JOHN KIRKPATRICK & CHRIS PARKINSON ~ The Sultans Of Squeeze FLED 3056
The Sultans of Squeeze is a splendid new collaboration between two of England’s finest squeezebox maestros – masters of all that needs squeezing. JOHN KIRKPATRICK well known from his recordings with Brass Monkey, the Richard Thompson Band and solo has teamed up with the House Band’s acclaimed CHRIS PARKINSON to record a diverse collection of […]
DORRIS HENDERSON & JOHN RENBOURN ~ Watch The Stars FLED 3055
First released in 1967, Watch The Stars is a remarkable long-lost gem from the mid-‘sixties British folk revival. A beautiful collection of folk, blues and haikus, the album melds a folk-boom topicality with a fine “beat” sensibility; uniting the Afro-American West Coast with suburban London. Long out-of-print, the record is an early milestone in the […]
DAVY GRAHAM ~ Large As Life And Twice As Natural FLED 3054
First released in 1968 Large As Life And Twice As Natural is a tremendous acoustic-folk-blues-jazz masterpiece. As always with Davy Graham’s music seems to defy any attempt to categorise – perhaps the simplest description would be “great music”. Davy is joined by the legendary Harold McNair on flute, Dick Heckstall-Smith on saxophone, Jon Hiseman on […]
DAVY GRAHAM ~ Midnight Man FLED 3053
Davy Graham’s 1966 powerful rythmn’n’blues tinged collection Midnight Man finally sees a long-overdue appearance on compact disc. For this very carefully re-mastered edition Fledg’ling have restored all the elements of the original artwork and added new sleeve notes and several previously unpublished photographs. “To this day Davy Graham is my absolute hero – always has […]
SHIRLEY COLLINS & DAVY GRAHAM ~ Folk Roots, New Routes FLED 3052
Another classic record from 1965. An experimental recording conceived by Austin John Marshall bringing together Shirley’s haunting traditional song with Davy’s guitar improvisations. Folk Roots, New Routes opened the door for Fairport Convention’s Liege and Lief and Pentangle’s debut. For this carefully remastered edition Fledg’ling have restored the original artwork, added a new sleeve-note essay […]
DAVY GRAHAM ~ Hat FLED 3051
First released in 1969, Hat has not previously appeared on compact disc. The album is a rounded portrait of Davy Graham’s remarkable style – drawing together Willie Dixon, Charles Mingus, The Beatles, Henry Purcell and Indian raga on one splendid record. Fledg’ling have carefully remastered this album from the original master tapes, added new sleeve-notes […]