Milk Of The Tree: An Anthology Of Female Vocal Folk And Singer-Songwriters 1966-73

Three CD collection. Notwithstanding one or two isolated exceptions, it wasn't until the mid-?60s that independent female voices really began to be heard within the music industry. Over the course of four hours and sixty tracks, Milk Of The Tree focuses on the music made in the late ?60s and early ?70s in both Britain and North America by either female solo artists or acts with featured female vocalists. Along the way, we encounter San Franciscan psychedelia, LA folk rock, Swinging London pop-folk, electric folk, progressive folk and even folk club folk as well as (of course) a plethora of singer- songwriters (including various ladies of the Canyon) from the movement's golden age. As well as featuring most of the leading figures from both sides of the Atlantic, Milk Of The Tree includes many performers who received little attention at the time but who now have a cult reputation amongst collectors. A significant number of tracks were unreleased at the time, while the set also includes the first-ever appearance by pioneering female rock duo Emily Muff, two American girls who were based in England during the period in question but failed to land a recording contract. With a 44-page booklet crammed with rare photos and details of the various acts featured, the clambox-housed Milk Of The Tree is not only a fascinating social document but, we hope, a hugely entertaining snapshot of a particular time, place and frame of mind that produced some enduring, spellbinding music.

Tracks

1~1~Do You Believe - Melanie
1~2~Blessed Are... - Joan Baez
1~3~Light Flight - The Pentangle
1~4~Foolish Seasons - Dana Gillespie
1~5~Someone To Talk My Troubles To - Judy Roderick
1~6~Auntie Aviator - John & Beverley Martyn
1~7~Flying Away - The Serpent Power
1~8~It Could Have Been Better - Joan Armatrading
1~9~Morning Morgantown - Jude
1~10~If Not By Fire - Mandy More
1~11~Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp - Laura Nyro
1~12~I Thought I Knew The Answers - Susan Pillsbury
1~13~Give Her The Day - Jaki Whitren
1~14~By The Sea - Wendy & Bonnie
1~15~Come And Stay With Me - Jackie Deshannon
1~16~Something Better - Marianne Faithfull
1~17~An Everyday Consumption Song - Spirogyra
1~18~The Milk Of The Tree - Polly Niles
1~19~Chelsea Girls - Nico
1~20~Reverie For Roslyn - Mary-Anne
1~21~Different Drum - Stone Poneys Featuring Linda Ronstadt
1~22~Please (Mk. Ii) - Eclection
1~23~Five Of Us - Jade
1~24~Who Has Seen The Wind? - The Simon Sisters
1~25~Jesus Was A Cross Maker - Judee Sill
1~26~January's Snows - The Woods Band
1~27~In My Loneliness - Trader Horne
1~28~Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) - Janis Ian
1~29~I Was - Lily & Maria
1~30~Feeling High - Mellow Candle
1~31~Tomorrow Come Someday - Tomorrow Come Someday
1~32~My Silks And Fine Array - Julie Covington
1~33~Red Wine And Promises - Norma Waterson
1~34~Mr Fox - Mr Fox
1~35~The Dream Tree - Buffy Sainte-Marie
1~36~Munching The Candy - The Academy Featuring Polly Perkins
1~37~Late November - Sandy Denny
1~38~Tomorrow Your Sorrow - Hendrickson Road House
1~39~Mornings - Chuck & Mary Perrin
1~40~Mr Rubin - Lesley Duncan
1~41~Come Into The Garden - Chimera
1~42~Early Morning Blues And Greens - Diane Hildebrand
1~43~Rainy Day - Susan Christie
1~44~Autumn Lullaby - Bridget St. John
1~45~Ballad (Of The Big Girl Now And A Mere Boy) - Principal Edwards Magic Theatre
1~46~Windy - Ruthann Friedman
1~47~The Lonely - Design
1~48~Mirage - Shelagh McDonald
1~49~Aderyn Llwyd (Sparrow) - Mary Hopkin
1~50~Love Song - Vashti Bunyan
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Details

Format: CD
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 07 December 2019
Genre: Special Interest / Miscellaneous
Label: GRAPEFRUIT
Distributor: Rocket Group