Our Winter/Xmas email to Free Reed regulars!

New Richard Thompson Box-set - Special Offer on Steve Tilston set!

Free Reed's award-winning, definitive box sets continue to offer superb value for money to fans of folk and folk rock, especially those who take advantages of our special offers. Why buy just one CD at a normal store for £15 (or more!) for your loved ones, when Free Reed's 4, 5 and 6-CD box-sets of all leading folk and folk-rock names - with huge books and excellent e-books - are now at such attractive prices - most at just £30 or even less!!

Recession? What Recession? We are extending all these tasty offers on our classic box-sets into the MidWinter period of 2009/10!! All overseas Orders sent airmail - order those Gifts now!

Now £25!

Midwinter...
The definitive box set of folk music for Christmas and the Turning of the Year
With four CDs and a 136-page book on the music and traditions of MIDWINTER...
Many of the songs that make up what we call the
Traditional Christmas include practices both pious and pagan and there’s a stunning wealth of all the best songs in this set !
The ARTISTS & PLAYERS on this set are:-

The greatest names in BRITISH FOLK:
The Watersons, Peter Bellamy, Maddy Prior, Shirley Collins, Young Tradition, Sandy Denny, Martin Carthy. Folk Rock too – Richard Thompson & Jethro Tull offer unique tracks.

and our AMERICAN friends:
For the first time in its Revival Masters series, Free Reed is proud to include a who’s who of stars of the American folk scene – Joan Baez, Jean Ritchie, Leadbelly, Loudon Wainwright III, Richard Farina, “Blind Boy Grunt”, John McCutcheon, John Fahey, Mahalia Jackson, Jeff Warner, Debra Cowan.

Special Seasonal Price £25
www.free-reed.co.uk/midwinter | Printable order form

NEW! The new US Richard Thompson Box-set now available from Free Reed!

Richard Thompson: Walking On a Wire (1968-2009) - the new Box-set, available from Free Reed

Now £37.99

This fascinating 4-CD box tracing the musical career of Richard Thompson is released on the US-based "Shout! Factory" label in late July, and is packed with the pick of his released recordings: there's 71 tracks in total, from his first album with Fairport Convention to his most recent release Sweet Warrior.

This US-Import Box-set is being offered to Free Reed customers at the attractive price of just £37.99, and full track-listings are on-line at:
www.free-reed.co.uk/rtshout

The set is distributed in the UK by Essential Music:
visit www.essential-music.com

The set?s tracks are arranged chronologically in order of release and the CDs are accompanied by a 60-page book by Thompson biographer Patrick Humphries which serves as both an ideal introduction to anyone new to his music and as a convenient compendium for those who have bought only the occasional RT album. [More serious collectors who seek the rare, obscure and previously unavailable tracks are directed to Free Reed's own five CD box-set RT: the life and music of Richard Thompson -
see www.free-reed.co.uk/rt

Alongside tracks from RT's 'official' catalogue (every album is represented by at least a couple of tracks), the set includes a selection from his privately-released live albums and film soundtracks.

CD 1 takes us through his time as a member of Fairport Convention, his solo debut and his first three albums with his then-wife Linda: the classic I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight is the best represented album here, garnering six tracks in total.

CD 2 takes us through to his move to America and reactivated solo career, with particular focus on the other bookend to the Richard & Linda partnership Shoot out the Lights

CD 3 deals with the Capitol years and features several essential RT recordings - Beeswing, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning and Galway To Graceland, among them

CD 4 brings the set right up to date and includes some of his more experimental projects - the Grizzly Man soundtrack, the concept album Industry and 1000 Years of Popular Music

order at: www.free-reed.co.uk/rtshout | Printable order form

Super Discounts on Box-Sets!

Free Reed's award-winning, definitive box sets continue to offer superb value for money to fans of folk and folk rock, especially those who take
advantages of our special offers. Why buy just one CD at a normal store for £15 (or more!) for your loved ones, when Free Reed’s 4, 5 and 6-CD
box-sets of all leading folk and folk-rock names - with huge books and excellent e-books – are now at such attractive prices - most at just £30 or even less!

Special Introductory Offer - the magical Steve Tilston set at just £20 (limited offer)
FRQCD 70 "Reaching Back" - The Life and Music of Steve Tilston

Now £20!

This somewhat undiscovered treasure trove of Steve's finest music is a deluxe Box-set comprising five full-length themed CDs, over 85 Tracks, with previously-unreleased rarities and new recordings from Steve, his friends and musical collaborators - plus: a 100-page full-colour book with detailed discography, image archive, and career overview, and until 1st Feb 2010, is available to Free Reed customers at a tempting £20!

"A Must-Have set! - Such an excellent songwriter!" Sing Out!, USA
"Celebrates this hero of folk music - in style!" - Living Tradition, Scotland
"A veritable treasure-trove" - Rhythms Magazine, Australia
"A perfect box-set to introduce his music to a wider audience" - Kent Folk, UK

order at: www.free-reed.co.uk/st | Printable order form

The 18-CD Revival re:Masters series: Series 1, Series 2 & Series 3

£39.99 each

The real treat of late 2008 has been the stunning release of 18 CDs, featuring enhanced and extra tracks, from Free Reed?s classic archives of recordings of the '70s and '80s Folk Revival! With its wealth of gems from the great years of British & Irish folk, the whole set?s available - In its shelf-case! - at a price too tempting to mention! (well, around a fiver per CD!)

"Why can't all box sets be like this?" - Q Magazine
"A triumph in the art of the Box-set" - MoJo Magazine
"The best Box-set ever..." - Dirty Linen, USA,

Read on - and you can order by phone, FAX, email, in person, on-line ? or even pigeon-post if you like!

order at: www.free-reed.co.uk/frrrs1 | Printable order form
order at: www.free-reed.co.uk/frrrs2 | Printable order form
order at: www.free-reed.co.uk/frrrs3 | Printable order form

Here's just a sample of some great sets for Xmas - with web-links - the full listings are all on our main web pages.

• 'Reaching Back' - The life and music of Steve Tilston
  A 5-CD celebration of the music of Steve Tilston
  - Special Offer Price- £20
• "MidWinter"
  The splendid box set of folk music for Christmas and the Turning of the Year
  -Our acclaimed Mid-Winter box-set
  - Special Offer Price - £30
• Richard Thompson - "RT - The Life & Music of Richard Thompson"
  - a 5-CD Set of the guitar maestro's Life & Music - with huge Book and freebie CD!
  - Special Offer Price - £30
• Ashley Hutchings - "Burning Bright"
  - 5 CDs, large book, the best of 'The Guv'nor's whole musical career! Plus freebie CDRom - Special Offer Price - £30
• Martin Carthy- "Carthy Chronicles"
  - A Fine career retrospective of "The Prince of Folk"
  - Special Offer Price - £30
• Fairport Convention - Their 35 Birthday Box-set
  - their 35th Birthday Tribute Box-set - lots of extras & rarities! Plus freebie CD!
  - Special Offer Price - just £30
• Dave Swarbrick - "Swarb!"
  - Lovely 4-CD plus Tune-book and big biography - all his bands and classics!
  - Special Offer Price - £30
• "The Transports"
  - A Ballad Opera by Peter Bellamy: Folk Record of the Year in the UK!
  - Special Offer Price - £20
• "The Clare Set"
  - The definitive 6-CD archive of the Concertina Traditions of Co Clare
  - Special Offer Price - £35

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All the best for a great holiday/winter period - and see you at Cropredy 2010! - Neil & Nigel

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