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• 8 CDs housed in a beautiful clamshell box.
• Bringing together all his 1960s studio recordings plus demo and live recordings.
• With extensive sleeve note essay, original liner notes and a rare 2000 interview with Davy Graham.
The godfather of British acoustic guitar, Davy Graham has had a tremendous influence on guitarists from Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Paul Simon to Jimmy Page, Graham Coxon and Bernard Butler. He studied music from India, the Middle East and North Africa to devise new tunings and ways of playing blues, jazz and English traditional music. One of his most enduring legacies is the DADGAD tuning. An absolutely original, creative musical giant, Davy thought about things in a different way and wasn't bound by any musical preconceptions.
This sumptuous 8CD set includes the seminal, and hugely influential, 1965 albums: ‘Folk, Blues & Beyond’ and ‘Folk Roots’, New Routes’, the latter recorded with Shirley Collins. Both albums served as important templates for Pentangle and Fairport Convention to develop English folk-rock.
The original version of ‘Anji’ from 1962 - Graham’s most well-known composition, recorded by Simon & Garfunkel, Bert Jansch and many others - appears alongside a stunning live performance. All in all, ‘He Moved Through The Fair’ provides a marvellous opportunity to focus attention on this remarkable musician.
David Michael Gordon Graham, guitarist, born 26 November 1940; died 15 December 2008.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
The First Recordings and The GUITAR PLAYER
1 Angi
2 Davy’s Train Blues
3 ¾ AD
4 Worksong +*
5 Saturday Night Shuffle +*
6 Angi +*
7 God Loves His Children, Brother +*
8 Hey Bud Blues +*
9 She Moved Through The Fair
10 Mustapha
11 Careless Love
12 Hallelujah, I Love Her So
13 Sunset Eyes
14 Southbound Train
15 Take Five
16 Don’t Stop The Carnival
17 Sermonette
18 Take Five
19 How Long, How Long Blues
20 Sunset Eyes
21 Cry Me A River
22 The Ruby & The Pearl
23 Buffalo
24 Exodus
25 Yellow Bird
26 Blues For Betty
27 Hallelujah, I Love Her So
DISC TWO
FOLK, BLUES & BEYOND…
1 Leavin’ Blues
2 Cocaine
3 Sally Free And Easy
4 Black Is The Colour Of My True Love’s Hair
5 Rock Me Baby
6 Seven Gypsies
7 Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
8 Moanin’
9 Skillet
10 Ain’t Nobody’s Business What I Do
11 Maajun (A Taste of Tangier)
12 I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes
13 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
14 My Babe
15 Goin’ Down Slow
16 Better Git It In Your Soul
DISC THREE
FOLK ROOTS, NEW ROUTES
1 Nottamun Town
2 Proud Maisrie
3 The Cherry Tree Carol
4 Blue Monk
5 Hares On The Mountain
6 Reynardine
7 Pretty Saro
8 Rif Mountain
9 Jane, Jane
10 Love Is Pleasin’
11 Boll Weevil, Holler
12 Hori Horo
13 Bad Girl
14 Lord Gregory
15 Grooveyard
16 Dearest Dear
DISC FOUR
MIDNIGHT MAN plus
1 No Preacher Blues
2 The Fakir
3 I’m Looking Thru’ You
4 Hummingbird
5 Watermelon Man
6 Stormy Monday
7 Money Honey
8 Walkin’ The Dog
9 Fire In My Soul
10 Lost Lover Blues
11 Neighbour, Neighbour
12 Jubilation
13 Rags And Old Iron
14 Jelly Roll Baker
15 Jubilation *
16 Travelling Man *
17 Sally Free & Easy *
18 I’m Ready *
19 Work Song *
20 Rock Me *
21 No Preacher Blues *
22 The Preacher *
23 Sweet Home Chicago *
24 The Cat Came Back *
DISC FIVE
AFTER HOURS, Live at Hull University, 4th February 1967
1 Work Song *
2 Cocaine *
3 Buhaina Chant *
4 Grooveyard *
5 Bourée In E Minor *
6 Gavotte or Bourée from the D Minor Suite *
7 How Long Blues *
8 She Moved Thru’ The Bizarre / Blue Raga *
9 Miserlou *
10 Hey Bud Blues *
11 Buffalo *
12 Jubilation *
13 Louisiana Blues
14 Afro-Blue
DISC SIX
LARGE AS LIFE & TWICE AS NATURAL plus
1 Both Sides Now
2 Bad Boy Blues
3 Tristano
4 Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
5 Bruton Town
6 Sunshine Raga
7 Freight Train Blues
8 Jenra
9 Electric Chair
10 Good Morning Blues
11 Beautiful City
12 Blue Raga
13 Better Git It In Your Soul *
14 Neighbour, Neighbour *
15 Panic Room Blues *
16 Skillet Good & Greasy *
17 Buhaina Chant *
18 Money, Honey *
19 Maajun *
20 Miserlou *
DISC SEVEN
HAT plus
1 Getting Better
2 Lotus Blossom
3 I’m Ready
4 Buhaina Chant
5 Homeward Bound
6 Love Is Pleasing
7 Hornpipe for Harpsichord Played Upon Guitar
8 Down Along The Cove
9 Hoochie Coochie Man
10 Stan’s Guitar
11 Pretty Polly
12 Bulgarian Dance
13 I Am A Rock
14 Oliver
She Moved Through
DISC EIGHT
THE HOLLY KALEIDOSCOPE and GODINGTON BOUNDARY
1 Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
2 Wilt Thou Unkind
3 Blackbird
4 Blues At Gino's
5 Since I Fell For You
6 Sunny Moon For Two
7 Fingerbuster
8 Here, There And Everywhere
9 Ramblin' Sailor
10 Mary, Open The Door
11 I Know My Love
12 Charlie
13 Bridge Over Troubled Water
14 Little Man You've Had A Busy Day
15 I’m A Freeborn Man (Of The Travelling People)
16 The Preacher
17 All Of Me
18 Afta
19 On Green Dolphin Street
20 Dallas Rag
21 ‘Round Midnight
22 Work Song
23 Joe Joe, The Cannibal Kid
24 Everything’s Fine Right Now
25 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
26 Mother Nature’s Son
27 Grooveyard
28 Forty Ton Parachute
* Previously unreleased