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Island Records Sampler

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You Can All Join In

You Can All Join In (Island IWPS 2)

You Can All Join In
Various Artists

Island Records IWPS 2 (LP, UK, 1969)

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Tracks

Side 1

  1. Jethro Tull: A Song for Jeffrey
  2. Spooky Tooth: Sunshine Help Me
  3. Free: I’m a Mover
  4. Art: What’s That Sound (For What It’s Worth)
  5. Tramline: Pearly Queen
  6. Traffic: You Can All Join In

Side 2

  1. Fairport Convention: Meet on the Ledge
    from What We Did on Our Holidays
  2. Nirvana: Rainbow Chaser
  3. John Martyn: Dusty
  4. Clouds: I’ll Go Girl
  5. The Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
  6. Wynder K. Frog: Gasoline Alley

> Folk Music > Records > Nice Enough to Eat

Nice Enough to Eat

Nice Enough to Eat (Island IWPS 6)

Nice Enough to Eat
Various Artists

Island Records IWPS 6 (LP, UK, 1969)

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Tracks

Side 1

  1. Fairport Convention: Cajun Woman (2.41)
    from Unhalfbricking
  2. Mott the Hoople: At the Crossroads (5.28)
  3. Spooky Two: Better By You, Better Than Me (3.32)
  4. Jethro Tull: We Used to Know (3.55)
  5. Free: Woman (4.47)
  6. Heavy Jelly: I Keep Singing That Same Old Song (8.18)

Side 2

  1. Blodwyn Pig: Sing Me a Song That I Know (3.06)
  2. Traffic: Forty Thousand Headmen (3.12)
  3. Nick Drake: Time Has Told Me (4.22)
    from Five Leaves Left (Island ILPS 9105, 1969)
  4. King Crimson: 21st Century Schizoid Man (6.56)
  5. Quintessence: Gungamai (4.20)
  6. Dr. Strangely Strange: Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal (4.29)

> Folk Music > Records > Bumpers (UK / Germany)

Bumpers (UK / Germany)

Bumpers (Island IDP 1)

Bumpers
Various Artists

Island Records IDP 1 (2 LP, UK, 1970)
Island Records 6650 001 (2 LP, Germany, 1970)

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The UK and German versions differ in track 2 on side 3 only.

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Traffic: Every Mother’s Son (7.06)
    from John Barleycorn Must Die
  2. Bronco: Love (4.42)
  3. Spooky Tooth: I Am the Walrus (6.20)
  4. Quintessence: Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga (5.15)

Side 2

  1. Mott the Hoople: Thunderbuck Ram (4.50)
  2. Jethro Tull: Nothing to Say (5.10)
  3. Jimmy Cliff: Going Back West (5.32)
  4. Blodwyn Pig: Send Your Son to Die (5.35)
  5. Dave Mason: Little Woman (2.30)

Side 3

  1. John & Beverley Martyn: Go Out and Get It (3.15)
  2. [UK:] King Crimson: Cadence & Cascade /
    [DE:] Traffic: Roamin’ Thru’ the Gloamin’ With 40.000 Headmen (3.14)
  3. If: Reaching Out on All Sides (5.35)
  4. Free: Oh I Wept (4.25)
  5. Nick Drake: Hazey Jane (4.28)
    from Bryter Later (Island ILPS 9134, 1971)

Side 4

  1. Fairport Convention: Walk Awhile [Thompson / Swarbrick] (4.00)
  2. Cat Stevens: Maybe You’re Right (3.00)
  3. Renaissance: Island (5.57)
  4. Fotheringay: The Sea [Sandy Denny] (5.25)
  5. Clouds: Take Me to Your Leader (2.55)

> Folk Music > Records > Bumpers (Australia)

Bumpers (Australia)

Bumpers (Island SIL 107/8)

Bumpers
Various Artists

Island Records SIL 107/8 (2 LP, Australia, 1970)

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Tracks

> Folk Music > Records > El Pea

El Pea

El Pea (Island IDLP 1)

El Pea
Various Artists

Island Records IDLP 1 (LP, UK, 1971)
Island Records 85 378 XT (LP, Holland, 1971)

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Tracks

Side 1

  1. Traffic: Empty Pages
    from John Barleycorn Must Die
  2. Sandy Denny: Late November
    (Alternative version to the one on The North Star Grassman and the Ravens)
  3. Alan Bown: Thru the Night
  4. John & Beverly Martin: Auntie Aviator
  5. Fairport Convention: Lord Marlborough

Side 2

  1. Jethro Tull: Mother Goose
  2. Quintessence: Dive Deep
  3. Amazing Blondel: Spring Season
  4. McDonald & Giles: Extract from Tomorrow’s People - The Children of Today
  5. Tir Na Nog: Our Love Will Not Decay
  6. Mountain: Don’t Look Around

Side 3

  1. Free: Highway Song
  2. Incredible String Band: Waiting for You
  3. Cat Stevens: Wild World
  4. Bronco: Sudden Street
  5. Mike Heron: Feast of Stephen

Side 4

  1. Emerson Lake & Palmer: Knife Edge
  2. Nick Drake: One of These Things First
    from Bryter Later (Island ILPS 9134, 1971)
  3. Mott the Hoople: Original Mixed-Up Kid
  4. Jimmy Cliff: Cant’ Stop Worrying, Can’t Stop Loving
  5. Mick Abrahams: Greyhound Bus

> Folk Music > Records > Island June-July 1975

Island June-July 1975

Island June-July 1975 (Island IXP-4)

Island June-July 1975
New Release Sampler
Various Artists

Island Records IXP-4 (LP, USA, 1975)

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Tracks

> Folk Music > Records > Island Life Media Sampler

Island Life Media Sampler

Island Life Media Sampler (Island MP1)

Island Life Media Sampler
(Promo Sampler Only - Not for Re-Sale)
Various Artists

Island Records MP1 (LP, UK, Summer 1986)

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Tracks

Side 1

  1. Bob Marley and the Wailers: No Woman No Cry
  2. John Martyn: Certain Surprise
  3. Traffic: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
  4. Mott the Hoople: Rock and Rool Queen
  5. Cat Stevens: Moon Shadow
  6. Nick Drake: Time Has Told Me
    from Five Leaves Left (Island ILPS 9105, 1969)

Side 2

  1. Grace Jones: Private Life
  2. Free: Alright Now
  3. Tom Waits: 16 Shells from a 30.6
  4. Fairport Convention: Matty Groves
    edited version from Liege and Lief
  5. Marianne Faithful: Broken English
  6. Jimmy Cliff: The Harder They Come

> Folk Music > Records > Island Life Media Sampler

Island Life Media Sampler

Island Life Media Sampler (Island MP2)

Island Life Media Sampler
October/November Releases
(Promo Sampler Only - Not for Re-Sale)
Various Artists

Island Records MP2 (LP, UK, Fall 1986)

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Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Wailers: Concrete Jungle (4.12)
  2. Spencer Davis Group: Keep on Running (2.42)
  3. Linton Kwesi Johnson: Sonny’s Lettah (4.56)
  4. John Martyn: May You Never (3.40^
  5. B-52’s: Planet Claire (4.35)
  6. Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love (5.34)

Side 2

  1. Cat Stevens: Wild World (3.18)
  2. Bob Marley & The Wailers: Is This Love? (3.53)
  3. Ultravox: Just for a Moment (3.03)
  4. Traffic: Empty Pages (4.47)
    from John Barleycorn Must Die
  5. Sandy Denny: Let’s Jump the Broomstick (2.40)
    from The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
  6. Grace Jones: I’ve Done It Again (3.48)

> Folk Music > Records > The Island Story

The Island Story

The Island Story (Island CID 25)

The Island Story
Various Artists

Island Records ISL 25 (2 LP, UK, 1987)
Island Records CID 25 (CD, UK, 1987)

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CD Tracks

  1. U2: With or Without You (4.56)
  2. Steve Winwood: Higher Love (4.15)
  3. Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love (3.58)
  4. Free: All Right Now (4.16)
  5. Roxy Music: Virginia Plain (3.01)
  6. Grace Jones: Slave to the Rhythm (4.24)
  7. Kid Creole & Coconuts: Annie I’m Not Your Daddy (3.55)
  8. Gibson Brothers: Cuba (3.03)
  9. Bob & Earl: Harlem Shuffle (2.50)
  10. Bob Marley & Wailers: No Woman No Cry (4.08)
  11. Bryan Ferry: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2.54)
  12. Pete Wingfield: Eighteen with a Bullet (3.32)
  13. Fairport Convention: Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan] (2.23)
  14. Cat Stevens: Morning Has Broken (3.20)
  15. Jethro Tull: Living in the Past (3.27)
  16. Julian Cope: World Shut Your Mouth (3.08)
  17. Amazulu: Too Good to Be Forgotten (3.03)
  18. Will Powers: Kissing With Confidence (3.59)
  19. Christians: Forgotten Town (4.00)
  20. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Rage Hard (5.04)

> Folk Music > Records > Island Life: 25 Years of Island Records

Island Life: 25 Years of Island Records

Island Life: 25 Years of Island Records (Island IBX 25)

Island Life: 25 Years of Island Records
Various Artists

Island Records IBX 25 (7 LP, UK, 1988)

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Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Spencer Davis Group: I’m a Man
  2. Free: Mr Big (Live)
  3. Spooky Tooth: Better By You, Better Than Me
  4. Mott the Hoople: Rock and Roll Queen
  5. Traffic: No Face, No Name, No Number

Side 2

  1. Jim Capaldi: Eve
  2. Art: What’s That Sound (For What It’s Worth)
  3. Jethro Tull: A Song for Jeffrey
  4. Heavy Jelly: I Keep Singing That Same Old Song
  5. Heads, Hands and Feet: Warming Up the Band

Side 3

  1. Bryan Ferry; A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
  2. Eno: Baby’s On Fire
  3. Roxy Music: Do the Strand
  4. King Crimson: 21st Century Schizoid Man

Side 4

  1. Bad Company: Feel Like Makin’ Love
  2. John Cale: Heartbreak Hotel
  3. Paul Kossoff with Jess Roden: I’m Ready
  4. Robert Palmer: You’re Gonna Get What’s Coming
  5. Kevin Ayers: May I?

Side 5

  1. Fairport Convention: Matty Groves
    from Liege and Lief
  2. Fairport Convention: Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman
    previously unreleased
  3. Fotheringay: Nothing More
    from Fotheringay
  4. John & Beverly Martin: Traffic Light Lady

Side 6

  1. Fairport Convention: Now Be Thankful
    stereo remix of original mono single
  2. Nick Drake: River Man
    from Five Leaves Left (Island ILPS 9105, 1969)
  3. Richard Thompson: The Poor Ditching Boy
    from Henry the Human Fly
  4. Morris On Band: Cuckoo’s Nest
    from Morris On
  5. Albion Country Band: Albion Sunrise
    from Battle of the Field
  6. The Bunch: Love’s Made a Fool of You
    from Rock On

Side 7

  1. Richard and Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey (Live)
    from Over the Rainbow
  2. Traffic: John Barleycorn
    from John Barleycorn Must Die
  3. Renaissance: Island
  4. Sutherland Brothers: Sailing
  5. Cat Stevens: Peace Train

Side 8

  1. The Incredible String Band: Dear Old Battlefield
  2. Murray Head: Say It Ain’t So
  3. Sandy Denny: The King and Queen of England
    (previously unreleased)
  4. John Martyn: You Can Discover (Live)
  5. Mike Heron: Flowers of the Forest

Side 9

  1. Steve Winwood: Hold On
  2. Bob Marley and the Wailers: Exodus
  3. John Martyn: Certain Surprise
  4. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Breakdown
  5. Steel Pulse: Handsworth Revolution

Side 10

  1. Ultravox: My Sex
  2. The B-52’s: Planet Claire
  3. Marianne Faithful: Witches Song
  4. Linton Kwesi Johnson: Street ’66
  5. Grace Jones: Feel Up

Side 11

  1. Was (Not Was): Carry Me Back to Old Morrocco
  2. Third World: Prisoner in the Street
  3. Robert Palmer: Johnny & Mary
  4. Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love
  5. Black Uhuru: Right Stuff

Side 12

  1. Art of Noise: Close (to the Edit)
  2. Sunny Ade and His African Beats: Ja Funmi
  3. Aswad: African Children (Live)
  4. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Power of Love

Side 13

  1. U2: I Will Follow (Live)
  2. The Waterboys: The Whole of the Moon
  3. Tom Waits: 16 Shells from a 30.6
  4. Julian Cope: Spacehopper
  5. The Triffids: Bury Me Deep in Love

Side 14

  1. The Christians: … and That’s Why
  2. Trouble Funk: Trouble
  3. Sly & Robbie: Let’s Rock
  4. Courtney Pine: Children of the Ghetto

> Folk Music > Records > Nice Enough to… Join In

Nice Enough to… Join In

Nice Enough to… Join In (Island IMCD 150)

Nice Enough to… Join In
Various Artists

Island Records IMCD 150 (CD, UK, 1992)

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Most of the tracks from the 1969 compilation LPs Nice Enough to Eat and You Can All Join In on one CD. Unfortunately, Island forgot Fairport Convention’s Cajun Woman on the way.

Tracks

  1. Jethro Tull: A Song for Jeffrey
  2. Spooky Tooth: Sunshine Help Me
  3. Free: I’m a Mover
  4. Art: What’s That Sound (For What It’s Worth)
  5. Tramline: Pearly Queen
  6. Traffic: You Can All Join In
  7. Fairport Convention: Meet on the Ledge
    from What We Did on Our Holidays
  8. Nirvana: Rainbow Chaser
  9. John Martyn: Dusty
  10. Clouds: I’ll Go Girl
  11. The Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
  12. Wynder K. Frog: Gasoline Alley
  13. Blodwyn Pig: Sing Me a Song That I Know
  14. Traffic: Forty Thousand Headmen
  15. Nick Drake: Time Has Told Me
    from Five Leaves Left (Island ILPS 9105, 1969)
  16. Quintessence: Gungamai
  17. Dr. Strangely Strange: Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
  18. Mott the Hoople: At the Crossroads
  19. Spooky Two: Better By You, Better Than Me
  20. Free: Woman
  21. Heavy Jelly: I Keep Singing That Same Old Song

> Folk Music > Records > Folk Routes

Folk Routes

Folk Routes (Island IMCD 197)

Folk Routes
Various Artists

Island Records IMCD 197 (CD, UK, 1994)

Folk Routes (Back Cover)
New Folk Routes (Rev-Ola CD REV 237)

New Folk Routes
Various Artists

Rev-Ola / Cherry Red Records CD REV 237 (CD, UK, 2008)

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For a long time this was the only known official CD release of Man of Iron and My Girl in the Month of May.

New Folk Routes is a reissue of the Folk Routes CD with a different track order.

Tracks

  1. Amazing Blondel: The Siege of Yaddlethorpe [Wincott] (2.31)
  2. Fairport Convention: Matty Groves [trad.] (8.09)
    from Liege and Lief
  3. Traffic: John Barleycorn [trad. arr. Winwood] (6.25)
    from John Barleycorn Must Die
  4. John Martyn: Seven Black Roses [Martyn] (4.04)
  5. Sandy Denny: It Suits Me Well [Sandy Denny] (5.06)
    from Sandy
  6. Nick Drake: Road [Nick Drake] (2.02)
    from Pink Moon (Island ILPS 9184, 1972)
  7. Richard and Linda Thompson: When I Get to the Border [Richard Thompson] (3.26)
    from I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
  8. Doctor Strangely Strange: Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal (4.31)
  9. The Incredible String Band: Black Jack David [Mike Heron] (3.56)
  10. Morris On: The Nutting Girl [trad. arr.] (4.39)
    from Morris On
  11. Fairport Convention: She Moves Through the Fair [Padraic Colum / trad.] (4.12)
    from What We Did on Our Holidays
  12. The Albion Country Band: I Was a Young Man [trad. arr.] (4.07)
    from Battle of the Field
  13. Fotheringay: Peace in the End [Sandy Denny / Trevor Lucas] (4.05)
    from Fotheringay
  14. Ashley Hutchings & John Kirkpatrick: Long Odds / Mr Cosgill’s Delight [trad. arr.] (2.14)
    from The Compleat Dancing Master
  15. Mike Heron: Audrey [Heron] (4.12)
  16. Sandy Denny: Man of Iron [Peter Elford / Don Fraser] (7.36)
    from the single Pass of Arms
  17. The Bunch: My Girl in the Month of May [Di Mucci] (2.13)
    from Rock On
  18. John Locke: Hornpipe [trad. arr.] (0.48)
    from Rattlebone & Ploughjack

> Folk Music > Records > Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal

Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal

Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal (Universal/Island 982 295-0)

Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
An Island Anthology 1967-1972
Various Artists

Universal/Island 982 295-0 (3 CD, UK, 2005)

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Tracks

CD 1

  1. Art: Supernatural Fairy Tales (3.34)
  2. Traffic: Paper Sun (4.12)
  3. Wynder K. Frog: Harpsichord Shuffle (3.56)
  4. Nirvana: Rainbow Chaser (2.51)
  5. Tramline: Pearly Queen (3.43)
  6. Spooky Tooth: Sunshine Help Me (3.04)
  7. John Martyn: Dusty (3.01)
  8. Fairport Convention: Meet on the Ledge (2.49)
    from What We Did on Our Holidays
  9. Jethro Tull: A Song for Jeffrey (3.18)
  10. Clouds: The Carpenter (3.26)
  11. Heavy Jelly: I Keep Singing That Same Old Song (8.18)
  12. White Noise: Black Mass (Electric Storm in Hell) (7.21)
  13. Free: Over the Green Hills (Part 1) (0.49)
  14. Free: Worry (3.27)
  15. Quintessence: Giants (4.37)
  16. Amazing Blondel: Queen of Scots (1.42)
  17. Traffic: Feelin’ Alright? (4.21)
  18. Blodwyn Pig: Sing Me a Song That I Know So Well (3.02)
  19. Fairport Convention: A Sailor’s Life (11.11)
    from Unhalfbricking

CD 2

  1. Jethro Tull: A New Day Yesterday (4.10)
  2. Traffic: No Time to Live (5.22)
  3. Nick Drake: Three Hours (6.14)
    from Five Leaves Left (Island ILPS 9105, 1969)
  4. Spooky Tooth: Lost in My Dream (5.07)
  5. John & Beverley Martyn: Stormbringer (4.19)
  6. Dr. Strangely Strange: Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal (4.28)
  7. Quintessence: Notting Hill Gate (2.57)
  8. Fotheringay: Banks of the Nile (8.06)
    from Fotheringay
  9. Cat Stevens: Wild World (3.21)
  10. Incredible String Band: Painted Chariot (3.39)
  11. King Crimson: Cat Food (4.54)
  12. King Crimson: Groon (3.31)
  13. Sandy Denny: The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens (3.28)
    from The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens
  14. McDonald & Giles: Suite in C; Including Turnham Green / Here I Am and Others (11.17)
  15. Amazing Blondel: The Siege of Yaddlethorpe (2.33)

CD 3

  1. Emerson Lake & Palmer: Knife Edge (5.05)
  2. Mott The Hoople: Thunderbuck Ram (4.49)
  3. Nick Drake: Northern Sky (3.44)
    from Bryter Later (Island ILPS 9134, 1971)
  4. Alan Bown: Thru the Night (4.15)
  5. Robin Williamson,: Dark Dance (1.07)
  6. Spooky Tooth: I Am the Walrus (6.23)
  7. John Martyn: Glistening Glyndebourne (6.30)
  8. Free: Fire and Water (3.58)
  9. Blodwyn Pig: See My Way (5.05)
  10. Vinegar Joe: See the World (Through My Eyes) (6.19)
  11. Cat Stevens: Peace Train (4.13)
  12. Clouds: Watercolour Days (5.28)
  13. Traffic: Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (11.43)
  14. Heads Hands & Feet: Song for Suzie (7.12)