VARIOUS ARTISTS - A WORLD OF OUR OWN - THE UK & IRISH FOLK EXPLOSION OF 1965 3CD CLAMSHELL VARIOUS ARTISTS

• Three disc set highlighting the UK folk explosion of 1965.
• Featuring 86 tracks by the key UK scene setters and a host of American visitors.

The emergence of Bob Dylan in the few years previous to 1965 sent shockwaves through the UK folk scene with his impact immediate and felt far and wide but by 1965 UK folkies were developing their own thing.

There were those that looked back to the folk tradition but brought it up to date so as to be more in line with contemporary tastes, such as The Ian Campbell Folk Group, Shirley Collins, Dominic Behan, The Dubliners, Martin Carthy, and The Watersons, among others.

By this time pop music had also succumbed to the folk influence as can be evidenced by singles released by the likes of Donovan, The Seekers, Chad And Jeremy, Unit Four Plus Two, Peter And Gordon, and many others.

1965 was also the year when female folk singers came to the fore in the UK with Julie Felix becoming massively popular. Crowned "Britain's First Lady of Folk", Felix became the first folk artist to sell out the Albert Hall and also become the first pop artist to perform at Westminster Abbey. Marianne Faithfull released folk material in May 1965 and Vashti Bunyan's debut single also arrived that month.

That year we also saw key releases by artists whose work would provide the bridge from folk to rock. Davy Graham was a brilliant guitarist who fused traditional folk music with a variety of wide-ranging influences, creating something new and vital. Bert Jansch was another trailblazing guitar-player whose idiosyncratic style was absorbed by many that followed. Both artists' work would be massively influential on the likes of The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and many others.

Although the UK was making its own way there was still some US involvement as can be evidenced by visiting artists who recorded here, such as Paul Simon, Jackson C. Frank, and Jesse Fuller. There are also plenty of covers of US songs included here with the likes of Dorris Henderson, Dave Helling, The Malcolm Price Trio, Patrick Small, Dedicated Man's Jugband, and more, all sourcing material from America.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE1.  SHIRLEY COLLINS & DAVY GRAHAM - Reynardine2.  JON MARK - Baby I Got A Long Way To Go3. THE SOUTHLAND TRIO - Once I Had A Sweetheart4.  BERT WEEDON - Colour Him Folky5.  HEDY WEST - The Wife Of Usher's Well6. THE MALCOLM PRICE TRIO - The Long Black Veil7. ALEX CAMPBELL - The Night Visiting Song8.  DAVID H. LEE - The Road That Carries Me Home9. THE IAN CAMPBELL FOLK GROUP - Geordie Black10. HARRY BOARDMAN - Hard Times11. THE FREEWHEELERS - Why Do You Treat Me Like A Fool12. MAUREEN CRAIK - Bonny At Morn13. NEW FACES - So Small14. BERT JANSCH - Needle Of Death15. LOUIS KILLEN - The Bramble Briar16. THE WEDGWOODS - Peace17. THE SEEKERS - A World Of Our Own18. JUDI SMITH - Leaves Come Tumbling Down19.  DAVE HELLING - It Ain't Me Babe20. CHAD & JEREMY - Donna, Donna21. THREE CITY FOUR - Sally Free And Easy22.  HAMILTON FOLK 4 - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen23.  DOMINIC BEHAN - Master McGrath24. DAVY GRAHAM - Maajun (A Taste Of Tangier)25. JESSE FULLER - Move On Down The Line26. THE DUBLINERS - McAlpine's Fusiliers27. THE McKINLEYS - Give Him My Love28. THE NIGHTSHIFT - The Lavender Tree DISC TWO1.  MARIANNE FAITHFULL - The Most Of What Is Least2.  UNIT FOUR PLUS TWO - Wild Is The Wind3.  FRED WEDLOCK - Franklin4.  DORRIS HENDERSON with JOHN RENBOURN - The Leaves Are Green5.  PATRICK SMALL - Man Of Constant Sorrow6.  THE GENTLE FOLK - That's My Song7.  LYN AND GRAHAM McCARTHY - Seven Doves8.  GLENFOLK 4 - My Singing Bird9.  BOB & CAROLE PEGG - Ballad Of The Five Continents10. ANNE MAVIUS - She Moves Through The Fair11.  DAVE SLESS - Pretty Polly12.  BARBARA ANN - Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair13.  HARVEY ANDREWS - Harvest Of Hate14.  BEV & RICHARD DEWAR - Fare Thee Well15.  GRETA ANN - Children’s Song16.  SPIKE WOODS - The Quiet Beast17.  ALAN KLEIN - It Ain't Worth The Lonely Road Back18.  THE SLADE BROTHERS - Love And Comfort19.  THE LEVEE BREAKERS - Wild About My Loving20.  PETER AND GORDON - I Told You So21.  CRAIG - Ain't That A Shame (Dark Blues)22.  PAUL SIMON - The Sound of Silence23.  TRISHA - The Darkness Of My Night24.  DONOVAN - Universal Soldier25.  JENNIFER LEWIS & ANGELA STRANGE - Bring It To Me26.  LONNIE DONEGAN - Farewell27.  LEONORE DREWERY - The First Time Ever28.  THE GREEN GINGER THREE - Oh Miss Mary29.  DEDICATED MEN'S JUGBAND - Boodle-Am-Shake DISC THREE1.  NICO - I’m Not Sayin’2.  CROFTERS - Pill Ferry3.  THE SOUTHERN FOLK FOUR - The Travelling People4.  VASHTI BUNYAN - I Want To Be Alone5.  SANDY & JEANIE - Honey Babe Blues6.  MARTIN CARTHY - Scarborough Fair7.  PAUL EVANS - Across The Hills8.  JULIE FELIX - Someday Soon9.  THE LUDLOWS - The Last Thing On My Mind10.  JOSH MACRAE - Baron James McPhait11.  STEVE BENBOW - The Gallows Pole12.  THE OVERLANDERS - Room Enough For You And Me13.  MICHA - The Serpent14.  DANA GILLESPIE - You're A Heartbreak Man15.  MICK SOFTLEY - I'm So Confused16.  THE SETTLERS - Woman Called Freedom17.  THE WATERSONS - Hal-an-Tow18.  RAMBLERS TWO - Mountains And The Sea19.  TOMMY YATES - Long Time Gone20.  BOB DAVENPORT & THE RAKES - The Hexamshire Lass21.  THE KARLINS - Who Would?22.  JACKSON C. FRANK - Blues Run The Game23.  CORRIE FOLK TRIO AND PADDIE BELL - I Saw Three Ships24.  JUSTIN HAYWARD - London Is Behind Me25.  GORDEANNA McCULLOCH - The Dowie Dens O' Yarrow26.  THE CHANTELLES - Weeping Willow27.  THE EXILES - Tae The Beggin’28.  VERNON HADDOCK'S JUBILEE LOVELIES - Stealin'29.  BENNY HILL - What A World