This, my end of 2018 compilation, is late 60s/early 70s British folk and pastoral pop (there is also at least one song by an Irish artist). This is a highly idiosyncratic selection, based on a tremendous amount of listening, much inspired by Rob Young’s wonderful book Electric Eden.
1. Steeleye Span “A Calling-On Song” (1970)
2. Incredible String Band “Air” (1968)
3. Bill Fay “Garden Song [Demo Version]” (1970)
4. Kevin Ayers “Eleanor’s Cake (Which Ate Her)” (1969)
5. Agincourt “When I Awoke” (1970)
6. Cob “Eleven Willows” (1972)
7. Anne Briggs “Tongue in Cheek” (1973)
8. Sweeney’s Men “Dreams for Me” (1969)
9. Nick Drake “Cello Song” (1969)
10. Dando Shaft “Til the Morning Comes” (1971)
11. Donovan “The Tinker And The Crab” (1967)
12. Heron “Goodbye” (1970)
13. Vashti Bunyan “Jog Along Bess” (1970)
14. Orriel Smith “Tiffany Glass” (1968)
15. Peter Howell & John Ferdinando “Tomorrow Come Someday” (1969)
16. Lindsey Moore & Basil Kirchin “I Start Counting (Demo)” (1970)
17. Synanthesia “Peek Strangely and Worried Evening” (1969)
18. Pentangle “Willy O’ Winsbury” (1972)
19. Spirogyra “Love Is a Funny Thing” (1971)
20. Bridget St. John “The Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity” (1969)
21. Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band “Claudy Banks” (1971)
22. Mike Waterson & Lal Waterson “Red Wine & Promises” (1972)
23. John Martyn & Beverley Martyn “Parcels” (1970)
24. Fairport Convention “Farewell, Farewell” (1969)
Wonderings 