V.A. : HISTORY OF THE UK FOLK ROCK UNDERGROUND 2.
According to Greyhound Rec.this is an "18 track collection of the rarest psychedelic, esotreic & electric folk rock from the uk & ireland. includes tracks by mellow candle, shide & acorn, tir na nog, flibbertigibbet & many more."
According to the Bruton Town list voting : 1 vote : highly recommended
V.A. : LAST THING ON MY MIND HOLYGROUND/WORKS VOL. 1
I did not hear this. According to Greyhound Rec.this is a "Lush remastered cd reissue of hopelessly rare 'private pressing' form '66. Very much part of the uk folk/rock scene featuring contributions from chris barber, mike levon, chris coombes & many more. the start of the 'holyground' label."
V.A. : LOOSE ROOTS 1 & 2 (?)
I did not hear thesie compilations. "The Holyground label under license to Kissing Spell presents these two compilations which represent volumes 10&11 of "The Works" series. All recordings made between 1966 and 1975. Loose Routes starts in The Bretton in 1966 and ends in The Cass Yard in the early 70's, moving from folk to rock: from a mix of covers and new songs to wholly original music."
V.A. : LOOSE ROOTS 1
According to the label this is "a folk rock album, charts Mike Levon's and Holygrounds early career from 1966 to 1971, music from Moodie's Bar, a centre for folk singers and writers, in Wakefield, The Bretton Hall and ending up with recordings from the Cass Yard. The records made at Moodies Bar, and subsequently at the Bretton were recorded straight to master tapes often just using plastic mikes supplied with domestic tape recorders. On moving to Cass's yard Mike bought a "Brennell", two mixing desks were installed and he also invested in a couple of AKG mikes. The sound quality improved!!
Bands include Number 9 Bread Street, Cross Section, A to Austr, Bill Nelson, early Thundermother and the beginnings of Astral Navigations and Jumble Lane."
V.A. : LOOSE ROOTS 2
According to the label this "takes Holyground from 1971 and the heavy psych-rock of Thundermother, through West coast sounds and progressive rock to 1975. Some performing bands paying for studio time, others just mates keen to have a go. Artists include Gygafo, Blue Epitaph, Skybird, Last Exit. Bill Nelson recorded Northern Dream, and early tracks as Be-Bop De Lux as yet unsigned to EMI. Chris Coombes was prolific, Steve Canning recorded acoustic songs with members of Lazy Days. Groups came from Leeds, Barnsley, and increasingly further a field. Newcastle Durham and Norfolk. Levon worked ceaselessly, sometimes recording with up to five or six bands a week.In 1975, at the height of all this frantic activity, Mike joined a group of others to establish a 16 track studio in Doncaster, the project folded and Holyground lay dormant until 1989."
