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The Watersons, the most influential
and best loved English vocal group of its day, disbanded in the
late 1960s only to reform again in 1973. In 1975, they released
their finest recorded work, For Pence And Spicy Ale (TSCD462).
Fired up and full of music, Mike Waterson stepped out of
the shadows of The Watersons to record his only solo album. Upon
its release in 1977, Melody Maker, which was the most popular music
paper of the time, wrote of the album, "Almost every track
emerges as an epic...no song defeats him...a monumental work"..
Regarded as one of the best singers
to emerge from the English folk song revival, Mike Waterson's voice
is known to all those who are familiar with The Watersons. Here,
however, the focus is on Mike alone and he brings depths to his
material not possible on group projects. This reissue includes two
extra tracks from the 1966 Watersons album, A Yorkshire Garland.
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