Horden Raikes First LP (1971)

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I have been offered this rare album to share on here

there is very little information on the web about this LP

it seems to be yet another example of a brilliant group

that split and went their own individual way after making

a few superb albums. Their follow up album "King Cotton"

was posted on another blog, and repeated here some while ago

so you can get a sample of their style by taking a listen to that.

Work is proceeding on the first side, the second side to follow soon. update 22 Nov 2011. Audio restoration work completed

An interesting exercise, the LP is in a very good shape
(Round and flat of course) but the ripping method is
vastly different from my normal one. This LP has been
digitised on an ION 1 direct from vinyl to digital deck.
This is the first time I have had to work with the output
from one of these, techniques are basically similar, but
the difficulty has been trying to do it remotely by issuing
instruction via email and live chat, and dealing with strange
programs, that although capable do not have the features 
I have come to be used to.  After a few goes and a few
failures we have at last got some good results and sounds
which would probably never have happened were it not
for the perseverance of the owner, the use of the internet
and the shear joy of listening to a rare folk music album
(for BOTH of us)


Tracks:

Side 1:

Mock Beggar Hall (Old mansion in Cheshire)

Farewell She   (Roud 803)

Spencer The Rover (A British Rambling singer)

Ye Jacobites By Name (Roud 5517) (Burns)

Lord Franklin (Roud 487) (British Sea Captain/Explorer)

   Thomas of Winesbury  (Child #100)

    

Side 2:

Mad Tom Of Bedlam (Poem about a Bedlamite)

Bogies Bonny Belle (Song about a fair girl of Huntly, Scotland)

The Two Magicians (classic loss of maidenhead story)

Londons Ordinary (Tradesmen and their Pubs)

John Barleycorn (personification of Beer's principle parts)

The Seeds Of Love (Trad)

Group contained the following artists.
Brian Dewhurst (later known as Preston)
(Him the HAIR)
and Ron Flanagan

You might like to checkout
some of Brian's recent appearances at folk clubs.
with these YouTube videos.

One
Two
Three
Four
Five


Now the Audio content.
HERE


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