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Martin Carthy
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Martin Carthy
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Martin Carthy
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debut album rates a place alongside the album by
, as the debut work of a man who ultimately revolutionized folk music performance in England (
is mentioned as an influence on the notes to
album). This is
purest and simplest folk effort, an all-acoustic recording done in barely an afternoon that includes his version of
awhich
learned from
(including the chords and changes from
arrangement) and transformed into a hit of his own. Also here is "Two Magicians," a song that later entered the repertory
, and "Lovely Joan," a folk song that is most familiar to classical listeners as the source of the counter-melody to
"Fantasia on Greensleeves." The playing and the interpretations are somewhat less ambitious and rather rougher than subsequent efforts, with
guesting on fiddle on about half the tracks, and
guitar covering all but the acapella tracks. ~ Bruce Eder