Completely wonderful work from a very small but special slice of the British music scene at the end of the 60s – a place where folk and psych dance together effortlessly, acoustic and electric instruments sit side by side at the table, and old and new modes have a way of working together to build a special path to the future! The sounds here are very visionary – music that's in a farther space past territory that Island and Transatlantic Records were exploring at the time – not really folk, but using some of its acoustic elements – sometimes with stunning large arrangements, sometimes with more freak and fuzz – all served up by groups who were years ahead of their time. The massive package is maybe even better than the first in the series – a whopping 61 tracks in all – with work from The Woods Band, Fairfield Parlour, Jade Warrior, The Ghost, Honeybus, Fresh Maggots, Fat Mattress, Kevin Lamb, Clifford T Ward, Keith West, Agincourt, Tim Hollier, Snafu, Siren, Bruce Spelman,
Carolanne Pegg, Maldoon, Fotheringay, Majority One, Chris Harwood, Jade, and dozens of others – all served up with hefty notes as well.