high atmosphere (1965/75)

ballads and banjo tunes from virginia and north carolina, recorded in 1965. my favourite appalachian folk compilation; lloyd chandler and wade ward's tracks in particular.

classic mountain songs from smithsonian folkways (2002?)

pretty varied and comprehensive compilation, earliest recording from 1928, up into i think the 70s. if ya like karen dalton, there are some earlier recordings by other artists of a few songs she performed on here

death chants, breakdowns, and military waltzes (1964)

"Blind Joe never sang. He had no voice. He had been struck blind and dumb at the age of three by a local member of the NAACP, for not complying with the organization's demand to learn bar chords and diminished augmented sevenths, so that he might disassociate himself from the myth of the Negro past..."

lovely thunder (1986)

you might like this if you like that down below

woo

st vincent's newsboy home (1999)

here

your past comes back to haunt you - the fonotone years (1958-1965)

part one

part two

r.i.p.

now (1972)

more korean 70s stuff.

cotton eyed joe (1962)

karen dalton live in boulder. this is my favourite kd release, completely unrestrained, heartrending, all of that good stuff

in space (1964)

SPACE

folk roots, new routes (1964)

i can't think of anything to write

tomorrow come someday (1969)

sound track for the film of the same name, same group as agincourt

fly away (1970)

three friends making sick jams is all

music of indonesia vol 20 - indonesian guitars

there's a huge range of styles here, even some really amazing lap-steel, and nice raga-like stuff. don't think there's any solo guitar stuff - all the tracks have vocal accompaniment which might be my favourite part. minor key folk hollerin'

new sounds (1974)

no words

ted lucas (1975)

i dunno, just get this

greatest hits (1973)

restrained pretty-as-hell nigerian highlife. maybe mellow is a better descriptor, it still has really tight rhythm/percussion

wing of peace (1972)

one of the best albums from http://ghostcapital.blogspot.com
fresh link - the original died during the recent narcfest i think

korean psych/downer folk w/plenty of organ

(go visit ghostcapital!)

witchetty pole (1986-87)

corn chips from the usa
taste like dried up bits of clay

tiny frown (1998)

angsty pants

frightening thing (1993)

frosties on the ground

love affair with nature (1989)

don't want to laugh/cry/have to think

moon over madison (1990)

lonesome blue

introspection (1993-2002)

cd 1: singles + eps
cd 2: compilations
cd 3: live + unreleased

1992 demos

tell it to yr friends
say 'this is the end'