January 17, 2014 Playlist

"Liege & Lief" by Fairport Convention (1969)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Fairport Convention  "Liege & Lief"  1969 (UK)
Richard Thompson is coming to town next month; once upon a time in the sixties he was the lead guitarist of the groundbreaking British folk-rock band Fairport Convention. Although parallels can be drawn to some American rock groups with a folky bent (particularly the chimey electrified oldies of The Byrds and the male/female vocal interplay of Jefferson Airplane), it is important to note that British folk music, and therefore British folk-rock, is quite a different beast from what Americans think of when they hear the words "folk rock" ("Eve of Destruction", "Mr. Tambourine Man", etc.)  Though Fairport did start out with more than a little North American influence on their earliest records (including being among the first to do Dylan and Joni covers), by the time of Liege & Lief they were adapting ancient British ballads about kings and faeries into the new electronic rock (an approach recently taken up again by the fine contemporary UK band Wolf People). Indeed, the gatefold of the original LP includes information about such ancient folk traditions as Morris Dancing, The Burry Man and Pace-Eggers (look those up yourself!) Unfortunately, this was also the last Fairport album with their unforgettable lead singer Sandy Denny (never more than a cult figure in the USA, she died at age 31 in 1978).
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
Neil Young Cinnamon Girl (live)
Live At The Cellar Door (N)1970 (2013 Reprise)Canada
The Dot Wiggin BandYour Best Friend
Ready! Get! Go! (N) 2013 (Alternative Tentacles)USA
Stephen Malkmus
Freeze The SaintsFace The Truth2005
USA
Andrew Bird Logan's Loop / Pulaski At Night
I Want To See Pulaski At Night (N)2013 (Wegawam)USA
Califone
Tayzee NubbRoomsound2001
USA
 
 
Fairport Convention
Come All YeLiege & Lief
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1969
UK
Fairport Convention
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1969
UK
Fairport Convention
Matty Groves (trad.)Liege & Lief
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1969
UK
Fairport Convention
Walk AwhileFull House 1970
UK
   
 
The Mothers Of Invention
Who Are The Brain Police?Freak Out 1966
USA
The Mothers Of Invention
Dwarf Nebula /
   My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Weasels Ripped My Flesh 1970
USA
Frank Zappa
Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord ProgressionShut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More 1981
USA
Chrome AnythingHalf Machine From The Sun: The Lost Tapes 1979-80 (N)2013 (Pledge Music)USA
The Black Angels
Science KillerDirections To See A Ghost 2008
USA
13th Floor Elevators
Livin' OnBull Of The Woods 1969
USA
   
 
Marijuana Deathsquads Ewok Sadness
Oh My Sexy Lord (N)2013 (Memphis Industries)USA
Fuck Buttons Prince's PrizeSlow Focus (N)2013 (ATP)UK
William Shatner Sunset
   / Twilight
Ponder The Mystery (N)2013 (Cleopatra)Canada (Quebec)
Marc Cary Focus Trio Open Baby
Four Directions (N)2013 (Motema)USA
Dave Liebman & Michael Stephens Wipe Out (The Surfaris)
Lineage (N)2013 (Whaling City)USA
   
 
Hubert Laws Equinox (John Coltrane)
Wild Flower1972
USA
Gabor Szabo
Stormy (The Classics IV - live)Gabor Szabo Live With Charles Lloyd 1974
Hungary/USA
Muhal Richard Abrams
String Song (live)Spiral 1978
USA
Sam Rivers
FluxWaves1979
USA
 
  
Clifford Thornton & The Jazz Composers Orchestra
AgbadzaThe Gardens Of Harlem1972
USA
Grant Green (with Hubert Laws)Future Feature
The Main Attraction1976
USA
The Gil Evans Orchestra
1983 - A Merman I Should Turn To Be (Jimi Hendrix)Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix1974
USA
      
   
   
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