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Folk, singer-songwriter

Als je kijkt wie er allemaal meespelen, dan is dit voor de liefhebber een echt collector’s item, aldus een bevriende muziekliefhebber. Hij heeft gelijk.

Les Cousins was a folk and blues club in the basement of a restaurant in Greek Street, in London’s Soho, which became a home and the epicentre for the folk revival of the mid-1960s, a venue where musicians met and learnt from each other. As such, it was influential in the careers of so many pioneers – Al Stewart, Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Sandy Denny, John Martyn, Alexis Korner, Strawbs, Roy Harper, Paul Simon and many others.

The club’s vital importance to that scene is now commemorated with a triple-CD featuring folk’s illuminati from that period, as well as more obscure names who trod the boards in that Greek Street basement, with some tracks gracing CD for the first time. Compiled and annotated by folk historian and fRoots editor/publisher Ian Anderson, who also played at the venue, ‘Les Cousins’ pays fitting tribute to a unique time and place in UK folk music history.

Until its closure in 1972, Les Cousins was a place like no other, to the point where it’s achieved almost mythological status. Even the much longer-running Bunjie’s Folk Cellar, on the other side of Charing Cross Road, never achieved quite the same romance and reputation. It was part of the Zeitgeist, and with this wonderfully expansive compilation, it receives the memorial it fully deserves.

Tracks:
CD 1:
01 - Bert Jansch - Running From Home
02 - Al Stewart - Manuscript
03 - The Young Tradition - The Banks Of Claudy
04 - Spider John Koerner - Good Luck Child
05 - The Incredible String Band - No Sleep Blues
06 - Wizz Jones - See How The Time Is Flying
07 - Cat Stevens - The Tramp
08 - Shirley Collins And Davy Graham - Nottamun Town
09 - Paul Simon - I Am A Rock
10 - Michael Chapman - No Song To Sing
11 - Jo Ann Kelly - Moon Going Down
12 - Third Ear Band - Stone Circle
13 - A L Bert Lloyd - Jack Orion
14 - Mike Cooper - Bad Luck Blues
15 - Alex Campbell - Been On The Road So Long
16 - Dorris Henderson And John Renbourn - Strange Lullaby
17 - Keith Christmas - Fable Of The Wings
18 - Sweeneys Men - Reynard The Fox
19 - Al Jones - Come Join My Orchestra
20 - Sandy Denny - You Never Wanted Me
21 - Tir na nog - When I Came Down
22 - Sam Mitchell - Leaf Without A Tree
23 - Beverley - Get The One I Want To


CD 2:
01 - The Watersons - The Holmfirth Anthem
02 - Donovan - Sunny Goodge Street
03 - Derroll Adams - Freight Train Blues
04 - Bert Jansch And John Renbourn - Soho
05 - Shelagh McDonald - Silk And Leather
06 - Dando Shaft - Waves Upon The Ether
07 - Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick - Byker Hill
08 - Kevin Ayers - Eleanors Cake (Which Ate Her)
09 - Ian Andersons Country Blues Band - New Lonesome Day
10 - Hamish Imlach - Black Is The Colour
11 - John Martyn - Fairy Tale Lullaby
12 - The Picadilly Line - At The Third Stroke
13 - Anne Briggs - Living By The Water
14 - Dave Evans - Grey Lady Morning
15 - Owen Hand - I Loved A Lass
16 - John Renbourn - Lost Lover Blues
17 - Tom Rush - Joshua Gone Barbados
18 - COB - Music Of The Ages
19 - Alexis Korner - Go Down Sunshine
20 - Duffy Power - Halfway
21 - Tom Yates - Bye Bye Bohemia
22 - Nick Drake - Northern Sky
23 - The Sallyangie - Love In Ice Crystals
24 - Ron Geesin - Two Fifteen String Guitars For Nice People
25 - Don Partridge - Rosie

CD 3:
01 - Jackson C Frank - Milk And Honey
02 - Davy Graham - Maajun
03 - Tim Hart And Maddy Prior - Adie Sweet Lovely Nancy
04 - Dr Strangely Strange - Roy Rogers
05 - Dave Van Ronk - Baby Let Me Lay It On You
06 - Roy Harper - Sophisticated Beggar
07 - Julie Felix - The Young Ones Move
08 - Mudge And Clutterbuck - Memory Book
09 - Steve Tilston - I Really Wanted You
10 - The Levee Breakers - Babe Im Leaving You
11 - Ralph McTell - Mrs Adlams Angels
12 - Andy Fernbach - Have Your Bags Soon Ready
13 - Bridget St John - If Youd Been There
14 - Dave And Toni Arthur - A Maiden Came From London Town
15 - Long John Baldry - Gee Baby Aint I Good To You
16 - John James - Picture Rag
17 - Plainsong - Old Man At The Mill
18 - Nadia Cattouse - Travel On
19 - Gerry Lockran - Black Girl
20 - Tim Hardin - If I Were A Carpenter
21 - Cat Stevens - Portobello Road
22 - The McPeake Family - The Verdant Braes Of Screen
23 - Dave Ellis - Can You Tell Me
24 - Strawbs - Pieces of 79 And 15



Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.