Lately, I find myself putting on the 1969 album Postcard by Welsh folk singer Mary Hopkin every single day. There are some beautiful folk songs on here, some "show tunes" type songs that are typical of this era (her hit song, "Those Were The Days", is pretty show-tuney, but I like it). My very favorite track, though, is the very first one. It's a cover of a Donovan song (there are at least three Donovan covers on the album- hooray!), "The Lord of The Reedy River". It is just so haunting... perfect.
My favorite song:
A bit of musical history: Mary Hopkin was one of the first artists signed to the Beatles' Apple record label!
I had her album as a girl and listened to it too all the time!!! She is so beautiful and mysterious to me.
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Oh my GOD!She is adorable!Must listen now..never heard of her before!Thanks for sharing :)
Posted by: soulrole | 09/30/2011 at 02:57 PM
That was sooo so pretty. I like the Donovan version too but I think I like hers better! Gotta check out more of her stuff ;)
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Like the schoolgirl look. A glimpse of stocking top and suspender would have made it the perfect image of femininity (you know - the thing that doesn't exist anymore these days).
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