Great Songs From Eternal Bars
Scottish singer-songwriter Jackie Leven released this expansive 4xCD collection in 2001 on Cooking Vinyl, gathering songs that capture his particular gift for combining folk sensibilities with poetic depth and bluesy soul. Leven is a musician of considerable range—equally at home with traditional folk forms and more personal, idiosyncratic songwriting. This set is organized thematically rather than chronologically, drawing songs across decades into conversations about longing, resilience, and redemption. His voice carries a raspy authenticity, and his guitar work ranges from fingerstyle delicacy to full-bodied strumming. The four-disc format allows space for deeper cuts and alternate versions that add texture and context. This is a limited release worth tracking down if you're drawn to folk music with emotional substance, or to songwriters who understand that the best songs often emerge from difficult lived experience. It's intimate without being precious.
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Item Details+
| Genre | Folk World & Country |
| Media | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Sleeve | Not Graded |
| Label | Cooking Vinyl |
| Year | 2001 |
| Country | UK |
| Format | 4xCD |
Tracklist+
- Genre:
- Folk World & Country
- Style:
- Label:
- Cooking Vinyl
- Country:
- UK
- Year:
- 2001
- . Fairytales For Hardmen
- 1.01. Boy Trapped In A Man
- 1.02. Desolation Blues
- 1.03. Extremely Violent Man
- 1.04. Old West African Song
- 1.05. Saint Judas
- 1.06. Poortoun
- 1.07. Fear Of Woman
- 1.08. The Walled Coves Of Ravenscraig
- 1.09. Sad Polish Song
- 1.10. Sexual Danger
- 1.11. Jim O Windygates
- 1.12. Mad As The Mist And Snow
- 1.13. Kirkconnell Flow
- 1.14. Listening To Crows Pray
- 1.15. Sir Patrick Spens
- 1.16. Sunflower
- . Forbidden Songs Of The Dying West
- 2.01. Young Male Suicide Blessed By Invisible Woman
- 2.02. Some Ancient Misty Morning
- 2.03. Working Alone/A Blessing
- 2.04. Levens Lament
- 2.05. Marble City Bar
- 2.06. The Wanderer
- 2.07. Exultation
- 2.08. Men In Prison
- 2.09. Birds Leave Shadows
- 2.10. Stornoway Girl
- 2.11. Silver Roof
- 2.12. Lammermuir Hills
- 2.13. Come Back Early Or Never Come
- 2.14. By The Sign Of The Shattered Star
- 2.15. The Scene That Haunts My Memory
- 2.16. My Lord What A Morning
- . Control
- 3.01. Soft Lowland Tongue
- 3.02. Raerona
- 3.03. Mansion Tension
- 3.04. Dog Star
- 3.05. Ruins
- 3.06. I'm Always A Prinlaws Boy
- 3.07. The Problem
- 3.08. Dune Voices
- 3.09. Sleeping In Bracken
- . The Wanderer
- 4.01. Your Winter Days
- 4.02. Newfoundland Blues/Some Ancient Misty Morning/Working Alone/Sex Tourist
- 4.03. Heartsick Land
- 4.04. Stranger On The Square (etc)
- 4.05. The Keys To The Forest
- 4.06. Poortoun (Losing My Voice)
- 4.07. I Cant Afford To Care Anymore (With Doll By Doll)
- 4.08. A Blessing
- 4.09. When A Man Dies (With Jo Shaw)
- 4.10. Donna Karan [Bonus Track]
- 4.11. So My Soul Can Sing [Bonus Track]
- 4.12. Mary Jane's Dog [Bonus Track]
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