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Sumer Is Icumen In

Sumer Is Icumen In (Grapefruit CRSEGBOX083)

Sumer Is Icumen In
The Pagan Sound of British and Irish Folk 1966-75
Various Artists

Grapefruit/Cherry Red CRSEGBOX083 (3 CD, UK, 27 November 2020)

Compiled and annotated by David Wells;
Project management by John Reed and David Wells;
Mastered by Simon Murphy for Another Planet Music;
Design and artwork by Andy Morten for Pepperbox

Musicians

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Tracks

CD 1: Lammas Night Laments

  1. Third Ear Band: Lark Rise (2.51)
    from Alchemy (Harvest SHVL 756, 7/1969)
  2. Magnet: Corn Rigs (Roud 32476) (2.39)
    from The Wicker Man (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Trunk BARKED 4, 1998, recorded 1972)
  3. Traffic: John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (6.23)
    from John Barleycorn Must Die (Island ILPS 9116, 7/1970)
  4. Midwinter: Sanctuary Stone (4.10)
    not originally released, recorded c. 8/1973
  5. Vulcan’s Hammer: The Keys of Canterbury (Roud 573) (5.45)
    from True Hearts and Sound Bottoms (Brown BVH 1, 1973)
  6. The Celebrated Ratliffe Stout Band: The Wood-Gathering Man (2.30)
    from Songs and Tales From Greenwood Edge (no label DT 21, 8/1975)
  7. Steeleye Span: Twa Corbies (Roud 5; Child 26) (2.08)
    from Hark! The Village Wait (RCA Victor SF 8113, 6/1970)
  8. Folkal Point: Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (2.20)
    from Folkal Point (Midas MR 003, 1972)
  9. Strawbs: Canon Dale (Alternative Version) (3.42)
    not originally released, recorded 10/1970
  10. Kevin Coyne: White Horse (4.14)
    from Case History (Dandelion 2310 228, 11/1972)
  11. Meic Stevens: Yorric (8.48)
    from Outlanter (Warner Bros WS 3005, 5/1970)
  12. The Young Tradition: The Lyke Wake Dirge (Roud 8194; TYG 85) (2.47)
    from The Young Tradition (Transatlantic TRA 142, 9/1966)
  13. Amber: Swan in the Evening (4.38)
    not originally released, recorded 2/1971
  14. Synanthesia: Minerva (4.16)
    from Synanthesia (RCA Victor SF 8058, 11/1969)
  15. The Minor Birds: The Parting Glass (Roud 3004; G/D 8:1531; Henry H769) (3.49)
    from The Minor Birds (Midas MFHR 045, 1972)
  16. Parameter: Virgin Childe (2.52)
    from Galactic Ramble (Deroy, 8/1971)
  17. Carolanne Pegg: The Sapphire (4.00)
    from Carolanne Pegg (Transatlantic TRA 266, 4/1973)
  18. Dry Heart: Cabin on the Clifftop (3.49)
    not originally released, recorded early 1970
  19. Mighty Baby: Winter Passes (3.12)
    not originally released, recorded 6/1970
  20. Mike Oldfield: On Horseback (3.23)
    from Ommadawn (Virgin V 2043, 10/1975)

CD 2: Book of Shadows

  1. Fairport Convention: Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (7.14)
    from Liege & Lief (Island ILPS 9115, 12/1969)
  2. Gallery: Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Roud 3) (2.32)
    from The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Midas MFHR 046, 1972)
  3. Tim Hart & Maddy Prior: False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3) (3.02)
    from Summer Solstice (B&C CAS 12, 6/1971)
  4. Lal Waterson: The Scarecrow (Demo Version) (3.49)
    from Bright Phuebus (Domino REWIGLP102, 8/2017, recorded 1971)
  5. Chimera: Silver Man (2.54)
    not originally released, recorded 5/1970
  6. Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band: The White Hare (Roud 1110; TYG 79) (2.46)
    from No Roses (Pegasus PEG 7, 10/1971)
  7. Horden Raikes: Mad Tom of Bedlam (Roud V53999) (3.50)
    from Horden Raikes (Folk Heritage FHR 026, 2/1972)
  8. The Sallyangie: The Song of the Healer (3.06)
    not originally released, recorded 1968
  9. Bridget St. John: Lizard-Long-Tongue-Boy (Alternative Version) (3.11)
    not originally released, recorded 8/1968
  10. Dr. Strangely Strange: Strings in the Earth and Air (1.53)
    from King of the Serenes (Island ILPS 9106, 7/1969)
  11. Jan Dukes De Grey: Sorcerers (2.43)
    from Sorcerers (Decca Nova SDN 8, 1/1970)
  12. Dave & Toni Arthur: Green Grass (Roud 169) (1.53)
    from Morning Stands on Tiptoe (Transatlantic TRA 154, 5/1967)
  13. Simon Finn: Where’s Your Master Gone? (3.15)
    from Pass the Distance (Mushroom 100 MR2, 4/1971)
  14. Oberon: Nottamun Town (Roud 1044) (4.44)
    from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Acorn OBE LPS 1, 8/1971)
  15. Fresh Maggots: The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (2.41)
    not originally released, recorded ca. 10/1970
  16. J.P. Sunshine: Hand in Hand (1.52)
    not originally released, recorded late 1967
  17. Comus: The Bite (5.29)
    from First Utterance (Dawn DNLS 3019, 2/1971)
  18. The Sun Also Rises: Death (6.38)
    from The Sun Also Rises (Village Thing VTS 2, 10/1970)
  19. Tea & Symphony: Winter (3.23)
    from An Asylum for the Musically Insane (Harvest SHVL 761, 9/1969)
  20. Principal Edwards Magic Theatre: Autumn Lady Dancing Song (6.51)
    from The Asmoto Running Band (Dandelion DAN 8002, 2/1971)
  21. Anne Briggs: Summer’s In (5.14)
    from Sing a Song or You (Fledg’ling FLED 3008, 1996, recorded 3/1973)

CD 3: Hearken to the Witch’s Rune

  1. Stone Angel: The Bells of Dunwich (5.58)
    from Stone Angel (Seashell SSLP 04, 2/1974)
  2. Pentangle: Cruel Sister (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (7.04)
    from Cruel Sister (Transatlantic TRA 228, 11/1970)
  3. Incredible String Band: Witches Hat (2.34)
    from The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (Elektra EUKS 7258, 3/1968)
  4. Archie Fisher: Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (2.42)
    from Archie Fisher (Transatlantic XTRA 1070, 1968)
  5. Mellow Candle: The Poet and the Witch (2.53)
    from Swaddling Songs (Deram SDL 7, 5/1972)
  6. Curved Air: Elfin Boy (4.17)
    from Air Cut (Warner Bros K 46224, 4/1973)
  7. Sweeney’s Men: Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (4.45)
    from The Tracks of Sweeney (Transatlantic TRA 200, 12/1969)
  8. Parke: Three Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (3.20)
    from Joy, Health, Love and Peace (Folk Heritage FHR 028, 3/1972)
  9. Green Man: Salisbury Plain (Roud 1487) (3.53)
    from What Ails Thee? (Green Man VEM 107, c. 5/1975)
  10. Spriguns of Tolgus: Flodden Field (Roud 2862; Child 168) (6.43)
    from Jack With a Frather (Alida Star ASC 7755, 1975)
  11. The MacDonald Folk Group: Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.13)
    from Take One (Folk Heritage FHR 001M, 12/1968)
  12. Michael Raven & Joan Mills: The Queen of the Night (2.26)
    from Death and the Lady (Folk Heritage FHR 047, 1972)
  13. George Deacon & Marion Ross: Holsworthy Peter’s Fair (4.38)
    from Sweet William’s Ghost (Transatlantic XTRA 1130, 1973)
  14. Staverton Bridge: Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship (Roud 36; Child 46; G/D 4:842; Henry H681) (2.50)
    from Staverton Bridge (Saydisc SDL 266, 1975)
  15. Shirley Kent: Butterfly on the Shore (4.01)
    previously unreleased, recorded 1971
  16. Marc Bolan: Eastern Spell (1.27)
    not originally released, recorded 10/1966
  17. Heather, Adrian & John: The Lark in the Morning (Roud 151) (2.45)
    from The Mushroom Folk Sampler (Mushroom 100 MR 16, 12/1971)
  18. The Coterie: Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (3.50)
    from A Swing to Folk (Emerald GES 1026, 1969)
  19. Mr. Fox: Mendle (7.21)
    from The Gipsy (Transatlantic TRA 236, 5/1971)
  20. Magnet: Sumer Is Icumen In (RoudBS B258230) (1.34)
    from The Wicker Man (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Trunk BARKED 4, 1998, recorded 1972)