Ten Favorite Traditional Folk Albums from the 70s

**PeterG** · 04-07-2013

And please guys stick to bands traditionally considered as folk bands, don't add bands that on other threads you might call prog or rock.

Christy Moore - Prosperous
The Chieftains - 9 - Boil the Breakfast Early
Clannad - 2
Planxty - The Well Below the Valley
The Bothy Band - Old Hag You Have Killed Me
Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues
Pentangle - Cruel Sister
The Watersons - For Pence and Spicy Ale
Spud - The Happy Handful
Na Filí - 3 - Filiceol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BbviqR4lsU

**moecurlythanu** · 04-07-2013

Kinda hard to call Steeleye or Pentangle Trad, doncha think?

**Mister Triscuits** · 04-07-2013

Martin Carthy - Crown of Horn
Martin Carthy - Shearwater
Martin Carthy - Sweet Wivelsfield
Kirkpatrick & Hutchings: The Compleat Dancing Master
Ashley Hutchings: Rattlebone & Ploughjack
Malicorne: 4
Malicorne: 2 (Le Mariage Anglais)
June Tabor - Airs and Graces
Shirley & Dolly Collins - For as Many as Will
John Renbourn Group: A Maid in Bedlam

**PeterG** · 04-07-2013

Originally Posted by Mister Triscuits

Martin Carthy - Crown of Horn
Ashley Hutchings: Rattlebone & Ploughjack
Shirley & Dolly Collins - For as Many as Will

If it was top 20, those 3 would be in mine.

**PeterG** · 04-07-2013

Originally Posted by moecurlythanu

Kinda hard to call Steeleye or Pentangle Trad, doncha think?

Trad? Never heard of Trad in folk, only in jazz. I certainly amn't referring to a specific style of folk, but you make a valid point snd I have reworded the OP slightly for clarity.

I mean traditional as opposed to questionable i.e. bands that are tradtionally accepted as folk bands as opposed to questionable selections like Gerry Rafferty, Jethro Tull, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young.

Span, Pentangle, Fairport, Lindisfarne are all proper folk bands as opposed to rock bands.

**Septober Energy** · 04-07-2013

In no particular order:

1. Fairport Convention - Full House
2. Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
2. Planxty - Planxty
3. Steeleye Span - Please to See the King
4. Steeleye Span - Hark! The Village Wait
5. Trapezoid - Trapezoid
6. Malcom Dalglish & Grey Larsen - Banish Misfortune
7. John Martyn - London Conversation (does this qualify?)
8. The Woods Band - s/t

I could name more, but this is as far as I can comfortably go before I start stretching the limits of the definitions of "folk" or "favorite."

**PeterG** · 04-08-2013

Interesting SE, a couple of names new to me to check out, your Nos. 6 & 8

**Septober Energy** · 04-08-2013

Hi Peter. Woods Band consisted of husband & wife Terry & Gay Woods, who were on the first Steeleye Span album. Very good Irish folk-rock in a similar vein to Fairport, Steeleye, etc. They did one legendary and highly collectible album around 1971 or so, and I think they did a new album a few years ago.

Malcom Dalglish & Grey Larsen were Americans doing a pretty traditional sounding Appalachian folk thing (all acoustic, no rock influence in sight) in the '70s and '80s with emphasis on Dalglish's hammer dulcimer. They did three albums, all of which are really nice. This is the only track I can find on YouTube:

Hope you like these. I need to check out some Christy Moore and Bothy Band myself.

**Trane** · 04-08-2013

Originally Posted by PeterG

Trad? Never heard of Trad in folk, only in jazz. I certainly amn't referring to a specific style of folk, but you make a valid point snd I have reworded the OP slightly for clarity.

I mean traditional as opposed to questionable i.e. bands that are tradtionally accepted as folk bands as opposed to questionable selections like Gerry Rafferty, Jethro Tull, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young.

Span, Pentangle, Fairport, Lindisfarne are all proper folk bands as opposed to rock bands.

The "Trad folk" genre is definitely in use by almost everyone (except maybe you

)... and folk rock groups like Pentangle, Fairport, Span and others are defintely not fitting the genre, even with your clarication...
Given that, would Incredible String Band, Dr Strangely Strange, Nick Drake or Clive Palmer's COB count? (maybe the latter)

In 70's "trad folk", we could think of Albion/Country/Dance/Band stuff and Amazing Blondel

I was going to post a list later, but most of what I could list are in the acid/psych/prog folk genre, hence folk-rock... so I don't think you'd enjoy it...

**PeterG** · 04-08-2013

Read my earlier response I didn't mean a type of music. My wording was poor. I meant groups traditionally accepted as folk bands nothing to do with trad folk, hence the rewording.