Various - Welsh Rare Beat 2

Intro
Y Diliau '72 - Ffair Ynys Hir
Heather Jones - Can O Dristwch
Meic stevens - Shw' Mae? Shw' Mae?
Eleri Llwyd - Cariad Cyntaf
AD 73 - Higher And Higher
Galwad Y Mynydd - Niwl y Mor
Sidan – Cymylau
Edward H.Dafis – Rosi
Heather Jones - Can i Janis
Bara Menyn - Yr Wylan
Morus Elfryn - Rhôs-y-Maedre
Y Tebot Piws - Dilyn Colomen
Eleri Llwyd – Dawns
Hergest - Dewch I'r Llysoedd
Sidan - Ar Goll
Y Gwenwyn - Hen Benillion
Chwys - Gwr Bonheddig Hael
Bran – Tocyn
Y Nhw – Siwsi
Caleb - Os Hoffech Wybod Sut


Compiled by Andy Votel, Dom Thomas and Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), and derived from Dyfed bands with added friends from further afield in the Swansea valleys, Cardiff and Flint in the north, this is a wide and wonderful collection of bands - some were part of a political upheaval that empowered Welsh speakers to sing and express themselves in their mother tongue, part of a wider international youthquake, others were singing from the heart, paying the bills and just happened to live in Wales during this cultural crossroad.

·Here for your enjoyment are songs mostly about the sky, flying, seagulls, clouds and ghosts. But also songs that deal in political activism, The Mabinogi, or issues of Welsh identity. Girl group boy meets girl songs, parodies of boy meets girls songs, Welsh language covers of English and American hits of the day sung in a traditional Welsh style counteracted by traditional Welsh folk songs played in contemporary Anglo-American styles.
·The follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘Welsh Rare Beat’ compilation, this album features exclusive liner notes and track-by-track annotation from Gruff Rhys as well as a number of tracks previously unavailable on CD

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