Alex Campbell - Been on the Road So Long: The Anthology (2005)

A key figure in the 1960s folk revival in Europe, Scotland's Alex Campbell is rumored to have recorded over a hundred albums and yet he was far from a household name during his thirty-year career, perhaps because he was first and foremost a song interpreter rather than a songwriter. A strong and measured singer, Campbell tackled countless traditional songs as well as championing the work of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Bert Jansch and many others, and his steadiness went a long way toward giving the folk revival a song base that looked to the future as well as the past. This set collects material from his mid-'60s stretch with Transatlantic Records, and includes fine versions of Jansch's "Been on the Road So Long" (plus an alternate performance of the song featuring Sandy Denny) as well as traditional fare like "Night Visiting Song" and "Bruton Town." Never flashy, but a solid and professional performer, Campbell deserves to be better known, and this collection makes for a fine introduction to his body of work.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Alex Campbell - Been on the Road So Long (3:38)
1.02 - Alex Campbell - Night Visiting Song (3:28)
1.03 - Alex Campbell - I'm a Rover (2:32)
1.04 - Alex Campbell - The Overgate (1:46)
1.05 - Alex Campbell - Round Cape Horn (4:08)
1.06 - Alex Campbell - Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (4:43)
1.07 - Alex Campbell - My Old Gibson Guitar (3:04)
1.08 - Alex Campbell - Love Is Teasing (4:10)
1.09 - Alex Campbell - Glesga Peggy (2:54)
1.10 - Alex Campbell - John Gordon (1:11)
1.11 - Alex Campbell - Kissing in the Dark (2:19)
1.12 - Alex Campbell - My Singing Bird (3:55)
1.13 - Alex Campbell - Why Oh Why? (2:26)
1.14 - Alex Campbell - Don't You Put Me Down (2:35)
1.15 - Alex Campbell - The Water Is Wide (4:32)
1.16 - Alex Campbell - The Unquiet Grave (3:58)
1.17 - Alex Campbell - Keishmul's Galley (2:46)
1.18 - Alex Campbell - I Left My Baby Lying There (3:17)
1.19 - Alex Campbell - She Moved Through the Fair (5:06)
1.20 - Alex Campbell - The Banks of Claudy (4:44)
1.21 - Alex Campbell - What the Is Love? (2:30)
1.22 - Alex Campbell - Bruton Town (6:01)
1.23 - Alex Campbell - Been on the Road So Long (feat. Sandy Denny) (3:44)