{"product_id":"various-before-the-day-is-gone-cd-501392919140","title":"Various - Before the Day Is Done: Story of Folk Heritage [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst-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 it's subsequent associated imprints - Midas, Sweet Folk \u0026amp; 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 it's 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 it's 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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSongs of Sunshine - Music Box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh in the Trees - Christie Hennessy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath and the Lady - Michael Raven and Joan Mills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarcie - Penny Wager\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweet Sir Galahad - Folkal Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisions of Cumbria - Mike Donald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye - Blue Horizon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographs - Porter Cunningham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLazy Day - Peregrine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Moved Through the Fair - the Harvesters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold Haily Rainy Night - the Yardarm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Old Woman's Lament - Janet Jones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eButcher Boy - Spinning Jenny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnathea - the Oldest Proffession\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFanny Blair - the Combine Harvester\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueen of Hearts - Gallery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Two Butchers - the Jovial Crew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Keep Going Your Way - the Young Folk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Were There - Margaret and Ian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Drunken Maidens - Drowsy Maggie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetrospect - Saraband\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHedgehog's Song - Geoff Smedley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOats and Beans\/Turkey Rhubarb - John and Christine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHard Times of Old England - the Taverners Folk Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatty Groves - the Wayfarers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDancers of Stanton Drew - Parke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLord Lovell - the Minor Birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJanuary Man - Paul and Glen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Pendle - the Pendlefolk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeraldine - Mabel Joy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYesterday's Rain - Saga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLark in the Morning - the Blue Water Folk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApril Come She Will - the MacDonald Folk Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWild and Free - Stained Glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePretty Saro - Rosemary Hardman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Two Magicians - Horden Raikes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLand of the Old and Grey - Mike Donald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlackleg Miner - the Bards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer Comes October (Aka the Long and Lonely Winter) - the Yardarm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty Years - Michael Raven and Joan Mills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravelling People - the Young Folk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMice and Old Clocks - Friends O'Mine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 + 20 - Jack Hudson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCannily Cannily - Folkways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Female Drummer - the Oldest Proffession\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll Through the Night - Peregrine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIcy Acres - Gallery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClose to It All - Saraband\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake Me for Your Friend - Raggerty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnemara Cradle Song - Spinning Jenny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrey October - the Minor Birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Trees They Do Grow High - Parke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBallad of a Falmouth Man - Saga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe False Bride - the Harvesters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeading for the Sun - Rod Neep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOh So Nice - Oddsocks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristmas and Tchaikovsky - Stuart Marson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll I Wanna Do Is Play Guitar - Dave Lewry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Week Before Easter - Jancis Harvey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSnail - Steve Rostron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat's the Point - the Mug Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe White Hare of Oldham - Brian Dewhurst ; 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