Ian & Sylvia - So Much For Dreaming

Styles: Vocal, Folk
Year: 1967
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:48
Size: 89,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:56)  1. Circle Game
(2:58)  2. So Much For Dreaming
(3:51)  3. Wild Geese
(3:24)  4. Child Apart
(3:58)  5. Summer Wages
(2:35)  6. Hold Tight
(2:52)  7. Cutty Wren
(3:35)  8. Si Les Bateaux
(3:29)  9. Catfish Blues
(3:19) 10. Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies
(3:01) 11. January Morning
(2:45) 12. Grey Morning

Ian & Sylvia's adjustment to folk-rock was sometimes fine, sometimes awkward, and this was another inconsistent, though generally worthwhile, effort. Highlights include "Circle Game," one of the very first recorded covers of a Joni Mitchell composition. Tyson's "Wild Geese" and "Child Apart" count as some of their better unheralded tunes, and the occasional muted orchestration worked well on "Circle Game" and the melancholy title track. On the other hand, the attempts at blues were abominable, the traditional ballads anachronistic, and some of the material (especially Fricker's) undistinguished. ~ Richie Unterberger  http://www.allmusic.com/album/so-much-for-dreaming-mw0000643815

Personnel: Ian Tyson (vocals, guitar, autoharp); Sylvia (vocals); David Rae (guitar); Robert Bushnell (electric bass); Al Rogers (drums).

So Much For Dreaming

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Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds

Styles: Vocal, Folk

Year: 1964

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 40:30

Size: 93,0 MB

Art: Front

(2:07)  1. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well

(3:10)  2. Tomorrow Is a Long Time

(2:53)  3. Katy Dear

(3:57)  4. Poor Lazarus

(3:20)  5. Four Strong Winds

(2:20)  6. Ella Speed

(2:21)  7. Long Lonesome Road

(1:38)  8. V'La L'bon Vent

(3:27)  9. Royal Canal

(3:29) 10. Lady of Carlisle

(3:19) 11. Spanish is a Loving Tongue

(2:27) 12. The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)

(4:11) 13. Every Night When The Sun Goes Down

(1:43) 14. Every Time I Feel the Spirit

Ian & Sylvia hit their stride on their second LP, which features the first in a line of talented second guitarists (John Herald) they would use to augment their original guitar-autoharp-basslineup. The album featured an assortment of largely traditional material that was unsurpassed in its time, encompassing bluegrass, spirituals, gospel, hillbilly, the French-Canadian standard "V'La L'bon Vent," a British prison song, and two tunes from the Cecil Sharp collection of Southern mountain folk songs of British origin. Two of the most impressive cuts, however, were contemporary compositions. One was their version of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," one of the first obscure Dylan tunes to be committed to vinyl. The title cut, an Ian Tyson original, would prove to be the duo's first song to influence rock musicians, as the Searchers covered it shortly afterwards with a reverent version that was quite close to the original; Neil Young revived it in the late '70s. ~ Richie Unterberger http://www.allmusic.com/album/four-strong-winds-mw0000315505

Personnel: Ian Tyson (vocals, guitar, autoharp); Sylvia Tyson (vocals, autoharp)

Four Strong Winds

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