Maybe our favorite album ever from Michael Chapman – a bit more stripped-down and rootsy than his other Harvest Records classics, but in a really great way! There's a fluid spirit to the music right from the start – a great focus on Michael's vocals and guitar, but support from ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Charles River Valley Boys —
Beatle Country ... LP Elektra, 1966. Near Mint- ...
$4.99
Country takes on Beatles tunes – recorded in Nashville, with work by Jim Field on guitar and vocals, Joe Val on mandolin, and Bob Siggins on banjo – plus dobro and some lead guitar from Eric Thompson. LP, Vinyl record album
(Tan label Elektra pressing! Cover has a cutout hole.)
Possibly Gene's finest hour, with OR without the Byrds. Much of the record is a spare and intimate affair, with Gene's warm vocals accompanied by his own gently picked acoustic guitar, along with producer Jesse Ed Davis (who does a masterful job in the booth on this one) also on guitar. The tunes ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Elizabeth Cotten was 73 when she cut this classic set for Folkways Records – brought into the studio under the guidance of Mike Seeger, and sounding maybe more youthful here than some of the younger female folkies at the time! The set's got a crispness that really belies Cotten's age – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Elizabeth Cotten is one of those true Folkways artists who seems especially well-suited to the label's legendary style of presentation – as the clear, clean sound of the recording brings her brilliance to an audience she might never have reached otherwise! The set was recorded and conceived ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The third in a series of unearthed archival release of treasures by 60s folk singer, guitarist and banjo player Karen Dalton from Delmore Recordings – and it's also the third completely beautiful and revelatory Karen Dalton release from Delmore Recordings! For years, Dalton was best known by ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl version includes and 8" X 10" color portrait plus a code for digital download.)
Karen Dalton —
In My Own Time ... LP Light In The Attic, 1971. New Copy (reissue)...
$18.99
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 ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Some really groovy mid 70s singer-songwriter material from Michael Deacon – with plaintive and eccentric vocals, breezy songs, and some pretty grand grooving arrangements! Deacon mixes up genre influences in pretty wild way, but with such smooth and laidback charisma, that it fits a bit in ... read moreCD
(Out of print. Includes obi!)
Luther Dickinson & The Sons Of Mudboy —
Onward & Upward ... CD Memphis, 2009. Used ...
$4.99
Darkly beautiful sounds from the duo of Don & Stevie Gere – a husband and wife who work here with a style that's folksy, but a bit spooky too – possibly due to the fact that the music within was recorded in their California home, and never issued for years! There's a deeply ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rare early songs from Nick Drake – home recordings done before his three classic albums on Island Records, somewhat restored and remastered by his original sound engineer! The quality here is a fair bit better than most of the bootlegs from these years, and the overstuffed package features a ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Godlike work from the legendary Nick Drake – and exactly the kind of record that's made him a continuing legend over the years! The style is completely its own – not really folk or rock, but not really jazz either – yet served up with plenty of jazzy phrasing that's helped keep ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Great heavy vinyl in the original gatefold-style cover – and includes bonus download for the album, too!)
The landmark 1967 Takoma version of Blind Joe Death – essentially a revised version of his debut LP – and a hugely influential record! Fahey's bluesy undercurrents showcase his love of early recorded music , but the Fahey's style is purely original. He's got these magical tones that ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A legendary early 60s Takoma record by foremost fingerstyle folk guitar pioneer John Fahey, with his trademark expansions on traditional influences, and all around otherworldly approach to six strings! This was essentially Fahey's second proper LP (hence the Vol 2 designation in the title) and you ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
John Fahey just got deeper and deeper with each new record of his early years – and this sublime sixth set is a unique blend of his amazing work on guitar, his timeless sense of music, and his growing ear for odd elements and atmospherics that make his records far more than just the usual ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An incredible live performance from the great John Fahey – recorded in Tasmania at the start of the 80s – and maybe one of his most powerful albums from the time! Despite the light watercolor image of kangaroos on the front, the music here has lots of new currents of darkness – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really unique album by John Fahey – issued during a short stretch of initial mainstream approval, and a brief time of recording for Warner Brothers! Some of the album's quite different than the spare, solo Fahey you might know – and mixes his legendary guitar work with more elaborate ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing – with the die-cut cover and printed inner sleeve.)
A pair of wonderful albums from the great John Fahey – back to back on a single CD! First up is Rivers & Religion – a really unique album by John Fahey – issued during a short stretch of initial mainstream approval, and a brief time of recording for Warner Brothers! Some of ... read moreCD
A split album of genius from the legendary John Fahey – two different sides, in two different styles – both of them great! The first half of the record features beautiful duets with guitarist Woodrow Mann – a deft player who weaves wonderful acoustic sounds around Fahey's own ... read moreCD
One of the first full albums recorded by the legendary John Fahey – originally issued on the tiny Riverboat label, then circulated more widely on his own Takoma imprint! The set offers a second chapter of the sort of work on Fahey's Blind Joe Death debut – but the sound is already ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A tremendous early statement from the great guitarist John Fahey – and a record that has all his best ideas coming into really sharp focus! Fahey was a very collaborative person right from the start – even as a record collector, before his own recordings – and that spirit is felt ... read moreCD
Fairport Convention —
Full House ... LP A&M, 1970. Very Good ...
$14.99
A full house, and a strong change for Fairport Convention – working here without founder Ashley Hutchings or vocalist Sandy Denny – but finding their way forward through the new strengths of Richard Thompson! Thompson contributed more songs to this album than before, and also joins the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(First US pressing, in a nice textured cover!)
Family Of Apostolic —
Family Of Apostolic ... CD Vanguard/Future Days, 1968. New Copy Gatefold ...
$11.9914.98
A beautifully trippy record – recorded by a loose collective of musicians and singers brought together around the scene at Apostolic Studios, in a relaxed setting that makes for some of the most offbeat sounds you'll ever hear on the Vanguard label in the 60s! There's more of a Fugs/ESP vibe ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Farquahr —
Farquahr ... LP Elektra, Early 70s. Very Good ...
$3.99
Never heard sounds from the folk duo of Allan Fraser and Daisy DeBolt – a wonderfully moody team who didn't come together until the end of the 60s, which means that they maybe never fully got the same sort of push as they would have a few years earlier, in the middle of the big folk boom! ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the best-remembered albums from the legendary Lefty Frizzell – a late 50s set that features sparkling re-recordings of some of his classics from the previous decade, and a few new cuts too! The sound is wonderful – with a clarity that really shows the shift that Frizzell had ... read moreCD
A superb collection of early Columbia Records material from Lefty Frizzell – all pulled from that time when Lefty was helping revolutionize country music with his unique vocal approach! Frizzell was one of the first to really bend and inflect his vocals – in the way that so many other ... read moreCD
A superb collection of early Columbia Records material from Lefty Frizzell – all pulled from that time when Lefty was helping revolutionize country music with his unique vocal approach! Frizzell was one of the first to really bend and inflect his vocals – in the way that so many other ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jesse Fuller's working on the railroad, but not in the sing-songy way you might remember from music class in grade school – and instead in this great, gritty, blues-based style that's recorded here with lots of folksy touches! The album's got a nicely raw feel compared to some of Fuller's ... (Blues, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Features the legendary Gimble and his Texas Swing Pioneers on a few tracks – plus other tracks by Merle Travis, Willis Brothers, Rose Lee Maphis, Johnny Bond, Mac Wiseman, Stuart Hamblen, and others! LP, Vinyl record album
The first true moment of genius from the legendary Curt Boettcher – an early 60s folk-rock set that's already overflowing with the warm harmonies and creative arrangements of his later classics! The Goldebriars boast some incredible vocals in the duo of Sheri and Dottie Holmberg – both ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing. Cover has some wear and splitting.)
A really well-done collection of work from The Goldebriars – the sublime harmony folk ensemble that was the key pre-Millennium project from Cali pop genius Curt Boettcher! The style here is both timeless and firmly tied to the 60s – a beautiful blend of male and female vocals in the ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
The long lost late 60s album by the Gosdin Brothers – FINALLY issued on CD! This Gosdin Brothers album were spawned from the same seeds as seminal, stargazing country rock icons like Gene Clark and the Byrds. If the Gosdin's compartatively scant recorded history and unfortunately rare ... read moreCD
Davy Graham & Holly —
Godington Boundry ... LP President/Acme (UK), 1970. New Copy (reissue)...
$18.99
One of the holy grails of British folk at the end of the 60s – and one of those records that really shows why the UK scene was so different than the US at the time! Davy Graham belongs right up there with John Renbourn or Bert Jansch for his skills on the guitar – maybe jazzier than ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500 copies.)
Richard Greene —
Ramblin' ... LP Rounder, 1979. Near Mint- ...
$11.99
With Grisman on mandolin, Tony Rice on guitar, Darol Anger on violin and mandolin, Todd Phillips on mandolin, and Bill Amatneek on bass. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cut corner & light wear.)
David Grisman —
Quintet 80 ... LP Warner, 1980. Very Good+ ...
$3.99
Beautiful post folk era work from acoustic guitar genius Stefan Grossman – a thick compilation of tracks from the Ragtime Cowboy Jew and Those Pleasant Days LPs, and more from his early 70s Transatlantic Records efforts – stacked together on great CD! Flowers On The Wall has a pretty ... read moreCD
Rootsy blues from Lum Guffin – a musician who's got way more to offer than you might guess from the title! "Walking Victrola" makes us think of some sort of gimmicky artist – and instead, Lum's got this down home approach to acoustic blues that's every bit as great as some of ... (Blues, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A huge range -- from pre-war string bands, to hillbilly music, Bakersfield country, bluegrass, Nashville hits, jug bands, Folkways records, and work from the acoustic underground!
Michael Chapman —
Window (with bonus tracks) ... CD 
