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More Info It's now half-a-century since British folk rock became A Thing, with the early practitioners breaking new ground and inspiring an entire scene that peaked in the late Six ties/early Seventies. Earnest young post-Dylan singer/songwriters moved away from the intimacy of the folk clubs in favour of the nascent college/university circuit. Counter-cultural iconoclasts The Incredible String Band became a seismic influence on a whole raft of bands now categorised as acid-folk, Pentangle's use of acoustic instrumentation within a nominally rock framework attracted many emulators (though arguably no real equals), while Fairport Convention graduated from their initial American West Coast-indebted sound to explore their own country's musical heritage, thus establishing the concept of indigenous English folk rock (a baton that would be picked up by the likes of Ashley Hutchings' post-Fairport venture Steeleye Span and many others). By the early Seventies, British folk rock had become an extremely marketable commodity. In addition to the aforementioned brand leaders transcending the determinedly parochial folk pages of the UK music weeklies to score Top Ten albums, a second raft of acts - including Alan Hull's Lindisfarne, The Strawbs, the post-Humblebums Gerry Rafferty, Ralph McTell and another Fairport refugee, Iain Matthews - registered huge hit singles..Housed in a clamshell box featuring a lavish forty-page booklet, Strangers In The Room documents that hugely fertile period, when everything was grist to the mill in what quickly became a glorious stylistic melting pot. As with other Grapefruit genre anthologies, the set features many of the scene's prime movers while taking a broader look at the overall picture with the inclusion of several acts who ploughed a similar musical furrow without the same level of acclaim. These include Hertfordshire-based group Lifeblud, who supported many of the leading bands of the era and recorded no less than three albums of original material. Tracklist Disc: 11 Stranger In The Room - Michael Chapman - Michael Chapman2 The Blacksmith - Steeleye Span - Steeleye Span3 Dangerous Dave (Alternative Version) - Spirogyra - Spirogyra4 Murdoch - Trees - Trees5 Sad Song For Winter - Chimera - Chimera6 Shoeshine Boy - The Humblebums - The Humblebums7 Martha - Harvey Andrews - Harvey Andrews8 Hanging Tree - Oo Bang Jiggly Jang - Oo Bang Jiggly Jang9 She's Getting Married In August - Alan James Eastwood - Alan James Eastwood10 Amongst Anemones - Jade - Jade11 I Don't Know Why - Knocker Jungle - Knocker Jungle12 The Sailor - Robin Scott - Robin Scott13 Here Comes The Rain - Trader Horne - Trader Horne14 My Delicate Skin - Dave Cartwright - Dave Cartwright15 Almost Liverpool 8 - Mike Hart - Mike Hart16 Candy Dora - Richmond - Richmond17 Don't Know Why You Bother Child - Gary Farr - Gary Farr18 1917 Revolution - Beau - Beau19 Jesus Was A Carpenter - The Johnstons - The Johnstons20 We Can Swing Together - Alan Hull - Alan HullDisc: 21 Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort - Matthews' Southern Comfort2 The Man Who Called Himself Jesus - The Strawbs - Strawbs3 As I Roved Out - The Woods Band - The Woods Band4 Sir Patrick Spens - Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention5 Be Not So Fearful (Demo Version) - Bill Fay - Bill Fay6 I Loved Her So Long - Unicorn - Unicorn7 Sarah In The Isle Of Wight - Al Jones - Al Jones8 Song For A Dead Mole - Lea Nicholson & Stan Ellison - Lea Nicholson & Stan Ellison9 There's A Place I Know - Bridget St. John - Bridget St. John10 People Smile With Ghosts In The Land Of Make-Believe - Jeremy Harmer - Jeremy Harmer11 Pucka-Ri - Urban Clearway - Urban Clearway12 Scranky Black Farmer - C.O.B. - C.O.B.13 Lady Of St. Clare - Daylight - Daylight14 Love Has Gone - Mary-Anne - Mary-Anne15 Time Machine - Mick Softley - Mick Softley16 Fleance - Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band17 Morning Glow - Storyteller - Storyteller18 Riverboat - Dando Shaft - Dando Shaft19 What I Am - Fresh Maggots - Fresh Maggots20 Like A Rolling Stone - Canticle - CanticleDisc: 31 Queen Of The Moonlight World - Andy Roberts - Andy Roberts2 The Cuckoo - The Pentangle - The Pentangle3 Little Woman - Mr. Fox - Mr. Fox4 Father Forgive Them - Ralph Mctell - Ralph McTell5 Just As The Tide Was A Flowing - Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band - Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band6 Oh Did I Love A Dream - Incredible String Band - The Incredible String Band7 Strange Days - Paper Bubble - Paper Bubble8 Dahlia - Paul Brett's Sage - Paul Brett's Sage9 Your Lovely Ways (Part One) - Mike Cooper - Mike Cooper10 River Of Fortune - Heron - Heron11 Beverley Market Meeting - Jude - Jude12 All In A Dream - Steve Tilston - Steve Tilston13 Carry Me - Prelude - Prelude14 City Girl - Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading15 Furniture - Horslips - Horslips16 Who Cares - Gerry Rafferty - Gerry Rafferty17 Young Waters - Jsd Band - JSD Band18 September - 9.30 Fly - 9:30 Fly19 Waxing Of The Moon - Lifeblud - Lifeblud20 Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny - Sandy Show more