Spirogyra vs. Jan Dukes de Grey

Hmm, I know and enjoy Mice and Rats in the Loft and St. Radigunds, not sure which I enjoy more.  On the one hand, Mice and Rats has Sun Symphonica, but on the other hand Spirogyra has Barbara Gaskin.  I guess I'll vote for Spirogyra this time, but my vote could really go either way. 

Deal

I haven't heard any Spirogyra albums yet, but I love the Jan Dukes de Grey I've heard.

Don't feel like you have to read the following paragraph (you'd be at least as bored reading it as I was writing it). More bored you say? Well, no need to insult me.

These are two of my favourite Acid Folk bands.  I'm not just asking which band you prefer, I'm asking you to highlight a particular, or particular albums that you really like. So, for instance, if you know a few Spirogyra albums and just one Jan Dukes de Grey album you might decide by pitting a favourite Spirogyra album against that Jan Dukes de Grey one to make it, I think, a little more fair.  And please take the time to share your impressions of both  rather than just saying, for instance, "Jan Dukes de Grey!" And please remember to mention particular favourite albums in a post. Hopefully this will lead people to some new discoveries, and we might even get some entertaining discussion going.  Digressions are encouraged!  If you want to talk about other acid folk albums as well, go right ahead! An apologies if I'm not spending a lot of time responding to people's posts (I think a good topic starter will try to engage the points to make it more lively), but I'm usually multi-tasking and doing this in between my frustrating work.

SPIROGYRA Albums (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download)

4.42 | 20 ratings St. Radigunds 1971

3.65 | 17 ratings Old Boot Wine 1972

4.35 | 22 ratings Bells, Boots And Shambles 1973

not rated Children's Earth 2009

SPIROGYRA Boxset & Compilations (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download)

4.00 | 1 ratings We Were A Happy Crew 1999

3.95 | 3 ratings Burn The Bridges: The Demo Tapes 1970-1971 2000

3.23 | 4 ratings A Canterbury Tale 2005

JAN DUKES DE GREY Albums (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download)

3.96 | 10 ratings Sorcerers 1970

4.38 | 41 ratings Mice And Rats In The Loft 1971

2.00 | 1 ratings Strange Terrain 2010

JAN DUKES DE GREY Boxset & Compilations (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download)

4.00 | 1 ratings
Sorcerers/Mice And Rats In The Loft
2009

I really like Spirogyra's first three and Jan Dukes de Grey's first two (especially Mice and Rats in the Loft). Spirogyra is my particular favourite of these, but I love both. If i had to choose between St. Radigunds and Mice and Rats in the Loft, I would go with St. Radigunds (Bells, Boots, and Shambles is also fantastic).

I haven't heard the recent Children's Earth and Strange Terrain releases.