Martin Carthy has been the one constant in English folk for sixty years, and a new box set tells that story through a single institution: the BBC. Along The Road Forever: Live At The BBC arrives via Madfish on 17th July 2026, a 20CD collection of 328 live and session recordings made for the corporation from 1965 to 2022 (plus earlier ABC TV recordings). That is 22½ hours of music and 237 unique repertoire performances, two-thirds of them taken from master tapes.
It lands a year after Carthy’s Transform Me Then Into A Fish, the solo album that made him, at 84 (recently turned 85), the oldest artist ever shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Martin Carthy is one of the most influential figures English folk has ever produced, he has shaped generations through his angular, open-tuned guitar style and his readings of traditional song. The box set provides an alternative history of that career, assembled from appearances on Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4, BBC Television, and a handful of surviving performances for the 1960s regional broadcaster ABC TV. It runs through his solo work, duets with Dave Swarbrick, sessions with his daughter, Eliza Carthy, and his time in Steeleye Span, the Albion Country Band, Brass Monkey, The Watersons, and Waterson:Carthy.
For listeners who grew up taping the radio at night, the Peel material may be the heart of it. Carthy recorded nine solo sessions for John Peel between 1972 and 1983, a tally the set’s notes place joint-tenth in the all-time Peel session list, behind The Fall. The May 1972 session gave Peel’s audience King Henry and The False Lover Won Back; the next year, Carthy taped a long version of The Famous Flower of Serving Men for the late-night show. The relationship had started earlier, when Steeleye Span turned up on Peel and John Walters’s Top Gear in 1970 and slipped a Buddy Holly cover, Rave On, in among the ballads. The other Radio 1 champion well represented here is Andy Kershaw, whose sessions with Carthy run from 1987 through to BBC Radio 3 dates in 2004, taking in solo spots, The Watersons and Waterson:Carthy along the way.
A good deal of the collection comes from the festival circuit, and Sidmouth recurs more than anywhere. There are sets from 1978 and 1979, a 1990 appearance with The Watersons, a 1992 solo spot, and a complete 1999 performance recorded for Mike Harding’s Radio 2 programme, spanning two discs and including Famous Flower of Serving Men and a near-eight-minute Sir Patrick Spens. Elsewhere, there are recordings from Cambridge Folk Festival (a 1982 BBC2 broadcast and a full 2013 set), a whole CD of Martin & Eliza Carthy at Glastonbury in 1995, and festivals at Whitby, Fylde, Pontardawe and Belfast. The earliest material reaches back to a 1965 BBC television performance of Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance and those scarce ABC TV clips dating back to 1963.
The music comes with an 80-page book. It carries a new essay on Carthy’s life in music by biographer Clinton Heylin, detailed session notes by Kevin Boyd — whose Carthy archive KLOF has long pointed readers towards — and previously unseen photographs, many from Martin’s own personal collection. Each copy includes a photograph signed by Carthy.
According to the notes, Carthy and Bob Dylan met back in the dreadful winter of 1962, when both were 21 – those that have had the pleasure of hearing Martin Carthy’s recollections will recall the now famous incident in which Martin recovered an abandoned piano which he took back to his place for firewood. He began chopping it up with a sword he’d been given as a Christmas present – after Dylan’s initial shock and protestations, he asked to have a go. While neither were famous at this stage, Dylan did, of course, go home with an arrangement of Scarborough Fair that he would make his own with Girl from the North Country. More than sixty years on, Dylan addressed his old friend in 2025: “If you didn’t know, your songs and your melodies have been with me since we first met. We’ll meet each other down the line somewhere…keep playing.”
Along The Road Forever: Live At The BBC is released by Madfish on 17th July 2026.
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Box Set Details
Disc 1: Studio sessions 1973–77 Sounds of the 70s, 1973 (Albion Country Band), John Peel, 1974, 1976, 1977 (all Martin solo)
Disc 2: Onstage 1973–7 Folkweave, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 – live at St Albans Folk Club, Loughborough Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival (all Martin solo)
Disc 3: Onstage 1977–78 Folk ’78 and Folkweave – live at Sidmouth Folk Festival 1978 and 1979 (all Martin solo)
Disc 4: Onstage 1979–1986 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1979 (Martin solo), Cambridge Folk Festival 1982 (Brass Monkey), Folk on 2 concert 1983 (Brass Monkey)
Disc 5: Onstage 1981–83 Stagfolk, Godalming 1981, Fylde Folk Festival 1982, Pontardawe Folk Festival 1983 (all Martin solo)
Disc 6: Studio sessions 1983–88 John Peel 1983 (Martin solo), Andy Kershaw 1987 (Martin solo), Andy Kershaw 1988 (The Watersons), Andy Kershaw 1988 (Martin solo), Folk on 2 1987 (Martin & Chris Wood)
Disc 7: Onstage 1984–1990 Whitby Festival 1985 (Martin solo), BBC Radio Sussex 1984 (Martin solo), Salisbury Arts Centre 1990 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick)
Disc 8: Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: Studio sessions & onstage 1988–97 Folk on 2 1988, 1989, 1997, Andy Kershaw 1990, Belfast Festival c. 1988
Disc 9: Martin & Eliza Carthy: Glastonbury Festival, 1995
Disc 10: Studio sessions 1995–97 Andy Kershaw 1995 (Waterson:Carthy), Folk on 2 1997 (Martin solo – alt takes), Folk on 2 1997 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick – alt takes)
Disc 11: Studio sessions 1997–2004 Folk on 2 1997, Andy Kershaw 2004 (all Martin solo)
Disc 12: Onstage 1990–99 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1990 (The Watersons), Sidmouth Folk Festival 1992 (Martin solo), Rare Music Club, Bristol 1997 (Wood, Wilson, Carthy), Cambridge Folk Festival 1999 (Martin solo)
Disc 13: Onstage 1999 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1999 (part 1) (Martin solo)
Disc 14: Onstage 1999 / 1986 Sidmouth Folk Festival 1999 (part 2) (Martin solo), Butlin’s, Bognor Regis 1986 (Brass Monkey)
Disc 15: Martin Carthy with Norma Waterson: 60th Birthday Concert, 2001 Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Disc 16: Onstage 2005–14 BBC Folk Awards 2005 (Martin with Martin Simpson & Paul Sartin), The Barbican 2005 (Martin solo), The Barbican 2006 (Martin solo), The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – A Folk Tribute 2011 (Martin solo), Front Row 2011 (Martin & Eliza Carthy), In Tune 2012 (Martin with the Aurora Orchestra), Cambridge Folk Festival 2013 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick), BBC Folk Awards 2014 (Martin & Eliza Carthy)
Disc 17: Studio Sessions 2014–22 Jools Holland 2011 (Martin & Jools Holland Ensemble), World on 3 2014 (Martin & Eliza Carthy), Bob Fisher, BBC Radio Tees 2017 (Martin solo), In Tune 2020 (Martin & John Kirkpatrick), In Tune 2020 (Martin & Eliza Carthy), Music Planet 2022 (Martin & Eliza Carthy)
Disc 18: 1963–68 Songs from Hullaballoo (ABC TV 1963) (Martin with Bob Davenport, Rory McEwen, Lisa Turner), Songs from Hallelujah (ABC TV, 1966) (Martin with the Johnny Scott Trio), London Folk Song Cellar 1966 (Martin solo; Martin & Dave Swarbrick; Martin & Rory McEwen; Martin & Isla Cameron), Once More with Felix 1967 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick), Degrees of Folk 1968 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick)
Disc 19: Steeleye Span: 1970–71 Top Gear 1970, John Peel Sunday Concert 1971, Sounds of the 70s 1970, 1971
Disc 20: Bonus: off-air 1966–73 Hallelujah (ABC TV) 1966 (Martin solo), Wonderful Copenhagen 1967 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick), My Kind of Folk 1968 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick), Folk on Friday 1971 (Martin solo), John Peel 1972 (Martin solo), unidentified TV show 1972 (Martin & Dave Swarbrick), John Peel 1973 (Martin solo)
The troubadour, the folk-rocker, the guitar hero, the acapella master, the champion of songs from the people, the voice of history, the wit and raconteur, Martin Carthy seemingly walked the road forever, never strayed far from the folk clubs and never sold out. This limited edition set – lovingly curated by Colin Harper – includes a lavishly illustrated 80-page hardback book with essays by Clinton Heylin and Kevin Boyd, a 1971 Keith Morris photograph signed by Martin and 20 discs of audio magic mastered by Pete Reynolds. With your hosts John Peel, Suzy Klein, Andy Kershaw, Jim Lloyd and further denizens of Broadcasting House, here is Martin Carthy providing, time after time, plentiful evidence for those who would – despite his protestations – call him a legend.
DISC 1 – BBC Radio Sessions (1973–1977)
Hanged I Shall Be (Sounds of the 70s, Radio 1, 9/5/73) – 06:21
New St George (Sounds of the 70s, Radio 1, 9/5/73) – 04:20
I’ll Go and List for a Sailor (Sounds of the 70s, Radio 1, 9/5/73) – 04:04
Harvest Home / The Gas Almost Works (Sounds of the 70s, Radio 1, 9/5/73) – 03:16
Skewbald (John Peel, Radio 1, 28/2/74) – 03:37
Geordie (John Peel, Radio 1, 28/2/74) – 03:22
Prince Heathen (John Peel, Radio 1, 28/2/74) – 07:48
Lucy Wan (John Peel, Radio 1, 28/2/74) – 03:32
Willie’s Lady (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/9/76) – 07:26
Unfortunate Tailor (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/9/76) – 02:49
King Knapperty (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/9/76) – 03:53
Searching for Lambs (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/9/76) – 02:05
Willie’s Lady (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/12/77) – 07:39
Bonnets So Blue (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/12/77) – 02:11
William Taylor (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/12/77) – 03:08
Three Jolly Sneaksmen (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/12/77) – 03:54
Brown Adam (John Peel, Radio 1, 7/12/77) – 06:15
DISC 2 – Live Recordings (1973–1977)
Three Jolly Sneaksmen (Live at Loughborough Festival, 17/9/73) – 03:36
Skewbald (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 05:58
The Rainbow (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 04:21
Geordie (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 05:45
Brigg Fair (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 02:09
Creeping Jane (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 04:44
Johnny Sands (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 03:20
All of a Row (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 03:09
John Barleycorn (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 02:34
Three Jolly Sneaksmen (Live at St Albans Folk Club, 1973) – 04:58
The Seven Virgins (Folkweave, Radio 2, 27/3/75) – 05:01
The Bedmaking + DJ Intro (Cambridge Folk Festival, 30/7/77) – 04:35
The Worcestershire Wedding (Cambridge Folk Festival, 30/7/77) – 03:58
Bruton Town (Cambridge Folk Festival, 30/7/77) – 06:21
Lumps of Plum Pudding / Three Around Three (Cambridge Folk Festival, 30/7/77) – 04:27
Johnny Sands (Cambridge Folk Festival, 30/7/77) – 02:32
January Man + Toni Arthur Outro (Cambridge Folk Festival, 30/7/77) – 04:36
DISC 3 – Sidmouth Folk Festival Sessions (1978–1979)
A May Day Song (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/78) – 03:48
Lord Randall (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/78) – 04:26
Bonnets So Blue (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/78) – 02:23
Johnny Sands (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/78) – 02:22
Willie’s Lady (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/78) – 08:57
The January Man (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/78) – 04:02
Three Around Three (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/78) – 01:30
The Crafty Maid’s Policy (Sweet Joan) (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 02:12
The False Lover Won Back (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 04:43
The Gallant Poacher (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 04:02
Locks and Bolts (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 04:16
All of a Row + Intro (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 03:26
The Rainbow (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 04:48
Geordie (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 04:15
The Siege of Delhi (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 05:09
DISC 4 – Sidmouth Festival & Brass Monkey (1979–1983)
Maid on the Shore (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 05:43
Corduroy Trousers (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 01:08
Bonny Lass of Anglesey (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 06:32
Lemaidie (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 03:43
John Barleycorn (The Beach Store, Sidmouth Folk Festival, 6/8/79) – 02:32
Pigeon on the Gate (18th Cambridge Folk Festival, BBC2, 9/12/82) – 02:29
Primrose Lass (18th Cambridge Folk Festival, BBC2, 9/12/82) – 02:03
Jolly Tinker (18th Cambridge Folk Festival, BBC2, 9/12/82) – 03:46
Sovay (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 04:37
Bad News (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 04:28
Old Grenadier (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 03:55
Maid and the Palmer (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 05:57
May Song (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 03:50
The Rambling Comber (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 05:33
Trowie Burn (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 04:26
Seventeen Come Sunday (Brass Monkey live, 1983) – 03:26
DISC 5 – Stagfolk Club & Festival Recordings (1981–1984)
Jim Lloyd Intro (Stagfolk Club, 30/8/81) – 00:36
The Bedmaking (Stagfolk Club, 30/8/81) – 03:28
Johnny Sands (Stagfolk Club, 30/8/81) – 02:17
Lord Byron / The Battle of the Somme (Stagfolk Club, 30/8/81) – 04:28
Lovely Joan (Stagfolk Club, 27/7/81) – 03:32
All of a Row (Stagfolk Club, 27/7/81) – 03:14
Sheep Crook & Black Dog (Stagfolk Club, 27/7/81) – 04:22
The Baccapipes Jig / Old Tom of Oxford (Stagfolk Club, 27/7/81) – 04:32
Willie’s Lady (Stagfolk Club, 27/7/81) – 09:21
A Stitch in Time (Fylde Folk Festival, 5/11/84) – 03:41
La Cardeuse (Fylde Folk Festival, 5/11/84) – 03:38
Reynard the Fox (Fylde Folk Festival, 5/11/84) – 04:52
The Siege of Delhi (Fylde Folk Festival, 25/1/83) – 05:38
Corduroy Trousers (Fylde Folk Festival, 25/1/83) – 00:48
Long John (Fylde Folk Festival, 25/1/83) – 05:51
Swaggering Boney / Glorishears (Pontardwe Folk Festival, 20/12/83) – 05:03
Salisbury Plain (Pontardwe Folk Festival, 20/12/83) – 03:27
Reynard the Fox (Pontardwe Folk Festival, 20/12/83) – 05:14
DISC 6 – BBC Sessions & Collaborations (1983–1988)
The Devil & the Feathery Wife (John Peel, Radio 1, 18/4/83) – 04:32
Tarry Trousers (John Peel, Radio 1, 18/4/83) – 04:34
Lady Dysle (John Peel, Radio 1, 18/4/83) – 04:20
I Sowed Some Seeds (John Peel, Radio 1, 18/4/83) – 03:10
Long John (John Peel, Radio 1, 18/4/83) – 05:36
When I Was Young (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 9/7/87) – 02:40
Rufford Park Poachers (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 9/7/87) – 03:56
Hommage à Roche Proulx (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 9/7/87) – 02:28
Company Policy (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 9/7/87) – 03:56
The Derby Ram (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 28/1/88 – The Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 02:49
Adieu, Adieu (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 28/1/88 – The Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 03:25
The Poacher’s Fate (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 28/1/88 – The Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 01:40
La Cardeuse (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 15/9/88) – 03:42
Aux Anciens Parapets (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 15/9/88) – 05:17
The Dominion of the Sword (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 15/9/88) – 03:28
The Famous Flower of Serving Men (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 15/9/88) – 09:11
I Sowed Some Seeds + DJ Intro (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/10/87 – Martin Carthy & Chris Wood) – 03:10
Mrs Foster’s Fudge (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/10/87 – Martin Carthy & Chris Wood) – 02:30
Hard Times of Old England + DJ Intro (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/10/87 – Martin Carthy & Chris Wood) – 02:51
The Indian Queen (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/10/87 – Martin Carthy & Chris Wood) – 02:14
DISC 7 – Folk on Two & BBC Sessions (1984–1990)
The Green Wedding (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 2/2/85) – 04:04
Cold Haily Windy Night (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 2/2/85) – 04:44
Lowlands of Holland (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 2/2/85) – 03:46
Funeral Party (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 2/2/85) – 03:22
Willie’s Lady (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 2/2/85) – 08:10
Oor Hamlet (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 2/2/85) – 03:32
Thorneymoor Woods (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 2/2/85) – 04:24
The White Hare (BBC Radio Sussex, 27/8/84) – 02:37
Baccapipes Jig / Old Tom of Oxford (BBC Radio Sussex, 27/8/84) – 03:56
Brown Adam (BBC Radio Sussex, 27/8/84) – 06:23
The Trip We Took Over the Mountains (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/11/90) – 02:07
Sovay (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/11/90) – 04:38
Oh Dear Oh (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/11/90) – 03:08
Bows of London (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/11/90) – 06:37
Dominion of the Sword (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 7/11/90) – 04:17
DISC 8 – BBC Sessions & Live Broadcasts (1988–1997)
Carthy’s March (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 12/10/88) – 03:05
Arthur McBride and the Sergeant (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 12/10/88) – 03:48
All in Green (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 12/10/88) – 03:57
Porcupine Rag (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 12/10/88) – 03:31
A-Begging I Will Go (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 12/10/88) – 04:00
The Broomfield Hill (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 12/10/88) – 03:21
Porcupine Rag (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 19/4/89) – 03:37
A-Begging I Will Go (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 19/4/89) – 03:37
Carthy’s March (fades into news) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 19/4/89) – 01:19
Arthur McBride and the Sergeant (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 19/4/89) – 03:42
Carthy’s March / The Lemon Tree (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 30/8/90) – 04:07
Oh Dear Oh (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 30/8/90) – 02:48
A Question of Sport (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 30/8/90) – 03:40
Sovay (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 30/8/90) – 03:25
Mrs Bermingham (Belfast Festival, Radio Ulster, 1988) – 01:04
Sovay (take 3) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97) – 03:24
Lord Inchiquin (take 3) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97) – 03:10
The Brown Girl (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97) – 04:07
Such a War Has Never Been (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97) – 03:15
Carthy’s March / The Lemon Tree (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97) – 02:59
Byker Hill (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97) – 06:50
DISC 9 – Glastonbury Festival (1995)
I Sowed Some Seeds (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 04:00
The New-Mown Hay (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 05:30
A Stitch in Time (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 02:54
Bill Norrie (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 09:32
La Cardeuse (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 05:16
The Tailor’s Britches (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 04:16
Georgie (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 04:18
Company Policy (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 06:13
Reel (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 02:29
Jack Tarr (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 04:59
Long John (Glastonbury Festival, 25/6/95) – 07:22
DISC 10 – Andy Kershaw & Folk on Two Sessions (1995–1997)
Mick Dam (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 29/1/95) – 03:23
Seventeen Come Sunday (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 29/1/95) – 05:03
The Swallow (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 29/1/95) – 04:04
Polly Bishop’s Slip Jig (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 29/1/95) – 05:35
Jacob’s Well (Andy Kershaw, Radio 1, 29/1/95) – 04:24
Creeping Jane (take 1) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97 – alternate takes) – 03:18
The Wife of Usher’s Well (takes 3 and 4) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97 – alternate takes) – 05:26
Princess Royal (take 4) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97 – alternate takes) – 03:16
I Sowed Some Seeds (takes 2 and 3) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97 – alternate takes) – 04:33
Sovay (take 2) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97 – alternate takes) – 03:40
Lord Inchiquin / Bride’s March From Unst / True Lovers’ Lament (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97 – alternate takes) – 07:13
Carthy’s March (take 1) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97 – alternate takes) – 01:01
Interview with Jim Lloyd (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 17/9/97 – alternate takes) – 10:51
DISC 11 – BBC Sessions & Andy Kershaw Broadcast (1997–2004)
Creeping Jane (take 4) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97) – 02:53
Rufford Park Poachers (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97) – 03:30
Georgie (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97) – 02:56
The Wife of Usher’s Well (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97) – 03:54
Princess Royal (take 5) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97) – 03:19
I Sowed Some Seeds (composite takes 2 & 3) (Folk on Two, Radio 2, 11/3/97) – 03:33
Jacky Tarr + DJ Intro (Andy Kershaw, Radio 3, 17/10/04) – 04:26
Martin Carthy Interview 1 (Andy Kershaw, Radio 3, 17/10/04) – 03:30
The Famous Flower of Serving Men + DJ Outro (Andy Kershaw, Radio 3, 17/10/04) – 10:01
The Foggy Dew (Andy Kershaw, Radio 3, 17/10/04) – 04:47
Martin Carthy Interview 2 (Andy Kershaw, Radio 3, 17/10/04) – 02:23
Royal Lament (Andy Kershaw, Radio 3, 17/10/04) – 04:27
DISC 12 – Sidmouth, Bristol & Cambridge Recordings (1990–1999)
Band of Lace (Sidmouth 1990, Radio 2 – Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 03:37
Dido Bendigo (Sidmouth 1990, Radio 2 – Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 03:37
Collier Laddie (Sidmouth 1990, Radio 2 – Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 01:40
Lord Rothchild (Sidmouth 1990, Radio 2 – Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 03:28
The Prickle Holly Bush + Intro (Sidmouth 1990, Radio 2 – Watersons with Martin Carthy) – 05:45
The Bedmaking (Sidmouth Festival, 12/8/92) – 04:11
King Henry (Sidmouth Festival, 12/8/92) – 08:26
DJ Intro & Carthy Interview (Rare Music Club, Bristol, 4/1/97) – 04:30
The Trees They Grow So High (Rare Music Club, Bristol, 4/1/97) – 05:48
Two Sisters (Rare Music Club, Bristol, 4/1/97) – 04:21
Albion (Rare Music Club, Bristol, 4/1/97) – 03:56
The Gardener (Rare Music Club, Bristol, 4/1/97) – 05:04
Dominion of the Sword (Rare Music Club, Bristol, 4/1/97) – 04:13
Young Collins (Rare Music Club, Bristol, 4/1/97) – 06:52
Devil and the Feathery Wife (Cambridge Festival, 7/99) – 04:29
DISC 13 – Sidmouth Folk Festival, Part 1 (1999)
I Sowed Some Seeds (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 04:49
Clyde’s Water (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 08:15
The Royal Lament (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 08:05
The Bedmaking (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 05:24
Rufford Park Poachers (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 05:50
Creeping Jane (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 05:34
Princess Royal / Old Tom of Oxford (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 05:39
The Tailor’s Britches (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 04:55
Hong Kong Blues (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 03:17
Three Jolly Sneaksmen (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 04:44
DISC 14 – Sidmouth Folk Festival, Part 2 & Brass Monkey (1986 / 1999)
Sir Patrick Spens (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 07:48
Oor Hamlet (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 04:13
Famous Flower of Serving Men (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 11:55
The Devil and the Feathery Wife (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 05:23
Georgie (Sidmouth Folk Festival, 8/99) – 04:14
The Rambling Comber (Brass Monkey live at Butlin’s, Bognor Regis, 16/4/86) – 02:22
Waterman’s Hornpipe (Brass Monkey live at Butlin’s, Bognor Regis, 16/4/86) – 04:06
The Handweaver and the Factory Maid (Brass Monkey live at Butlin’s, Bognor Regis, 16/4/86) – 04:03
Da Floo’er o’ Taft / The Lass o’ Patie’s Mill (Brass Monkey live at Butlin’s, Bognor Regis, 16/4/86) – 03:51
The Miller’s Three Sons (Brass Monkey live at Butlin’s, Bognor Regis, 16/4/86) – 04:38
The Foxhunt (Brass Monkey live at Butlin’s, Bognor Regis, 16/4/86) – 03:55
DISC 15 – 60th Birthday Concert, Bradford (2001)
Bold Doherty – 07:12
Sir Patrick Spens – 06:26
Golden Grove – 03:53
Bill Norrie – 08:20
Hard Times of Old England – 03:28
When First I Came to Caledonia – 05:32
Bright Shiny Morning – 03:35
Jim Jones in Botany Bay – 03:54
Swaggering Boney – 02:57
Georgie – 03:34
T Stands for Thomas – 03:45
Bay of Biscay – 06:04
Midnight on the Water – 07:27
DISC 16 – BBC Broadcasts & Live Performances (2005–2014)
Bonny Woodhall (BBC Folk Awards, Radio 2, 16/2/05) – 04:18
Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Talking Bob Dylan Blues: A Tribute Concert, 30/9/05) – 05:38
Scarborough Fair (Talking Bob Dylan Blues: A Tribute Concert, 30/9/05) – 05:16
The 18th of June (Folk Britannia, Barbican, BBC4, 22/4/06) – 04:26
Champion at Keeping ’Em Rolling (Folk Britannia, Barbican, BBC4, 22/4/06) – 03:32
Bob Dylan’s Dream + DJ Intro (The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – A Folk Tribute, Radio 2, 18/5/11) – 05:16
Farewell Lovely Nancy (Front Row, Radio 4, 25/5/11) – 00:34
Sir Patrick Spens (In Tune, Radio 3, 29/2/12) – 05:37
Interview (In Tune, Radio 3, 29/2/12) – 06:08
Limbo (In Tune, Radio 3, 29/2/12) – 04:12
Princess Royal + DJ Outro (In Tune, Radio 3, 29/2/12) – 03:37
Scarborough Fair (In Tune, Radio 3, 29/2/12 with the Aurora Orchestra) – 05:00
The Death of Queen Jane (Cambridge Folk Festival, 2013) – 06:29
The Deserter (Cambridge Folk Festival, 2013) – 04:15
The Royal Oak (Cambridge Folk Festival, 2013) – 03:50
When I Was a Little Boy (Cambridge Folk Festival, 2013) – 04:40
Died for Love (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Radio 2, 19/2/14) – 04:59
DISC 17 – Radio Sessions & Late Recordings (2011–2022)
Nothing Rhymed (Jools Holland Show, BBC Radio 2, 17/10/11) – 02:56
Queen Caraboo (World on 3, Radio 3, 20/6/14) – 03:24
Waking Dreams (World on 3, Radio 3, 20/6/14) – 04:06
Happiness (World on 3, Radio 3, 20/6/14) – 04:50
Monkey Hair (World on 3, Radio 3, 20/6/14) – 04:58
Died for Love (World on 3, Radio 3, 20/6/14) – 04:58
The Whale Catchers (Bob Fisher, BBC Radio Tees, 20/12/17) – 02:49
High Germany (Bob Fisher, BBC Radio Tees, 20/12/17) – 03:46
Flame of Fire (Bob Fisher, BBC Radio Tees, 20/12/17) – 03:56
The Doffing Mistress (In Tune, Radio 3, 16/1/2020) – 02:54
Waterman’s Hornpipe (In Tune, Radio 3, 16/1/2020) – 04:17
The Rambling Comber (In Tune, Radio 3, 16/1/2020) – 04:31
Interview (In Tune, Radio 3, 17/8/2020) – 04:48
John Barleycorn (In Tune, Radio 3, 17/8/2020) – 05:42
Blackwell Merry Night (Music Planet: At Home With the Carthys, Radio 3, 31/12/22) – 05:37
DISC 18 – Early Recordings & BBC Archives (1963–1968)
Jug of Punch (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 01:53
Duncan and Brady (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 02:27
Lowlands (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 02:51
My Girl (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 02:40
The Dreadnought (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 02:41
The Leaving of Liverpool (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 03:47
The Queen of Hearts (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 02:20
Poor Howard (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 02:53
Row Bullies Row (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 03:08
Sweet Nightingale (Hullaballoo, 1963) – 02:28
Young Man Cut Down in His Prime (Hallelujah LP, 1966) – 00:38
Wayfaring Stranger (Hallelujah LP, 1966) – 02:15
Teach Me My God and King (Hallelujah LP, 1966) – 01:12
Like the Snow (Hallelujah LP, 1966) – 02:00
John Barleycorn (Hallelujah LP, 1966) – 02:28
Rivers of Babylon (Hallelujah LP, 1966) – 01:19
The Marquess of Tullibardine + Programme Intro (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick) – 01:01
The Whistling Thief (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966) – 03:27
Scarborough Fair (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966) – 03:29
A-Begging I Will Go (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966) – 02:31
The Trees They Do Grow High (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Rory McEwen & Martin Carthy) – 03:18
The Bonny Earl of Moray (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Rory McEwen & Martin Carthy) – 01:36
Marrowbones (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Isla Cameron & Martin Carthy) – 02:25
So We’ll Go No More A-Roving (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Isla Cameron & Martin Carthy) – 01:14
Old Maid’s Song (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Isla Cameron & Martin Carthy) – 02:31
Bobby Shaftoe (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Isla Cameron & Martin Carthy) – 02:02
All Around My Hat (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Isla Cameron & Martin Carthy) – 02:33
The Bonny Miner Lad (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Isla Cameron & Martin Carthy) – 02:08
Johnny, I Hardly Knew You (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Isla Cameron & Martin Carthy) – 02:47
The Marquess of Tullibardine (London Folk Song Cellar, World Service, 1966 – Dave Swarbrick & Martin Carthy) – 00:51
Byker Hill (Once More With Felix, BBC2, 16/12/67 – Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick) – 03:47
Early Morning Rain (Once More With Felix, BBC2, 16/12/67 – Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick) – 02:56
Sovay (Degrees of Folk, BBC2, 29/07/68 – Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick) – 02:55
DISC 19 – Radio Sessions & Steeleye Span Broadcasts (1970–1971)
I Was a Young Man (Top Gear, Radio 1, 23/6/70) – 03:50
The Lark in the Morning (Top Gear, Radio 1, 23/6/70) – 03:48
Rave On (Top Gear, Radio 1, 23/6/70) – 01:25
The Blacksmith (Top Gear, Radio 1, 23/6/70) – 04:24
Female Drummer (Top Gear, Radio 1, 23/6/70) – 03:16
False Knight on the Road (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 04:21
The Lark in the Morning (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 04:49
Rave On (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 02:26
Three Reels: Dowd’s Favourite / Ten Pound Float / Musical Priest (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 04:01
Captain Coulson (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 05:51
Handsome Polly-O (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 02:47
Bring ’Em Down / Haul on the Bowline (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 02:48
Four Nights Drunk (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 03:17
When I Was on Horseback (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 06:22
Female Drummer (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 04:13
General Taylor + Intro (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 03:54
Four Reels: College Grove / Silver Spear / Ballymurphy Rake / Maid Behind the Bar (Steeleye Span – John Peel Sunday Concert, 26/9/71) – 04:43
Farther Along (Sounds of the 70s with Stuart Henry, 4/2/71) – 03:15
Bold Poachers (Sounds of the 70s with Stuart Henry, 23/7/70) – 05:27
DISC 20 – Television & Radio Archive Recordings (1965–1972)
The Ballad of Jack Musgrave (Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance, BBC TV, 2/11/65) – 05:03
Newlyn Town Hall (Hallelujah, ABC, 1966) – 01:59
Sovay (Wonderful Copenhagen, Radio 1, 7/10/67) – 02:47
Three Irish Folk Dances (Wonderful Copenhagen, Radio 1, 7/10/67) – 03:25
Streets of Forbes (Wonderful Copenhagen, Radio 1, 7/10/67) – 03:25
The Bonny Black Hare (Wonderful Copenhagen, Radio 1, 7/10/67) – 02:08
Two Butchers (My Kind of Folk, Radio 2, 24/7/68) – 02:51
John Barleycorn (My Kind of Folk, Radio 2, 24/7/68) – 03:35
Streets of Forbes (My Kind of Folk, Radio 2, 24/7/68) – 03:24
Snug in the Blanket (My Kind of Folk, Radio 2, 24/7/68) – 02:18
Arthur McBride and the Sergeant (Country Meets Folk, Radio 1, 15/2/69 – Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick) – 03:18
Byker Hill (Country Meets Folk, Radio 1, 15/2/69 – Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick) – 04:00
Dill Pickles Rag (Country Meets Folk, Radio 1, 15/2/69 – Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick) – 03:27
John Blunt (Folk on Friday, Radio 2, 5/2/71) – 03:10
Brigg Fair (Folk on Friday, Radio 2, 5/2/71) – 01:56
Interview (Folk on Friday, Radio 2, 5/2/71) – 00:55
The January Man (Folk on Friday, Radio 2, 5/2/71) – 03:16
Cold, Haily, Windy Night (Folk on Friday, Radio 2, 5/2/71) – 04:29
False Lover Won Back (John Peel, Radio 1, 22/5/72) – 04:12
King Henry (John Peel, Radio 1, 22/5/72) – 05:37
Trimdon Grange (John Peel, Radio 1, 22/5/72) – 04:05
Flowers of Edinburgh (Unknown TV Programme, 15/12/72) – 01:52
King of the Fairies (Unknown TV Programme, 15/12/72) – 03:24