Classic Albums - More Suggestions Please!
We've started a new feature on the programme: looking at what we believe have become
"classic albums".
There's no hard and fast definition of "classic" but I do think that generally people have come to some kind of consensus that certain albums have, through time, come to acquire that indefinable status.
Let me throw a firecracker amongst the pigeons now and chuck a list at you of a few albums I consider classics:
Prosperous - Christy Moore.
Liege and Lief - Fairport Convention
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Handful Of Earth - Dick Gaughan
Out Of The Wind Into The Sun - The Bothy Band
Solid Air - John Martyn
Rout of the Blues - The Dransfields
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Please To See The King - Steeleye Span
Rise Up Like The Sun - The Band
Star Spangled Molly - De Dannan
Nowt So Good'll Pass - Bob Fox & Stu Luckley
I could go on and on - and often do!
However this is not all about my choice of classic albums - we'd like to hear what you
think of as classic albums too. Post a message here or email the show via our
showpages.
There was no doubt at all in the minds of my producer and myself when it came to choosing the first "classic album" coming up on my programme this Wednesday it had to be Nic Jones' Penguin Eggs.
Comment number 1.
At 2nd Mar 2009, adamsj1 wrote:Hi Mike,
My folk has a bit of an americana slant....
1000 kisses - Patty Griffin
Acoustic, classic and beautiful
The Red Thread - Lucy Kaplansky
A lovely reflection on the ties that bind us
Jennifer
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Comment number 2.
At 3rd Mar 2009, twinMartyn wrote:Teased us there, leaving it 'till the end!
The album I always go back to, even though I like all kinds of music is Danú's Road Less Travelled and the One Night Stand - Live at Vicar St. DVD is a real treat too!
Maybe a bit recent, but I think a band in their pomp can always be counted.
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Comment number 3.
At 5th Mar 2009, Kate-the-Celt wrote:Hi Mike,
I would like to suggest the very first folk album that I bought back in the 70's, Rocket Cottage by Steeleye Span. A track from it that never fails to bring a tear to my eye is Fighting For Strangers - brilliant album!
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Comment number 4.
At 5th Mar 2009, bennielechat wrote:For me it must be "The Hangmans Beautiful Daughter" by The Incredible String Band.
If anything it has improved with age, I hadn't played it for a number of years and when I bought the CD a while back I could not believe the magic and depth and sheer joy that this album gives me.
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Comment number 5.
At 5th Mar 2009, oldtech45 wrote:Hi, I like all sorts of acoustic folky music but over the years I keep returning to "New Bell Wake" by Roy Bailey (yes I do have it in vinyl !)
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Comment number 6.
At 5th Mar 2009, EnglishFolkfan wrote:Bert & John - Jansch and Renbourn
Another Monday - John Renbourn
A track not so commonly played from either of these Albums would still show the importance of their release.
The Iron Muse but especially A L Lloyd singing The Weaver and the Factory Maid shows how this LP captured something soon lost to live performance.
And yes, like others, I've the original vinyl release copies!
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Comment number 7.
At 6th Mar 2009, lesleyit wrote:I know some may not think it old enough to be a classic but I suggest Chris Wood "The Lark Descending".
"One in a Million" is just one classic among many on this album.
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Comment number 8.
At 6th Mar 2009, Lord_Ohe wrote:Dear Mike
For me there ae two classic albums which I must recommend that you add to your list.
They are both by the same band :
Seasons
and of course
Lord Of The Ages
Both by Magna Carta
( Who by the ay will celebrate 40 years in the business in the Carre in Amsterdam on 11 May 2009 !!!!!)
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Comment number 9.
At 7th Mar 2009, Green Man wrote:Hi
I had two classic albums to suggest, but I see someone has betten me to suggest one.
Danu- The Road Less Travelled is a great album that I first discovered through the show about a year ago.
The Oyster Band - Holy Bandits, this has to be a classic, so charectorist of the band and has stood the test of time.
All the best
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Comment number 10.
At 8th Mar 2009, ruislip wrote:"Bright Lights" Richard & Linda Thompson
"en spectacle" La Bottine Souriante
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Comment number 11.
At 8th Mar 2009, peregrina2 wrote:Classic Albums?
The Harry Smith Anthology of course.
It was massively influential, & still is, on both sides of the Atlantic...
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Comment number 12.
At 13th Mar 2009, Fooldude wrote:What We Did On Our Holidays by Fairport leads my classic list as the seed from which so much grew and, for all sorts of reasons, Morris On lead by Ashley Hutchings was the kick off album for so many influences.
Hope two recommendations is not being greedy.
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Comment number 13.
At 13th Mar 2009, dannylerudd wrote:Hi,
Paul Simon and Gracelands ought to qualify?
I guess King Crimson may not!
What is a folk song? 21st Century Schizoid Man?
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Comment number 14.
At 14th Mar 2009, dannylerudd wrote:Hi again,
More suggestions.
Roy Harper - Stormcock. I used to play that a lot in the 70's.
Bruce Springsteen-We Shall Overcome - Seeger Sessions. A great album
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