Mary-Anne - Me 1970

Here is a great folk-psych album by the Scottish folksinger Mary Anne Paterson. Recorded in 1970 by Mary Anne and some buskers from a London tube station with whom she barely rehearsed, and never saw again.

The songs here, mostly traditional, are very pretty, with a nice echo-y quality on the voice, guitar and flute accompaniments running through the entire production. The standout track is her version of "Black Girl", a Leadbelly standard, that devolves into a hippie tribal voice and flute freak out.

Me is sure to appeal to all acid folk lovers, and will surely elevate Mary-Anne to where she belongs - alongside Vashti Bunyan and Anne Briggs in the pantheon of Britain’s leading folk singers.


Tracks
1. Love Has Gone
2. C o u l t e r’s Candy
3. The Jute Mill Song
4. The Gentleman Soldier
5. Black Girl
6. Wandering So Far
7. Come All Ye Fair & Tender Maidens
8. Candyman
9. The Water is ide
10. Hallowed Be Thy Name
11. Reverie for Roslyn