MADFISH Along The Road Forever: Live At The BBC (20 CD Box Set)

MARTIN CARTHY - ALONG THE ROAD FOREVER: LIVE AT THE BBC - THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE MARTIN CARTHY COLLECTION EVER ASSEMBLED - 20 CD SET WITH LIVE & SESSION PERFORMANCES RECORDED FOR THE BBC OVER A 57 YEAR PERIOD - INCLUDES 80-PAGE HARDBACK BOOK WITH AN ESSAY BY CELEBRATED BIOGRAPHER CLINTON HEYLIN, COVERING MARTIN'S WHOLE LIFE IN MUSIC WITH UNSEEN PHOTOS, MANY FROM MARTIN'S PERSONAL ARCHIVE, SEPARATE SESSION NOTES BY RENOWNED CARTHY CHRONICLER KEVIN BOYD & A PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY MARTIN. Though he eschews such terms himself, few would deny that Martin Carthy MBE is the godfather of English folk - a singer, tradition bearer & guitar stylist of colossal quality & influence with 60 years of celebrated recorded work as a solo artist, as a duettist with Dave Swarbrick & with his daughter Eliza Carthy, & as a member of ground-breaking ensembles 'Steeleye Span', 'The Albion Country Band', 'Brass Monkey', 'The Watersons', 'Waterson: Carthy' & 'Wood, Wilson, Carthy'. All of these collaborations & more are represented in this stunning collection from Martin's extraordinarily extensive career of interactions with the British Broadcasting Corporation - as a studio session guest & concert performer over a span of 1965-2022, across BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 & 4 & BBC television, with early performances from 1960s regional channel ABC TV as a bonus. What survives of Martin's BBC output is perhaps a fraction of what once aired over the course of nearly 56 years of moments on the usually ephemeral medium of broadcasting, yet its range & heft is remarkable - an alternative career history & testament to a truly singular artistry: 221/2 hours, 328 tracks (two thirds from a master source) of which there are 237 distinct items of repertoire. Disc 1: Studio sessions 1973-77 Sounds of the 70s, 1973 (Albion Country Band), John Peel, 1974, 1976, 1977 (all Martin solo) Disc 2: Onstage 1973-7 Folkweave, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 - live at St Albans Folk Club, Loughborough Festival & Cambridge Folk Festival (all Martin solo) Disc 3: Onstage 1977-78 Folk '78 & Folkweave - live at Sidmouth Folk Festival 1978 & 1979 (all Martin solo) Disc 4: Onstage 1979-1986 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1979 (Martin solo), Cambridge Folk Festival 1982 (Brass Monkey), Folk on 2 concert 1983 (Brass Monkey) Disc 5: Onstage 1981-83 Stagfolk, Godalming 1981, Fylde Folk Festival 1982, Pontardawe Folk Festival 1983 (all Martin solo) Disc 6: Studio sessions 1983-88 John Peel 1983 (Martin solo), Andy Kershaw 1987 (Martin solo), Andy Kershaw 1988 (The Watersons), Andy Kershaw 1988 (Martin solo), Folk on 2 1987 (Martin & Chris Wood) Disc 7: Onstage 1984-1990 Whitby Festival 1985 (Martin solo), BBC Radio Sussex 1984 (Martin solo), Salisbury Arts Centre 1990 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick) Disc 8: Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: Studio sessions & onstage 1988-97 Folk on 2 1988, 1989, 1997, Andy Kershaw 1990, Belfast Festival c. 1988 Disc 9: Martin & Eliza Carthy: Glastonbury Festival, 1995 Disc 10: Studio sessions 1995-97 Andy Kershaw 1995 (Waterson:Carthy), Folk on 2 1997 (Martin solo - alt takes), Folk on 2 1997 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick - alt takes) Disc 11: Studio sessions 1997-2004 Folk on 2 1997, Andy Kershaw 2004 (all Martin solo) Disc 12: Onstage 1990-99 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1990 (The Watersons), Sidmouth Folk Festival 1992 (Martin solo), Rare Music Club, Bristol 1997 (Wood, Wilson, Carthy), Cambridge Folk Festival 1999 (Martin solo) Disc 13: Onstage 1999 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1999 (part 1) (Martin solo) Disc 14: Onstage 1999 / 1986 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1999 (part 2) (Martin solo), Butlin's, Bognor Regis 1986 (Brass Monkey)