VA "Shifting Sands: 20 Treasures From Heyday of Underground Folk" (2010)
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Under the influence of LSD, by the late 1960s the sands were fast shifting for acoustic music. This new compilation showcases twenty of the best tracks to have emerged from the underground folk revolution, taking in artists from Britain and America, as well as further-flung locations such as Norway, Eire and Canada, and touching on genres including jazz, country and psychedelia. The set comes complete with a full booklet featuring rare pictures and information about each artist, making it truly essential for all strange folk enthusiasts. (Sunbeam Records)
Tracklist:
1. Fresh Maggots - Dole Song 2. Rick Hayward - Can't See Any Signs 3. Lazy Farmer - Turtle Dove 4. Moonkyte - Way Out Hermit 5. Maryanne - The Water Is Wide 6. COB - Summer's Night 7. Jaki Whitren - A Little Bit Extra, Please 8. Roger Rodier - My Spirit's Calling 9. Loudest Whisper - Cold Winds Blow 10. Gordon Jackson - My Ship, My Star 11. Mark Fry - Song For Wilde 12. Meic Stevens - Dim Ond Heddiw Ddoe Ac Fory 13. G.F. Fitz-Gerald - Country Mouse 14. Oriental Sunshine - Visions 15. Justine - See Saw 16. Wizz Jones - When I Cease To Care 17. Dawnwind - Canticle 18. Gary Farr - I See You 19. Lily & Maria - Morning Glory Morning 20. Synanthesia - Shifting Sands
Biography: Roger Rodier put out an obscure album on Columbia in 1972, Upon Velveatur , that was very much in line with the folk-rock-oriented singer/songwriter trends of the era. It was at least as much indebted to British sounds from that genre as North American ones, however, with its gentle breathy vocals, subdued melancholy, and combination of predominantly acoustic guitars with subtle strings and some female backup vocals. Prior to the LP, Rodier had issued a couple of singles on the local Montreal label Pax, the first of them sung in French. Despite getting praised in Rolling Stone by Lester Bangs for its "timeless grace," Upon Velveatur got little exposure when it was issued in autumn 1972. Although he did start work on a second album for Columbia in early 1973, it wasn't finished, and Rodier left music a few years later without having released anything else.
