Recorded by Bill Leader at his home, “North Villas”, London, in April 1961;
Notes by Alexis Korner (1962);
Main photo on the original cover by John Marshall, insert photo by Roger Mayne

Musicians

Davy Graham: acoustic guitar;
with
Alexis Korner: acoustic guitar [3]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Angi (2.27)
2. Davy’s Train Blues (3.05)

Side 2

3. 3/4 AD (4.40)

Tracks 1-2 Davy Graham,
Track 3 Alexis Korner, Davy Graham

Recorded by Gus Dudgeon;
Produced by Ray Horricks;
Topic CD reissue produced by Tony Engle;
Sleeve notes by Ray Horricks (undated [1964]) and Ken Hunt (2005)

Musicians

Davy Graham: guitar, vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Leavin’ Blues (Roud 11692) (2.47)
2. Cocaine (2.17)
3. Sally Free and Easy (3.42)
4. Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair (Roud 3103) (2.24)
5. Rock Me Baby (2.41)
6. Seven Gypsies (Roud 1, Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (2.31)
7. Ballad of the Sad Young Men (3.02)
8. Moanin’ (2.21)

Side 2

9. Skillet (Good ’n’ Greasy) (Roud 7479) (2.19)
10. Ain’t Nobody’s Business What I Do (2.11)
11. Maajun (2.33)
12. I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes (Roud 20935) (3.27)
13. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (2.46)
14. My Babe (2.37)
15. Goin’ Down Slow (2.22)
16. Better Git It in Your Soul (2.24)

Fledg’ling CD Bonus Tracks

From From a London Hootenanny (1963)

17. She Moved Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (3.10)
18. Mustapha (3.04)

From 3/4 AD (1964)

19. Angi (2.24)
20. Davy’s Train Blues (2.58)
21. 3/4 A.D. (4.37)

Track 1 Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax, John Lomax Snr.;
Track 2 Reverend Gary Davis;
Track 3 Cyril Tawney;
Tracks 4, 6, 9, 11-12, 17-18 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 5 Bill Broonzy;
Track 7 Thomas Wolf, Frances Landesman;
Track 8 Bobby Timmons;
Track 10 Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger;
Track 13 Bob Dylan;
Track 14 Willie Dixon;
Track 15 James Oden;
Track 16 Charlie Mingus;
Tracks 19-21 Davy Graham

Produced by Ray Horricks;
Recorded in London by Gus Dudgeon;
Cover photography by Crispian Wodgate;
Sleeve notes by Austin John Marshall (1964) and Ken Hunt (2005);
CD reissue supervised by Laurence Ashton and Tony Engle;
CD sleeve design by The Art Surgery

Musicians

Shirley Collins: vocals [1-3, 5-7, 9-14, 16], 5-string banjo [3];
Davy Graham: guitar [1-2, 4-13, 15-16]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Nottamun Town (Roud 1044) (3.38)
2. Proud Maisrie (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) (3.58)
3. The Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327) (3.13)
4. Blue Monk instrumental (2.59)
5. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (2.52)
6. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (2.24)
7. Pretty Saro (Roud 417) (4.11)
8. Rif Mountain instrumental (2.19)

Side 2

9. Jane, Jane (2.35)
10. Love Is Pleasin’ (Roud 1049) (2.27)
11. Boll Weevil, Holler (Roud 3124; Laws I17) (2.53)
12. Hori Horo (2.07)
13. Bad Girl (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404) (2.36)
14. Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (3.30)
15. Grooveyard instrumental (2.56)
16. Dearest Dear (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (2.59)

All track trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Davy Graham, pub. Cacophony Music except
Tracks 3, 7 tune composed and trad. arr. Shirley Collins, pub. Cacophony Music;
Track 4 Thelonious Monk arr. Davy Graham;
Track 8 Davy Graham;
Track 12 words Hugh S. Robertson, tune Andrew Sinclair, pub. Robertson Publications;
Track 14 trad. arr. Shirley Collins, pub. Cacophony Music;
Track 15 Carl Perkins

Recorded by Gus Dudgeon;
Produced by Ray Horricks

Musicians

Davy Graham: guitar, vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. No Preacher Blues (2.13)
2. The Fakir (4.10)
3. I’m Looking Thru’ You (2.01)
4. Hummingbird (2.37)
5. Watermelon Man (2.57)
6. Stormy Monday (3.37)
7. Money Honey (2.23)

Side 2

8. Walkin’ the Dog (2.36)
9. Fire in My Soul (1.50)
10. Lost Lover Blues (2.03)
11. Neighbour, Neighbour (2.33)
12. Jubilation (1.46)
13. Rags and Old Iron (3.20)
14. Jelly Roll Baker (2.43)

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 10 Davy Graham;
Track 2 Lalo Schifrin;
Track 3 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 5 Herbie Hancock;
Track 6 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 7 Jesse Stone;
Track 8 Rufus Thomas;
Track 9 Blind Willie Johnson;
Track 11 Alton Joseph Valier;
Track 12 Junior Mance;
Track 13 Oscar Brown Jr., King Curtis;
Track 14 Lonnie Johnson

Recorded by Bill Price;
Produced by Ray Horricks

Musicians

Davy Graham: guitar, vocals;
Danny Thompson: double bass;
Jon Hiseman: drums;
Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxophone;
Harold McNair: flute

Tracks

Side 1

1. Both Sides Now (5.59)
2. Bad Boy Blues (2.14)
3. Tristano (3.58)
4. Babe, It Ain’t No Lie (2.25)
5. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.57)
6. Sunshine Raga (6.18)

Side 2

7. Freight Train Blues (4.02)
8. Jenra (3.08)
9. Electric Chair (2.42)
10. Good Morning Blues (5.21)
11. Beautiful City (2.26)
12. Blue Raga (5.46)

Track 1 Joni Mitchell;
Tracks 2, 4-5, 9 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Tracks 3, 8, 12 Davy Graham;
Track 6 Davy Graham, John Pearson;
Track 7 Fred McDowell;
Track 10 Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Snr.;
Track 11 Brownie McGhee, Rev. Gary Davis, Sonny Terry

Recorded by Bill Price;
Produced by Ray Horricks;
Sleeve notes by Davy Graham (1969) and Ken Hunt (2005)

Musicians

Davy Graham: guitar, vocals;
Danny Thompson: double bass;
Johnny Spooner: drums

Tracks

Side 1

1. Getting Better (1.56)
2. Lotus Blossom (2.24)
3. I’m Ready (2.28)
4. Buhaina Chant (2.30)
5. Homeward Bound (2.16)
6. Love Is Pleasing (Roud 1049) (2.11)
7. Hornpipe for Harpsichord Played Upon Guitar (1.26)

Side 2

8. Down Along the Cove (2.09)
9. Hoochie Coochie Man (3.34)
10. Stan’s Guitar (2.18)
11. Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (3.22)
12. Bulgarian Dance (3.17)
13. I Am a Rock (2.15)
14. Oliver (1.35)

Track 1 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 2 Billy Strayhorn;
Tracks 3, 9 Willie Dixon;
Track 4 Art Blakey;
Tracks 5, 13 Paul Simon;
Tracks 6, 11 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 7 Henry Purcell arr. Davy Graham;
Track 8 Bob Dylan;
Track 10 Stan Watson;
Track 12 A.L. Lloyd arr. Davy Graham;
Track 14 Oliver Hunt

This is a compilation of tracks from four Decca LPs from the late 1960’s plus the classic instrumental Angi from his early Topic EP 3/4 AD.

Musicians

Davy Graham: guitar, vocals

Tracks

1. No Preacher Blues (2.15)
2. The Fakir (4.12)
3. Watermelon Man (2.58)
4. Money Honey (2.24)
5. Fire in My Soul (1.53)
6. Neighbour Neighbour (2.35)
7. Jubilation (2.59)
8. Angi (2.22)
9. Bad Boy Blues (2.16)
10. Tristano (4.00)
11. Babe, It Ain’t No Lie (2.27)
12. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.59)
13. Jenra (3.11)
14. I’m Ready (2.30)
15. Buhaina Chant (2.32)
16. Hornpipe for Harpsichord Played upon Guitar (1.32)
17. Down Along the Cove (2.11)
18. Stan’s Guitar (2.21)
19. Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (3.24)
20. Bulgarian Dance (3.19)
21. Oliver (1.35)
22. Blues at Gino’s (3.58)
23. Sunny Moon for Two (3.03)
24. Charlie (2.45)
25. Ramblin’ Sailor (Roud 518; G/D 7:1477) (1.20)

Tracks 1-7 are from Midnight Man (Decca LK4780, 1966);
Track 8 is from the EP 3/4 AD (Topic TOP70, 1962);
Tracks 9-13 are from Large As Life and Twice As Natural (Decca SKL4969, 1968);
Tracks 14-21 are from Hat (Decca SKL5011, 1969);
Tracks 22-25 are from The Holly Kaleidoscope (Decca SKL5056, 1970)

Tracks

CD 1

3/4 AD (Topic TOP70, 1962)

1. Angi (2.27)
2. Davy’s Train Blues (3.04)
3. 3/4 AD (4.43)

Tracks 1-2 Davy Graham;
Track 3 Alexis Corner, Davy Graham

Live in Edinburgh 1962, previously unrleased

4. Worksong (2.15)
5. Saturday Night Shuffle (1.27)
6. Angi, with conversation (5.14)
7. God Loves His Children, Brother (1.01)
8. Hey Bud Blues (2.27)

Track 4 Nat Adderley;
Track 5 Merle Travis;
Track 6 Davy Graham;
Track 7 Lester Flatt, Earl Scroggs;
Track 8 Bill Boroonzy

From a London Hootenanny (Decca DFE 8538, 1964)

9. She Moves Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (3.14)
10. Mustapha (3.11)

Track 9 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 10 Davy Graham

From Monkhouse to Medway 1963-1973 (compilation, HUX 113, 2010)

11. Careless Love (Roud 422) (3.06)
12. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (2.06)
13. Sunset Eyes (2.54)
14. Southbound Train (3.40)
15. Take Five (2.53)

Track 11 W.C. Handy, Spencer williams, Martha Koenig;
Track 12 Ray Charles;
Track 13 Sherman Edwards, Dis Wayne;
Track 14 Bill Broonzy;
Track 15 Paul Desmond

The Guitar Player (Pye Golden Guinea GGL 0224, 1965)

16. Don’t Stop the Carnival (1.52)
17. Sermonette (2.44)
18. Take Five (1.55)
19. How Long, How Long Blues (2.26)
20. Sunset Eyes (1.53)
21. Cry Me a River (2.22)
22. The Ruby and the Pearl (2.28)
23. Buffalo (2.18)
24. Exodus (1.58)
25. Yellow Bird (2.19)
26. Blues for Betty (3.28)
27. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (1.54)

Track 16 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 17 Cannonball Adderley;
Track 18 Paul Desmond;
Track 19 Leroy Carr;
Track 20 Sherman Edwards, Dis Wayne;
Track 21 Arthur Hamilton;
Track 22 Bill Evans, Jay Livingston;
Track 23 Kenny Dorham;
Track 24 Ernest Gold;
Track 25 Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith (Bergman), Norman Luboff;
Track 26 Davy Graham;
Track 27 Ray Charles

CD 2: Folk Blues & Beyond (Decca LK 4649, 1964)

1. Leavin’ Blues (Roud 11692) (2.47)
2. Cocaine (2.17)
3. Sally Free and Easy (3.42)
4. Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair (Roud 3103) (2.24)
5. Rock Me Baby (2.41)
6. Seven Gypsies (Roud 1, Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (2.31)
7. Ballad of the Sad Young Men (3.02)
8. Moanin’ (2.21)
9. Skillet (Good ’n’ Greasy) (Roud 7479) (2.19)
10. Ain’t Nobody’s Business What I Do (2.11)
11. Maajun (2.33)
12. I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes (Roud 20935) (3.27)
13. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (2.46)
14. My Babe (2.37)
15. Goin’ Down Slow (2.22)
16. Better Git It in Your Soul (2.24)

Track 1 Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax Snr.;
Track 2 Reverend Gary Davis;
Track 3 Cyril Tawney;
Tracks 4, 6, 9, 11-12 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 5 Bill Broonzy;
Track 7 Thomas Wolf, Frances Landesman;
Track 8 Bobby Timmons;
Track 10 Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger;
Track 13 Bob Dylan;
Track 14 Willie Dixon;
Track 15 James Oden;
Track 16 Charlie Mingus

CD 3: Folk Roots, New Routes (Decca LK 4652, 1964)

1. Nottamun Town (Roud 1044) (3.38)
2. Proud Maisrie (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) (3.58)
3. The Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327) (3.13)
4. Blue Monk instrumental (2.59)
5. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (2.52)
6. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (2.24)
7. Pretty Saro (Roud 417) (4.11)
8. Rif Mountain instrumental (2.19)
9. Jane, Jane (2.35)
10. Love Is Pleasin’ (Roud 1049) (2.27)
11. Boll Weevil, Holler (Roud 3124; Laws I17) (2.53)
12. Hori Horo (2.07)
13. Bad Girl (Roud 2; Laws Q26; G/D 7:1404) (2.36)
14. Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (3.30)
15. Grooveyard instrumental (2.56)
16. Dearest Dear (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (2.59)

All track trad. arr. Shirley Collins, Davy Grahamexcept
Tracks 3, 7 tune composed and trad. arr. Shirley Collins;
Track 4 Thelonious Monk arr. Davy Graham;
Track 8 Davy Graham;
Track 12 words Hugh S. Robertson, tune Andrew Sinclair;
Track 14 trad. arr. Shirley Collins, pub. Cacophony Music;
Track 15 Carl Perkins

CD 4

Midnight Man (Decca LK 4780, 1966)

1. No Preacher Blues (2.13)
2. The Fakir (4.10)
3. I’m Looking Thru’ You (2.01)
4. Hummingbird (2.37)
5. Watermelon Man (2.57)
6. Stormy Monday (3.37)
7. Money Honey (2.23)
8. Walkin’ the Dog (2.36)
9. Fire in My Soul (1.50)
10. Lost Lover Blues (2.03)
11. Neighbour, Neighbour (2.33)
12. Jubilation (1.46)
13. Rags and Old Iron (3.20)
14. Jelly Roll Baker (2.43)

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 10 Davy Graham;
Track 2 Lalo Schifrin;
Track 3 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 5 Herbie Hancock;
Track 6 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 7 Jesse Stone;
Track 8 Rufus Thomas;
Track 9 Blind Willie Johnson;
Track 11 Alton Joseph Valier;
Track 12 Junior Mance;
Track 13 Oscar Brown Jr., King Curtis;
Track 14 Lonnie Johnson

Live at St Andrews Folk Club 8 May 1966 (Rollercoaster RCCD 3025, 2007)

15. Jubilation (2.26)
16. Travelling Man (2.04)
17. Sally Free and Easy (4.03)
18. I’m Ready (2.41)
19. Work Song (4.36)
20. Rock Me (4.38)
21. No Preacher Blues (3.18)
22. The Preacher (3.39)
23. Sweet Home Chicago (2.50)
24. The Cat Came Back (2.17)

Track 15 Junior Mance;
Tracks 16, 21 Davy Graham;
Track 17 Cyril Tawney;
Track 18 Willie Dixon;
Track 19 Nat Adderley;
Track 20 Melvin Jackson;
Track 22 Horace Silver;
Tracks 22-23 trad. arr. Davy Graham

CD 5

After Hours at Hull University 4 February 1967 (Rollercoaster RCCD 3021, 1997)

1. Work Song (1.38)
2. Cocaine (2.14)
3. Buhaina Chant (2.26)
4. Grooveyard (3.47)
5. Bourée in E Minor (1.04)
6. Gavotte or Bourée from the D Minor Suite (1.44)
7. How Long Blues (4.34)
8. She Moved Thru’ the Bizarre / Blue Raga (7.56)
9. Misirlou (3.30)
10. Hey Bud Blues (6.09)
11. Buffalo (2.23)
12. Jubilation (3.30)
13. Louisiana Blues (4.56)
14. Afro-Blue (3.02)

Track 1 Cannonball Adderly, Oscar Brown;
Track 2 Reverend Gary Davis;
Track 3 Art Blakey;
Track 4 Carl Perkins;
Track 5 Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Davy Graham;
Track 6 Robert de Visée arr. Davy Graham;
Track 7 Leroy Carr;
Track 8 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 9 Nicolas Roubanis;
Track 10 Bill Broonzy;
Track 11 Kenny Dorham;
Track 12 Junior Mance;
Track 13 Muddy Waters;
Track 14 MongoSantamaria

CD 6

Large As Life and Twice As Natural (Decca SKL 4969, 1968)

1. Both Sides Now (5.59)
2. Bad Boy Blues (2.14)
3. Tristano (3.58)
4. Babe, It Ain’t No Lie (2.25)
5. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (3.57)
6. Sunshine Raga (6.18)
7. Freight Train Blues (4.02)
8. Jenra (3.08)
9. Electric Chair (2.42)
10. Good Morning Blues (5.21)
11. Beautiful City (2.26)
12. Blue Raga (5.46)

Track 1 Joni Mitchell;
Tracks 2, 4-5, 9 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Tracks 3, 8, 12 Davy Graham;
Track 6 Davy Graham, John Pearson;
Track 7 Fred McDowell;
Track 10 Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Snr.;
Track 11 Brownie McGhee, Rev. Gary Davis, Sonny Terry

Live at St Andrews Folk Club 8 May 1966 (Rollercoaster RCCD 3025, 2007)

13. Better Git It In Your Soul (4.25)
14. Neighbour, Neighbour (3.21)
15. Panic Room Blues (3.52)
16. Skillet Good and Greasy (3.02)
17. Buhaina Chant (3.06)
18. Money, Honey (2.52)
19. Maajun (3.33)
20. Misirlou (4.16)

Track 13 Charlie Mingus;
Track 14 Alton Joseph Valier;
Track 15 Norman Simmons;
Track 16 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 17 Art Blakey;
Track 18 Jesse Stone;
Track 19 Davy Graham;
Track 20 Nicolas Roubanis

CD 7

Hat (Decca SKL 5011, 1969)

1. Getting Better (1.56)
2. Lotus Blossom (2.24)
3. I’m Ready (2.28)
4. Buhaina Chant (2.30)
5. Homeward Bound (2.16)
6. Love Is Pleasing (Roud 1049) (2.11)
7. Hornpipe for Harpsichord Played Upon Guitar (1.26)
8. Down Along the Cove (2.09)
9. Hoochie Coochie Man (3.34)
10. Stan’s Guitar (2.18)
11. Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (3.22)
12. Bulgarian Dance (3.17)
13. I Am a Rock (2.15)
14. Oliver (1.35)

Track 1 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 2 Billy Strayhorn;
Tracks 3, 9 Willie Dixon;
Track 4 Art Blakey;
Tracks 5, 13 Paul Simon;
Tracks 6, 11 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 7 Henry Purcell arr. Davy Graham;
Track 8 Bob Dylan;
Track 10 Stan Watson;
Track 12 A.L. Lloyd arr. Davy Graham;
Track 14 Oliver Hunt

Live at St Andrews Folk Club 8 May 1966 (Rollercoaster RCCD 3025, 2007)

13. She Moved Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (6.52)
14. Bulgarian Dance (1.43)

Track 14 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 15 A.L. Lloyd arr. Davy Graham

CD 8

The Holly Kaleidoscope (Decca SKL 5056, 1969)

1. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall (2.46)
2. Wilt Thou Unkind (0.55)
3. Blackbird (2.19)
4. Blues at Gino’s (4.00)
5. Since I Fell for You (2.50)
6. Sunny Moon for Two (3.04)
7. Fingerbuster (1.46)
8. Here, There and Everywhere (2.23)
9. Ramblin’ Sailor (Roud 518; G/D 7:1477) (1.21)
10. Mary, Open the Door (2.00)
11. I Know My Love (Roud 60; Laws P25) (2.50)
12. Charlie (2.46)
13. Bridge Over Troubled Water (3.07)
14. Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day (1.29)

Tracks 1, 13 Paul Simnon;
Tracks 2, 4, 7, 12 Davy Graham;
Tracks 3, 8 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 5 Buddy Johnson;
Track 6 Sonny Rollins;
Tracks 9 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 10 Duffy Power;
Track 11 trad. arr. Holly Gwinn;
Track 14 Maurice Sigler, Al Hoffmann, Mable Wayne

Godington Boundary (President PTLS 1039, 1970)

15. I’m a Freeborn Man (of the Travelling People) (2.12)
16. The Preacher (3.01)
17. All of Me (5.07)
18. Afta (3.22)
19. On Green Dolphin Street (2.01)
20. Dallas Rag (1.45)
21. ‘Round Midnight (4.44)
22. Work Song (8.17)
23. Joe Joe, the Cannibal Kid (1.49)
24. Everything’s Fine Right Now (1.44)
25. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (1.55)
26. Mother Nature’s Son (1.58)
27. Grooveyard (3.40)
28. Forty Ton Parachute (1.18)
29. Nadu Silma (2.41)

Track 15 Ewan MacColl;
Track 16 Horace Silver;
Track 17 Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons;
Track 18 Keshav Sathe;
Track 19 Bronislav Kaper, Ned Washington;
Tracks 20, 23, 25, 28 trad. arr. Davy Graham;
Track 21 Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernard Hanighen;
Track 22 Cannonball Adderly, Oscar Brown;
Track 24 Mike Heron;
Track 26 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 27 Carl Perkins;
Track 29 Ahmed Abdul Malik