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Swarbrick 2 by Dave Swarbrick, released on Transatlantic in 1977.

Jig, reels, and other traditional tunes from the late great fiddle master, accompanied by Martin Carthy and Simon Nicol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L40Lb_nwINA&list=RDL40Lb_nwINA&start_radio=1

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Andi Chorley Oct 15

Swarbrick by Dave Swarbrick, released on Transatlantic Records in 1976.

Swarbrick Review by Steve Winick

Swarb's first solo album features old buddies from his Ceilidh band days as well as Martin Carthy and Fairport Convention. It includes a lot of good dance music, plus a few slower tunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jjK2JfIAi0&list=RD2jjK2JfIAi0&start_radio=1

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Andi Chorley Oct 3

But Two Came By... by Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick , released on Fontana in 1968.

Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick continue their bold and virtuosic transformation of traditional songs and melodies on this 1968 set, adding a memorable treatment of Sidney Carter’s Lord of the Dance.

Martin Carthy vocals, guitar
Dave Swarbrick fiddle, mandolin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c835zVG4P4M&list=OLAK5uy_noW9sqBtYTs1jP77kdwwE63SSIxOTcKmc

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Andi Chorley Aug 28

Byker Hill is the third solo album by English folk musician Martin Carthy, originally released in 1967 by Fontana Records and later re-issued by Topic Records. The album features Dave Swarbrick playing fiddle on a number of the tracks.

"As he grew in confidence and dexterity Martin Carthy tested himself with tricky rhythms and challenging songs, and the title track of Byker Hill (1967) electrified the folk scene with its audacious syncopation. His most carefully planned and executed album up to that point, it remains an outstanding achievement." Topic Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLlFmd0VOW4&list=RDaLlFmd0VOW4&start_radio=1

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Andi Chorley Jul 11

Second Album Review by Bruce Eder

This record stands in British music history and Carthy's career roughly where Another Side of Bob Dylan does in American music--the more florrid tracks here, recorded with violinist Dave Swarbrick, show the path to the bridge between Carthy's traditional singer/scholar background and the folk-rock played by bands such as Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span. "Lord Franklin" is a narrative tour-de-force (from which Bob Dylan got the melody for "Bob Dylan's Dream" on Freewheelin' ), "Ramblin' Sailor" is boisterous cautionary tale about the company the title character keeps ashore, and there's also an acoustic recording of "Sailor's Life," a song that Fairport Convention would transmute into an epic electric version, and "Lowlands of Holland," which Steeleye Span later recorded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9H-Jt7_OJE&list=PLbOa-bH3OrDY-xvXkV7zM6jOAMBvdPvnP&index=5

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Andi Chorley May 15

Martin Carthy is the debut solo album by English folk musician Martin Carthy, originally released in 1965 by Fontana Records and later re-issued by Topic Records. The album features Dave Swarbrick playing fiddle or mandolin on a number of the tracks. Swarbrick was not headlined on the album for contractual reasons[1] as he was with the Ian Campbell Folk Group at the time with permission granted by Transatlantic Records.

The song notes on the album are written by Martin with Ian Campbell writing the introduction.

All the tracks are Traditional except "Springhill Mine Disaster" which was written by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger following the 1958 disaster and "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" which was written by Robert Dwyer Joyce. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jiFQGBpUUQ

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