British Light Garage Folk Rock/Pop

Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:39:23 GMT
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I sure got a lot of good suggestions for my British Invasion Cheesy
Pop-Folk compilation that I had mistakenly labelled British Folk Rock.
Being inspired by the influence of the Animals on Bob Dylan's particular
brand of folk-rock, I figured a compilation was a reasonable pursuit,
especially after hearing the Pretty Things do Donovan's London Town.
Trouble is, it gets to the very contradictions of what is folk music.
Does the children's ditty, "Row Row Row," qualify any more than Mama's &
Papa's covers, or the dreadful Chad & Jeremy version of "Willow Weep
for Me?"
By the end of this compilation, I was well into different genres that
weren't exactly fitting.
Here's my second draft:
1. The Pretty Things – London Town
2. Lulu – Morning Dew
3. The Small Faces – Red Balloon
4. The Fifth Avenue – The Bells Of Rhymney
5. The Springfields – Silver Threads And Golden Needles
6. The Settlers – Early Morning Rain
7. The Searchers – What Have They Done To The Rain
8. The Kytes – Blessed
9. Michelle Fisher – When You Walk In The Room
10. The Animals – Baby Let Me Take You Home
11. Them – Go On Home Baby
12. Mark Leeman – Portland Town
13. Manfred Mann – Please Mrs. Henry
14. Nico – I’m Not Saying
15. The Factotums – Absolutely Sweet Marie
16. The Kinks – I’ve Been Driving On Bald Mountain
17. The Rolling Stones – Walking Thorugh The Sleeply City
18. The Beatles – My Bonnie
19. Tony Rivers – Row Row Row
20. The Honeycombs – Oo-Ee Train
21. The Overlanders – Go Where You Wanna Go
22. The Lancastrians – We’ll Sing In The Sunshine
23. Crispian St Peter – You Were On My Mind
24. Petula Clark – Monday Monday
25. Chad & Jeremy – Willow Weep for Me
26. Unit 4 + 2 – 500 Miles
27. The Ivy League – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
28. The Troggs – I’ll Buy You an Island
29. The Honeybus – Fresher than the Sweetness in Water