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An absolute must-have for any discerning folkie, Carthy’s debut, eponymous solo album was released in 1965 on Fontana and re-issued by Topic Records in 1977. It was last available on vinyl as part of Record Store Day (UK) in 2015. This vinyl re-pressing is released to commemorate Topic’s 85th anniversary. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Black vinyl, standard weigh with black, polylined inner sleeves.
Martin Carthy, MBE is an iconic English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. When Bob Dylan arrived in London for the first time in 1962, he visited Martin Carthy and learned the traditional song ‘Scarborough Fair’ from Carthy, which he later developed into his own song, ‘Girl from the North Country.’ Carthy’s arrangement of ‘Scarborough Fair’ was adapted, without acknowledgement, by Paul Simon on the Simon and Garfunkel album, ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme,’ in 1966. This caused a rift between the pair which was not resolved until Simon invited Carthy to sing the song with him at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2000.
Carthy has also been involved in many musical collaborations. From 1972, he sang with The Watersons; was twice a member of British folk rock group Steeleye Span; was a member of the Albion Country Band 1973 line-up, with members from the Fairport Convention family and John Kirkpatrick, that recorded the Battle of the Field album; and was part of the innovative Brass Monkey ensemble. Carthy was also a member of The Imagined Village for all three of their albums.For many years Carthy enjoyed a creative partnership with fiddle player Dave Swarbrick (Swarbrick plays fiddle on this debut album, although he was not originally mentioned in the album’s sleeve notes). More recently, Waterson:Carthy has provided the forum for his successful musical partnership with wife, the late Norma Waterson and their daughter, Eliza Carthy.
In June 1998, Carthy was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. At 82 years of age, Carthy still tours and plays regularly.
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