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Artist:
GRAHAM, DAVY
Title:
Folk, Blues & Beyond...
Label:
FLEDG'LING (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
FLED 3050CD
Reissued in 2005 by Fledg'ling.
Folk, Blues & Beyond
was first released on Decca Records in 1965, and is one of the most important recordings from the 1960s folk revival.
Davy Graham
was a UK guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and serviceable-to-perfunctory vocalist, setting standards for succeeding generations. Graham was the first guitarist to emerge from Britain whose work combined stylistic elements from
Julian Bream
,
Big Bill Broonzy
,
Blind Lemon Jefferson
,
Ali Akbar Khan
,
Leadbelly
,
Joe Pass
,
Segovia
and others too numerous to name.
John Martyn
described him as his "absolute hero" in a
Guitar Player
interview in 1975. Of Scottish and Guyanese parents, he came to personify musical adventure, his adoption of non-standard guitar tunings, most notably D-A- D-G-A-D, arguably his most important legacy. His uniqueness became, directly or indirectly, a model for
Martin Carthy
,
Bert Jansch
,
Wizz Jones
and later musicians as diverse as
Martin Simpson
and
J]aso[rgen W. Lang
. "
Covers of traditional folk standards like 'Black Is the Colour Of My True Love's Hair' and 'Seven Gypsies' combine with interpretations of compositions by
Bob Dylan
('Don't Think Twice, It's Alright'),
Willie Dixon
('My Babe'),
Charles Mingus
('Better Git in Your Soul'), and
Reverend Gary Davis
('Cocaine') for an eclecticism of repertoire that wasn't matched by many musicians of any sort in the mid-'60s.
" --Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide. This release has been carefully remastered, with restored original artwork. Also added are five very rare bonus tracks, new sleeve-notes and previously-unpublished photographs.
Artist:
GRAHAM, DAVY
Title:
Hat
Label:
FLEDG'LING (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
FLED 3051CD
Reissued by Fledg'ling in 2005, originally released in 1969 on Decca Records,
Hat
. The album is a rounded portrait of
Davy Graham
's remarkable guitar style -- drawing together
Willie Dixon
,
Charles Mingus
,
The Beatles
,
Henry Purcell
and Indian raga on one splendid record. Fledg'ling have carefully remastered this album from the original master tapes, adding new sleeve-notes and previously unpublished photographs.
Artist:
GRAHAM, DAVY
Title:
Midnight Man
Label:
FLEDG'LING (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
FLED 3053CD
Reissued by Fledg'ling in 2005. First released in 1966,
Midnight Man
has a slightly more rhythm'n'blues focus than
Davy Graham
's other Decca albums, as he plays homage to some of his musical heroes. Beautiful playing as always, and a repertoire drawn from the songs of
Lalo Schifrin
,
Herbie Hancock
,
Lonnie John
,
Oscar Brown Jr.
,
Blind Willie Johnson
and
Lennon
/
McCartney
. For this carefully remastered edition, Fledg'ling have restored all the elements of the original artwork and added several previously-unpublished photographs.
Artist:
GRAHAM, DAVY
Title:
Large As Life and Twice As Natural
Label:
FLEDG'LING (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
FLED 3054CD
Reissued by Fledg'ling in 2005. First released in 1968,
Large As Life And Twice As Natural
is a tremendous acoustic-folk-blues-jazz masterpiece. As always with
Davy Graham
, the music seems to defy categorization. Perhaps the simplest description would be "great." On
Large As Life And Twice As Natural
, Davy is joined by the legendary
Harold McNair
on flute,
Dick Heckstall-Smith
on saxophone,
Jon Hiseman
on drums (both from
Colosseum
) and
Danny Thompson
(from
Pentangle
) on double bass. For this carefully remastered edition, Fledg'ling have restored all the elements of the original artwork and added several previously-unpublished photographs. Sleeve-note essay by
John Renbourn
, who was present during the sessions.
Artist:
GRAHAM, DAVY
Title:
From Monkhouse To Medway 1963-1973
Label:
HUX (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
HUX 113CD
"Davy Graham was one of the most innovative guitarists of the 1960s and, with his eclectic mixture of folk, blues and jazz, was considered to be the catalyst of the British folk scene. His legendary
Angi
single was released in 1962 and would prove hugely influential on a generation of British guitar heroes. But Britain was still in the pre-Beatles world of 'Light Entertainment' and Davy Graham, ahead of his time, couldn't get arrested. So closet guitar buff and radio/TV star Bob Monkhouse stepped in and funded a demo acetate which resulted in Davy's first album deal. Now restored from a sole surviving copy, those tracks are heard here for the first time, along with a folk club set recorded in stereo from Davy's 'wilderness years' in the early '70s. The release of this CD now adds numerous otherwise unrecorded titles to Davy's unique legacy. The accompanying booklet includes extensive liner notes by renowned folk journalist Colin Harper, and an interview with Bob Monkhouse."
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