Folk-Legacy Records

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Sandy and Caroline Paton

Folk-Legacy Records was an independent record label specializing in traditional and contemporary folk music [1] of the English-speaking world. It was founded in 1961 by Sandy and Caroline Paton and Lee Baker Haggerty.

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The label recorded Frank Proffitt and released a memorial album after his death. Folk-Legacy has produced more than 120 recordings. Recording and cover photographs were done by Sandy Paton while Haggerty was the business manager. Sandy and Caroline were singers in their own right, having been designated the Connecticut State Troubadours for 1993–1994. They lived in Sharon, Connecticut until Sandy's death in 2009.

In 2019, the label's collection was transferred to Smithsonian Folkways. [2]

Early years

Master List / Discography

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FL No.YEARARTISTRECORDING TITLE
11962 Frank Proffitt Frank Proffitt, Reese, North Carolina
21962Joseph Able TrivettJoseph Able Trivett, Butler, Tennessee
31962Edna RitchieEdna Ritchie, Viper, Kentucky
41962Fleming BrownFleming Brown
51963Howie MitchellHowie Mitchell
61962Richard ChaseRichard Chase tells three "Jack" Tales
71963 Paddy Tunney The Man of Songs
81963Peg Clancy PowerDown By the Glenside
91962Marie HareMarie Hare, Strathadam, New Brunswick, Canada
101963Tom BrandonThe Rambling Irishman
111963Max HunterOzark Songs and Ballads
121963Eugene RhodesTalkin' About My Time
131963Hank FergusonBehind These Walls
141964 Ray Hicks Ray Hicks Telling Four Traditional "Jack Tales"
151964Lawrence OlderLawrence Older, Middle Grove, NY
161964Golden RingGolden Ring: A Gathering of Friends for Making Music
171964 Hobart Smith Hobart Smith, Saltville, Virginia
181964Arnold Keith StormTake the News to Mother
191964Bob and Ron CopperEnglish Shepherd and Farming Songs
201965Harry CoxTraditional English Love Songs
211965Bill MeekTraditional and Original Songs of Ireland
221964Beech MountainThe Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, NC, Volume 1
231965Beech MountainThe Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, NC, Volume 2
241965Dock/DrakeWalsh, Garley FosterThe Carolina Tar Heels
251964Hector LeeThe Folklore of the Mormon Country
261965 Sarah Ogan Gunning Girl of Constant Sorrow
271965Grant RogersSongmaker of the Catskills
281966Sandy and Jeanie DarlingtonSongs and Ballads
291965Howie MitchellThe Mountain Dulcimer, How to Make It and Play It
301966Sandy and Caroline PatonSandy and Caroline Paton
311967 Rosalie Sorrels If I Could Be the Rain
321968 Hedy West Old Times and Hard Times
331968Sarah ClevelandBallads and Songs of the Upper Hudson Valley
341968Norman KennedyBallads and Songs of Scotland
351968 Michael Cooney The Cheese Stands Alone
361968 Frank Proffitt Memorial Album
371970Tony and Irene SaletanFolk Songs and Ballads
381970Sara GreySara Grey with Ed Trickett
391971 Joe Hickerson Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends
401970 Gordon Bok A Tune for November
411971New Golden RingFive Days Singing, Volume 1
421971New Golden RingFive Days Singing, Volume 2
431976Howie MitchellThe Hammered Dulcimer, How to Make It and Play It
441972Gordon BokPeter Kagan and the Wind
451972John WilcoxStages of My Life
461972Ed TrickettThe Telling Takes Me Home
471972Jim RingerWaitin' for the Hard Times to Go
481972Gordon BokSeal Djirl's Hymn
491973 Jean Redpath Frae My Ain Countrie
501974 Helen Schneyer Ballads, Broadsides and Hymns
511974 Bob Zentz Mirrors and Changes
521975Sandy and Caroline PatonI've Got a Song
531975Betty SmithSongs Traditionally Sung in North Carolina
541975Gordon BokBay of Fundy
551975Rick and Lorraine LeeLiving in the Trees
561975Bok, Muir, TrickettTurning Toward the Morning
571976Kendall MorseLights Along the Shore
581976Joe HickersonDrive Dull Care Away, Volume 1
591976Joe Hickerson DriveDrive Dull Care Away, Volume 2
601976Joan SprungBallads and Butterflies
611976Archie FisherThe Man With a Rhyme
621976Margaret Christie and Ian Robb The Barley Grain for Me
631976 Harry Tuft Across the Blue Mountains
641977Ed TrickettGently Down the Stream of Time
651977John Roberts and Tony Barrand Dark Ships in the Forest, Ballads of the Supernatural
661977 Bill Staines Just Play One Tune More
671978Bob ZentzBeaucatcher Farewell
681978Bok, Muir, TrickettThe Ways of Man
691978Cilla Fisher and Artie TreziseFor Foul Day and Fair
701979Bill StainesThe Whistle of the Jay
711979 Ian Robb Ian Robb and Hang the Piper
721979Gordon BokAnother Land Made of Water
731980Joan SprungPictures to My Mind
741980Howard BursenCider in the Kitchen
751981Various ArtistsThe Continuing Tradition Sampler, Volume 1: Ballads
761981Ron Kane and Skip GormanPowder River
771980Jerry RasmussenGet Down Home
781980Seamus and Manus McGuireHumours of Lissadell
791980Kendall MorseSeagulls and Summer People
801980Bok, Muir, TrickettA Water Over Stone
81
821981Jonathan EberhartLife's Trolley Ride
831981 Cindy Kallet Working on Wings to Fly
841981Gordon BokJeremy Brown and Jeannie Teal
851981 Helen Bonchek Schneyer On the Hallelujah Line
861982Amidon, Simpson, Rock CreekSharon Mountain Harmony: A Golden Ring of Gospel
871983 Paul Van Arsdale Dulcimer Heritage
881985Lorre WyattRoots and Branches
89
901983 Art Thieme That's the Ticket
911982 Ray Fisher Willie's Lady
921982Ed TrickettPeople Like You
931983Cliff HaslamThe Clockwinder
941983Gordon BokA Rogue's Gallery of Songs for 12-String
951983Skip GormanNew Englander's Choice
961983Bok, Muir, TrickettAll Shall Be Well Again
971983Boarding PartyTis Our Sailing Time
981983Cindy KalletCindy Kallet 2
991985Ann Mayo MuirSo Goes My Heart
1001987Sandy and Caroline PatonNew Harmony
1011985Jerry RasmussenThe Secret Life of Jerry Rasmussen
102
1031987Skip GormanTrail to Mexico
1041985Bok, Muir, TrickettFashioned in the Clay
1051986Art ThiemeOn the Wilderness Road
1061985 Ian Robb Rose and Crown
1071986Cathy Barton and Dave ParaOn a Day Like Today
108
1091987Boarding PartyFair Winds and a Following Sea
1101987Bok, Muir, TrickettMinneapolis Concert
111
1121989Gordon Bok, et alEnsemble
113
1141989Barton, Para, PatonTwas On a Night Like This: A Christmas Legacy
1151989Ed MillerBorder Background
1161990Bok, Muir, TrickettAnd So Will We Yet
117
1181990Gordon BokReturn to the Land
119
1201992David PatonMusic From the Mountain
1211992Barton, Para, Trickett, Tuft, PatonFor All the Good People, A Golden Ring Reunion
1221993Larry KaplanWorth All the Telling
1231995Rick FieldingLifeline
1241998Dan MilnerIrish Ballads and Songs of the Sea
1252000Various ArtistsBallads and Songs of Tradition
1261999Carol Barney, John ShermanCeol Anam
1271999David Paton, et alAll Hands Around
1282001D. Cowan, A. Cargill, S. BrownThe Songs and Ballads of Hattie Mae Tyler Cargill
1292001Dan Milner and Bob ConroyIrish in America
1302001Howie BursenBanjo Manikin
1312003Boarding PartyToo Far From the Shore
1322003Various ArtistsIrish Songs From Old New England
1332004Johnson Girls"On the Rocks"
1342004Poor Old HorseThe Curates Egg
135Art ThiemeChicago Town and Other Points West
1362007Bill Shute and Lisa NullThe Feathered Maiden and Other Ballads
1372007Bill Shute and Lisa NullAmerican Primitve
138Johnson GirlsFire Down Below
1392010HorizonsBob Zentz
1402010Called AwayChris Koldewey
10011983Gordon BokClear Away in the Morning
10021989Sandy and Caroline PatonWhen the Spirit Says Sing
10031992Bok, Muir, TrickettThe First Fifteen Years, Volume 1
10041992Bok, Muir, TrickettThe First Fifteen Years, Volume 2
10051995 Gordon Bok North Wind's Clearing
10062000Ann Mayo MuirThe Music of Ann Mayo Muir

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  2. "Folk-Legacy Records". folkways.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-21.