The Original Electric Muse-The Story Of Folk Into Rock LP OOP HTF 1975

	£		20
	$		26

Sumptious 4 LP set - Electric Muse - The Story of Folk Into Rock released in 1975 on the Island Record label - FOLK1001, compiled by Karl Dallas, Robin Denslow, Dave Laing and Robert Shelton. This LP is now very hard to find and out of print.
The original 18 page booklet is included along with the review from Melody Maker in 1975.
This is the original Electric Muse - the 3CD versions released in 1996 &1997 do not replicate this track listing neither does the 3 CD version released in 2008.
All 4 LP's are in mint condition, completely free of scratches. Track listings are:

Album 1, Side A
From the Acoustic Roots

Album 1, Side B
From Reeling to Rocking

1.     Introductory Medley:
Steeleye Span: Robbery With Violins 
from Parcel of Rogues;
Ian Campbell Folk Group: Tail Toddle (extract) 
from Edinburgh Folk Festival;
Fairport Convention: Sir B. McKenzie(extract) 
B-side of the single Now Be Thankful; later released on the Full House CD reissue

2.     Lead Belly: The Gallows Pole

3.     Jack Elliott: Pretty Boy Floyd 
from Talking Woody Guthrie

4.     Margaret Barry: She Moves Through the Fair

5.     Alan Lomax and the Ramblers: Hard Case 
from Alan Lomax and the Ramblers

6.     Jim, John, Bob & Ron Copper: The Banks of Sweet Primroses 
previously unreleased BBC recording made on 3.4.1952

7.     Ray & Archie Fisher: The Twa Corbies
from Far Over the Forth

8.     A. L. Lloyd: The Shoals of Herring(extract) 
from the BBC radio ballad Singing the Fishing

1.     Ian Campbell Folk Group: Campbell's Fancy: The 93rd's Farewell to Gibraltar / Rakes of Kildare / The Drunken Piper / Timour the Tartar 
from This is the Ian Campbell Folk Group

2.     The Dubliners: Mason's Apron

3.     The Chieftains: Carolan's Concerto

4.     Gryphon: Kemp's Jig

5.     Fairport Convention: Medley: The Lark in the Morning; Rakish Paddy; Foxhunter's Jig; Toss the Feathers 
from Liege and Lief

6.     Morris On Band: Greensleeves 
from Morris On

7.     Hedgehog Pie: Drops of Brandy

8.     John Martyn: Eibhlí Gheal Chiún Ni Chearbhaill

Album 2, Side A
Blues, Baroque and Beyond

Album 2, Side B
Soho, Needless to Say

1.     Davey Graham: Angi

2.     Davey Graham: She Moves Through the Fair 
from The Thamesiders and Davey Graham

3.     Davey Graham: Better Git It in Your Soul

4.     John Renbourn: Waltz

5.     Bert Jansch: Veronica

6.     Ralph McTell: Willoughby's Farm

7.     Marc Brierley: Dragonfly 
from Marc Brierley

8.     Jackson C. Frank: Blues Run the Game
from Jackson C. Frank

9.     Roy Harper: Forever

1.     Pentangle: Waltz

2.     Martin Carthy: Scarborough Fair 
from Martin Carthy

3.     Al Stewart: Soho, Needless to Say

4.     John and Beverley Martyn: John the Baptist

5.     New Humblebums: Please Sing a Song for Us

6.     Fairport Convention: Chelsea Morning 
from Fairport Convention

Album 3, Side A
Roll Over Cecil (and Tell Vaughan Williams the News)

Album 3, Side B
The Electric Adventure

1.     Shirley Collins, Davey Graham: Pretty Saro 
from Folk Roots, New Routes

2.     Bert Jansch: Blackwaterside

3.     The Young Tradition: Lyke Wake Dirge 
from The Young Tradition

4.     John Renbourn: Bransle Gay 
from The Lady and the Unicorn

5.     Martin Carthy / Dave Swarbrick: Our Captain Cried All Hands 
from Byker Hill

6.     Pentangle: Let No Man Steal Your Thyme

7.     Shirley Collins: The Wedding Song 
from Anthems in Eden

1.     Fairport Convention: Nottamun Town 
from What We Did On Our Holidays

2.     Fairport Convention: Tam Lin 
from Liege and Lief

3.     Traffic: John Barleycorn 
from John Barleycorn Must Die

4.     Fairport Convention: Lord Marlborough 
from Angel Delight

5.     Steeleye Span: The Weaver and the Factory Maid 
from Parcel of Rogues

Album 4, Side A
A New Traditon

Album 4, Side B
End of a Honeymoon?

1.     Bob & Carole Pegg: Rise Up Jock 
from He Came from the Mountains

2.     Mr Fox: The Gay Goshawk

3.     Fairport Convention: Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman 
previously unreleased track from the Full House recording sessions; later released on(guitar, vocal)

4.     Lindisfarne: Turn a Deaf Ear

5.     Jack the Lad: The Third Millennium

6.     Richard Thompson: Nobody's Wedding
from Henry the Human Fly

1.     Albion Country Band: Albion Sunrise 
from Battle of the Field

2.     Albion Morris: Upton-Upon-Severn Stick Dance 
previously unissued; later released onRattlebone & Ploughjack

3.     Fairport Convention: Furs and Feather 
from Rosie

4.     Steve Ashley with Tinder Box: The Spirit of Christmas 
previously unissued; later released on Stroll On Revisited

5.     Mike & Lal Waterson: The Magical Man 
from Bright Phoebus

6.     Fairport Convention: Stranger to Himself 
from Rising for the Moon

7.     Albion Country Band: The New St. George / La Rotta 
previously unissued; later released on Battle of the Field