talk about this "early freak folk" compilation i found on spotify

"hey, is that early freak folk? Turn it up, dude!"

i found this while searching for john jacob niles. some of his child ballads are freaky, but i wouldn't call that "freak folk." o.g. freak folk would be like private press christian-hippie stuff.

at least i can imagine what freedom rock sounds like

inspirational quote.

i got yer carolyn hester freakfolk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtM5io_IwPU

i know few of these artists and none of the songs so where would i start?

depends what you're into. this collection is a strange mix of sunshine pop, greenwich village folk, pop-country, and trad-appalachian stuff. my taste leans toward the sunshine pop ("sunshine day" by soul concern) and the greil marcus fodder ("sugar baby" by dock boggs or the "indian war whoop" by hoyt "floyd" ming and his pep-steppers).

xp inspirational quote or fighting words?

yeah the dock boggs and hoyt ming were the only ones i knew and soul concern is great. i guess i was thinking things that sound like the byrds or the laurel canyon influenced things that would be on fallout / sunbeam / psychic circle

i like things like caroline peyton and judee sill but that's less folk and country and more straightforward fm gold

like, why the fuck is "michael, row the boat ashore" on here?

john jacob niles is kinda freaky imo (re yer search source) but not freak folky if you get what i mean. but he is the best, and go way from my window is a++++

does it count as an xpost if i am just responding to an old post after showing up late. well it does now

this anita carter version of "all my trials" is v v pretty tho.

peter cook and dudley moore? including that novely single is a bit freakish....

does anyone know anything of the band 'help yourself', who appear to otherwise only exist on other compilations of this sort

ask ned raggett:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/help-yourself-mw0000848932

help yourself is awesome. ian to thread.

you can get everything they recorded for less than $25

http://www.amazon.com/Help-Yourself-Beware-Shadow/dp/B000024XTN

http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Affair-Return-Ken-Whaley/dp/B00000JTB7/

Listened to this comp this morning after I saw the mention on your Facebook. I enjoyed most of it, but yeah, thematically speaking it's 'wha?'

all four Help Yourself albums are on spotify. i've skimmed all of them and i guess the first self-titled album is the one people are interested in bc it's the most "psych" but the fourth album The Return of Ken Whaley is my favorite based on limited listening. it's a weird shaggy album with great song titles like "pioneers of the west in the head" and "jesus what are little kids for"