Festival and Anthology recordings
The Story of Transatlantic Records
2003 - Metro METRDCD523 (2)CD
CD One
Ye Jacobites By Name - The Johnstons
Death Come Easy - Harvey Andrews
To You - Adrian Mitchell
Come Sing Me A Happy Song To Prove We All Can Get Along The Lumpy, Bumpy, Long And Dusty Road - Bert Jansch
It's Dark In Here - Dransfield
Dreams For Me - Sweeney's Men
Floral Dance - Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Saturday - Decameron
After The Dance - Bert Jansch & John Renbourn
Gospel Ship - Alexis Korner & Peter Thorup
Hot Dogs - Stefan Grossman
The Cuckoo / The Blacksmith - Andrew Cronshaw
It Suits Me Well - Dave Swarbrick
Twa Recruiting Sergeants - Ian Campbell Folk Group featuring Dave Swarbrick
If It Was'nae For Your Wellies - Billy Connolly
The Rules Of The Game - Leon Rosselson
Fugue - Amazing Blondel
Sweet Thames Flow Softly - The Johnstons
Wild Rover - The Dubliners
Look Over The Hill And Far Away - New Humblebums (with Gerry Rafferty and Billy Connolly)
Streets Of London - Ralph McTell
CD Two
The Handsome Meadow Boy - Dransfield
Flowers Of The Forest - The McCalmans
Willoughby's Farm - Ralph McTell
Shake Sugaree - Stefan Grossman
Tom Dooley - Sweeney's Men
Wat Ye Wha I Met The Streen - Dave Swarbrick
Mother Nature's Son - Gryphon
Guitar Train - John Pearse
Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice - Hamish Imlach
Why Don't They Come Back To Dunoon? - The Humblebums (featuring Billy Connolly)
Bransle Gay - John Renbourn
Aunt Lucy Broadwood - Mr Fox
The Banks Of The Nile - The Young Tradition
Jesus Christ Sitting On Top Of A Hill In The Lake District - Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt
In Time - Pentangle
Sign On The Dotted Line - Gerry Rafferty
We Can Swing Together - Alan Hull
Granny Takes A Trip - The Purple Gang
Two Fifteen-String Guitars For Nice People - Ron Geesin
Dreadjaws - Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias
Summertime Blues - Mick Farren
Notes
As interest in folk music began to grow in the early 1960s, Transatlantic was one of the only independent British record labels of note recording acoustic music.
It was an eclectic label that provided a varied soundtrack to the bohemian lifestyle of the day. With the marketing slogan - ‘Transatlantic: the label where trends begin’ its manifesto was to encompass almost all that was innovative, interesting, contemporary and exciting in British music in the 1960s and 70s. The label subsequently released a variety of sounds from traditional and contemporary folk, hip young singers and guitarists, poets, comedians, through to R & B, brass bands and rock. But as well as exploring new trends, Transatlantic was still commercially astute enough to secure several chart hits with the likes of Pentangle, Ralph McTell, Billy Connolly, Brighouse & Rastrick Band and The Purple Gang.
But overall it was Transatlantic’s contribution to the alternative music scene of the ‘60s and ‘70s that remains its greatest achievement.