – 5:36
7. "Fingerprints" – 2:58
8. "Death of a Ladies' Man" – 9:19

 Viagra



levellers - levellers [192]

Mainstays of UK Folk music and with a devoted Crusty following you can find these fine lads playing at a festival near you. I seen them at the Wicker Man Festival in Scotland several years ago... and they where

excellent as usual!

1. "Warning" – 5:00
2. "100 Years of Solitude" – 3:58
3. "The Likes of You and I" – 4:50
4. "Is This Art?" – 3:12
5. "Dirty Davey" – 4:29
6. "This Garden" - 5:28
7. "Broken Circles" – 3:15
8. "Julie" (plus "The Flowers of the Forest"/"The Crags of Stirling" instrumentals) – 6:12
9. "The Player" – 4:00
10. "Belaruse" – 3:00 

Is This Art

arlo guthrie - washington county [192]

1970 album by the son of the Legendary Woody guthrie and like his Dad a lot of his musical output is Political and deals with Social Injustice which always hooks me in. A must listen is his Song/Poem "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" clocking in at a magnificent 18 minutes long.

1."Introduction"

2."Fencepost Blues"

3."Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16 Blues"

4."Washington County"

5."Valley to Pray"

6."Lay Down Little Doggies"

7."I Could Be Singing"

8."If You Would Just Drop By"

9."Percy's Song"

10."I Want to Be Around"

I Could Be Singing

karine polwart - scribbled in chalk [256]

Scottish Folk Singer who doesn't relly go in for fluffy sentiment or cardigans i hope. What we have here is songs which deal from issues like the Holocost, Sex Trafficking and Love Songs. See if you can work out which is which... I really like this album!

1."Hole in the Heart"
2."I'm Gonna Do It All"
3."Daisy"
4."Maybe There's a Road"
5."Where the Smoke Blows"
6."Holy Moses"
7."Don't Know Why"
8."Take Its Own Time"
9."I've Seen It All"
10."Baleerie Baloo"
11."Terminal Star"
12."Follow the Heron"



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eddi reader - angels and electricity [256]

Former Fairground Attraction Front Lady produces a really quality solo album providing some of her most popular songs including "Kiteflyer's Hill", "Bell, Book and Candle" and "Please Don’t Ask Me to Dance". Shes got a great voice and i guess we have established by now how i feel about Female Vocalists

1."Kiteflyer’s Hill"

2."Prayer Wheel"

3."Postcard"

4."Wings on My Heels"

5."On a Whim"

6."Hummingbird"

7."Barcelona Window"

8."Bell, Book and Candle"

9."California"

10."Follow My Tears"

11."Psychic Reader"

12."Please Don’t Ask Me to Dance"

13."Clear"

On A Whim

nick drake - second grace [alternative and unreleased versions] [256]

Insomnia and Depression dogged this mans very short life and may have contributed a great deal to the overdose which killed him. He left behind 3 full length albums now considered classics and this can sit along side them it's a fine example of his talent!

1  Blossom Friend  2:43  

2  Betty's Blues  2:05  

3  Mayfair  3:01  

4  Day Is Done  4:23  

5  Fly  2:50  

6  Parasite  4:00  

7  Early Morning Dialogue  3:12  

8  Leaving Me Behind  3:25  

9  Saturday Sun  2:20  

10 Instrumental  1:15  

11 Instrumental  2:10  

12 Joey  5:27  

13 Hazey Jane  4:40  

14 Bird Flew By  3:00  

15 Place To Be

Leaving Me Behind

james taylor - dad loves his work [320]

Album in part inspired by his divorce from Carly Simon allows Mr Taylor to give us some of his most haunting and beautiful tracks. So lets give a big cheer for emotional pain!

1.     "Hard Times" – 3:13
2.     "Her Town Too"  – 4:34
3.     "Hour That the Morning Comes" – 2:56
4.     "I Will Follow" – 4:19
5.     "Believe It or Not" – 3:53
6.     "Stand and Fight" – 3:10
7.     "Only for Me" – 4:55
8.     "Summer's Here" – 2:43
9.     "Sugar Trade"  – 2:48
10.     "London Town" – 3:56
11.     "That Lonesome Road" – 2:22

Only For Me

jethro tull - jethro tull christmas album

Still touting around my Christmas blog http://littledarkchristmas.blogspot.com/ lots of Crackers there. This is a sample a great collection of original songs with a few traditional ones thrown in for good measure!


1."Birthday Card at Christmas" – 3:37
2."Holly Herald" – 4:16
3."A Christmas Song" – 2:47
4."Another Christmas Song" – 3:31
5."God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 4:35
6."Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow" – 3:37
7."Last Man at the Party" – 4:48
8."Weathercock" – 4:17
9."Pavane" – 4:19
10."First Snow on Brooklyn" – 4:57
11."Greensleeved" – 2:39
12."Fire at Midnight" – 2:26
13."We Five Kings" – 3:16
14."Ring Out Solstice Bells" – 4:04
15."Bourée" – 4:25
16."A Winter Snowscape" – 4:57

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kate rusby - girl who couldn't fly

Along with Kate [as the title refers to] i share a fear of flying and if i can't get there by land or sea i guess i won't be going. This is a fine album of English Folk music an often neglected Genre but thankfully less so just now.

1. "Game of All Fours"  – 3:40
2. "The Lark" – 4:15
3. "No Names" – 3:29
4. "Mary Blaize" – 3:22
5. "A Ballad"  – 4:52
6. "You Belong to Me"– 3:24
7. "Elfin Knight" – 4:04
8. "Bonny House of Airlie"  – 5:40
9. "Moon Shadow" – 4:24
10. "Wandering Soul" – 4:14
11. "Fare Thee Well" – 3:51
12. "Little Jack Frost" – 4:30

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donovan - mellow yellow

Classy Scottish Folk Singer Donovan was a big act when this album was released in 1967. The title track is alleged to be about smoking dried banana skins. Seriously i gave this a go myself when i was about 12. Wasn't much cop really!




1."Mellow Yellow" – 3:47
2."Writer in the Sun" – 4:33 +
3."Sand and Foam" – 3:19
4."The Observation" – 2:23
5."Bleak City Woman" – 2:24
6."House of Jansch" – 2:43
7."Young Girl Blues" – 3:45
8."Museum" – 2:54
9."Hampstead Incident" – 4:41 +
10."Sunny South Kensington" – 3:48 +

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kirsty maccoll - live @ fleadh

Another quick post a Bootleg by the Beautiful and much missed Kirsty MacColl live at the Fleadh Finsbury Park London 1993!






1 Free World
2 My Affair
3 Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim
4 Innocence
5 They Don't Know
6 Caroline
7 A New England
8 I Want To Be Sedated

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fairport convention - angel delight

6th album released in 1971 after Richard Thompson had left the band and without the Beautiful voice of Sandy Denny still delivers a bunch of Traditional songs with  a lot of style!







1."Lord Marlborough"  – 3:27
2."Sir William Gower"  – 5:00
3."Bridge over the River Ash"  – 2:15
4."Wizard of the Worldly Game" – 4:08
5."The Journeyman's Grace"– 4:35
1."Angel Delight"  – 4:09
2."Banks of the Sweet Primroses"  – 4:15
3."Instrumental Medley: – 3:28
4."The Bonny Black Hare"  – 3:08
5."Sickness & Diseases"  – 3:47


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bob dylan - christmas in the heart

 It took over 45 years to get there but finally we have a Christmas album from a true legend!. Remember i have been dumping all my Christmas albums at http://littledarkchristmas.blogspot.com/

1. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman)  – 2:35
2. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker) – 3:02
3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 1:52
4. "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (Tune : Mendelssohn, Lyrics : Wesley, arr. Dylan) – 2:30
5. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram, Kim Gannon and Walter Kent) – 2:54
6. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone) – 2:52
7. "The Christmas Blues" (Sammy Cahn, David Jack Holt) – 2:54
8. "O' Come All Ye Faithful" ("Adeste Fideles") (Traditional, arr. Dylan) – 2:48
9. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 4:06
10. "Must Be Santa" (William Fredericks, Hal Moore) – 2:48
11. "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:35
12. "The First Noel" (Traditional, arr. Dylan) – 2:30
13. "Christmas Island" (Lyle Moraine) – 2:27
14. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 3:56
15. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Traditional, arr. Dylan) – 2:17

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cass mccombs - catacombs

Cass McCombs 4th and i think best album. Cass a person as the late great legend John Peel described as simply brilliant!

1. "Dreams-Come-True-Girl" – 5:20
2. "Prima Donna" – 4:53
3. "You Saved My Life" – 5:24
4. "Don't Vote" – 5:26
5. "The Executioner's Song" – 4:21
6. "Harmonia" – 6:06
7. "My Sister, My Spouse" – 5:14
8. "Lionkiller Got Married" – 5:34
9. "Eavesdropping on the Competition" – 3:53
10. "Jonesy Boy" – 4:44
11. "One Way to Go" – 2:55

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peter paul and mary - in japan

1967 release by  top 60's Folk act. Its got a version of that old childrens classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" in Japanese, thats got to be worth a listen!

1. SOMETIME LOVIN'
2. NO OTHER NAME
3. THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE
4. THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD
5. PAUL TALK
6. PUFF The Magic Dragon
7. SERGE'S BLUES
8. FOR BABY
9. IF I HAD MY WAY
10. DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALL RIGHT
11. IF I HAD A HAMMER
12. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

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