Rare Folk Vinyl Records for sale.
A random selection of some of our rare LPs. Click on the artist's name for more info.
Format: LP - Wild Dog Records. UK release. Folk music LP release from Priory Park. Classic Folk music LP. Signed on the front of the jacket by the group. 
Priory Park - Try For The Sun (DOG LP 16)
Format: LP - Montagu Music Records. UK release. Folk Psych and Blues Rock music LP release from Barrington Davis. Comes with original inner lyric sleeve. First or early pressing with A-1 and B-1 in run out grooves. Housed in a laminated jacket. 10 tracks. A few marks on jacket but still a lovely fresh and clean copy.
Barrington Davis - Tracks Of Mind (MONS 2)
Format: LP - Corridor Records. UK release. Folk music LP release from Barbara Young. Classic Folk music LP. Yorkshire Television sticker on back of jacket. 
Barbara Young - No Game At All (CORRIDOR 020)
Format: LP - Counterpoint Records. UK release from 1973. Folk music LP release from Various featuring The Romany, Hratch, Roy Bailey, Green Ginger and others. A privately pressed LP release. Housed in a home made jacket with the track listing taped to the front. Seventeen tracks recorded live at Idlecombe Farm.
Various - Country Roads To Turville Folk (CPT 3990)
Format: LP - Isle Of Light Records. UK release from 1976. Very rare private press haunting psych folk LP from singer songwriter Nigel Mazlyn Jones. 8 tracks. Two line inscription by Nigel on back cover ending in Peace to You, Nigel. 8 tracks including: A Singularly Fine Day; Take Me Home; The Man And The Deer; Follow Every Sunset; How High The Moon; Reality; Port Quin Song (The Lady On The Beach); Ship To Shore. Lovely fresh and clean copy and very rare.
Nigel Mazlyn Jones - Ship To Shore (IOL 666/1)
Format: LP - Open Door Records. UK release from 1983. Folk music LP release from Findask. First or early pressing with FIN 1 A2 and FIN 1 B in run out grooves. Comes with original inner lyric sheet. 12 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Findask - Near Enough Far Enough (0DR 011)
Format: LP - Trailer Records. UK release from 1977. Folk music LP release from Dick Gaughan. Classic Folk music LP. First or early UK pressing with A-1 and B-1 in run out grooves. Record labels are the Trailer yellow coloured versions. The vinyl record appears to have had little or no play. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Dick Gaughan - Kist O' Gold (LER 2103)
Format: LP - Duchas Records. Irish release from 1978. Rare, privately pressed 1st pressing, LP celebrating the traditional folk music of Kerry, Ireland. Artists featured include: Desmond Ceili Band; Kathleen O'Keeffe; Rosaleen Collins; John Brosnan, Jerry Keane, John Lucid, Anne And Nicholas Mcauliffe, Patrick O'Connor and others. 15 tracks. This LP was part of a large collection of folk music LPs from the estate of a retired music journalist who loved folk music. The majority of these LPs are traditional Celtic roots folk music, with many being psych folk rock. Many are original first or early pressings and in near mint or excellent condition, they appear to be little played or spare copies.
Various - Duchas Chiarrai Presents The Champions of Kerry in Music and Song (DB 1003)
Format: LP - Autogram Records. Germany release. Folk music LP release from Greg Byrne. Classic Folk music LP. Inscription on back of jacket by Greg.
Greg Byrne - Folklore (AMLP 902)
Format: LP - Forest Tracks Records. UK release from 1979. Folk music LP release from Various featuring Graham Penny, Gutta Percha, Bursledon Village Band and others. First or early UK pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. Housed in a laminated jacket. Classic Folk music LP. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Various - Hampshire, A Musical Portrait (FT 3014)
Format: LP - Imminent Records. USA release from 1987. Very rare private press LP release from actress, singer and writer Annie Lore, the female Highway Man. Comes with the original inner lyric sleeve. Includes the 13 minute epic The Grey Cocked Hat. Annie sings and plays the gitterne and 12-string guitar. Other musicians play Northumbrian pipes, harpsichord, fiddle, bodhran etc. 8 tracks including: How To Gain A Husband; Muckin' The Byre; The Grey Cocked Hat; As Sylvie Was Walking; Cap'n Collins And The Mermaid; The Roving Repairman-o; Eppie Morrie; Over The Green. Noticeable scratch on side one track one, but no skips, otherwise a lovely fresh and clean copy of an unusual and very rare LP. Jacket has a little wear to edges.
Annie Lore - The Grey Cocked Hat (SWM 03)
Format: LP - Lismor Records. UK release from 1987. Folk music LP release from Iain McLachlan and Fergie Macdonald. Classic Celtic Folk music LP. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Iain McLachlan and Fergie Macdonald - Kings Of The Button Keyed Box (LILP 5160)
Format: LP - Traditonal Sound Records. UK release from 1976. Folk music LP release from Brian Osborne. Classic Folk music LP. First or early UK pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. The vinyl record appears to have had little or no play. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Brian Osborne - Ae Fond Kiss (TSR 024)
Format: LP - Transatlantic Records. UK release from 1968. Signed by Ralph McTell on front. Debut album by British folk musician Ralph McTell. Rare original Transatlantic LP release first pressing with laminated front. Musicians include: Ralph McTell - guitar, vocals; Mac McGann - double neck guitar; Mick Henry VIII Bartlett - jug; Whispering Mick Bennett - washboard; Bob Strawbridge - mandolin; Tony Visconti - Arrangements and musical direction. A collection of folk songs from old England performed by ex Steeleye Span members. Musicians include: Maddy Prior - vocals; Tim Hart - vocals, guitar, dulcimer. 13 tracks. This LP was part of a large collection of folk music LPs from the estate of a retired music journalist who loved folk music. The majority of these LPs are traditional Celtic roots folk music, with many being psych folk rock. Many are original first or early pressings and in near mint or excellent condition, they appear to be little played or spare copies.
Ralph McTell - 8 Frames A Second (TRA 165)
Format: LP - Dolphin Records. Irish release from 1974. Rare Dolphin Records release from Uillean pipe player Leon Rowsome. Featured on this LP are the Uilleann Pipes (or elbow pipes), the national bagpipe of Ireland. Renowned piper Leon Rowsome (son of Leo) made only two solo records using the uilleann pipes, one for Topic Records and one for Glenside. This, the Dublin based Glenside LP release, being the more rare. 13 tracks. This LP was part of a large collection of folk music LPs from the estate of a retired music journalist who loved folk music. The majority of these LPs are traditional Celtic roots folk music, with many being psych folk rock. Many are original first or early pressings and in near mint or excellent condition, they appear to be little played or spare copies.
Leon Rowsome - Irish Traditional Music (DOLM 5008)
Format: LP - Claddagh Records. Ireland release. Classic traditional Irish Folk music LP release from Sean O'Riada. First Irish pressing of this classic LP. Housed in a gatefold jacket. First or early Irish pressing with A-1U and B-1U in run out grooves. Record labels are the early Claddagh Records teal coloured slightly textures versions with the circular text logo. Some foxing on inside of jacket.
Sean O'Riada - O'Riada's Farewell (CC12)
Format: LP - Elektra Records. UK release from 1969. Folk music LP release from The Incredible String Band. Classic Psychedelic Folk Rock music LP. Housed in a gatefold jacket. First or early UK pressing with A//1 and B//1 in run out grooves. Record labels are the red Elektra labels with white E logo. 
The Incredible String Band - Changing Horses (EKS 74057)
Format: LP - Topic Records. UK release from 1977. Folk music LP release from Mike Waterson. Classic Folk music LP. Record labels are the cream coloured versions. Some light wear to jacket edges. 
Mike Waterson - Mike Waterson (12TS332)
Format: LP - Photon Records. UK release from 1982. Folk music LP release from Arden Folk. 12 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Arden Folk - Sounds Like Arden Folk (PE 206)
Format: LP - Dingle's Records. UK release from 1981. Folk music LP release from Sherwood Rise. First or early UK pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. Comes with the original notes sheet. Housed in a front laminated jacket. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Sherwood Rise - From The Wood (DIN 321)
Format: LP - Amalthea Records. Sweden release from 1990. Swedish Folk and Roots music LP release from Filarfolket. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Filarfolket - Filarfolket 1980-1990 (AM 76)
Format: LP - Forest Tracks Records. UK release from 1975. Folk music LP release from Henry And Robert Hammond. Classic Folk music LP. Private release with British folk artists recording folk songs from Dorset collected from 1905-07 by Henry and Robert Hammond. No booklet.
Henry and Robert Hammond - Folk Songs From Dorset (FT3007)
Format: LP - Free Reed Records. UK release from 1976. Folk music LP release from The Old Swan Band. Comes with the original booklet. First or early UK pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. Classic Folk music LP. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
The Old Swan Band - No Reels (FRR 011)
Format: LP - Ringsend Road Records. Ireland release from 1989. Folk music LP release from Arty McGlynn, Nollaig Casey. Classic Celtic Folk music LP. Lovely fresh and clean copy. 
Arty McGlynn, Nollaig Casey - Lead The Knave (MCG LP1)
Format: LP - Tara Records. Ireland release from 1980. Folk music LP release from Christy Moore. Classic Folk music LP. 
Christy Moore - Prosperous (TARA 2008)
Format: LP - Polydor Records. UK release from 1978. Folk music LP release from The Bothy Band. Classic Irish traditional Folk music LP. Comes with the original lyric sheet. Lovely fresh and clean copy. 
The Bothy Band - Afterhours (2383 530)
Format: LP - Gael-Linn Records. Ireland release from 1968. Folk music LP release from The Radio Telefis Eireann Light Orchestra, Eimear O Broin. Classic Irish Folk music LP. Lovely fresh and clean copy. 
The Radio Telefis Eireann Light Orchestra, Eimear O Broin - Ceol Na hEireann, Music Of Ireland (CEF 019)
Format: LP - Cottage Records. UK release from 1976. Folk music LP release from John and Chris Leslie. Classic Folk music LP. First or early UK pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. 
John and Chris Leslie - The Ship Of Time (COT.901)
Format: LP - Philips Records. UK release. Folk music LP release from The McPeakes. Classic Folk music LP. The vinyl record appears to have had little play. Housed in a laminated jacket. Lovely fresh and clean copy. 
The McPeakes - The Delightful McPeakes (6856 017)
Format: LP - His Master's Voice Records. UK release from 1963. Folk music LP release from Steve Benbow. Classic Folk music LP. Housed in a flip back style jacket. Stereo issue. 
Steve Benbow - I Travel The World (CSD 1519)
Format: LP - Sain Records. UK release from 1988. Folk music LP release from Linda Healy. Classic Welsh Folk music LP. Comes with the original lyric sheet. 
Linda Healy - Amser (SAIN 1466 M)
Format: LP - Chrysalis Records. USA release from 1976. Folk music LP release from Steeleye Span. Classic Folk Rock music LP. This is a sealed and original USA issue. A United States vinyl pressing, hard to find outside the USA.
Steeleye Span - Rocket Cottage (CHR 1123)
Format: LP - Sain Records. UK release from 1980. Folk music LP release from Cilmerl. Classic Welsh Folk music LP. Comes with the original lyric sheet. Lovely fresh and clean copy. 
Cilmerl - Cilmerl (SAIN 1168M)
Format: LP - Dara Records. Ireland release from 1985. Folk music LP release from Mary Black. Classic Irish Folk Rock music LP. Comes with the original lyric sheet. Record labels are the white coloured versions with black text. The vinyl record appears to have had little or no play. Lovely fresh and clean copy. 
Mary Black - Without The Fanfare (DARA 016)
Format: LP - Green Linnet Records. USA release from 1977. Traditional Irish folk music recorded in America. Musicians include: Eddie Clarke - harmonca; Sean Corcoran - vocals; Maeve Donnelly - fiddle; Mairead Ni Dhomhnaill - vocals. 13 tracks. This LP was part of a large collection of folk music LPs from the estate of a retired music journalist who loved folk music. The majority of these LPs are traditional Celtic roots folk music, with many being psych folk rock. Many are original first or early pressings and in near mint or excellent condition, they appear to be little played or spare copies.
Eddie Clarke, Sean Corcoran, Maeve Donnelly, Mairead Ni Dhomhnaill - Sailing into Walpole's Marsh (SIF 1004)
Format: LP - Brick Missing Music Records. Irish release from 1989. Laminated jacket LP release from Irish folk singers Garry Shannon and Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain. Garry Shannon and Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain are joined by various folk musicians. Comes with the original lyric sheet. 12 tracks. A rare record in lovely condition.
Garry Shannon and Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain - Lose The Head (BRICK)
Format: LP - Folkways Records. USA release from 1977. Folk Traditional music LP release from Richard Carlin. Traditional songs and tunes played on the English concertina. Comes with original booklet. 15 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Richard Carlin - In Come A Bumblebee (FW 6646)
Format: LP - Monk Records. UK release from 1980. Folk Rock music LP release from English band The Splinter Group. Privately pressed by the artists themselves. First or early pressing. 15 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
The Splinter Group - No 4 (SG 103)
Format: LP - Topic Records. UK release from 1990. Folk music LP release from Scan Tester. Classic Folk music LP. Double LP housed in a standard jacket. Record labels are the cream coloured versions. The vinyl record appears to have had little or no play. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Scan Tester - 1887-1972: I Never Played To Many Posh Dances (12T455/6)
Format: LP - Grampian Records. UK release from 1988. Folk music LP release from Capercaillie. Classic Scottish Folk music LP. Comes with the original lyric sheet. First or early UK pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. 
Capercaillie - The Blood Is Strong (GPN 1001)
Format: LP - Tradition Records. UK release from 1978. Scottish and north of England folk songs played on cittern, piano, harmonium, fiddle, flute etc. Musicians include: Jamie Knowles; Pat Knowles; Nan Trench; Martin Colledge; with guests: Nick Denneley; Ian Stewart. 12 tracks.
Tom Shepley's Band - How Do You Do? (TSR -031)
Format: LP - Caledonian Records. UK release no date. Very rare 1960s LP release from influential Scottish Gaelic folk singer Flora MacNeill. Mainly Scottish Gaelic folk songs from Barra. Extensive notes by John MacInnes. Laminated flipback jacket. 12 tracks. Small light scratch one side 2 track one for about half of song, otherwise the record is excellent.
Flora MacNeil - Flora (GLC 2003)
Format: LP - Thistle Records. UK release no date. 1960s vintage Scottish country dance music LP played on accordion, piano, violin, bass and drums. Bobby Crowe was a celebrated band leader. This LP is a rare original released in the mid 1960s on the Glasgow based Thistle Records label. Flipback jacket laminated front and back, first pressing. 14 tracks.
Bobby Crowe's Band - Dance to Bobby Crowe's Band (BSLP 67)
Format: LP - Fellside Records. UK release from 1988. Folk music LP release from Cockersdale. 10 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Cockersdale - Doin' The Manch' (FEO72)
Format: LP - Reality Records. UK release from 1966. Classic Folk music LP release from Four Folk. Rare LP release on the Reality label, jacket laminated front and back. The Four Folk were folk singers based in Salford, UK. Small tear to jacket on the open edge. 12 tracks including: Hard Case; Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies; The Tin Gee-Gee; Evening Of Roses; Santianna; Dirty Old Town; The Dodger; The Cruel War; Carrion Crow; The Gipsy Rover; The White Buck Of Epping; The Leaving Of Liverpool.
Four Folk - Hard Cases (RY 1003)
Format: LP - Fellside Recordings Records. UK release from 1977. Classic Folk music LP release from Farmstead. First or early pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. 12 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Farmstead - The Sheep and The Hay (FE 005)
Format: LP - Broadside Records. UK release from 1976. Classic Folk music LP release from The Farriers Kempion. First or early pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. 15 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
The Farriers Kempion - Brummagen Ballads (BRO 119)
Format: LP - Barclay Records. France release from 1974. Folk and Celtic music LP release from Various featuring Dick Gaughan, Leo Rowsome, Malicorne, Martin Carthy, The Boys Of The Lough, The Watersons, La Bamboche and others. Housed in a gatefold jacket. 12 tracks. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Various - Kertalg 74 Pop Celtic Et Folk International (BARCLAY 90011)
Format: LP - EFDSS Records. UK release from 1979. Folk music LP release from Orange And Blue led by Roger Nicholls. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Orange and Blue - Dances From Community Dances Manual 6 (CDM 6)
Format: LP - Amalthea Records. Sweden release from 1980. Swedish Folk and Roots music LP release from Filarfolket. Comes with the original booklet. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Filarfolket - Birfilarmusik Fran Malmo (AM 16)
Format: LP - Sweet Folk And Country Records. UK release from 1976. Folk music LP release from John Goodluck. Housed in a gatefold jacket. First or early UK pressing with A1 and B1 in run out grooves. Classic Roots music LP. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
John Goodluck - Speed The Plough (SFA 047)
Format: 10in - Folkways Records. USA release, no date. Folk music 10 inch LP release from American Balladeer Hermes Nye. Includes the original booklet containing lyrics, historical excerpts from books and publications compiled by Moses Asch. Classic Roots music 10in. Lovely fresh and clean copy.
Hermes Nye - Ballads Of The Civil War 1831-1863 (FA2187)
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