Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955–1978

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2006
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: Folk Roots, New Routes
  • 1
    Hard Times of Old England
    Ron Copper
    2:56
  • 2
    Jack O’Diamonds
    Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
    2:49
  • 3
    First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
    Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
    2:37
  • 4
    Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
    Isla Cameron
    1:37
  • 5
    Sally Free and Easy
    Owen Hand
    4:45
  • 6
    Anji
    Davy Graham
    2:24
  • 7
    The Recruited Collier
    Anne Briggs
    2:37
  • 8
    Dirty Old Town
    The Ian Campbell Folk Group
    2:41
  • 9
    The Three Ravens
    The Black Country Three
    2:52
  • 10
    Lyke Wake Dirge
    The Young Tradition
    2:45
  • 11
    Down on the Barge
    John Renbourn
    1:55
  • 12
    Lord Randall
    Martin Carthy
    4:34
  • 13
    Who’s the Fool Now
    Tim Hart & Maddy Prior
    2:32
  • 14
    Barley Grain for Me
    Dave & Toni Arthur
    2:22
  • 15
    The Rules of the Game
    Leon Rosselson
    3:08
  • 16
    Corrie Doon
    Matt McGinn
    3:36
  • 17
    Socialism in Our Time
    Sydney Carter
    1:36
  • 18
    Girl From the North Country
    Josh MacRae
    3:19
  • 19
    Been on the Road So Long
    Alex Campbell
    3:42
  • 20
    The Wild Rover
    The Dubliners
    3:13
    4.0 ★
  • 21
    Curragh of Kildare
    Finbar & Eddie Furey
    4:49
  • 22
    Clive’s Song
    Hamish Imlach
    3:20
  • 23
    Reynardine
    Archie Fisher
    2:41
  • 24
    Bluesleeves
    Cliff Aungier
    3:19
  • 25
    Man’s a Man
    The McCalmans
    3:02
  • 26
    My Dixie Darling
    The Humblebums feat. Billy Connolly
    2:42
  • CD 2: Please Sing a Song for Us
  • 1
    Please Sing a Song for Us
    The Humblebums feat. Gerry Rafferty
    2:45
  • 2
    Needle of Death
    Bert Jansch
    3:18
  • 3
    The Summer Day Reflection Song
    Donovan
    2:11
  • 4
    Think She Knows Me Now
    Mike Cooper
    4:24
  • 5
    Michael in the Garden
    Ralph McTell
    4:24
  • 6
    Warwick Town
    Bill Fay
    2:36
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Children of Hiroshima
    Harvey Andrews
    2:20
  • 8
    I’m So Confused
    Mick Softley
    3:45
  • 9
    My Name is Carnival
    Jackson C. Frank
    3:45
  • 10
    Arctic City
    Marc Brierley
    1:44
  • 11
    Milk and Honey
    Sandy Denny
    4:22
  • 12
    Come Join My Orchestra
    Al Jones
    1:52
    4.0 ★
  • 13
    We Can Swing Together
    Alan Hull
    3:29
  • 14
    One Man Band
    Steve Tilston
    3:21
  • 15
    Country Joe
    Jackie McAuley
    4:38
  • 16
    Life and Life Only
    Al Stewart
    5:47
  • 17
    It Didn’t Work Out
    Michael Chapman
    5:17
  • 18
    The Fawn
    Keith Christmas
    4:56
  • 19
    Ophelia’s Song
    Shelagh McDonald
    2:50
  • 20
    I’ve Seen the Movie
    Andy Roberts
    5:42
  • 21
    Northern Sky
    Nick Drake
    3:47
    4.2 ★
  • CD 3: The New Electric Muse
  • 1
    Here We Come a-Wassailing
    Albion Dance Band
    1:30
  • 2
    Cruel Sister
    The Pentangle
    7:00
  • 3
    Dreams for Me
    Sweeney’s Men
    4:30
  • 4
    After the Goldrush
    Prelude
    2:06
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Fotheringay
    Fairport Convention
    3:04
  • 6
    Red Wine and Promises
    Lal & Mike Waterson
    3:03
  • 7
    It’s Dark in Here
    Dransfield
    4:14
  • 8
    Marcie
    The Johnstons
    4:10
  • 9
    The Wind That Shakes the Barley / The Ale Is Dear
    Silly Wizard
    2:28
  • 10
    January Snows
    The Woods Band
    4:23
  • 11
    Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie
    Contraband
    2:14
  • 12
    The Astrologer
    Gryphon
    3:12
  • 13
    Meet Me on the Corner
    Lindisfarne
    2:34
  • 14
    Never Going Back
    Unicorn
    3:17
  • 15
    Knowing the Game
    Ian Matthews
    2:34
  • 16
    The Sea
    Renaissance
    3:03
  • 17
    Late on Lady Day
    Decameron
    3:52
  • 18
    Rain
    Dando Shaft
    5:09
  • 19
    Fool
    Trees
    5:21
  • 20
    Wanderer
    Heron
    2:55
  • 21
    The White Hare
    Shirley Collins & the Albion Country Band
    2:42
  • 22
    When I was on Horseback
    Steeleye Span
    6:14
  • CD 4: A Midsummer Night’s Happening
  • 1
    Midsummer Night’s Happening
    The Sallyangie
    4:09
  • 2
    God Dog
    The Incredible String Band
    2:41
  • 3
    Beyond the Rising Sun
    Tyrannosaurus Rex
  • 4
    Winter Is Blue
    Vashti Bunyan
    2:54
  • 5
    Chloe in the Garden
    Duncan Browne
    5:15
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    The Tale of the Spider and the Fly
    Synanthesia
    6:01
  • 7
    Just Anyone
    Fuchsia
    3:31
  • 8
    Luke That Never Was
    Trader Horne
    4:52
  • 9
    Mr. Fox
    Mr. Fox
    5:40
  • 10
    The Devonshire Farmer’s Daughter
    George Deacon & Marion Ross
    3:33
  • 11
    Song to Comus
    Comus
    7:27
  • 12
    Captain’s Log
    Spirogyra
    2:06
  • 13
    Spirit of Love
    C.O.B.
    4:01
  • 14
    A Witch’s Guide to the Underground
    Carolanne Pegg
    3:46
  • 15
    Sun Symphonica
    Jan Dukes de Grey
    18:59

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