This unique collection of 78 songs features all the major artists of British folk music: Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Incredible String Band, Lindisfarne, Renaissance, Tim Hart & Maddy Prior, Sandy Denny, Shirley Collins & The Albion Band, Amazing Blondel, Magna Carta, The Watersons, Martin Carthy, June Tabor, Eliza Carthy, Mike Harding, Richard Thompson and many many others.
It has great commercial crossover appeal as it contains some of the best-loved songs in folk rock: tracks such as Meet Me On The Corner, Lady Eleanor, Fog On The Tyne, Meet On The Ledge, Si Tu Dois Partir, A Calling Song, The King, Pretty Polly, The False Knight On The Road & The Foxhunt.