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  • Limehouse
    Chief Inspector
    • Mar 2008
    • 1895

    #46
    A brilliant singer and songwriter.

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    • Cogidubnus
      Assistant Commissioner
      • Feb 2012
      • 3266

      #47
      Whiskey in the Jar

      Always a great favourite of mine Limehouse. Thanks for the link.

      Did you ever hear the rip-roaring version emerging from the Dubliners collaboration with the Pogues...



      Better still, theres a live version of their rather wacky combined version of The Irish Rover...as one poster observes, more pickled livers on stage together than ever seen before!



      Did you ever see such an ugly blighter as Shane Macgowan?

      All the best

      Dave

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      • Cogidubnus
        Assistant Commissioner
        • Feb 2012
        • 3266

        #48
        The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

        And here is Peggy Seeger's version sung in the way that McColl intended it to be. This version grows on me - it's closer to the 'purist' folk singing style (whatever that really is) but I love PP&M's version more, I think.
        It was always the familiar version, but I always found the PPM rendition a bit oversweet...this one I hadn't heard before and it's beautiful

        Thanks

        Dave

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        • Robert
          Commissioner
          • Feb 2008
          • 5163

          #49
          Not sure if this is folk, but it's a nice song :



          This one's definitely folky and I think I hear a brief echo of Gypsy Rover :

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          • Limehouse
            Chief Inspector
            • Mar 2008
            • 1895

            #50
            Lindisfarne definitey count as folk in my book Robert and I like them very much. In fact, I was thinking about posting 'Fog on the Tyne'. I used to listen to them a great deal in my youth.

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            • Limehouse
              Chief Inspector
              • Mar 2008
              • 1895

              #51
              Originally posted by Cogidubnus View Post
              It was always the familiar version, but I always found the PPM rendition a bit oversweet...this one I hadn't heard before and it's beautiful

              Thanks

              Dave

              Glad you like this version Dave - and Whiskey in the Jar. Yes, I had heard the Dubliners with the Pogues and like it very much. I think they collaborated on a few tracks together, including 'Goodmight Irene'.

              Thanks for your input and encouragement.

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              • Cogidubnus
                Assistant Commissioner
                • Feb 2012
                • 3266

                #52
                Fog on the Tyne

                Well here's a good live version:



                Fantastic group....

                All the best
                Dave

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                • Limehouse
                  Chief Inspector
                  • Mar 2008
                  • 1895

                  #53
                  Here is another beautiful song from my childhood. It takes me right back to mornings with mum and the radio on in the background - and fishing with dad. My dad taught me how to whistle along, much to my mum's horror!


                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzlM4t0WOxw

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                  • Limehouse
                    Chief Inspector
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 1895

                    #54
                    This is for the June tabor fans on this thread. She was on Radio Four this week, speaking about some of the literature that has inspired her.


                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYybx...eature=related

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                    • Cogidubnus
                      Assistant Commissioner
                      • Feb 2012
                      • 3266

                      #55
                      Sorry Julie...just been reviewing all the bands I ever listened to...loads...1967 (when I was 14) through to now....for my own part, it's complicated, but of the big names Lindisfarne really have it...a folk group who (rarely) blasted the UK pop slots...they weren't, by far, the only group who defied the conventional definitions, but they were pretty damned special....still love their stuff...

                      Dave

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                      • Limehouse
                        Chief Inspector
                        • Mar 2008
                        • 1895

                        #56
                        Got to agree with you concerning Lindisfarne Dave. I was a teenager from 1970, but didn't 'conform' and follow the teenybopper acts of the time (well, except for Bowie). I loved everything Lindisfarne did and also enjoyed Neil Young, Nazareth, Peter Frampton, a lot of 60s bands such as The Yardbirds and The Animals and carried on listening to my favourite folk acts from my childhood. I also had and have a great love for classical music and also for some blues and jazz.

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                        • Rubyretro
                          Chief Inspector
                          • Mar 2010
                          • 1906

                          #57
                          I've been rediscovering some of my favourites this evening (the Family have gone on holiday ! -I have to work).

                          '5 Hand Reel' - I've got this LP on vinyl....

                          http://youtu.be/HlMH1U01_eg
                          http://youtu.be/GcBr3rosvNQ

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                          • Rubyretro
                            Chief Inspector
                            • Mar 2010
                            • 1906

                            #58
                            Steeleye Span again -same subject http://youtu.be/kL0A9bGQaZk
                            http://youtu.be/GcBr3rosvNQ

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                            • Rubyretro
                              Chief Inspector
                              • Mar 2010
                              • 1906

                              #59
                              This Robert Burns classic ( Up wi' the Carls o' Dysart or Hi ca'throu') is a bit weird interlaced with 'The Rocky Road to Dublin'...but never mind..
                              http://youtu.be/K4DawnYNGoQ
                              http://youtu.be/GcBr3rosvNQ

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                              • Rubyretro
                                Chief Inspector
                                • Mar 2010
                                • 1906

                                #60
                                http://youtu.be/1vP69fg1C

                                ahem..well I like it....But then I like bagpipes...
                                http://youtu.be/GcBr3rosvNQ

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