The Oxford Girl and Other Stories

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The Oxford Girl and Other Stories
Compilation album by Oysterband
Released 2008 (2008)
Genre British folk rock
Oysterband chronology
Meet You There
(2007)		The Oxford Girl and Other Stories
(2008)		 Ragged Kingdom
(2011)

The Oxford Girl and Other Stories is a 2008 acoustic compilation album by British folk rock band Oysterband. [1]

British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the success of "The House of the Rising Sun" by British band the Animals in 1964 was a catalyst, prompting Bob Dylan to "go electric", in which, like the Animals, he brought folk and rock music together, from which other musicians followed. In the same year, the Beatles began incorporating overt folk influences into their music, most noticeably on their Beatles for Sale album. The Beatles and other British Invasion bands, in turn, influenced the American band the Byrds, who released their recording of Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man" in April 1965, setting off the mid-1960s American folk rock movement. A number of British groups, usually those associated with the British folk revival, moved into folk rock in the mid-1960s, including the Strawbs, Pentangle, and Fairport Convention.

Oysterband British folk rock band

Oysterband is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury in around 1976.

Track listing

  1. The Early Days of a Better Nation (Ian Telfer / John Jones) 4'08"
  2. When I'm Up I Can't Get Down (Ian Telfer / Alan Prosser / John Jones) 3'37"
  3. By Northern Light (Ian Telfer / John Jones / Alan Prosser / Chopper) 4'23"
  4. Blood-Red Roses (Alan Prosser / Ian Telfer) 2'36"
  5. The Soul's Electric (Chopper / John Jones / Lee Partis / Alan Prosser / Ian Telfer) 2'47"
  6. The Oxford Girl (John Jones / Ian Telfer) 4'05"
  7. Little Brother (John Jones / Alan Prosser / Ian Telfer) 3'30"
  8. What Wondrous Love Is This? (Trad Arr The Sacred Harp Publishing Co.) 2'08"
  9. Angels Of The River (John Jones / Ian Telfer) 4'29"
  10. After Rain (John Jones / Alan Prosser / Ian Telfer / Strings Intro – Alan Prosser) 4'08"
  11. Shouting About Jerusalem (Chopper / John Jones / Lee Partis / Alan Prosser / Ian Telfer) 3'12"
  12. The Lakes of Cool Flynn (Trad Arr John Jones / Alan Prosser / Chopper) 3'36"
  13. The False Knight On The Road (Trad Arr John Jones / Alan Prosser / Chopper) 3'59"
  14. Put Out The Lights (Ian Telfer / Alan Prosser) 5'06"

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References

  1. ↑ "The Oxford Girl and Other Stories". iTunes . Retrieved January 12, 2012.


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