the eve folk recordings

• The recordings have been brought together and the full interlocking story told for the first time. The Bob Davenport and Vernon Haddock recordings are also on CD for the first time.
• tras include the Donovan recordings of Mick Softley’s songs Goldwatch Blues and The War
• Also heard for the first time in nearly 50 years are the two recordings Bob Davenport recorded for the EFDSS Folksound album, another release through EMI in mid 1965.
• Geoff,Peter and Bob have contributed extensively to the booklet essay, written by Bert Jansch biographer and 60’s Brit Folk chronicler Colin Harper.
• This is a true treasure trove of Brit Folk from the time it boomed in Britain.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE

DONOVAN

• CATCH THE WIND (SINGLE VERSION)
• COLOURS (SINGLE VERSION)
• GOLDWATCH BLUES
• THE WAR DRAGS ON

MICK SOFTLEY

• AFTER THE WORLD WAR IS OVER (OR HOW I LEARNT TO LIVE WITHOUT MYSELF)
• THE BELLS OF RHYMNEY
• STRANGE FRUIT
• BLUES FOR CUPID GREEN
• ALL I WANT IS A CHANCE
• THE WAR DRAGS ON
• KEEP MOVIN' ON JEANNIE
• WHAT MAKES THE WIND TO BLOW
• I'VE GOTTA DEAL YOU CAN'T TURN DOWN
• WEST COUNTRY GIRL
• PLAINS OF THE BUFFALO

BONUS SINGLE

• I'M SO CONFUSED
• SHE'S MY GIRL

DISC TWO

VERNON HADDOCK’S JUBILEE LOVELIES

• CONEY ISLAND WASHBOARD
• DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN
• CLEMENTINE
• COLOURED ARTISTOCRACY
• MANDY , MAKE UP YOUR MIND
• BOODLE-AM-SHAKE
• VIOLA LEE BLUES
• VICKYANDAL
• STEALIN'
• LITTLE WHITE WASHED CHIMNEY
• I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE

BOB DAVENPORT & THE RAKES

• WILLIAM BROWN
• THE FOGGY DEW
• REEL
• MY BONNIE LAD
• WAKE UP,MY LOVE
• NEW YORK GALS
• THE SOLDIER AND HIS TRUE LOVE
• RAP HER TO BANK
• SANDGATE GIRLS LAMENT
• THE HEXAMSHIRE LASS
• JIG
• OLD JOHNNY BOOKER
• GATESHEAD TOWN
• DOWN THE GLEN

BONUS TRACKS

• THE WHITE COCKADE
• THE SHEPHERD’S LIFE