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SHELAGH MCDONALD      An obscure Scottish folk singer through whom the spirit of Sandy Denny lives on. Shelagh McDonald recorded two charming albums in the early 1970's before mysteriously disappearing (reportedly due to a bad acid trip) during the recording of her third album, only to miraculously re-emerge again over thirty years later, so why not give her three lovely albums a listen - if you have the thyme, rhyme and reason. Smile



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IAIN MATTHEWS     He's back again, fresh from Matthews' Southern Comfort with more solo albums than you can shake a tambourine at. Smile

 4 stars 1971: Iain Matthews - If You Saw Through My Eyes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leTLHducUnB2wQRIOaPeov94KXnXRCLls
 5 stars 1974: Iain Matthews - Journeys from Gospel Oak - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lw3kqZmSZcrWBryyrWW9YW09gN2rDcMnU
 4 stars 1974: Iain Matthews - Some Days You Eat the Bear - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljQSLDqjzSsym0sWPH5ndJOhQvNny7p4c
 4 stars 1988: Iain Matthews - Walking a Changing Line - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lMfO-NJgvkCvOtCeBOt6DtqP1TE--Io2Y
 3 stars 1997: Iain Matthews - Nights in Manhattan (And Points West) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV7WK8bK1k11YH4kLypIMIZaKa9Bh1uY 
 3 stars 1998: Iain Matthews - Excerpts from Swine Lake - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nHEx6mVsZG_vFbQ324rpaljzf1ejj4vZM
 4 stars 2000: Iain Matthews & Elliott Murphy - La Terre Commune - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m2MmLw_zOoE2hikhn2z7YJLF8imPtbAIM
 3 stars 2008: Iain Matthews & Searing Quartet - Joy Mining - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0DdkvUCoN8paGUDC4QrzuI16_zj8yW3V
 3 stars 2012: Iain Matthews & Egbert Derix - In the Now - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLapQoAHGoUsmXUkiUL5BK3ZuU54CN8UoG
 4 stars 2020: Iain Matthews & the Salmon Smokers - Fake Tan - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldtPwFZpuQniOZnMKzRrgYGWWGqYNbsig


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MATTHEWS' SOUTHERN COMFORT      A folk rock band led by Iain Matthews, an early member of Fairport Convention who appeared alongside Judy Dyble on their first self-titled album and then with Sandy Denny on their second album, "What We Did on Our Holidays". Matthews' Southern Comfort somehow managed to record three albums in 1970 - just like Fairport Convention in 1969 - although the first self-titled MSC album was actually an Iain Matthews solo album. The fittingly-titled "Second Spring" album followed and later that same year, and in a flash of inspiration, MSC released the imaginatively-titled album, "Later That Same Year". Matthews' Southern Comfort then took a long extended break on the tropical island of Hiatus before returning with another album in the mid-1990's, and you can take (southern) comfort from the fact that Iain Matthews is still very much alive and kicking at the age of 78, having just released The Woodstock Album of innovative cover versions in 2023.  Hug


 4 stars 1970: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Matthews' Southern Comfort - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nFfamhMaEaFM3KBetLVjpM8N4i0CUYuQQ
 3 stars 1970: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Second Spring - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nveDnWX2mNVudF9yEPwNE7Rn6abpNYgck
 4 stars 1970: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Later That Same Year - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_myic50U6dTZ5kJvdtu6vrtNES7__XRifE
 4 stars 2010: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Kind of New - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kudroahgAaYk27CBb3YeZiNEACI0YY174
 3 stars 2018: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Like a Radio - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5oczYuE_PF5fsyQBno7jW5oEB5wb_lg0
 3 stars 2020: Matthews' Southern Comfort - The New Mine - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nODm_vKYBd0pUmtKjxiG2W6pdoOBcsZzQ
 4 stars 2023: Matthews' Southern Comfort - The Woodstock Album - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldzupJX0kZHmWyTkeomYfaqLcQ-OydaRI


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MARY JANE      Not to be confused with the funky, all-girl and all-American Mary Jane Girls, Prog Folk band Mary Jane are two girls and three boys who perform in bars and clubs around their local area of Portsmouth and Southampton where they're no doubt popular with the drunken sailors on shore leave, making a welcome distraction from swilling down their navy rum ration and getting generally plastered. Cheers! Beer
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JOHN MARTYN      England's answer to Van Morrison, John Martyn (1948-2009) was a singer/songwriter/guitarist whose diverse albums constantly crossed the nebulous boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues, and if you only listen to two John Martyn albums, then check out the two charming 1970 albums he recorded with his then-wife at the time, Beverley Martyn. Forget Deep Purple. There's only one Stormbringer album for me, and you'll find it right here. Smile

 4 stars 1970: John & Beverley Martyn - The Road to Ruin - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nb5x23GESjC1xL2JPeqDBNzgJRXQKIC9U
 3 stars 1998: John Martyn - The Church with One Bell - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8LrgKD4wjXMEO3R8iyskq0I9XYYsAv6M



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DAVE BAINBRIDGE     Slightly out of sequence, but better late than never.....  Primarily known as a keyboard player, multi-instrumentalist Dave Bainbridge is on the Highway to Heaven when it comes to religious prog (God Prog, maybe?), recruiting some of his bandmates from Iona for his "solo" albums, including Joanne Hogg, David Fitzgerald and Troy Donockley. Never mind Stars on Sunday, this fabulous foursome are stars every day of the week! Smile

 4 stars 1998: Dave Bainbridge & David Fitzgerald - The Eye of the Eagle - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ZljhwWbD5Pl4RA_qpFXufmjLj_ImWg6
 4 stars 2005: Dave Bainbridge & Troy Donockley - When Worlds Collide - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l1-aoNYdcJbyBwU1Sue-EdiOuYuH3Oe4M
 3 stars 2005: Dave Bainbridge & Troy Donockley - From Silence - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ld1aTf6TYXJtaSnV7EW5ft8y6-dz9djDE
 4 stars 2007: Dave Bainbridge & Nick Fletcher - The Breaking of the Dawn - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5FsFCx3OzJ3w6od47F3mwKBw0yFMEi7Y
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MARIE CELESTE      Ship Ahoy! Marie Celeste were an obscure Psych-Folk band who were lost at sea in the flood of early 1970's folk albums, but thanks to the modern wonder of the Internet, they've now been dredged up from the deep for a new generation of listeners. Not much is known about Marie Celeste, making them as mysterious and enigmatic as the original ghost ship of the same name. Smile


And Then Perhaps, the mystery is solved... Ermm


Coming up next, the man you've all been waiting for:- Multi-instrumentalist and occasional tambourine player Dave Bainbridge. No man is an island, especially not when he's a member of a band called Iona. Smile


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GUY MANNING      A big guy with a big heart and co-founder of The Tangent, Guy Manning decided to approach prog from a new angle, forming his own distinctive band which he proudly named after himself. Manning ingeniously  combines the finest elements of Prog Folk and Symphonic Prog together into one glorious whole. Symphonic Folk, maybe? With fifteen albums released so far, but only three albums currently available on YouTube, Manning's albums are as hard to come by as a bacon sandwich in a vegan snack bar. Confused

 4 stars 1999: Guy Manning - Tall Stories for Small Children
 4 stars 2003: Guy Manning - The View from My Window - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab1QkxWSm-Q
 4 stars 2007: Guy Manning - Songs from the Bilston House - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvHWn1uQ8U



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MAGNA CARTA       Magna Carta's long and illustrious career spans six decades, from the release of their first self-titled album in 1969 through to their most recent album "The Fields of Eden" in 2015. Chris Simpson is the principal songwriter and the main driving force behind the band. There have been many line-up changes over the years with Chris Simpson always there at the helm as the mainstay of the group. Guitarist Davey Johnson featured in an early line-up of the band, who later went on to achieve great success with Elton John. Linda Taylor joined the line-up in the mid-1980's and she later went on to marry Chris Simpson in 1990. MAGNA CARTA's best-known song is "Highway To Spain", released as a single from their "Midnight Blue" album in 1982. Three albums preceded the release of "Lord of the Ages" (1973). These were:- Magna Carta (Aka Times of Change) (1969); Seasons (1970): & Songs from Wasties Orchard (1971). "Lord of the Ages" is the "proggiest" of all of MAGNA CARTA's albums and represented a pinnacle of their career. The stunning 10-minute-long title track with the spoken voice introduction is the real highlight of the album. The principal three-piece line-up for the "Lord of the Ages" album consisted of:- Chris Simpson (guitar, vocals); Glenn Stuart (vocals, spoken word); & Stan Gordon (guitar, vocals), with a number of session musicians providing back-up. The only thing missing from the album is a sweet-voiced female vocalist, which would have given the album five-star masterpiece status. The fantasy artwork on the album cover was designed by Roger Dean, who famously produced album covers for YES, ASIA & URIAH HEEP, amongst others.

This charming album is as English as a game of croquet with strawberries and cream on an English summer's day. The opening song "Wish It Was" sets the scene where the wistful singer paints a picture of an old man longing plaintively for lost love in these heartfelt lyrics:- "I'll find an old man lonely, In the autumn of his years, I'll find a young girl hoping, To lose herself in love, And to both I'd give a rainbow, For neither side can make it on their own, Young and old come together." Beautiful! The second song "Two Old Friends" is a sad refrain that wears its English heart on its sleeve and opens with these words:- "Two old friends of mine, I saw them only yesterday, They where there, But I got the feeling, They had gone away, And I was alone, Killing time, A stranger in the silence of their company." It's a gentle yet emotional song that really tugs at the heartstrings. Now comes the piece-de-resistance of the album, the title track "Lord of the Ages". This epic 10-minute-song opens beautifully in a long spoken word introduction in a charming cut-glass English accent. This magnificent song conjures up crystal-clear images of fantasy castles filled with goblins, elves, unicorns, and other such mythical beings. The songs opens in magical style with these words:- Lord of the ages rode one night, Out through the gateways of time, Astride a great charger, In a cloak of white samite, He flew on the air, Like a storm, Dark was the night, For he gathered the stars in his hand, To light a path through the sky, While the hooves of his charger, Made comets of fire, Bewitching all eyes, Beheld them, Lord of the ages, Nobody knows, Whether he goes." It's a bewitching song of phantasmagorical splendour, designed to transport you to a magical place during 10 minutes of sublime delight, including a wild acid guitar break. The album continues with the quaintly titled "Isn't It Funny (And a Little Bit Strange)", which ambles along nicely and features these silly and whimsical lyrics:- "I asked a coalman just for a laugh, How many times did he take a bath, As many times said he, as the bath takes me, Isn't it funny, and not a little bit strange, Like a biscuit on a plane, going south to the sun." It's a silly little song that delights in its English frivolity. We now come to Song No. 5 on the album, "Song of Evening" a very pleasant ballad with a countrified slide guitar sound, which opens with these lovely lyrics in the chorus:- "Then the song of the evening comes in, gentle harmony and lingers 'til the closing of the day, Just a song of evening flows on, Like some tumbling river, and like a river, flows away." It's another lyrical song guaranteed to charm and delight the listener in equal measure. The next song "Father John" is a heartfelt plea to a parish priest, which opens with a beautiful rare female vocal lead. The only pity is that the unknown female vocalist wasn't featured more on this superb album, which could have elevated the album to a five-star classic. The penultimate song "That Was Yesterday" features the nostalgic vocalist imploringly wishing for times gone by with these appealing words:- "Hopes and schemes, Like old men's dreams, Some have gone astray, The world could never change you said, But that was yesterday." A song with a powerful message that times don't always change for the better, which will resonate with many listeners. The final song "Falkland Grene" is a traditional acoustic Folk ballad, which was recorded way back when people still thought the Falkland Islands were somewhere just off the coast of Scotland, long before they were put on the world map in 1982.

This is timeless English Folk music with charming lyrics that wouldn't have sounded out of place at the signing of the original Magna Carta treaty in 1215. This marvellous album is truly the "Lord of the Ages" that will linger in the memory for a long time to come and is sure to garner new fans of classic Prog-Folk in the decades ahead.

Magna Carta - European Union Blues (no doubt a popular song in Clacton today) Wink


 3 stars 1971: Magna Carta - Songs from Wasties Orchard - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_marnl-JcBteVSR4crOrC1mKrpHCsrgN7g
 4 stars 2007: Magna Carta - Tomorrow Never Comes: The Anthology - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjcP1sNkhTwgh5wHCaBjUMWkg9Sl3q4ss
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MAGICFOLK      A mystical band who swirl like a dream through the mists of time, inhabiting a fantastic world of folklore and fantasy and whose latest album "Arcadia" is so arcane and mysterious that it hasn't yet found its way onto ProgArchives. Incidentally, "Arcadia" describes a region of peaceful pleasure and tranquillity - a bit like the Moon, but with more atmosphere - which perfectly describes the gentle music of Magicfolk.  Smile
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 4 stars 1972: Magic Carpet - Magic Carpet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdYZE-eb38
 3 stars 1996: Magic Carpet - Once Moor: Magic Carpet II

MAGIC CARPET      Magic Carpet were a British Psych-Folk band who - along with Quintessence - were one of the early pioneers of Indian-influenced Raga Rock. The band were led by Clem Alford, a classically trained player of the sitar, tamboura and esraj(?). The band released the self-titled "Magic Carpet" album in 1972, but broke up shortly afterwards, due to poor album sales. This rare album has since been described as "a jewelled crown in the treasure trove of psyche-tinged folk music", and deservedly so. It seemed as if the band had disappeared without trace until 1996, when Clem Alford got the band together again to record the aptly-titled "Once Moor - Magic Carpet II" album. A 1990's CD reissue of the first Magic Carpet album added the 20- minute-long "Raga" as a bonus track to the original twelve songs. Let's take a "Magic Carpet" ride to the Indian subcontinent now and have a listen to the album.

The album opens with the instrumental title track "The Magic Carpet", which sets the scene (and the table) very nicely indeed. Imagine, if you will, that you've just sat down and ordered a meal at your local Indian curry house. The waiter arrives with your chicken vindaloo curry and a plate full of poppadoms with a turban-headed man dressed in a dhoti robe playing away merrily on his sitar next to your table. That's the kind of hot and spicy image this music conjures up. The next track is like "The Phoenix" rising from the ashes because that's the title of the song. It's an uplifting song featuring an Indian tabla drum and we get to hear the beautiful lilting tones of Alisha Sufit for the first time. It's a gorgeous spiritual song full of radiant beauty and love and Alisha's warm and delightful voice will carry you away to a warm and exotic place somewhere in the distant land of the Raj. "Black Cat" is another lovely Indian-themed song, served up hot and spicy at your table. Alisha Sufit's dulcet tones are very reminiscent of some of Sally Oldfield's exotic songs from her first album "Water Bearer" (1978). We're still in the exotic land of a thousand and one Indian nights with "Alan's Christmas Card", a nicely laid-back instrumental guitar and sitar number, although there's nothing particularly Christmassy about it. This charming piece of spicy exotica will put you in a mellow mood with the sound of an Indian drummer gently tapping away on his tabla drums. Try not to get too laid back and fall asleep though because we're not even halfway through the album yet. It's time to gather in the "Harvest Song" now as angelic Alisha sings "You reap what you sow, You sow what you reap". Her mellifluous rich tones are part of what makes this a very special album indeed. We're still in the land of The Far Pavillions for "Do You Hear the Words", another hot and sultry sitar number to close out Side One.

A gong announces the arrival of "Father Time" to open Side Two. It's four and a half minutes of sheer delight with the ever- present sitar player and Alisha Sufit's charming voice bringing to mind evocative and exotic images of India. We're in La-La Land next for "La-La". There's no need to ask what the lyrics are about, because as you've probably guessed, the only "lyrics" are "La-La" repeated ad infinitum until the sitar player finally runs out of steam. It's still a jolly nice tune though. If you're not in a peaceful mood already, then you will be after the next spiritual song, because it's the Magic Carpet "Peace Song", which is just as relaxing and peaceful as the song title implies, so just lie back and think of India. It's time to order your "Take Away Kesh" now, because that's the title of the next song on the album. If you can't afford a trip to exotic eastern lands, then close your eyes and let this side order of Indian exotica take you there. It's time to take a trip down to your local Indian restaurant now on the "High Street", which, as I'm sure you'll guess by now, features a tabla drummer and a sitar player to entertain you while you dine on curry and poppadoms. You'll need something to quench the thirst after all that hot and spicy food, so take a good long swig of your favourite aperitif and have a listen to "The Dream", the final song on the album. Alisha's passionate and mellifluous tones are a real dream and delight to listen to and she's in unusually high voice for this divinely spiritual closing number. Wait a minute though, our magic carpet ride is not quite over yet, because there's the long bonus track "Raja", which is 20 minutes of heavenly sitar bliss!

"Magic Carpet" really IS an Indian "Jewel in the Crown". It's a hot and spicy spiritual adventure, conjuring up images of exotic and distant foreign lands somewhere in the Indian subcontinent. It's not an essential prog album, because it's not in the least bit proggy, but it IS an essential Raga Rock album. Give it a listen. It might just spice up your life.
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 4 stars 1972: Magic Carpet - Magic Carpet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdYZE-eb38
 3 stars 1996: Magic Carpet - Once Moor: Magic Carpet II


 3 stars 1971: Magna Carta - Songs from Wasties Orchard - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_marnl-JcBteVSR4crOrC1mKrpHCsrgN7g
 4 stars 2007: Magna Carta - Tomorrow Never Comes: The Anthology - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjcP1sNkhTwgh5wHCaBjUMWkg9Sl3q4ss

 4 stars 1999: Guy Manning - Tall Stories for Small Children
 4 stars 2003: Guy Manning - The View from My Window - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab1QkxWSm-Q
 4 stars 2007: Guy Manning - Songs from the Bilston House - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvHWn1uQ8U


 4 stars 1970: John & Beverley Martyn - The Road to Ruin - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nb5x23GESjC1xL2JPeqDBNzgJRXQKIC9U
 3 stars 1998: John Martyn - The Church with One Bell - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8LrgKD4wjXMEO3R8iyskq0I9XYYsAv6M


 4 stars 1970: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Matthews' Southern Comfort - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nFfamhMaEaFM3KBetLVjpM8N4i0CUYuQQ
 3 stars 1970: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Second Spring - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nveDnWX2mNVudF9yEPwNE7Rn6abpNYgck
 4 stars 1970: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Later That Same Year - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_myic50U6dTZ5kJvdtu6vrtNES7__XRifE
 4 stars 2010: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Kind of New - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kudroahgAaYk27CBb3YeZiNEACI0YY174
 3 stars 2018: Matthews' Southern Comfort - Like a Radio - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5oczYuE_PF5fsyQBno7jW5oEB5wb_lg0
 3 stars 2020: Matthews' Southern Comfort - The New Mine - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nODm_vKYBd0pUmtKjxiG2W6pdoOBcsZzQ
 4 stars 2023: Matthews' Southern Comfort - The Woodstock Album - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldzupJX0kZHmWyTkeomYfaqLcQ-OydaRI

 4 stars 1971: Iain Matthews - If You Saw Through My Eyes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leTLHducUnB2wQRIOaPeov94KXnXRCLls
 5 stars 1974: Iain Matthews - Journeys from Gospel Oak - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lw3kqZmSZcrWBryyrWW9YW09gN2rDcMnU
 4 stars 1974: Iain Matthews - Some Days You Eat the Bear - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljQSLDqjzSsym0sWPH5ndJOhQvNny7p4c
 4 stars 1988: Iain Matthews - Walking a Changing Line - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lMfO-NJgvkCvOtCeBOt6DtqP1TE--Io2Y
 3 stars 1997: Iain Matthews - Nights in Manhattan (And Points West) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV7WK8bK1k11YH4kLypIMIZaKa9Bh1uY 
 3 stars 1998: Iain Matthews - Excerpts from Swine Lake - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nHEx6mVsZG_vFbQ324rpaljzf1ejj4vZM
 4 stars 2000: Iain Matthews & Elliott Murphy - La Terre Commune - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m2MmLw_zOoE2hikhn2z7YJLF8imPtbAIM
 3 stars 2008: Iain Matthews & Searing Quartet - Joy Mining - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0DdkvUCoN8paGUDC4QrzuI16_zj8yW3V
 3 stars 2012: Iain Matthews & Egbert Derix - In the Now - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLapQoAHGoUsmXUkiUL5BK3ZuU54CN8UoG
 4 stars 2020: Iain Matthews & the Salmon Smokers - Fake Tan - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldtPwFZpuQniOZnMKzRrgYGWWGqYNbsig

 4 stars 2005: Shelagh McDonald - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzaAcBpEGPWjZEPkwPUt8Qq6Qjw1DnDrE


 4 stars 2016: Messenger - Threnodies

 3 stars 1973: Midwinter - The Waters of Sweet Sorrow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n__A4bdbxtguCSktfwRzaEN7rf0EHkWms

 3 stars 1994: Miranda Sex Garden - Fairytales of Slavery - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVbHgFLezOZ_bxRhjUkdludpO9I9qoXOw
 4 stars 2000: Miranda Sex Garden - Carnival of Souls - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kXGApTsMfWvbAjTy79wzKbeyCelyvpBRk

 4 stars 2012: Colin Mold - Girl on the Castle Steps

 4 stars 2013: Moonswift & Sand Snowman - Autonal - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL380485E01D5CA881





 5 stars 1999: Mostly Autumn - The Spirit of Autumn Past - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbiPd8jMGas61uXd4LOznPi
 5 stars 2001: Mostly Autumn - The Last Bright Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbvBIUnq5y_UDBjPmi9FJhC
 5 stars 2001: Mostly Autumn - Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbyF28C2EYG0kHXkFh6grhA
 5 stars 2003: Mostly Autumn - Live at the Grand Opera House - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZprsagIiCElxZkWDQ26Mos
 5 stars 2004: Mostly Autumn - Pink Floyd Revisited - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZJvg6ykEsII2xZDyerU_wK
 5 stars 2005: Mostly Autumn - Storms Over Still Water - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbpbrV-OC1jpCSZCQ8pmmM2
 5 stars 2009: Mostly Autumn - Live 2009 - Part I - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYNCZ3x5s3r3QPVy2guCCNp
 5 stars 2009: Mostly Autumn - Live 2009 - Part II - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaEsVA3Wyn88JARGwQx_3zT
 5 stars 2010: Mostly Autumn - That Night in Leamington - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZXiAFbgjZRyxTS_O5mysf0
 5 stars 2010: Mostly Autumn - Go Well Diamond Heart - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbB4VQCQ1otAByVsr84oUX3
 5 stars 2011: Mostly Autumn - Still Beautiful - Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbR9agKM6mRBncmPr3NKO3c
 5 stars 2011: Mostly Autumn - Live at High Voltage - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYtkZPlBp1fb7JbnA1a0h0z
 5 stars 2012: Mostly Autumn - The Ghost Moon Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbOga6VYzuPvS1YEClVEX4L
 5 stars 2013: Mostly Autumn - Live at the Boerderij - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbJ27ZaTZ06zADFuBiSEoxw

 3 stars 1970: Moths - Moths

 3 stars 2014: Moulettes - Constellations - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAlMof0gFwM



 3 stars 1982: Moving Hearts - Dark End of the Street - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsFighZslqvnR-EAo07IPW1WRGmE7_VY1





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LYRIAN      A Prog Folk foursome from Oxfordshire who describe themselves unselfconsciously as "wrinkled halflings", Lyrian derive their poetic name from Orpheus's harp (or lyre), added to which the four members of the band have all worked previously as lybrarians, which is especially significant in the case of the band's sole female member, Alison Felstead, who describes herself as a librarian without a bra. Tongue

 4 stars 2008: Lyrian - Nightingale Hall
 4 stars 2012: Lyrian - The Tongues of Men and Angels - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nhjpRzZnLzrz64rugmApuKT1_mQ5PgXDk
 4 stars 2016: Lyrian - The Jester's Quest in the City of Glass - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m-h_Uum0df_QEM0EqnX5h18Ck2ywmVvAw
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LUNA ROSSA       Not a brand of cologne, but a band of folkies consisting of Anne-Marie Helder and Jonathan Edwards (formerly of Panic Room) and for those of us - including me - who are fluent in Italian Prog but not fluent in the Italian language, Luna Rossa simply means Red Moon, although I somehow know you guessed that already. Smile
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LOUDEST WHISPER     A folk opera band led by Brian O'Reilly, so no prizes for guessing that they're Irish. Loudest Whisper's Children of Lir album is one of the rarest vinyl treasures in existence with only 500 pressings of the album ever having been made, making it the musical equivalent of the Ark of the Covenant for serious record collectors. Smile

 3 stars 1975: Loudest Whisper - Maiden of Sorrow - http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PNW14rrlQ
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SIR VINCENT LONE      The alter ego of Scottish Troubadour Jackie Leven (featured here earlier), a dour folk singer who turned grumpiness into an artform, making ex-PM Gordon Brown seem like a cheerful chappie by comparison. Smile

 3 stars 2006: Sir Vincent Lone - Songs for Lonely Americans - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kdgGQ4IJYaJtdNwngYrBfp5s-VAZFynLM
 3 stars 2007: Sir Vincent Lone - When the Bridegroom Comes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m5rDzfGLhVpb53zQaKd9Rxdu1CB-Jbm1w
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LIVERPOOL SCENE      No prizes for guessing where this antwacky band of merry minstrels are from. Smile

 2 stars 1967: Liverpool Scene - The Incredible New Liverpool Scene - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybzuy-F8tp4
 3 stars 1968: Liverpool Scene - Amazing Adventures of - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljgEhV0ZlC_VNLw4RteZo6E0YANQvBpK0
 2 stars 1970: Liverpool Scene - St. Adrian Co. Broadway & Third - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAlnDLevYU
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LINDISFARNE      A folk rock band from Newcastle-upon-Tyne led by "Geordie Genius" Alan Hull (1945-1995) with their best-known song Fog on the Tyne being one of those Marmite songs you either love or hate, but in the case of the dreadful 1990 remake featuring lachrymose footballer Paul Gascoigne (Gazza), it definitely veers towards "hate". Gazza should have been given a red card and sent off for totally ruining a classic song and as one out-of-touch judge memorably said at the time, "Who's Gazza!??" Tongue


 3 stars 1978: Lindisfarne - Back and Fourth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_pDkuLSDg
 3 stars 1998: Lindisfarne - Here Comes the Neighbourhood - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1yot5Tkaw
 3 stars 2002: Lindisfarne - Promenade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGqo2p6hh4I


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1972       5        11       Lindisfarne - Meet Me on the Corner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch_5dB1FkqY
1972       3        11       Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynjznq0xfhc
1972      34        5        Lindisfarne - All Fall Down - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQdyg60oaO8
1974       -          -        Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_KZSYSiGc 
1978      10       15       Lindisfarne - Run for Home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDsSCMcq7NM
1978      56        4        Lindisfarne - Juke Box Gypsy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkLWTHq8XM0
1990       2         9        Gazza & Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne (Revisited) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1urq4Vb0XM
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JACKIE LEVEN (1950-2011)  Broken Heart   A Scottish folk and country singer and man of many names who modestly describes himself as "a songwriter of genius", Jackie Leven recorded his first album way back in 1971 under the name of John St. Field before going on to form New Wave band Doll by Doll in 1977. Jackie Leven's solo career proper began in 1994 with the release of the first album under his own name, but being a prolific songwriting genius, he recorded more albums than could conceivably be released under his own name, adopting the pseudonym Sir Vincent Lone to release three further albums between 2006 and 2009, in addition to a dozen more fanclub-only albums, released from 1997 up until his untimely death in 2011. Altogether, that amounts to over forty Jackie Leven albums in less than twenty years, making Bob Dylan's output look relatively sparse by comparison. Shocked

 3 stars 1971: John St. Field - Control - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfWhS4ucS8

 3 stars 1994: Jackie Leven - The Mystery of Love is Greater Than the Mystery of Death - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nz71VCgwxVdi6rnYyHuXZ44XvG8CowdKs
 3 stars 1995: Jackie Leven - Forbidden Songs of the Dying West - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mknfmemOfBc_AKHm9z89GX-jTDCcC_9Bs
 3 stars 1996: Jackie Leven - The Argyll Cycle, Volume One - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3Y9PKnV75CDYlDavSubtJMldKKHDZ5p8
 3 stars 1997: Jackie Leven - Fairy Tales for Hardmen - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lxZjJhsYZx7r8007VPqSZ7s-3m-WOMlhA
 3 stars 2000: Jackie Leven - Defending Ancient Springs - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-D1a-ZY3jhRd8hyh8yAcu5IC4kuyb7w8
 3 stars 2001: Jackie Leven - Creatures of Light and Darkness - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_les1w4kOB0qRFAFhBWAqMGR_sg5m6ltxs
 3 stars 2003: Jackie Leven - Shining Brother, Shining Sister - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lYl9HHAIvroU_X9fFvtJ5pWO1oaflvLHI
 2 stars 2004: Jackie Leven - For Peace Comes Dripping Snow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lRV33-8XUqbuDFOy0nLBQN5A7zIwO4nZM
 3 stars 2007: Jackie Leven - Oh What a Blow That Phantom Dealt Me - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvpUfN-LkwpCQrqq3Gp38pQ8M_nkEPwwo
 2 stars 2009: Jackie Leven - The Haunted Year: Spring - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDHCzHl1p0DypsFZup8RzVx87J0iX6xSM
 2 stars 2009: Jackie Leven - The Haunted Year: Summer - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mwPMbusDDdxBiuEVy83JfL7ENlysUM1bc
 2 stars 2009: Jackie Leven - The Haunted Year: Autumn - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkPT5Mpqwnm3J1xls0Vz9eJw7yNRSOj_U
 2 stars 2009: Jackie Leven - The Haunted Year: Winter  - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5DuAk9lidCNtKqh2pVDorIZOBTE1PN5A
 3 stars 2011: Jackie Leven & Michael Cosgrave - Wayside Shrines and the Code of the Travelling Man - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mWUER-LCXZ5zkF8TcaGfuhcRvdIKcLvHI

 3 stars 2006: Sir Vincent Lone - Songs for Lonely Americans - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kdgGQ4IJYaJtdNwngYrBfp5s-VAZFynLM
 3 stars 2007: Sir Vincent Lone - When the Bridegroom Comes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m5rDzfGLhVpb53zQaKd9Rxdu1CB-Jbm1w


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JACKIE LEE     Saddle up for some fond TV memories from childhood, including Black Beauty, Follyfoot and White Horses! Heart
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