Folkal Point - Folkal Point 1972

Folkal Point's sole album is one of the most expensive and sought-after British traditional folk LP from the early '70s.

Some 500 copies of this record were pressed on the tiny Midas imprint (an offshoot of the only slightly larger Folk Heritage label), aproximately half of which were destroyed in a flood. That left around 250 for the band to sell at gigs. Though it seems unlikely that all those were sold, very few have turned up since.

Musically it's a likeable, gentle collection of well-known songs sutch as Scarborough Fair, Sweet Sir Galahad and You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, as well as some folk standards. Its main assets being Cherie Musialik's warm, tender voice, which like the best British woman folk singers of the late '60s and early '70s has a high, pristine timbre. The overall effect isn't as square as on many similar collections, though, with a wistful vibe and even hints of a darker, more psychedelic mood emerging on several occasions.

Tracks1. Twelve Gates Into The City
2. Scarborough Fair
3. Sweet Sir Galahad
4. Lovely Joan
5. Circle Game
6. Cookoo's Hollerin'
7. Edom O'gordon
8. Victoria Dines Alone
9. You Ain't Going Nowhere
10. Anathea
11. National Seven
12. Once I Knew A Pretty Girl