Universal Music Catalogue is scheduled to release Electric Eden, a new compilation, hand-picked by author and journalist Rob Young, on August 20th 2012. The two disc set is designed to serve as a companion to Young\u2019s highly acclaimed book Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain\u2019s Visionary Music which was published by Faber & Faber in 2010. <\/p>\n
Just as the book mapped out a native British musical voice that reflected the complex relationships between town and country, progress and nostalgia, radicalism and conservatism, so too does this compilation. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s a veritable connoisseur\u2019s choice of folk music which collects together such diverse artists as Archie Fisher, Meic Stevens, Bill Fay, Comus, and Mick Softley, even David Bowie – alongside the more expected names such as Bert Jansch, Richard Thompson, John Martyn, The Incredible String Band and Nick Drake.<\/p>\n
The two disc set is divided into an Acoustic Eden and an Electric Eden and comes with comprehensive, track-by-track notes by Rob Young.<\/p>\n
Comments Rob young: ’This compilation is designed to follow the flow from acoustic to electric folk in the late 60s and early 70s, a magical time in British music. I’ve tried to include a mixture of rarities, unheard versions, familiar names and unjustly neglected heroes and heroines. I’m particularly proud of including a rare original version of ’A Sailor’s Life’ by Fairport Convention, literally the first time a rock drum kit was ever used on a traditional folk song. History in the making!’<\/p>\n
CD1
\nACOUSTIC EDEN
\n1. Peter Bellamy – \u2018Oak, Ash and Thorn\u2019
\n2. Traffic – \u2018John Barleycorn Must Die\u2019
\n3. Bert Jansch – \u2018The Waggoner\u2019s Lad\u2019
\n4. Fairport Convention – \u2018Stranger to Himself\u2019
\n5. Archie Fisher – \u2018Reynardine\u2019
\n6. Bread, Love and Dreams – \u2018Brother John\u2019
\n7. Bill Fay – \u2018Garden Song\u2019
\n8. Water Into Wine Band – \u2018Stranger in the World\u2019
\n9. Tudor Lodge – \u2018Willow Tree\u2019
\n10. Comus – \u2018Diana\u2019
\n11. Meic Stevens – \u2018Yorric\u2019
\n12. Magic Carpet – \u2018The Dream\u2019
\n13. Sweeney\u2019s Men – \u2018The Pipe on the Hob\u2019
\n14. Tim Hart & Maddy Prior – \u2018False Knight on the Road\u2019
\n15. Dr Strangely Strange – \u2018Dark-Haired Lady\u2019
\n16. Albion Country Band – \u2018I Was a Young Man\u2019
\n17. COB – \u2018Music of the Ages\u2019
\n18. Roger Nicholson – \u2018The Carman\u2019s Whistle\u2019
\n19. Bridget St John – \u2018Fly High\u2019
\n20. John Martyn – \u2018She Moves Through the Fair\u2019 <\/p>\n
CD 2
\nELECTRIC ALBION
\n1. Richard Thompson – \u2018Roll over Vaughn Williams\u2019
\n2. Steeleye Span – \u2018The Lark in the Morning\u2019
\n3. Unicorn – \u2018Country Road\u2019
\n4. Fairport Convention – \u2018A Sailor\u2019s Life\u2019
\n5. Trees – \u2018Glasgerion\u2019
\n6. Fotheringay – \u2018Gypsy Davey\u2019
\n7. David Bowie – \u2018Black Country Rock\u2019
\n8. John Martyn – \u2018Glistening Glyndebourne\u2019
\n9. Mike Cooper – \u2018Paper and Smoke\u2019
\n10. Shelagh McDonald – \u2018Mirage\u2019
\n11. Spirogyra – \u2018Disraeli\u2019s Problem\u2019
\n12. Mick Softley – \u2018Time Machine\u2019
\n13. Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band – \u2018Murder of Maria Marten\u2019
\n14. Pentangle – \u2018Jack Orion\u2019
\n15. Incredible String Band – \u2018Painted Chariot\u2019
\n16. Nick Drake – \u2018Voices\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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