The YOUNG TRADITION : Oberlin 1968
Fledg’ling will release a previously unheard live recording of the mighty YOUNG TRADITION – Oberlin 1968 – on 30th September 2013. The live reputation of the mighty Young Tradition lives long in the memories of all who heard them during their brief career. Live recordings were thought not to exist until, 45 years later, an […]
JOHN KIRKPATRICK ~ The Dance Of The Demon Daffodils FLED 3075
Squeezebox maestro JOHN KIRKPATRICK is one of the giants of the British folk scene. Over the past three decades he has appeared on hundreds of recordings, yet, seldom has he had the opportunity to record a whole album of his original compositions. The Dance of the Demon Daffodils is just that – a splendid collection […]
MARTIN SIMPSON ~ Sad Or High Kicking FLED 3022
Martin Simpson’s excellent 1985 album Sad Or High Kicking was originally released by Topic Records. The record includes powerful readings of Randy Newman’s ‘Living Without You’, Anne Lister’s ‘Moth’ and ‘Icarus’, alongside a rollicking Cajun ‘The Lakes Of Ponchartrain’. With the release of Sad Or High Kicking Fledg’ling proudly continue their programme of re-issuing MARTIN […]
MARTIN SIMPSON ~ Grinning In Your Face FLED 3021
MARTIN SIMPSON is justifiably regarded as one of the finest finger-style guitarists in the world. Grinning In Your Face is one of his finest and most complete recordings. Originally released by Topic Records in 1983, now remastered from the original tapes and repackaged for compact disc reissue. The album includes stunning versions of Bob Dylan’s […]
FOTHERINGAY
Fotheringay remain one of the great might-have-beens of British music. When Sandy Denny left Fairport Convention in 1969 after recording Liege & Lief, she began forming a new band with her boyfriend Trevor Lucas and drummer Gerry Conway from the group Eclection and Albert Lee and Pat Donaldson from Poet & One Man Band. After […]
IAN ANDERSON’S COUNTRY BLUES BAND ~ Stereo Death Breakdown FLED 3073
At the height of the British blues boom in the late 1960s, a handful of musicians came to prominence reinterpreting the acoustic country blues of the 1920s and ’30s. So in the winter of 1968/’69, Ian Anderson assembled a lively country blues band for his debut album Stereo Death Breakdown. The master tapes were thought […]
CHRIS McGREGOR TRIO ~ Our Prayer FLED 3070
The Fledg’ling campaign to document Chris McGregor’s Witchseason recordings from the late 1960s early 1970s comes to an end with the release of Our Prayer a magical, previously unreleased trio set focusing on McGregor’s piano playing. Accompanying Chris McGregor are the Blue Note’s Louis Moholo on drums and Barre Phillips on double bass. Our Prayer […]