First Second & Third: The Complete Three Decca LPs 1964-1966 [Import]

Julie Felix | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: RPM-RETRO
• ASIN: B001E2N62W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,182 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Masters Of War

2. The Old Maid's Song

3. Hey Nelly Nelly

4. Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu

5. Tarry Town

6. Aunt Rhodie

7. Pastures Of Plenty

8. Tell Old Bill

9. Ship In The Sky

10. Buttermilk Hill

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. A Rumbling In The Land

2. You Won I Lost

3. When The Ship Comes In

4. Port Mahon

5. Space Girl

6. Judge Jeffries

7. The Last Thing On My Mind

8. The Third Album

9. To Try For The Sun

10. John Reilly

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2008 two CD set, the first-ever reissue of recordings from Decca UK's first Folk signing, containing all three of her albums spanning the years 1964-66 . Fresh from touring Europe Julie had been spotted by Leonard Cohen in Ibiza and then relocated to London. The songs on the three LPs recorded with Decca are essentially Julie's repertoire from the sets she had performed on constant live tours since 1961. She left Santa Barbara, California with her Mexican guitar, singing songs learned in Mexico and California, and songs picked up along the way. Julie injected a modern consciousness into the traditional scene , totally at one with the times. They include songs from her Spanish Mexican heritage, songs from her contemporaries Dylan, Seeger, Ochs and Tom Paxton, songs from her new found friends (Donovan and Bert Jansch) and songs from her own pen. RPM.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars American folk singer who made her name in Britain, December 14, 2009

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Second & Third: The Complete Three Decca LPs 1964-1966 (Audio CD)

Born and raised in America, Julie Felix had a very international pedigree, mixing Mexican, Welsh and Native American bloodlines. Julie set off for Europe with her guitar, initially to Greece, but eventually ending up in London, where she eventually secured a recording contract. This compilation contains all the tracks from her first three albums, somewhat unimaginatively titled Julie Felix, The second album and The third album.

The first album, mainly if not entirely comprising covers, mixed traditional folk songs with more recent songs including four of Woody Guthrie's and two of Bob Dylan's. At the time, the folk boom had reached its peak in America, but many of the leading practitioners weren't particularly well known in Britain, so it didn't matter. Julie decided to look for less obvious material and found some on the British folk music circuit. One of these songs (The road makers) is about the destruction caused by the building of a new by-pass. Of course, there are always two sides to stories like this, because by-passes cost a lot of money and aren't built just to annoy people, but the song does illustrate the strong feelings that are aroused. Despite the inclusion of some British songs, covers of North American songs occupy most of the album, notably two by Ian Tyson including Someday soon and two by Tom Paxton including Last thing on my mind.

Julie left Decca after releasing those two albums, but she'd left enough material for a third album. Julie says they were out-takes from the first two albums. She tried but failed to prevent the original release of the third album, but I don't think that she had anything to be ashamed or embarrassed about. Among the songs here are two more Tom Paxton covers (What did you learn in school today?, Going to the zoo) and they are among the highlights of the third album. The former earned Julie a regular spot on David Frost's TV show (The Frost report) while the latter became the song for which Julie is best remembered. There are plenty of other great songs here, including The fox and the goose (a traditional folk song) and ending with Julie's own (autobiographical?) song, I travelled all over this world.

If you enjoy the music of Joan Baez, you'll surely enjoy the music of Julie Felix. I wonder what would have happened if Julie had stayed in America. She could have been a bigger star than she actually became in Britain, or she might have been ignored because there was so much other talent around. As it was, Julie raised the profile of folk music in Britain at least for a while.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good collection of Julie Felix, January 30, 2011

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This review is from: First Second & Third: The Complete Three Decca LPs 1964-1966 (Audio CD)

I had been searching a long time for Someday Soon for a long time on CD and finally found it! I have the vinyl format which I had purchased eons ago. The three albums did not disappoint. I had actually bought the collection just for the Someday Soon album but after listening to the other two albums, I realised how much I had missed out on Julie felix's other songs. Those who wish to understand better the plight of immigrant and emigrant people into the USA, hopefully can learn a bit more from the Someday Soon Album.