{"product_id":"sumer-is-icumen-in-pagan-sound-of-british-irish-sumer-is-icumen-in-the-pagan-sound-of-british-irish-folk-1966-1975","title":"Sumer Is Icumen In Pagan Sound Of British \u0026 Irish- Sumer Is Icumen In: The Pagan Sound Of British \u0026 Irish Folk 1966-1975 (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased in 2015, Grapefruit's 3-CD multi-artist British underground folk compilation Dust On The Nettles was widely praised, with a five-star review in The Times hailing it as \"a delight from beginning to end\". A long-overdue follow up to that set, Sumer Is Icumen In tightens the mesh by focusing on the point when traditional folksong and the burgeoning late Sixties counterculture collided, largely courtesy of seminal acts like the Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention and Pentangle. As Steeleye Span's Martin Carthy commented at the time, the scene had a strong pagan feel, dark and elemental, and progressive folk bands like Dr. Strangely Strange, Comus and Third Ear Band (who performed with the druids in dawn solstice ceremonies at Glastonbury Tor) were active at the same time as folklorists like Mr. Fox pair Bob \u0026amp; Carole Pegg and fellow husband-and-wife team Dave \u0026amp; Toni Arthur, whose commitment to the cause saw them dancing naked at a coven led by 'King of the Witches', the notorious Alex Sanders. Showcasing all of the above names as well as a supporting cast that ranges from Mike Oldfield and Marc Bolan to unsigned bands who recorded demos in a barn, Sumer Is Icumen In features four hours of Albion hymns ancient and modern, including three previously unreleased cuts. \"Housed in a stylish clamshell box, it includes a 40-page booklet with track-by-track annotation, numerous band quotes and some very rare photos. The result is a secret glade in a darkly pagan woodland that's peppered with invocations of corn gods, wicker men, bright Phoebus and other non-Christian deities; magickal tales of daemons, sorcerers, false knights and faerie queens; the medieval England myths, legends and traditions of the May Queen, John Barleycorn and the Green Man; paeans to the natural world and the rhythm of the passing seasons; fables of sanctuary stones, scarecrows and buried villages alongside dread stories of purgatory, sacrifice, rape, bestiality and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLark Rise - Third Ear Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorn Rigs - Magnet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Barleycorn - Traffic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanctuary Stone - Midwinter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Keys of Canterbury - Vulcan's Hammer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wood-Gathering Man - the Celebrated Ratliffe Stout Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwa Corbies - Steeleye Span\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLovely Joan - Folkal Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCanon Dale - the Strawbs (Alternative Version) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Horse - Kevin Coyne 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYorric - Meic Stevens 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLyke-Wake Dirge - the Young Tradition 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwan in the Evening - Amber 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinerva - Synanthesia 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Parting Glass - the Minor Birds 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirgin Childe - Parameter 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sapphire - Carolanne Pegg 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCabin on the Clifftop - Dry Heart 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinter Passes - Mighty Baby 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Horseback - Mike Oldfield 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTam Lin - Fairport Convention 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet No Man Steal Your Thyme - Gallery 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFalse Knight on the Road - Tim Hart ; Maddy Prior 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scarcrow - Lal Waterson (Demo Version) 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilver Man - Chimera 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe White Hare - Shirley Collins ; the Albion Country Band 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMad Tom of Bedlam - Horden Raikes 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Song of the Healer - the Sallyangie 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLizard-Long-Tongue-Boy - Bridget St. John (Alternative Version) 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrings in the Earth and Air - Dr. Strangely Strange 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSorcerers - Jan Dukes de Grey 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen Grass - Dave ; Toni Arthur 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere's Your Master Gone? - Simon Finn 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNottamun Town - Oberon 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe House Carpenter - Fresh Maggots 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand in Hand - J. 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