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• In 2017, Grapefruit released the 3-CD set Milk Of The Tree, a highly-acclaimed compendium of female singer/songwriters active during the late Sixties/early Seventies.
• Having covered the distaff side of the genre, we now provide a companion piece to that set with Separate Paths Together, a similarly detailed examination of the post-Dylan, pre-punk British male singer/songwriter scene during a time when, to quote the late Dave Cartwright, “a man with a guitar could play to hushed audiences hanging on every word and make a damn good living”.
• As our anthology proves beyond any doubt, the singer/songwriter branch of the Sixties/Seventies rock family tree was rather more eclectic than received wisdom might suggest, housing such disparate bedfellows as Peter Hammill and Gilbert O’Sullivan, Kevin Ayers and Peter Skellern, Richard Thompson and Leo Sayer.
• In addition to the above names, we feature such key figures from the scene as Al Stewart, Donovan, Ralph McTell, Michael Chapman, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and Gerry Rafferty while also exploring the roads less travelled with a host of more obscure, collector-friendly acts.
• Housed in suitably evocative artwork and a stylish clamshell box design, Separate Paths Together provides a wide-ranging, four-hour overview of the pop stars, the club folkies, the rock band refugees, the stoned poets, the political agitators, the wry humorists and the bedsit bards that came together to make up a vibrant, multifaceted scene.
• With a dazzling array of hit singles, key album tracks, cult favourites, buried treasure and glorious one-offs, Separate Paths Together recalls a lost era via tales of love and pain, of childhood memories and adult disillusionment, of beautiful strangers and family men, and, perhaps most poignantly of all, of time past and time passing.
Tracklist
DISC ONE:
1. JOURNEY – Duncan Browne
2. GIRL ON A SWING – Kevin Ayers
3. POOR DITCHING BOY – Richard Thompson
4. THE CAUSE IS GOOD – Clifford T. Ward
5. IT’S ALL UP TO YOU – Jim Capaldi
6. DON’T COUNT ME OUT – Gerry Rafferty
7. MAD BOY – Kevin Coyne
8. SWEET LITTLE FAT GIRL – Harvey Andrews
9. PAPER AND SMOKE – Mike Cooper
10. THE FAWN – Keith Christmas
11. THE SURVIVOR – Ian A. Anderson
12. I DON’T KNOW – Dave Ellis
13. HOLD ON TO LOVE – Peter Skellern
14. AUDREY – Mike Heron
15. EASY TO SLIP AWAY – Peter Hammill
16. FOR YOUR LOVE – Graham Gouldman
17. MAYBE THAT’S THE WAY – Ray Dorset
18. BEWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER – Pete Atkin
19. CALIFORNIA SUN – Eddie Hardin
20. THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S – Leo Sayer
21. RED LADY – Phil Cordell
DISC TWO:
1. THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER – David McWilliams
2. YOU SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO AL – Al Stewart
3. MAY YOU NEVER – John Martyn
4. I REALLY WANTED YOU – Steve Tilston
5. SAY IT AIN’T SO JOE – Murray Head
6. FAMILY MAN – John Howard
7. TWO WEEKS LAST SUMMER – Dave Cousins
8. TELL ME WHAT IS TRUE LOVE? – Bert Jansch
9. ALL AROUND MY GRANDMOTHER’S FLOOR – Andy Roberts
10. TWO SEPARATE PATHS TOGETHER – Gary Farr
11. FROZEN ORANGE JUICE – Peter Sarstedt
12. WHEN I LEAVE BERLIN – Wizz Jones
13. JESUS CHRIST JUNIOR – Patrick Campbell-Lyons
14. THERE ONCE WAS A TIME – Beau
15. LOVE OWED – Meic Stevens
16. FRANKIE JOES – Jimmy Campbell
17. SONG FOR SUSAN – Dave Cartwright
18. POSTCARDS OF SCARBOROUGH – Michael Chapman
19. DADDY’S HERE – Ralph McTell
20. DARK AND DEVIL WATERS – Mick Audsley
21. SHE’S THAT KIND OF WOMAN – John Williams
22. MY FRIEND UPON THE ROAD – Richard Digance
23. NOTHING RHYMED – Gilbert O’Sullivan
DISC THREE:
1. ONE OF THOSE DAYS – Steve Gibbons
2. JEFFREY DON’T YOU TOUCH – Al Jones
3. WELCOME TO THE CITADEL – Marc Brierley
4. MISS SWISS – Bryn Haworth
5. THOUGHT OF YOU INSTEAD – Stephen Jameson
6. CARAVAN – Mick Softley
7. COUNTRY JOE – Jackie McAuley
8. INSIDE A HOLE – Dave Bundy
9. SOLILOQUY – Bob Bunting
10. DISBELIEF BLUES – Mike Hart
11. ONE SUNDAY MORNING – Paul Brett
12. NAKED FINGERS – Chris Baker
13. WHAT YOU GONNA DO NOW? – Keith Riley
14. SING US ONE OF YOUR SONGS MAY (demo version) – Bill Fay
15. JEWEL – John Pantry
16. FOX ON THE RUN – Tony Hazzard
17. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE – Crispian St. Peters
18. THE SWAN – Jona Lewie
19. REACH OUT FOR EACH OTHER – Phillip Goodhand-Tait
20. SO WEARY – Dave Morgan
21. WAKE UP – Gerald Thomas Moore
22. TURQUOISE – Donovan