Ashley Hutchings & John Kirkpatrick - The Compleat Dancing Master (Vinyl LP, Island, 1974) - EX / EX

Ashley Hutchings and John Kirkpatrick’s The Compleat Dancing Master is a distinctive 1974 exploration of English traditional dance music, combining folk songs, spoken passages and instrumental tunes in an ambitious continuous programme. Built around Hutchings’ deep interest in English folk traditions and Kirkpatrick’s accordion playing, the album also draws on an extensive cast of musicians from the British folk-rock scene. An inventive meeting of traditional material, folk scholarship and the adventurous spirit of 1970s British folk rock.

Island Records, 1974. Vinyl LP.

Sleeve and Vinyl graded Excellent.