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Novalis's "Top 50 Folk Albums"

This is an alphabetical list of my favorite folk records. For more diversity, I’ve restricted my choice to two albums per artist. Highway 61 Revisited has been left out, since I don’t really consider it as folk.

1. The Madcap Laughs
by Syd Barrett
 
2. Seal of the Blue Lotus  
3.
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Robbie Basho - The Falconer's Arm I - vintage vinyl Record  
4. Give Me Take You
by Duncan Browne
 
5. Goodbye and Hello
by Tim Buckley
 
6. Lorca
by Tim Buckley
 
7. Fantasias for Guitar & Banjo
by Sandy Bull
 
8.
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Songs of Leonard Cohen
by Leonard Cohen
 
9.
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Songs of Love and Hate
by Leonard Cohen
 
10. First Utterance
by Comus
 
11. Into the Purple Valley
by Ry Cooder
 
12. Boomer's Story
by Ry Cooder
 
13. Five Leaves Left
by Nick Drake
 
14. Pink Moon
by Nick Drake
 
15. Bringing It All Back Home
by Bob Dylan
 
16. Blonde on Blonde
by Bob Dylan
 
17. Exuma, Vol. 1
by Exuma
 
18. Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6
by John Fahey
 
19. Fare Forward Voyagers  
20. Unhalfbricking
by Fairport Convention
 
21. Liege & Lief
by Fairport Convention
 
22. Snuffbox Immanence
by Ghost
 
23. Folk, Blues & Beyond...  
24. Large as Life & Twice as Natural
by Davy Graham
 
25.
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2
by Grupo de Experimentacion Sonora del ICAIC
 
26. Stormcock  
27. I Often Dream of Trains
by Robyn Hitchcock
 
28. 1 & 2
by Holy Modal Rounders
 
29. The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
by The Incredible String Band
 
30. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
by The Incredible String Band
 
31.
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Bert Jansch
by Bert Jansch
 
32. Moonshine
by Bert Jansch
 
33. 6- and 12-String Guitar
by Leo Kottke
 
34. My Feet Are Smiling
by Leo Kottke
 
35. Magna Carta
by Magna Carta
 
36. Bleecker & MacDougal
by Fred Neil
 
37. Fred Neil
by Fred Neil
 
38. Chelsea Girl
by Nico
 
39. Balaklava
by Pearls Before Swine
 
40. The Use of Ashes
by Pearls Before Swine
 
41. The Pentangle
by Pentangle
 
42. Basket of Light
by Pentangle
 
43. Parallelograms
by Linda Perhacs
 
44. Another Monday
by John Renbourn
 
45. The Lady and the Unicorn
by John Renbourn
 
46. Illuminations
by Buffy Sainte-Marie
 
47.
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Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis
by Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis
 
48. Oar
by Alexander "Skip" Spence
 
49. Ask Me No Questions
by Bridget St. John
 
50. Transa
by Caetano Veloso
 
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Created by Novalis on Jan 16, 2009.