Mr Fox the Gypsy [Import]

1. Join Us In Our Game

2. Hanged Man

3. Gay Goshawk

4. Rip Van Winkle

5. Mr. Trill's Song

6. Little Woman

7. Salisbury Plain

8. Ballad Of Neddy Dick

9. Leaving The Dales

10. Mr. Fox

11. Gipsy

12. Aunt Lucy Broadwood

13. House Carpenter

14. Elvira Madigan

15. Dancing Song

16. All The Good Times

Tracks:

Join Us In Our Game
The Hanged Man
The Gay Goshawk
Rip Van Winkle
Mr. Trill's Song
Little Woman
Salisbury Plain
The Ballad Of Neddy Dick
Leaving The Dales
Mr. Fox
The Gipsy
Aunt Lucy Broadwood
House Carpenter
Elvira Madigan
Dancing Song
All The Good Times

Customer Reviews:

Mr Fox : Lost heroes of Folk/Rock.......2004-02-08

Back in the early '79s me and my mates were big fans of Strawbs. So when the Coventry music festival had Strawbs and Ralph McTell on the same bill, we got the tickets and went to the gig. Making up the numbers was some unknown quantity called 'Mr Fox'. We hadn't got a clue. Could be a band, could be some guy in an animal suit totally freaked - just about anything was possible back then.
It was a band. It was a band like nothing we'd heard. Their music was raw and told stories of the north of England: what was curious was that the stories were about the relatively recent past and the present, yet managed to be folk songs too. Beginning with a trditional coming-on style 'Join Us In Our Game'. Mr fox lead us through their warly repertoir that night. Well, Strawbs had Rick Wakeman in their lineup at that point, and McTell was McTell (in those days 'Streets of London' was still pretty neat) - Mr Fox matched them all.
'Mendle' - the missing track - was relatively overproduced for Mr Fox anc can't stand up against Carolanne Peggd later 'the Lady' Certainly the sound had changed somewhat between the two albuns, with the second having lost a little of the edginess of the first.
Bob and Carol Pegg broke up and the band ended with them. Carol released one solo album: Bob recorded two with Nick Strutt. In their way, al three albums contimued the storytelling of the original band, leaving us to wonder what might have been had the Peggs' marriage been just a little more harmoniuos. Would the sparse, raw music that was at the roots of the band have been lost to overproduction?
The only certainty is that at time when other folk-rock bands were tending to find traditional themes to modernise, Mr Fox were original and unique in the era and locality they chose to depict and in the stories they found to tell.

a local band for local people.......2002-04-09

Just a quick point- there was no NEED to remove Mendle, as the CD would still have been less than 79 mins with its inclusion. Pretty cheeky of them not to mention the ommission in the liner notes

Mr Fox were easily the equals of Steeleye Span, the Albion Band and the eternally overrated Fairport Convention (who only released 2 or 3 decent LPs)

Some news.......2002-02-24

According to AMG, THE GIPSY has been rereleased, with its lovely gatefold cover intact, on 180 gram vinyl LP in the UK. And, it contains the brilliant Carol Anne Pegg arranged song 'Mendle' (not Grendle-as was prev. noted), astoundingly left off the 2-for 1 CD.

Some Wheat, But a Good Amount of Chaff.......2001-08-10

Mr. Fox was a second-string British folk rock band that followed in the wake of Fairport Convention and The Pentangle, but never achieved the renown of those groups. There's a reason: Mr. Fox was simply not in their league, instrumentally or compositionally. This reissue of the two Mr. Fox LPs has some good songs ("Rip Van Winkle" and "Dancing Song"), but also some mediocre ones ("Elvira Madigan" is earnest singer-songwriter sap) and even some poor ones ("Aunt Lucy Broadwood" is painful to listen to). Bob Pegg's original compositions dominated the band's repertoire, but Bob's no Richard Thompson. Actually, it was his former wife, fiddler Carolanne Pegg. After the demise of Mr. Fox and the Peggs' marriage, Carolanne released a killer solo album, self-titled, that far surpassed any of the Mr. Fox music. Her record, which has been reissued on CD, is one of the great lost treasures of the rich British folk-rock movement of the late 60s - early 70s.

So much for artistic integrity..........2001-03-18

Damn them! In order to fit 2 albums onto one CD, they left off my favorite song, GRENDL! Unbelievable!

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The Gypsy
Mr. Fox
Manufacturer: Disk Union
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0009R3K6K
Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

Mendle
Gipsy
Aunt Lucy Broadwood
House Carpenter
Elvira Madigan
Dancing Song
All the Good Times

Album Description

Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of the 1971 album comes packaged in a paper sleeve. Arcangelo. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue in a Deluxe LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Album Artwork of the 1971 Second Album by the UK Folk Group Led by Bob and Carole Pegg.

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Mr. Fox/The Gypsy
Mr Fox
Manufacturer: Castle - Old Numbers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000069RK4
Release Date: 2002-07-23

Tracks:

Join Us in Our Game
The Hanged Man
The Gay Goshawk
Rip van Winkle
Mr. Trill's Song
Little Women
Salisbury Plain
The Ballad of Neddy Dick
Leaving the Dales
Mr. Fox
The Gipsy
Aunt Lucy Broadwood
House Carpenter
Elvira Madigan
Dancing Song
All the Good Times

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So much for artistic integrity...
A singular album

Mr. Fox/The Gypsy
Mr Fox
Manufacturer: Castle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000869C
Release Date: 1996-10-28

Tracks:

Join Us in Our Game
Hanged Man
Gay Goshawk
Rip Van Winkle
Mr. Thrill's Song
Little Woman
Salisbury Plain
Ballad of Neddy Dick
Leaving the Dales
Mr. Fox
Gipsy
Aunt Lucy Broadwood
House Carpenter
Elvira Madigan
Dancing Song
All the Good Times

Customer Reviews:

So much for artistic integrity..........2001-03-18

Damn them! in order to fit 2 albums onto one CD, the left off my favorite song, GRENDL! unbelievable!

A singular album.......1998-12-23

I first heard Mr. Fox on the Troubadours of British Folk series put out by Rhino. As far as popularity went, they were on the next rung below bands like Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, and Pentangle, and thus suffered a too-short life along with the likes of Trees and Mellow Candle. Nevertheless, like most British folk/rock albums of the era, it has a cohesive, singular vision that makes it a timeless work of art. Unlike most contemporaries who were playing traditional folk with modern rock band instruments, Mr. Fox played original compositions using a variety of instruments and techniques: fuzz basses, distorted organs, oboes, and particularly a slightly off-key fiddle - there is little emphasis anywhere on guitars. Their aim was to conjure the spirit of the lyrics and SOUND of traditional Yorkshire music, and due to that droning fiddle and their half-tickled, half-crazed singing voices, they pull it off. Meaning, of course, that this record can be an intense experience. You wouldn't believe it was recorded in a studio because it sounds like it's plugged into the village green of an 18th century northern English town. Particularly spooky is "The Gay Goshawk." You get both their albums (except for one track that had to be left off for space considerations) and I guarantee you've never heard anything like it. If you're familiar with this style of music the only comparisons that seem worthwhile are the Incredible String Band and Brass Monkey.

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