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Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 and former owner of the Witchseason production company. Boyd was instrumental in launching the careers of Nick Drake
Nick Drake

Nicholas Rodney Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone....
, Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
, and The Incredible String Band.

was born in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 and raised in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756....
. He attended Pomfret School
Pomfret School

Pomfret School is a highly selective independent coeducational boarding and day school located in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States for grades 9 through 12 and offers a post-graduate year....
 in Pomfret, Connecticut
Pomfret, Connecticut

Pomfret is a New England town in Windham County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,798 at the 2000 United States Census....
. He first became involved in music promoting blues artists while a student at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
, and in 1964 made his first visit to Britain, returning the following year to establish an overseas office of Elektra Records
Elektra Records

Elektra Records is a now-dormant United States record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group....
.






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Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 and former owner of the Witchseason production company. Boyd was instrumental in launching the careers of Nick Drake
Nick Drake

Nicholas Rodney Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone....
, Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
, and The Incredible String Band.

Career

Boyd was born in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 and raised in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756....
. He attended Pomfret School
Pomfret School

Pomfret School is a highly selective independent coeducational boarding and day school located in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States for grades 9 through 12 and offers a post-graduate year....
 in Pomfret, Connecticut
Pomfret, Connecticut

Pomfret is a New England town in Windham County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,798 at the 2000 United States Census....
. He first became involved in music promoting blues artists while a student at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
, and in 1964 made his first visit to Britain, returning the following year to establish an overseas office of Elektra Records
Elektra Records

Elektra Records is a now-dormant United States record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group....
. He was eventually to settle in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.

He became best-known for his work with British folk
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
 and folk rock
Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and Rock and roll.In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and Canada around the mid-1960s....
 artists, including the Incredible String Band
Incredible String Band

The Incredible String Band were a psych folk band formed in Scotland in 1965. The band built a considerable following, especially within United Kingdom Counterculture of the 1960s before splitting up in 1974....
, Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy Order of the British Empire is an England folk music singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revi...
, Nick Drake
Nick Drake

Nicholas Rodney Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone....
, John Martyn, Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
 and Richard Thompson. Some of these were produced by his own production company, Witchseason. He also co-founded London's UFO Club
UFO Club

The UFO Club was a famous but shortlived UK underground club in London during the 1960s, venue of performances by many of the top bands of the day....
 and worked with UFO regulars Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
 (producing their first single Arnold Layne
Arnold Layne

"Arnold Layne" was the first single released by United Kingdom Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd, shortly after landing a recording contract with EMI....
) and the Soft Machine
Soft Machine

Soft Machine was an England Rock music band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the so-called "Canterbury scene," and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre....
.

Boyd returned to the States in the 1970s, assembling footage for the eponymous film documentary on Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
 (1973) and producing records by Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
 and Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Kate and Anna McGarrigle

Kate and Anna McGarrigle are a Canadian folk music duo from Quebec....
 among others. He went on to found his own Hannibal label (now a part of Rykodisc
Rykodisc

Rykodisc Records is an United States record label, owned by Warner Music Group....
) which released records by the likes of Richard Thompson and various discs of so-called world music
World music

The term world music includes Traditional music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians or that are "closely informed or guided by indigenous music of the regions of their origin," including Western World music ....
. Boyd also produced R.E.M.'s third album Fables of the Reconstruction
Fables of the Reconstruction

Fables of the Reconstruction is the third studio album released by the United States alternative rock band R.E.M., released on the I.R.S. Records in 1985....
 (1985), and records by Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an England musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs....
 and 10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs was a United States-based alternative rock band, formed in 1981 and active with various line-ups through 2007. Their best-known member is Natalie Merchant, who left the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career....
.

He was Executive Producer for the 1988 feature film Scandal, starring John Hurt
John Hurt

'John Vincent Hurt', Order of the British Empire is an England actor. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons , and has since retained a career as a leading actor and supporting actor of many popular motion pictures, including: Watership Down , Midnight Exp...
 and Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda

Bridget Jane Fonda is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States actor....
 about Britain's Profumo Scandal. He left Hannibal/Ryko in 2001 and has written a book about making music in the 1960s called "White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s
White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s

White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s is the memoir of music producer Joe Boyd. It is published by Serpent's Tail. A companion CD of music he had brought to the public in the 1960s and associated with the book was published by Fledg'ling Records at the same time....
", published in May 2006 by Serpent's Tail
Serpent's Tail

Serpent's Tail is a United Kingdom independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Pete Ayrton. It is notable for its translated works, particularly European crime fiction, and is the British publisher of Elfriede Jelinek and Lionel Shriver....
 Press in the UK.

Records produced or co-produced by Joe Boyd


The 1960s

1966
  • The Incredible String Band
    The Incredible String Band (album)

    The Incredible String Band is the band's eponymous debut album. Released in 1966, it is the only The Incredible String Band album to feature the original trio line-up with Clive Palmer as well as Robin Williamson and Mike Heron....
     (The Incredible String Band
    Incredible String Band

    The Incredible String Band were a psych folk band formed in Scotland in 1965. The band built a considerable following, especially within United Kingdom Counterculture of the 1960s before splitting up in 1974....
    )
  • Lord of the Dance (Sydney Carter)
  • Alasdair Clayre (Alasdair Clayre
    Alasdair Clayre

    Alasdair George S. Clayre was a British man of many talents: author, broadcaster, singer-songwriter, and academic. He was educated at Oxford University and was a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford....
    )
  • What's Shakin'
    What's Shakin'

    What's Shakin is a compilation album released by Elektra Records in 1966. It featured a selection of demonstration tapes by artists Elektra was considering for recording contracts....
     (various artists) - 3 tracks by Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse
    Eric Clapton's Powerhouse

    Eric Clapton's Powerhouse was a United Kingdom blues studio supergroup formed in 1966....
  • "A Cold Wind Blows" (Elektra EUK 253) Various artists: Cyril Tawney, Matt McGinn, Johnny Handle and Alasdair Clayre
    Alasdair Clayre

    Alasdair George S. Clayre was a British man of many talents: author, broadcaster, singer-songwriter, and academic. He was educated at Oxford University and was a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford....


1967
  • The Power of the True Love Knot
    The Power of the True Love Knot

    The Power of the True Love Knot is an album by Shirley Collins.The theme of this collection of songs is "the idea of true love as a power outside society's control", as Shirley writes on the liner notes....
     (Shirley Collins
    Shirley Collins

    Shirley Elizabeth Collins Order of the British Empire was a significant contributor to the Music of the United Kingdom #Folk_music_and_roots_revival of the 1950s and 1960s....
    )
  • The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
    The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion

    The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion was the second vinyl record by The Incredible String Band, released in July 1967.Since recording their debut album the previous year, the original trio had been reduced to two, Mike Heron and Robin Williamson....
     (The Incredible String Band)
  • Rags Reels and Airs (Dave Swarbrick
    Dave Swarbrick

    Dave Swarbrick is a British folk music and electric folk fiddle player, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. He has been described by Ashley Hutchings as 'the most influential [British] fiddle player bar none' and his style has been copied or developed by almost every British, and many World, folk violin players that have followed him...
    , Martin Carthy
    Martin Carthy

    Martin Carthy Order of the British Empire is an England folk music singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revi...
     & Diz Disley
    Diz Disley

    William C. Disley is a Canadian/British jazz guitarist and graphic designer. He is best known for his jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, and for his collaborations with the violinist St?phane Grappelli....
    )
  • Arnold Layne
    Arnold Layne

    "Arnold Layne" was the first single released by United Kingdom Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd, shortly after landing a recording contract with EMI....
     / Candy and a Currant Bun (single by Pink Floyd
    Pink Floyd

    Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
    )
  • Granny Takes a Trip (single by The Purple Gang
    The Purple Gang

    The Purple Gang was a Criminal organization of Rum-runnings and hijackers in the 1920s. Under the leadership of Abe Bernstein, the gang operated out of Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, which was a major port for running cached alcohol products across during Prohibition, since it is on the border with Canada....
    )
  • "She's Gone
    She's Gone

    She's Gone may refer to:*"She's Gone", song by Black Sabbath in 1976 album Technical Ecstasy*"She's Gone ", song by Tavares in 1975*"She's Gone ", song by Hall & Oates in 1973 album Abandoned Luncheonette...
    ", "I Should've Known" recordings for projected single by Soft Machine
    Soft Machine

    Soft Machine was an England Rock music band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the so-called "Canterbury scene," and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre....
    , June, Sound Techniques, London (released on "Triple Echo", 1977, "Turns On Volume 1" (Voiceprint 2001 CD)


1968
  • Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
    Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

    Tonite Let's All Make Love in London is a 1967 semi-documentary film made by Peter Whitehead about the "swinging London," based around a series of psychedelic performances and interviews....
     (Pink Floyd
    Pink Floyd

    Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
     tracks)
  • Very Urgent (Chris McGregor
    Chris McGregor

    Christopher McGregor , was a South Africa jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa....
    )
  • If I Had a Ribbon Bow
    If I Had a Ribbon Bow

    "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" is Fairport Convention's debut single.The song written by Huey Prince and Lou Singer had been recorded previously by Maxine Sullivan in 1936, Odetta , Carolyn Hester , Karen Dalton and Mildred Bailey....
     / If (Stomp) (single by Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • If (Stomp) / Chelsea Morning (single byFairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention (album)

    Fairport Convention is Fairport Convention's debut album. The band formed in 1967, with original line-up Judy Dyble and Iain Matthews , Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol , Ashley Hutchings and Sean Frater, replaced after their first gig by Martin Lamble ....
     (Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
    The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

    The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter was the third album by the Incredible String Band, released in March 1968. It is regarded by many critics as a quintessential example of hippie culture, with its promotion of ideas such as communal living, eastern mysticism and pantheism; though this slightly undermines the inherent skill of musicianship f...
     (The Incredible String Band)
  • Wee Tam and the Big Huge
    Wee Tam and the Big Huge

    Wee Tam and the Big Huge is the fourth album by the Incredible String Band, released in Europe as both a double LP and separate single LPs in November 1968....
     (The Incredible String Band)
  • Kalpana - instrumental and dance music of India (various artists)


1969
  • What We Did On Our Holidays
    What We Did on Our Holidays

    What We Did on Our Holidays is the second album release by the band Fairport Convention and was the first to feature Sandy Denny, whose "haunting, ethereal vocals gave Fairport a big boost", according to Allmusic's reviewer....
     (Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Si Tu Dois Partir
    Si Tu Dois Partir

    "Si Tu Dois Partir", is a single by Fairport Convention. The song is a French-language cover of Bob Dylan's "If You Gotta Go, Go Now".It is Fairport Convention's only charting single in the UK....
     / Genesis Hall (single by Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Unhalfbricking
    Unhalfbricking

    Unhalfbricking is the third album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention, released in 1969. It is seen as a transitional album in their history and marked a further musical move away from American influences towards more traditional English folk songs that had begun on their previous album, What We Did On Our Holidays and argua...
     (Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Five Leaves Left
    Five Leaves Left

    Five Leaves Left, recorded in 1969, was the first of three albums by United Kingdom folk music musician Nick Drake. Like Bryter Layter and unlike Pink Moon, this album contains no completely solo songs....
     (Nick Drake
    Nick Drake

    Nicholas Rodney Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone....
    )
  • Liege & Lief
    Liege & Lief

    Liege & Lief, released in 1969, is the fourth album released by the England electric folk group Fairport Convention. The album, which established British folk rock as a distinct genre, is considered one of the most influential folk albums of all time....
     (Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Kip of the Serenes (Dr. Strangely Strange
    Dr. Strangely Strange

    Dr. Strangely Strange were an experimental Music of Ireland folk group formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth and Ivan Pawle bass guitar and keyboard instruments)....
    )
  • Big Ted / All Writ Down (single by the The Incredible String Band)
  • Changing Horses
    Changing Horses

    Changing Horses is the fifth album by the Incredible String Band. It was the first record released by the band after they had openly given up drugs , alluded to in one of the tracks, White Bird, as well as, more explicitly, in the album title....
     (The Incredible String Band)


The 1970s

1970
  • Desertshore
    Desertshore

    Desertshore is the name of a Folk album with neoclassicism and avant-garde elements, recorded and released by Nico in 1970. It was co-produced by John Cale and Joe Boyd....
     (Nico
    Nico

    Christa P?ffgen was a German musician, Model , actress, and Warhol Superstar who is best known by her stage name Nico. She is renowned for both her tenure in The Velvet Underground and for her work as a solo artist....
    )
  • Just Another Diamond Day
    Just Another Diamond Day

    Just Another Diamond Day is the debut album by English people singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan.In the mid to late 1960s, Bunyan was under contract to Andrew Oldham, which saw her release two singles....
     (Vashti Bunyan
    Vashti Bunyan

    Vashti Bunyan is an English singer-songwriter.Following the release of her first LP, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970, Bunyan disappeared from the music industry until interest in her music was reignited in the early 2000s....
    )
  • Bryter Layter
    Bryter Layter

    Bryter Layter, recorded in 1970, was the second of three albums by United Kingdom folk music musician Nick Drake. Like Five Leaves Left, the album contains no solo songs: Drake was accompanied by part of the British folk rock group Fairport Convention and John Cale from The Velvet Underground, as well as Beach Boys musicians Mike Kow...
     (Nick Drake
    Nick Drake

    Nicholas Rodney Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone....
    )
  • Stormbringer! (John and Beverley Martyn
    Beverley Martyn

    Beverley Martyn was still a student when she was picked to front The Levee Breakers, a jug band who played the folk circuit in South East England....
    )
  • U
    U (album)

    U is a double album by The Incredible String Band released in 1970 on Elektra Records.The music on the album is taken from the Incredible String Band's live mixed-media show of the same name, for which the band had just concluded performances when they recorded the album....
     (Incredible String Band)
  • Full House
    Full House (album)

    Full House, released in 1970, is the fifth album by folk rock group Fairport Convention and was their first album without a female vocalist, as Sandy Denny had left to form Fotheringay....
     (Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Fotheringay (Fotheringay
    Fotheringay

    The folk rock group Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from Fotheringhay Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in England....
    )
  • I Looked Up
    I Looked Up

    I Looked Up is the sixth album by the Incredible String Band. Recorded at a time when the band was busy rehearsing for their ambitious upcoming stage show, U , the album has been described by band member Robin Williamson as a "quickie." The album contains one of Mike Heron's best loved ISB songs, "This Moment", as well as Robin Williams...
     (The Incredible String Band)
  • Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending
    Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending

    Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending is the eighth album by the Incredible String Band, featuring Mike Heron, Robin Williamson, Licorice McKechnie and Rose Simpson....
     (The Incredible String Band)
  • Pottery Pie (Geoff
    Geoff Muldaur

    Geoff Muldaur is a founding member of the Jim Kweskin of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days, as well as an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, and songwriter....
     and Maria Muldaur
    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
    )
  • Brotherhood of Breath (Brotherhood of Breath
    Brotherhood of Breath

    The Brotherhood of Breath was a big-band created by Chris McGregor at the end of the 1960s, essentially an extension of McGregor's previous band The Blue Notes....
    )


1971
  • Smiling Men with Bad Reputations
    Smiling Men with Bad Reputations

    Smiling Men with Bad Reputations is the 1971 solo debut release by Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band.Here Heron was prone to generate odd, atmospheric melodies, some of which were drawn from Celtic and Eastern sources....
     (Mike Heron
    Mike Heron

    Mike Heron is a Scotland singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work in the Incredible String Band in the 1960s and 1970s....
    )
  • Call Me Diamond / Lady Wonder (single by Mike Heron
    Mike Heron

    Mike Heron is a Scotland singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work in the Incredible String Band in the 1960s and 1970s....
    )
  • The Road to Ruin (John and Beverley Martyn)
  • Heavy Petting (Dr. Strangely Strange
    Dr. Strangely Strange

    Dr. Strangely Strange were an experimental Music of Ireland folk group formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth and Ivan Pawle bass guitar and keyboard instruments)....
    )


1973
  • Maria Muldaur
    Maria Muldaur (album)

    Maria Muldaur is the eponymous 1973 first solo release of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes Muldaur's best-known single, "Midnight at the Oasis", which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts....
     (Maria Muldaur
    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
    )
  • Midnight at the Oasis
    Midnight at the Oasis

    "Midnight at the Oasis" is a 1973 rock song which was performed by singer Maria Muldaur and was her best known hit, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100....
     b/w Any Old Time (single by Maria Muldaur
    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
    )
  • Dueling Banjos
    Dueling Banjos

    "Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition made famous by the 1972 movie Deliverance. A scene depicts Billy Redden playing it opposite Ronny Cox, who joins him on guitar....
     b/w Reuben's Train (single by Eric Weissberg
    Eric Weissberg

    Eric Weissberg is an United States banjo player, best known for the theme from the movie Deliverance....
     and Steve Mandel)
  • Jimi Hendrix
    Jimi Hendrix (soundtrack)

    Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix is the film soundtrack to the 1973 documentary film, Jimi Hendrix and the seventh album by him....
     - soundtrack (Jimi Hendrix
    Jimi Hendrix

    James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
    )


1974
  • Waitress in a Donut Shop (Maria Muldaur
    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
    )
  • Muleskinner (Muleskinner
    Muleskinner

    Muleskinner was an American bluegrass music band, consisting of Clarence White , Peter Rowan , Bill Keith , Richard Greene and David Grisman ....
    )


1975
  • Kate and Anna McGarrigle
    Kate and Anna McGarrigle (album)

    Kate and Anna McGarrigle is the self-titled 1975 debut album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle.It contains "Heart Like a Wheel", the McGarrigles' most famous song, which was first released by Linda Ronstadt in 1974....
     (Kate
    Kate McGarrigle

    Kate McGarrigle, Order of Canada is a Canada folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
     and Anna McGarrigle
    Anna McGarrigle

    Anna McGarrigle, Order of Canada is a Canada folk music singer/songwriter who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Kate McGarrigle....
    )
  • Geoff Muldaur Is Having a Wonderful Time (Geoff Muldaur
    Geoff Muldaur

    Geoff Muldaur is a founding member of the Jim Kweskin of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days, as well as an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, and songwriter....
    )


1976
  • Junco Partner
    Junco Partner

    Junco Partner is a traditional American blues song remarkable for being covered and revised by many artists over several decades. Some of them include Dr....
     (James Booker
    James Booker

    James Carroll Booker III was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, son and grandson of Baptist ministers, both of whom played the piano....
    )
  • Live at the L.A. Troubadour
    Live at the L.A. Troubadour

    Live at the L.A. Troubadour along with its reissued counterpart House Full are the only live Fairport Convention albums to feature Richard Thompson ....
     (Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Sweet Harmony
    Sweet Harmony

    "Sweet Harmony" is a hit single by UK band The Beloved. It became one of their biggest hits, peaking at #8 in the UK. None of the band's other singles have made into the Top 10, which is why many consider this the band's signature song....
     (Maria Muldaur
    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur is a roots-folk music and blues singer best known for her song "Midnight at the Oasis"....
    )
  • Reggae Got Soul (Toots & the Maytals)


1977
  • Dancer with Bruised Knees
    Dancer with Bruised Knees

    Dancer with Bruised Knees is a 1977 album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle.Although not as well-received as their classic 1975 Kate and Anna McGarrigle , it is still considered a strong record, with several notable folk musicians on hand to contribute a Bluegrass music feel to many of the tracks....
     (Kate and Anna McGarrigle
    Kate and Anna McGarrigle

    Kate and Anna McGarrigle are a Canadian folk music duo from Quebec....
    )


1978
  • Rise Up Like the Sun (The Albion Band)
  • Julie Covington (Julie Covington
    Julie Covington

    Julie Covington is an English people singer and actress, best known for sound recording and reproduction the original version of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"....
    )


The 1980s

1981
  • Too Late at Twenty (The Act
    The Act

    The Act was a popular and critically acclaimed Norwegian rock band in the mid 1980s. They toured extensively and released the album September Field....
    )
  • Party Safari (Joe "King" Carrasco
    Joe Carrasco

    Joe "King" Carrasco is a Tejano music "New Wave music" musical artist, based in Austin, Texas. He is most widely known as part of "Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns"....
     and The Crowns)
  • I Ain't Drunk (Geoff Muldaur
    Geoff Muldaur

    Geoff Muldaur is a founding member of the Jim Kweskin of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days, as well as an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, and songwriter....
    )


1982
  • Shoot Out the Lights
    Shoot Out the Lights

    Shoot Out the Lights, released in 1982, was the sixth and final album by the Great Britain husband-and-wife Rock music duo Richard and Linda Thompson....
     (Richard and Linda Thompson)
  • Don't Renege On Our Love / Living In Luxury (single by Richard and Linda Thompson)
  • Thermonuclear Sweat (Defunkt
    Defunkt

    Defunkt is a musical group founded by trombonist/singer Joseph Bowie 1978 in New York, United States, and still active.Their music touches on elements of punk rock, funk and jazz....
    )
  • Money Fall Out The Sky (Cool It Reba
    Cool It Reba

    New York City's Cool It Reba was spawned from the downtown post punk / no wave scenein the early 1980's. They combined elements of James Brown funk, Television's guitar interplay and a more informed version of David Byrne 's lyrical paranoia to a danceable beat....
    )


1983
  • Hand of Kindness
    Hand of Kindness

    Hand Of Kindness is an album by Richard Thompson recorded and released in 1983.After the "Tour From Hell" to promote Shoot Out The Lights Richard Thompson resumed a solo career as a recording and performing artist....
     (Richard Thompson)
  • Poppie Nongena - original cast recording


1984
  • Small Town Romance
    Small Town Romance

    Small Town Romance is a live album by Richard Thompson .Before and after the "Tour From Hell" to promote the Richard and Linda Thompson album Shoot Out The Lights, Richard played solo shows in the USA in 1982....
     (Richard Thompson)


1985
  • Across a Crowded Room
    Across a Crowded Room

    Across a Crowded Room is an album by Richard Thompson released in 1985.In 1984 Thompson's management negotiated a contract with Polydor which gave him some financial security for the first time in over a decade....
     (Richard Thompson)
  • Fables of the Reconstruction
    Fables of the Reconstruction

    Fables of the Reconstruction is the third studio album released by the United States alternative rock band R.E.M., released on the I.R.S. Records in 1985....
     (R.E.M.)
  • The Wishing Chair
    The Wishing Chair

    The Wishing Chair is the major-label debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. The album was released in 1985 by Elektra Records....
     (10,000 Maniacs
    10,000 Maniacs

    10,000 Maniacs was a United States-based alternative rock band, formed in 1981 and active with various line-ups through 2007. Their best-known member is Natalie Merchant, who left the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career....
    )


1986
  • House Full
    House Full

    House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour not to be confused with its earlier counterpart Live at the L.A. Troubadour is the only currently available live Fairport Convention album to feature Richard Thompson ....
     - live at the LA Troubador (Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    )
  • Supply and Demand
    Supply and Demand (Dagmar Krause album)

    Supply and Demand: Songs by Brecht / Weill & Eisler is the first solo album by Germany singer Dagmar Krause released by Hannibal Records in 1986....
     (Dagmar Krause
    Dagmar Krause

    Dagmar Krause is a Germany singer, best known for her work with avant-garde Rock music Musical ensemble like Slapp Happy, Henry Cow and Art Bears....
    )
  • Angebot und Nachfrage (Dagmar Krause)


1987
  • The Music of Bulgaria (Balkana)
  • Habanera (John Harle
    John Harle

    John Harle is an England saxophone and composer. In 2006 he founded Sospiro , with Tim Jackaman, communications and PR expert.Sospiro is a creative arts consultancy specialising in musical events, leadership/performance training and sonic branding....
    )
  • Whatever (Danny Thompson
    Danny Thompson

    Daniel Henry Edward 'Danny' Thompson is an England double bass player. He has had a long musical career playing with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson and John Martyn , but including many others: at various times has for example played with Roy Orbison, Freddie and the Dreamers, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, To...
    )


1988
  • Nazakat & Salamat Ali (Nazakat & Salamat Ali)
  • Worker's Playtime (Billy Bragg
    Billy Bragg

    Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an England musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs....
    )
  • The Forest is Crying (The Trio Bulgarka
    Trio Bulgarka

    Trio Bulgarka is a Bulgarian vocal ensemble.They gained international prominence through their contributions to the groundbreaking 1975 world music album Le Mystere des voix Bulgares, originally released on the Swiss label Disques Cellier and later reissued on Britain's 4AD Records and the German Jaro Medien label....
    )
  • Kaira (Toumani Diabate)
  • Songhai (Ketama, Toumani Diabate and Danny Thompson)
  • These Knees Have Seen The World (The Dinner Ladies)
  • Country Cooking (Brotherhood of Breath
    Brotherhood of Breath

    The Brotherhood of Breath was a big-band created by Chris McGregor at the end of the 1960s, essentially an extension of McGregor's previous band The Blue Notes....
    )
  • Miss America (Mary Margaret O'Hara
    Mary Margaret O'Hara

    Mary Margaret O'Hara is a Canada singer-songwriter and actress, who has been hailed as one of the greatest cult heroines in rock music despite having released very few of her own recordings....
    )(Uncredited)


1989
  • Orpheus Ascending (Ivo Papasov and his Bulgarian Wedding Band)
  • Some Other Time (June Tabor)


The 1990s

1990
  • Procedure (The Blackgirls)


1991
  • Happy (The Blackgirls)
  • Balkanology (Ivo Papasov and his Bulgarian Wedding Band)
  • The Watchman (The Watchman)


1992
  • Trans-Danubian Swineherd's Music (Orbestra)


1994
  • Songhai 2 (Ketama, Toumani Diabate and Danny Thompson)


1996
  • ¡Cubanismo! (¡Cubanismo!)
  • Djelika (Toumani Diabate)


1997
  • Cuba Linda (Alfredo Rodriguez)
  • Malembe (¡Cubanismo!)


1998
  • Reencarnation (¡Cubanismo!)
  • Bareback (The Hank Dogs)
  • Double Barrel (Jazz Jamaica)
  • Dear Enemy (Dana and Karen Kletter)
  • The McGarrigle Hour (Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
  • The Bones Of All Men (Philip Pickett
    Philip Pickett

    Philip Pickett is an England musician, recorder player and director of early music ensembles, notably The New London Consort....
    )
  • Dew Drop Out (The Yockamo All-stars)


1999
  • Mardi Gras Mambo (¡Cubanismo!)
  • Kulanjan (Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate)


The 2000s

2002
  • Half Smile (The Hank Dogs)


2004
  • Private Astronomy (Geoff Muldaur
    Geoff Muldaur

    Geoff Muldaur is a founding member of the Jim Kweskin of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days, as well as an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, and songwriter....
    's Futuristic Ensemble)
  • Mares Profundos (Virginia Rodrigues)


2005
  • London '66-'67
    London '66-'67

    London '66?'67 is an Extended play, and also a film of Pink Floyd music, containing two "lost" tracks, a longer version of "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Nick's Boogie"....
     Pink Floyd
    Pink Floyd

    Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
     (recorded 1967, released 2005)


2007
  • Breathe With Me (Athena)


Further reading

  • Boyd, Joe, White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s
    White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s

    White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s is the memoir of music producer Joe Boyd. It is published by Serpent's Tail. A companion CD of music he had brought to the public in the 1960s and associated with the book was published by Fledg'ling Records at the same time....
    , Serpent's Tail. 2006. ISBN 1-85242-910-0


External links

  • Video of 'White Bicycles' reading in NYC, Mar 28 2007. (RealPlayer
    RealPlayer

    RealPlayer is a Proprietary software cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple versions of Proprietary format RealAudio and RealVideo formats....
    ,mp4)