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Rarer 60s material from the great Moon Mullican -- the complete I'll Sail My Ship Alone and Mr Honky Tonk Man LPs on a single CD! I'll Sail My Ship Alone isn't a solo set from the pivotal piano rock & hillbilly music pioneer -- but a fun, no frills set of honky tonk piano gems by Moon and his ...

Fantastic hillbilly instrumentals, from boozy weepers, to chugging string burners, rollicking pianos to crying steel guitar -- featuring late 50s numbers by well known artists and obscure slingers alike! Some of the tunes are by folks we know pretty well, like proto rocker Hardrock Gunter, and the ...

The first-ever release of some incredible funky folk tunes from vocalist Susan Christie -- originally recorded as demos in the years before her work at Columbia Records, and arguably even better than those classic singles! Backings here are by John Hill, who inflects Susan's folksy style with a ...

While it would be impossible to pick the best John Fahey record, this one certainly stands out from the rest of the pack. After the more traditional (but still highly idiosyncratic) approach of his first three records, Fahey really began to stretch out into more experimental realms. The album ...

Troubadour folk from the 70s and into the early 80s -- collected from rare privately issued records -- the third set in the Wayfaring Strangers series from Numero! Lonesome Heroes is the male companion set to the equally excellent Ladies Of The Canyon compilation -- and it features a haunting mix ...

Enigmatic folk rock and soulful bluesy vocals from Karen Dalton -- her legendary lost 1971 album that's credited with inspiring some the most idiosyncratic work by folk rock superstars and contemporary freak folk heroes alike! Karen was a fixture on the 60s NY folk scene -- Dylan even gives her ...

A wonderful album from psychedelic folk group Michaelangelo -- a groovy blend of autoharp led folk tunes that have a much harder hitting groove than you'd think thanks to some searing electric guitar leads, funk-tinged bass, and ultra catchy compositions! When you think of the autoharp, it's quite ...

The enigmatic and rare UK folk psychedelia of Jan Dukes De Gray -- the Sorcerers and Mice And Rats In The Loft LPs -- in a 2CD set with bonus tracks! Sorcerors is wigged out, flute inflected freak folk of the first order, well worth discover! Mice And Rats In The Loft is another gem, and really ...

A pair of fantastic mid 70s heart-on-sleeve, head on the table, a** on a bar stool honky tonk records from Mel Street-- '77's Mel Street and '78's Country Soul -- together on CD from Poker UK! Mel Street was his first of 2 albums for Polydor, a spot on perfect, soul baring honky tonk album from ...

A rare album of late 60s darkness tinged folk rock from FJ McMahon -- with kind of wearily forthright storytelling mode and some nicely understated bluesy folk guitar work -- and songs that blend melancholy and straightforward introspection. It's a rugged little set of bruised and bruising numbers, ...

A record with a reputation as one of the great undiscovered folk rock albums of the past couple decades -- the rawly emotional, sparely beautiful debut of the Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers -- and it lives up! The Creek Dippers are led by onetime Jayhawk Mark Olsen and his then wife, rustic ...

A pretty darn incredible album -- featuring Sandy alone playing guitar, banjo, oud, Fender bass, and electric guitar -- plus some slight percussion accompaniment from Billy Higgins. Like his previous LP, Inventions is an awe inspiring blend of folk, jazz & rustic sounds with a global reach -- ...

One of the great and enigmatic albums Sandy Bull cut for Vanguard in the early 60s, an odd combination of folk guitar, jazz improvisation and Eastern modal composition. The pieces are lengthy without getting too ponderous or losing their center, and Billy Higgins provides some sympathetic ...

Classic folk blues and acoustic Americana from Lucinda Williams -- her first record for Folkways -- recorded at Malaco Studios with just Lucinda's naturally wonderful vocals, 12 string strumming, and 6 string accompaniment by John Grimaudo! Ramblin' finds Lucinda doing passionate, but somehow kind ...

Rural accented, haunting and wonderful folk material from Jay Bolotin -- a Kentucky bred songwriter and singer who made an impact on some powerful artists in Nashville, and in the country and folk landscape in general, but never really got his due for his own work -- including this wholly excellent ...

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Spare, crackling and soulful folk material from singer and guitarist Niela Miller -- an under acknowledged figure in the 50s & 60s folk & folk rock canon -- whose 1962 acetate of 50s recordings are now issued officially by the lost recordings saviors at Numero! Much of the lore around ...

A beautiful early 70s debut LP from a then 20-year-old, Halifax reared Catherine Howe -- produced and arranged by US jazz pianist Bobby Scott in a mode that manages to feel lush and opulent while never belying Catherine's warmth, intimacy and maturity -- and quite possibly the best unearthed singer- ...

Beautiful Appalachian Americana from the late 20s & early 30s in a pretty broad pastiche of string band styles -- from furiously sawed hillbilly numbers, to banjo & fiddle flavored vocal tunes, to popular tin pan alley songs of the time -- the complete recordings of The Red Fox Chasers! ...

A pretty wild mix of moods from Seventh Dawn -- from angelic female fronted folk sounds with fragile melodies and a dreamy feel -- to more spaced out and spiraling proggish sounds with male lead vocals! Sunrise was purportedly recorded over period of several years in the early 70s at Virginia ...

A wonderful collection of obscure solo acoustic guitar tunes from the mid 60s up to the dawn of the 80s -- beautiful work from a slew of players we've never heard of -- but we'd put right up there with Fahey and Basho in the way they reach from the back porch to the cosmos with just their fingers ...

Mystical psyche folk from the Britain -- the self-titled dawn of the 70s set from The Sun Also Rises! The male/female duo of Graham & Anne Hemingway mix the trippy 60s vibes with clattering ancient ones -- with some pretty sweet singing & acoustic guitars, with dulicimer, glockenspiel, ...

Folk soul guitar player, singer, songwriter, storyteller and geniune character Abner Jay's brilliant home recordings -- the first release of jos "terrible comedy blues" in far too long -- courtesy of the always deep digging Mississippi label! Abner takes on the topical issues of the days ...

Southern hillbilly soul from Fern Jones -- a minister, church singer and songwriter with a real feel for the secular shake of 50s Sun Records, honky tonk, and shout blues -- a pure evangelical with a worldly groove! Fern worked the gospel circuit of tent and church shows for many, many years -- ...

An excellent compilation of beautiful early 70s folk tunes from naturalist songbird Collie Ryan -- tunes from three LPs she recorded in the early 70s! Collie has a great number on Numero's wonderful Ladies Of The Canyon compilation of 70s female fronted, post 60s folk -- and this is a truly ...

A wonderful collection of obscure solo acoustic guitar tunes from the mid 60s up to the dawn of the 80s -- beautiful work from a slew of players we've never heard of -- but we'd put right up there with Fahey and Basho in the way they reach from the back porch to the cosmos with just their fingers ...

A superb second album from modern Brit folk combo Starless & Bible Black -- starry, atmospheric elements that build into insistent, unshakable songs -- fronted beautifully by vocalist Helene Gautier. We were caught of guard by how addictive the melodies are on this album -- and the overall ...

Rural accented, haunting and wonderful folk material from Jay Bolotin -- a Kentucky bred songwriter and singer who made an impact on some powerful artists in Nashville, and in the country and folk landscape in general, but never really got his due for his own work -- including this wholly excellent ...

Post-skiffle work from Lonnie Donegan -- a pretty interesting little set that has the UK singer taking on a host of late 60s pop numbers! There's still an undercurrent of folk in the mix -- partly from Lonnie's slight vocal twang, partly from the way the tunes are arranged -- but overall, the ...

The third volume of Folkways recordings from folk blues fingerpick guitar great Elizabeth Cotten -- natural realness from the guitarist and singer -- recorded by Mike Seeger. Includes a few rearranged traditionals, but many more wonderful, emotional tunes written by Elizabeth, with honest vocals ...

A rare mid 70s west coast folk effort from Joanna Cazden -- very much in step with some of the better known, or recently rediscovered women of the time and place -- kind of dealing with the post Sunshine era melancholy, but with a lovely voice and laidback sound! Joanna's light and sweet voice is ...

Kind of a post psychedelia cowboy folk record from Bill Madison -- a record that's just weird enough, and a sweet blend of rustic Americana and good natured and painterly post hippie tunefulness! This is a pretty easy private press rescued record to love. Madison weaves in folksy and western ...

The rare and pretty wonderful dawn of the 70s folk rock album from Rex Foster -- mixing a laconic amiability with a deeper sinking melodic sensibility. The album only came out in France at the time, but there's no reason it shouldn't have made some waves in Rex's native US. There's a rural and ...

A really groovy early 70s spiritual folk rock record from RFD -- with emotionally resonant male & female vocals -- and lightly rollicking backdrop of guitar, bass & drums. There's kind of a mix of east coast and west coast folk rock influences -- the harmonies have a Byrdsy quality, but ...

The rare solo album from Canadian singer-singerwriter Bob Carpenter -- a really lovely record that mixes Bob's gritty and emotional folk rock tunes with some sweeter studio touches! The album was recorded from the early to mid 70s, had a troubled release history and deserved better. An endearing ...

A northwest private press gem from Larry Conklin & Joachen Blum -- recorded in Seattle in 1980 -- with vocals and guitar by Conklin and violin & 12 string guitar by Jochen Blum. Jackdaw is a rich, warm and glowing feel despite the duo approach -- with kind of an laidback feel that has ...

A couple of lovely, deeply felt and passionately played folk albums from Kath Bloom & Loren Connors -- Restless Faithful Desperate and Moonlight both from 1984 -- in a single 2CD set! There's a loose, moody and kind of darkness tinged style to the songs, but Bloom's voice is of grace, beauty, ...

Possibly the best-known album from 60s folkie Bonnie Dobson -- a singer/songwriter who had a subtle, but strong influence on the sound of her generation! At one level, the record's something of a comeback for Dobson -- a return to the studio after many years away from it -- reclaiming a few of her ...

Charlie Louvin's amazing late career creative upswing continues with these Murder Ballads And Disaster Songs -- the kind he's sung for 50 something years -- done wonderfully this time for Tompkins Square! Back in the 50s, the Louvin Brothers put out 2 widely disparate theme albums in a short ...

A pair of mid-to-late 70s albums by Tucson, AZ singer-songwriter Shep Cooke -- 1976's Shep Cooke and 1979's Concert Tour Of Mars -- on one CD! The self-titled set by the former Stone Poneys player is an easygoing, warm and very well done set of solo songs with Shep's voice and lovely acoustic ...

The third Bert Jansch album for Charisma in the early-to-mid 70s -- in more of a laidback, UK folk style than the Cali flavored previous couple of LPs -- and a record that's just as wonderful, and possibly the best of the three! The warmth that made his other work for Charisma so gratifying is ...

Bert Jansch's second mid 70s effort for Charisma, and also the second title that's an ode to Southern Cali from the Scottish born folk singer/guitar player -- and a great one! Although LA turnaround had it's moments of larger instrumentation, Jansch's voice and guitar was a defining characteristic ...

A rare spiritual folk groover from the late 70s -- an originally private pressed album by Minnesota singer-songwriter Lyndon Bartell -- with an airy, peaceful and folk psyche tinged batch of sweetness! The guitars and vocals both exude grace and emotion, and the arrangements range from acoustic ...

Early 70s astral folk harmonies and really raw instrumental backing -- sweet female vocals and so spare it's spooky plucked strings, thumped percussion and occasional piano! It's a record that brings the trippiness in a quiet way, and if the instrumentation is minimalist, that certainly doesn't ...

A nice private press folk rock effort from Bob Patterson -- earlier of the psychedelic group Elizabeth -- here with a warm, sunny and largely acoustic folk set -- with Bob on easygoing vocals and 12 string guitar! It's nice piece of introspective tunes, never too showy in the performances or ...

Troubadour folk from the 70s and into the early 80s -- collected from rare privately issued records -- the third set in the Wayfaring Strangers series from Numero! Lonesome Heroes is the male companion set to the equally excellent Ladies Of The Canyon compilation -- and it features a haunting mix ...

A sweet collection of early 70s female post folk revival material -- independent and long lost recordings from unknowns that used folk and psychedelia as offerings to each singer's idiosyncratic muse -- and another incredible collection of deeply sought rare tunes from the Numero Group! Numero ...

A really nice little mellow folky record from Stan Moeller -- a voice and guitar driven sound, but one that feels richer and warmer thanks to sure footed songrwriting and performances. Stan sings in a quite tone, but with passion, and the lyricism is pretty smart and adds depth. A nice nine in ...

Nothing cold here, just love sick honky tonk from Joe & Rose Lee Maphis -- from waltz pattern dusty duo numbers and more from one of the great husband & wife teams in the 50s country racket! The traditional honky tonk style is done wonderfully by these two, and Joe's country guitar licks ...

The lone, wonderful album by early 70s UK chanteuse Christine Harwood -- a batch of soulful, sophisticated post folk groove backed by a great group of players -- with wonderfully sultry vocals from Christine and a lightly funky sound! Christine was reportedly a young teenager when these tracks ...