Name: Before the Day is Done – The Story of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975
Brand: Various

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CRSEGBOX114

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-08-19

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

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Standard:20

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5013929191402

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Various

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Folk

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Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a UK-based music label that specializes in psych/garage-era music from the 1966-70 timeframe. Managed by Cherry Red, Grapefruit focuses on releasing single-artist career anthologies and definitive versions of rare and classic albums. Each release features sympathetic artwork, rare photos, detailed liner notes, and high-quality sound from the original masters.

Meticulously curated box sets featuring exceptional audio quality, stunning visuals, and exclusive bonus content. Explore genres, eras, and artists to find the perfect addition to your collection.

Box Sets

First-ever CD anthology of the fiercely-collected Folk Heritage label and related satellites/ spin-offs. Four-hour compilation featuring tracks from some of the most valuable British folk albums of the early 70s.

Third instalment of Grapefruit’s underground British folk triptych that started with much- acclaimed releases ‘Dust On The Nettles’ and ‘Sumer Is Icumen In’.

Founded in the Greater Manchester area in 1968 by the late Alan Green, the Folk Heritage label and its subsequent associated imprints – Midas, Sweet Folk and Country, Westwood, Real – was an obscure but dedicated home for the grass-roots element of the British folk boom.

Throughout the 70s, Folk Heritage and its offshoots released limited-edition pressings of albums by various bands and singers, most of whom were active on the thriving north-west England folk club circuit. With most releases limited to 200 copies or less, and only available from the folk club where the performer was resident, many of the albums have gone on to become hugely collectable. ‘Before The Day Is Done’ assembles the cream of the label’s roster during its late 60s/early 70s heyday.

It features tracks from the rarest, most valuable releases, including legendary-among-collectors names like Gallery, The Oldest Proffession, Folkal Point, The Minor Birds, Mike Raven/Joan Mills and Spinning Jenny.

Folk club stalwarts like The Taverners, Rosie Hardman and The Harvesters are also represented, while there’s also space for bands of a more folk-rock persuasion (Saraband, Stained Glass, Music Box) and acoustic guitar-wielding singer-songwriters (Christie Hennessy, Janet Jones, Jancis Harvey, Stuart Marson, etc).

The first anthology of Alan Green’s small but prolific cottage-industry empire since a 1973 budget label vinyl LP, ‘Before The Day Is Done’ is the definitive overview of a much-loved but little- documented label. Housed in a stylish clamshell box, it includes a 48-page booklet with rare photos, quotes and potted biographies of all featured acts.

DISC ONE: 1 SONGS OF SUNSHINE – Music Box 2 HIGH IN THE TREES – Christie Hennessy 3 DEATH AND THE LADY – Michael Raven and Joan Mills 4 MARCIE – Penny Wager 5 SWEET SIR GALAHAD – Folkal Point 6 VISIONS OF CUMBRIA – Mike Donald 7 HEY, THAT’S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE – Blue Horizon 8 PHOTOGRAPHS – Porter Cunningham 9 LAZY DAY – Peregrine 10 SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR – The Harvesters 11 COLD HAILY RAINY NIGHT – The Yardarm 12 THE OLD WOMAN’S LAMENT – Janet Jones 13 BUTCHER BOY – Spinning Jenny 14 ANATHEA – The Oldest Proffession 15 FANNY BLAIR – The Combine Harvester 16 QUEEN OF HEARTS – Gallery 17 THE TWO BUTCHERS – The Jovial Crew 18 YOU KEEP GOING YOUR WAY – The Young Folk 19 YOU WERE THERE – Margaret and Ian 20 THREE DRUNKEN MAIDENS – Drowsy Maggie 21 RETROSPECT – Saraband 22 HEDGEHOG’S SONG – Geoff Smedley 23 OATS AND BEANS/TURKEY RHUBARB – John and Christine 24 HARD TIMES OF OLD ENGLAND – The Taverners Folk Group

DISC TWO 1 MATTY GROVES – The Wayfarers 2 DANCERS OF STANTON DREW – Parke 3 LORD LOVELL – The Minor Birds 4 JANUARY MAN – Paul and Glen 5 OLD PENDLE – The Pendlefolk 6 GERALDINE – Mabel Joy 7 YESTERDAY’S RAIN – Saga 8 LARK IN THE MORNING – The Blue Water Folk 9 APRIL COME SHE WILL – The MacDonald Folk Group 10 WILD AND FREE – Stained Glass 11 PRETTY SARO – Rosemary Hardman 12 THE TWO MAGICIANS – Horden Raikes 13 LAND OF THE OLD AND GREY – Mike Donald 14 BLACKLEG MINER – The Bards 15 SUMMER COMES OCTOBER (AKA THE LONG AND LONELY WINTER) – The Yardarm 16 TWENTY YEARS – Michael Raven and Joan Mills 17 TRAVELLING PEOPLE – The Young Folk 18 MICE AND OLD CLOCKS – Friends O’Mine 19 4 + 20 – Jack Hudson 20 CANNILY CANNILY – Folkways 21 THE FEMALE DRUMMER – The Oldest Proffession 22 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT – Peregrine 23 ICY ACRES – Gallery

DISC THREE 1 CLOSE TO IT ALL – Saraband 2 TAKE ME FOR YOUR FRIEND – Raggerty 3 CONNEMARA CRADLE SONG – Spinning Jenny 4 GREY OCTOBER – The Minor Birds 5 THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH – Parke 6 BALLAD OF A FALMOUTH MAN – Saga 7 THE FALSE BRIDE – The Harvesters 8 HEADING FOR THE SUN – Rod Neep 9 OH SO NICE – Oddsocks 10 CHRISTMAS AND TCHAIKOVSKY – Stuart Marson 11 ALL I WANNA DO IS PLAY GUITAR – Dave Lewry 12 A WEEK BEFORE EASTER – Jancis Harvey 13 SNAIL – Steve Rostron 14 WHAT’S THE POINT – The Mug Band 15 THE WHITE HARE OF OLDHAM – Brian Dewhurst &amp; Tom Tiddler’s Ground 16 ELIZABETHAN – The Bards 17 POLL MILES – Stained Glass 18 CRUEL WAR – The MacDonald Folk Group 19 ONCE I KNEW A PRETTY GIRL – Folkal Point 20 I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE – Penny Wager 21 ALL THE GOOD TIMES – The Blue Water Folk