Alex Campbell - Live On Air (1966-79)
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- Glimpses of Alex Campbell (1931-87), the Godfather of all modern troubadours, from BBC transcription discs. There are five extracts here. I don’t have the source information, but I believe the first three are episodes of Folk-Song Cellar from 1966 - or other shows from that year fronted by Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor, who can be heard introducing Alex. The fourth set is a near-30-minute concert recording, with Alex backed by a second guitarist, that must date from after 1971 (when ‘The Band Played…’ was written). The fifth set is two songs from the 1979 Cambridge Folk Festival, introduced by Louis Killen. There is a remarkable lack of Alex Campbell on CD/Dl. Hopefully, this will fill a gap to some extent.
Set 1 (c.1966): 0:00
1. Mingulay Boat Song
2. Mrs McGrath
3. Love is Teasing
Set 2 (c.1966): 13:02
4. I Loved a Lass
5. Mhairi’s Wedding
6. The Bonny Ship the Diamond
Set 3 (c.1966): 23:15
7. Lord Franklin
8. Twa Heids Are Better Than Yin
9. My Old Gibson Guiitar
Set 4 (in concert c. early 70s): 33:07
10. Goodbye Booze
11. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
12. Freight Train
13. Freight Train Blues
14. Roll On Buddy, Roll On
Set 5 (Cambridge Folk Festival 1979): 59:47
15. Gypsy Davy
16. My Darlin’ Clementine - Hudba
Wonderful listening to Alex Campbell. It was always a special night at the MSG in Manchester when he appeared. Standing room only. Great memories.
I remember hearing the false teeth joke many years ago when I saw him live in Manchester!
Whenever you happen to meet someone asking who this Alex Campbell was ... just scroll to 37:30 and let hin listen to "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", and he will understand, who this great man was ... PS: Thanks so much for posting.
Thanks very much for sharing. I sort of remember the period well. Alex was/is my father so it is always good to hear more of him.
My pleasure, Al.
Hi Al,
I'm an old folkie and met your father in Arbroath in the mid/late 60s.
I remember someone saying, "For f****s sake don't let him know you're English".
If we knew the damage we were doing to ourselves with all that drinking maybe we might have drunk a drop less - but then again.....
Hi Al
I have just created a CZcams channel as an archive for material recorded at St Andrews Folk Club in the 60's, 70's & 80's.
Your father played there on several occasions in addition to the St Andrews Concert uploaded by Colin.
As a tribute to Alex I have uploaded a recording of his appearance in the Star Hotel, St Andrews in March 1975.
Hope you enjoy!
He could really sing!!
Alex was a big part of me taking up folk ... x he was about 20 years ahead of me....
Wonderful
So pleased you have shared this! As you said, recordings are so rare! A much loved almost forgotten singer! Too good to be buried in the annals of time!
We heard Alex in Tønder, Denmark, back in the 1978. He was a fine figure of a man, a great singer & gitar player. I'll never forget when he was joking arund with the McCalmans in the "visseversehussi" for the danish state radio. As he told the audience " I'm from the Real north of Scotland---" and made the McCalmans grind their teeth. A great entertainer. ¨
Thanks so much 💖
I heard Alex in Copenhagen in 1970 - as far as I remember - and I fell head over heals in love with the gaelic folksong tradition, a love that will never die
I'm the second guitarist backing Alex on Set 4. I worked with him for most of 1976, touring England, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Germany.
Hopefully you didn't 'Fone it in' :-)
Ha, bloody, ha! This could be part of a BBC World Service broadcast we did from the Stables at Wavendon, home of Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine.
@@Gayle339 Sorry Dan! :-)
@@colinharper8791 You're forgiven. The name Fone simply means someone who lives near water, as in Avon or fen. I have some videos on youtube if you're interested. Just google Dan Fone youtube.
Alex was a guest at our folk club and I also met him at the Edinburgh Festival in 1965. Our memories are of a lovely and sensitive man as well as a fine singer.
Heard Alex and Dan a few times... lovely sound and voice ... that era ... freedoms all over the place... lovely sound
i saw him in his prime a wonderful humorous storyteller entertainer
Thanks for posting brought back some many memories
He was brilliant and a fellow communist. My mother loved his music and listening to him during my early childhood in Glasgow in the 60s/70s was a highly formative experience. Banging tunes too.
Hi folks. Its great to see London Folk Song Cellar here - at last. We have a collection of most of the episodes. However we are missing tracks from episodes 28, 31 and 36 featuring artists:
LFSC 28 - The North West Three, Kathie MacDonald, Trevor Lucas, The Chiltern Ramblers.
LFSC 31 - The Taverners, Sandy Denny ("Green grow the laurels"), Bob Cann, Don Partridge, The Leesiders. LFSC 39 - The Watersons, Sydney Carter, Tessa Clifford, Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy.
Please PM me if you have either transcription discs or tapes of these from LFSC.
Many thanks - Chris B.
I have the original alex campbell sings folk ( did he sing anything else)