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Carthy's debut album rates a place alongside the album by Bob Dylan, as the debut work of a man who ultimately revolutionized folk music performance in England (Carthy is mentioned as an influence on the notes to Dylan's Freewheelin' album). This is Carthy's purest and simplest folk effort, an all-acoustic recording done in barely an afternoon that includes his version of "Scarborough Fair," awhich Paul Simon learned from Carthy (including the chords and changes from Carthy's arrangement) and transformed into a hit of his own. Also here is "Two Magicians," a song that later entered the repertory Steeleye Span, and "Lovely Joan," a folk song that is most familiar to classical listeners as the source of the counter-melody to Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves." The playing and the interpretations are somewhat less ambitious and rather rougher than subsequent efforts, with Dave Swarbrick guesting on fiddle on about half the tracks, and Carthy's guitar covering all but the acapella tracks.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Sharp C, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Baez Joan C, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Carthy Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Swarbrick David Eric, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Delarre David Christopher, Composer, Lyricist - Causley Jim, Composer, Lyricist - Delarre James Richard, Composer, Lyricist - Crump Danny, Composer, Lyricist - Goldsmith Alex, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Carthy Martin, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Boden Jonathan James, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Mac-Coll Ewan, Composer, Lyricist - Seeger Peggy, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Swarbrick Dave, Composer, Lyricist - Carthy Martin, Composer, Lyricist
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Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Clancy Liam, Composer, Lyricist - Clancy Pat, Composer, Lyricist - Clancy Tom, Composer, Lyricist - Makem Tommy, Composer, Lyricist - Joyce Robert Dwyer, Composer, Lyricist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Lloyd Albert Lancaster, Composer, Lyricist - Edwards Alfred George, Composer, Lyricist
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Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist
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Martin Carthy, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dave Swarbrick, FeaturedArtist - Swarbrick Dave, Composer, Lyricist - Carthy Martin, Composer, Lyricist
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Album review
Carthy's debut album rates a place alongside the album by Bob Dylan, as the debut work of a man who ultimately revolutionized folk music performance in England (Carthy is mentioned as an influence on the notes to Dylan's Freewheelin' album). This is Carthy's purest and simplest folk effort, an all-acoustic recording done in barely an afternoon that includes his version of "Scarborough Fair," awhich Paul Simon learned from Carthy (including the chords and changes from Carthy's arrangement) and transformed into a hit of his own. Also here is "Two Magicians," a song that later entered the repertory Steeleye Span, and "Lovely Joan," a folk song that is most familiar to classical listeners as the source of the counter-melody to Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves." The playing and the interpretations are somewhat less ambitious and rather rougher than subsequent efforts, with Dave Swarbrick guesting on fiddle on about half the tracks, and Carthy's guitar covering all but the acapella tracks.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:28
- Main artists: Martin Carthy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Topic
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Folk
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