Folk Off! Pastoral Perfection for Pixie People by Jimmy Dread

A very personal ping-pong affair around folk in all its many wonderful guises - from trad to the folkiest of folk-rock, to folk-prog and a little American Primitivism, to what some bright spark decided to coin 'New Weird America'. Don't start splitting hairs about which of the listed is folk and which isn't (simple answer - it all is), although you might notice a slightly more trad-folk flavour to this list than in something like Norm's wonderful "Normlore" chart, to which this is a distant cousin separated by a mere 19 miles of water between Dover and Calais. Bon voyage, mes amies. Jimmy, May 2019

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PERFECT FOR... sacrificing multitudes of sheep to whilst drinking as much Welsh mead as your stomach can possibly handle [First added to this chart: 06/04/2016]
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1980
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Folk Off! Pastoral Perfection for Pixie People composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 1 1%
1960s 24 24%
1970s 46 46%
1980s 2 2%
1990s 3 3%
2000s 18 18%
2010s 6 6%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


Various Artists 2 2%
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 1 1%
Comus 1 1%
Fresh Maggots 1 1%
Pat Kilroy 1 1%
John Fahey 1 1%
Donovan 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United Kingdom 50 50%
United States 28 28%
Mixed Nationality 6 6%
Ireland 5 5%
Canada 4 4%
Germany 3 3%
Sweden 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 01/10/2019 13:03
Absolutely fantastic chart brimming with some personal favourite of mine; I ran a folk radio show (named What the Folk??: Ballads From A Thin Man) at my uni last year and used this chart as for recommendations. The 'perfect for' descriptors is a lovely touch too ... great stuff!
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From 04/29/2018 15:30
@Jimmy Dread lol I even ctrl+f-ed it, guess I misspelt. Fantastic LP. Another thing just came to my mind, Willard Grant Conspiracy's Let It Roll, it's more like americana/folk stuff but great nonetheless. Check it if you haven't already.
I'll say it once again though, great idea and chart :)
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From 04/28/2018 07:02
@LedZep Forest’s S/T is already in there pal - lovely LP.
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From 04/27/2018 14:41
superb folk world & country selections..... !!
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From 04/27/2018 11:31
Really nice chart
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From 04/27/2018 11:28
Effing cool. Very personal and honest and eccentric. I’d recommend Forest by a band called Forest, it’s what I imagine “Pixie people” would listen to lol
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From 04/27/2018 08:14
Very interesting chart mate
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From 12/22/2016 13:02
Interesting
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From 06/02/2016 11:09
Great title. And you've got Jose Gonzalez in there. I'll have to check out some of the many I've never heard of. Thanks.
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From 05/24/2016 23:39
Some great picks! Thanks for introducing me to Pererin, Folque.
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