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MARTIN CARTHY

 If the English folk revival of the 1960s had a single "father" and guiding spirit, 

then Martin Carthy was it. Carthy's influence transcends his abilities, formidable though those are,

apart from being one of the most talented acoustic guitarists, mandolinists, and general 

multi-instrumentalists working the folk clubs in the 1960s, he was also a powerful singer 

with no pretensions or affectations, and was an even more prodigious arranger and editor, 

with an excellent ear for traditional compositions. By 1966, at the time he was cutting 

his first two albums, Carthy was already an influence on Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, 

and by the end of the 1960s was de facto mentor to virtually every serious aspiring 

folk musician in England. At least three major English folk-rock bands, Fairport Convention, 

Steeleye Span, and the Albion Band, were formed either directly or indirectly with his help and influence

"MARTIN CARTHY"

1965     LP     FONTANA RECORDS       STL 5269   STEREO

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL PRESSING

Released in a fully laminated single cover

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LABEL:  FONTANA - BLACK/SILVER LABEL -  SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) STL 5269    (rear) STL5269 (886 752 TY)

Catalog on labels: STL.5269 (886 752 TY) 886 752 1Y /  STL.5269 (886 752 TY) 886 752 2Y

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 886752 1Y//1?420 11 2

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 886752 2Y//1?420 11 2

On labels: rim text reads "All Rights........Prohibited"

?1965 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 9 o'clock circa)

Rights Society / Publishing: Mecolico, Sparta Music, Harmony Music

On Back Sleeve: Notes by Ian Campbell

This is Ian's fourth complete L.P.

Dave Swarbrick of the Ian Campbell Folk Group records by permission of Transatlantic Records Ltd.

tracklisting

Side A: HIGH GERMANY - THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH

SOVAY - YE MARINERS ALL - THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

BROOMFIELD HILL - SPRING HILL MINE DISASTER

Side B: SCARBOROUGH FAIR - LOVELY JOAN - THE BARLEY AND THE RYE

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY - THE TWO MAGICIANS

THE HANDSOME CABIN BOY - AND A BEGGING I WILL GO

  grading

RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description) 

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Carthy's debut album rates a place alongside the album by Bob Dylan, as the debut work 

of a man who ultimately revolutionized folk music performance in England (Carthy is 

mentioned as an influence on the notes to Dylan's Freewheelin' album). 

This is Carthy's purest and simplest folk effort, an all-acoustic recording done in barely 

an afternoon that includes his version of "Scarborough Fair," awhich Paul Simon 

learned from Carthy (including the chords and changes from Carthy's arrangement) 

and transformed into a hit of his own. Also here is "Two Magicians," a song that later 

entered the repertory Steeleye Span, and "Lovely Joan," a folk song that is most familiar 

to classical listeners as the source of the counter-melody to Ralph Vaughan Williams' 

"Fantasia on Greensleeves." The playing and the interpretations are somewhat less 

ambitious and rather rougher than subsequent efforts, with Dave Swarbrick guesting on fiddle 

on about half the tracks, and Carthy's guitar covering all but the acapella tracks...(AllMusic)