The Philadelphia Folk Festival
1978 - Flying Fish FF-064 LP
Side One
Scots Piping - Bruce Martin
Did You Hear John Hurt? (Paxton) - Tom Paxton
Jerusalem Ridge (Monroe) - Norman Blake
Lady Isabel and The Elf Knight - Michael Cooney
Irish Dance Medley : The Boys Of Bailisodaire/The Longford Collector (M. Coleman) - De Danann
Then Came The Children (Seibel) - Kate Wolf
Step It Up And Go - John Jackson
I Gotta Be Me (Odetta) - Odetta
Side Two
Green, Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk
All For Me Grog - Louis Killen
Wild Goose Chase - Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie & The Progressive Bluegrassers
A Little Piece Of Wang (Lloyd) - Debbie McClatchy
The Glory Of Love (Gershwin) - Lew London Trio
Dance All Night - Highwood String Band && The Green Grass Cloggers
Credits
The Philadelphia Folk Festival 1977
Festival Chairman: Ellis Hershman
Programming: Teresa Pyott
The Philadelphia Folk Festival is sponsored and produced by The Philadelphia Folksong Society, a non-profit educational corporation.
The producer wishes to thank the following recording companies for their kind cooperation: Arhoolie, The Decca Record Co. Ltd., Front Hall, Owl, Philo, Rounder, Vanguard, Shanachie
Recorded by Sound Advice, Philadelphia
Mixing: Joel Fein and Steve Tose
Mastered at Acme Recording Studio, Chicago
Engineer: Mchael Rasfeld
Cover design: Steve Williams
Photography: Daniel Miles Kron
Produced by Gene Shay
Special thanks: Bruce Kaplan, Teresa Pyott, Mick Maloney, Neece Lamey, Andy Braunfeld and Fred Oster Vintage Intruments
Sleeve Notes
Recorded at the Old Poole Farm, Upper Salford, Pa., August 26, 27, 28, 1977
This is the first album of the Philadelphia Folk Festival to be released since 1961*, the year the Festival began. On it you 11 hear highlights of the 1977 Festival evening concerts. Outstanding performances yes, but a mere sampling of the many talented musicians, singers, songwriters, dancers and story tellers who turn these annual get-togethers into something very special.
To them and to the countless Festival volunteers—from seasoned, headquarters staffers to the kids working in parking—this album is dedicated.
*Ken Goldstein produced The Philadelphia Folk Festival Vols. 1 and 2 for Prestige Records. Both albums are now out-of-print.