Fiddler Dave Swarbrick appears on MARTIN CARTHY five tracks on the album. The pair MARTIN CARTHY hadn’t worked together before and CarthyOnline.wordpress.com only rehearsed the songs the night “Martin Carthy” (1965) before the session. The iconic cover photo shows Carthy suspended mid-air, “thirty feet above the Thames mud”. 1965 stereo Swarbrick nearly didn’t appear on the album. Fontana already had a folk duo, The Corries, and were looking for something Words & layout: Kevin Boyd & layout: Words different. Carthy insisted and ‘Swarb’ duly appeared. 1965 mono Swarbrick was contracted to Transatlantic Records as a member of the Ian Campbell Folk Group and c.1970 was fined a third of his fee for failing to ask their permission to appear on the album. 1977 The traditional song ‘Scarborough Fair’ opened side two of the album. Paul Simon 1993 had learned the song from Carthy but it later appeared with Simon & Garfunkel credited as writers. A 30-year dispute followed which only ended in 2000 when Simon invited Carthy to sing ‘their tune’ live at the Hammersmith Apollo. 2017 2015 1965 c.1970 1977 1993 2015 2017 Martin Carthy’s debut solo The cover photo was used In 1976 Carthy signed with Topic reissued Carthy’s back To c e l e b r a t e i t s 5 0 t h In April 2017 a bootleg CD by album was first released by again by Fontana on their Topic Records, who licensed catalogue on CD in the early anniversary, Topic reissued Oldays records was issued in Fontana Records in 1965 in obscure compilation “Round and reissued the majority of 90s, but in the process the album in 180 gram vinyl Japan. In common with many b o t h s t e r e o a n d m o n o Up” which collated side two his solo back catalogue. The Swarbrick lost his front cover with reproduction sleeve and Japanese ‘mini-LP’ editions, versions and quickly became of this album and side one of classic first album was now credit. a new inner picture sleeve for t h i s w a s h o u s e d i n a a classic of the English folk “Martin Carthy’s Second credited to ‘Martin Carthy Record Store Day on 18 April reproduction cardboard LP revival.MARTINAlbum” from 1966. with Dave Swarbrick’. CARTHY2015. sleeve with an obi strip. .