Along The Road Forever : Live At The BBC 20-Disc Boxset

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE MARTIN CARTHY COLLECTION EVER ASSEMBLED 20 CD SET WITH LIVE amp SESSION PERFORMANCES RECORDED FOR THE BBC OVER A 57 YEAR PERIODINCLUDES 80PAGE HARDBACK BOOK WITH AN ESSAY BY CELEBRATED BIOGRAPHER CLINTON HEYLIN, COVERING MARTIN039S WHOLE LIFE IN MUSICWITH UNSEEN PHOTOS, MANY FROM MARTIN039S PERSONAL ARCHIVE, SEPARATE SESSION NOTES BY RENOWNED CARTHY CHRONICLER KEVIN BOYD amp A PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY MARTINThough he eschews such terms himself, few would deny that Martin Carthy MBE is the godfather of English folk a singer, tradition bearer and guitar stylist of colossal quality and influence with 60 years of celebrated recorded work as a solo artist, as a duettist with Dave Swarbrick and with his daughter Eliza Carthy, and as a member of groundbreaking ensembles Steeleye Span, the Albion Country Band, Brass Monkey, the Watersons, Waterson Carthy amp Wood, Wilson, Carthy.All of these collaborations and more are represented in this stunning collection from Martins extraordinarily extensive career of interactions with the British Broadcasting Corporation as a studio session guest and concert performer over a span of 19652022, across BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 amp 4 and BBC television, with early performances from 1960s regional channel ABC TV as a bonus. What survives of Martins BBC output is perhaps a fraction of what once aired over the course of nearly 56 years of moments on the usually ephemeral medium of broadcasting, yet its range and heft is remarkable an alternative career history and testament to a truly singular artistry 22 hours, 328 tracks two thirds from a master source of which there are 237 distinct items of repertoire.TracklistingDisc 1 Studio sessions 197377 Sounds of the 70s, 1973 Albion Country Band, John Peel, 1974, 1976, 1977 all Martin soloDisc 2 Onstage 19737 Folkweave, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 live at St Albans Folk Club, Loughborough Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival all Martin soloDisc 3 Onstage 197778 Folk 78 and Folkweave live at Sidmouth Folk Festival 1978 and 1979 all Martin soloDisc 4 Onstage 19791986 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1979 Martin solo, Cambridge Folk Festival 1982 Brass Monkey, Folk on 2 concert 1983 Brass MonkeyDisc 5 Onstage 198183 Stagfolk, Godalming 1981, Fylde Folk Festival 1982, Pontardawe Folk Festival 1983 all Martin soloDisc 6 Studio sessions 198388 John Peel 1983 Martin solo, Andy Kershaw 1987 Martin solo, Andy Kershaw 1988 The Watersons, Andy Kershaw 1988 Martin solo, Folk on 2 1987 Martin amp Chris WoodDisc 7 Onstage 19841990 Whitby Festival 1985 Martin solo, BBC Radio Sussex 1984 Martin solo, Salisbury Arts Centre 1990 Martin amp Dave SwarbrickDisc 8 Martin Carthy amp Dave Swarbrick Studio sessions amp onstage 198897 Folk on 2 1988, 1989, 1997, Andy Kershaw 1990, Belfast Festival c. 1988Disc 9 Martin amp Eliza Carthy Glastonbury Festival, 1995Disc 10 Studio sessions 199597 Andy Kershaw 1995 WatersonCarthy, Folk on 2 1997 Martin solo alt takes, Folk on 2 1997 Martin amp Dave Swarbrick alt takesDisc 11 Studio sessions 19972004 Folk on 2 1997, Andy Kershaw 2004 all Martin soloDisc 12 Onstage 199099 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1990 The Watersons, Sidmouth Folk Festival 1992 Martin solo, Rare Music Club, Bristol 1997 Wood, Wilson, Carthy, Cambridge Folk Festival 1999 Martin soloDisc 13 Onstage 1999 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1999 part 1 Martin soloDisc 14 Onstage 1999 1986 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1999 part 2 Martin solo, Butlins, Bognor Regis 1986 Brass MonkeyDisc 15 Martin Carthy with Norma Waterson 60th Birthday Concert, 2001 Alhambra Theatre, BradfordDisc 16 Onstage 200514 BBC Folk Awards 2005 Martin with Martin Simpson amp Paul Sartin, The Barbican 2005 Martin solo, The Barbican 2006 Martin solo, The Freewheelin Bob Dylan A Folk Tribute 2011 Martin solo, Front Row 2011 Martin amp Eliza Carthy, In Tune 2012 Martin with the Aurora Orchestra, Cambridge Folk Festival 2013 Martin amp Dave Swarbrick, BBC Folk Awards 2014 Martin amp Eliza CarthyDisc 17 Studio Sessions 201422 Jools Holland 2011 Martin amp Jools Holland Ensemble, World on 3 2014 Martin amp Eliza Carthy, Bob Fisher, BBC Radio Tees 2017 Martin solo, In Tune 2020 Martin amp John Kirkpatrick, In Tune 2020 Martin amp Eliza Carthy, Music Planet 2022 Martin amp Eliza CarthyDisc 18 196368 Songs from Hullaballoo ABC TV 1963 Martin with Bob Davenport, Rory McEwen, Lisa Turner, Songs from Hallelujah ABC TV, 1966 Martin with the Johnny Scott Trio, London Folk Song Cellar 1966 Martin solo Martin amp Dave Swarbrick Martin amp Rory McEwen Martin amp Isla Cameron, Once More with Felix 1967 Martin amp Dave Swarbrick, Degrees of Folk 1968 Martin amp Dave SwarbrickDisc 19 Steeleye Span 197071 Top Gear 1970, John Peel Sunday Concert 1971, Sounds of the 70s 1970, 1971Disc 20 Bonus offair 196673 Hallelujah ABC TV 1966 Martin solo, Wonderful Copenhagen 1967 Martin amp Dave Swarbrick, My Kind of Folk 1968 Martin amp Dave Swarbrick, Folk on Friday 1971 Martin solo, John Peel 1972 Martin solo, unidentified TV show 19