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Charts and Lists

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AMAZON.CO.UK FOLK/ROOTS/WORLD 30

November non-budget CD sales from Amazon.co.uk.
  1. LAURA MARLING A Creature I Don’t Know (Virgin)
  2. KATE RUSBY While Mortals Sleep (Pure)
  3. THEA GILMORE Don’t Stop Singing (Island)
  4. CHRISTY MOORE Folk Tale (Sony)
  5. RY COODER Pull Up Some Dust And… (Nonesuch)
  6. GILLIAN WELCH The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony)
  7. JUNE TABOR & OYSTERBAND Ragged Kingdom (Topic)
  8. FATOUMATA DIAWARA Fatou (World Circuit)
  9. ANOUSHKA SHANKAR Traveller (Deutsche Grammophon)
  10. PAUL SIMON So Beautiful Or So What (Decca)
  11. BELLOWHEAD Hedonism (Navigator)
  12. MARTIN SIMPSON Purpose + Grace (Topic)
  13. BOMBINO Agadez (Cumbancha)
  14. JACKIE OATES Saturnine (ECC)
  15. MA, DUNCAN, MEYER, THILE The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Sony)
  16. THE BAD SHEPHERDS By Hook Or By Crook (Monsoon)
  17. KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)
  18. BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit)
  19. THE UNTHANKS Here’s The Tender Coming (RabbleRouser)
  20. FISHERMEN’S FRIENDS Home From The Sea (Clovelly)
  21. VARIOUS ARTISTS BBC Folk Awards 2011 (Proper)
  22. TINARIWEN Tassili (V2)
  23. ABIGAIL WASHBURN City Of Refuge (Rounder)
  24. VARIOUS ARTISTS An English Folk Christmas (Gift Music)
  25. KATE RUSBY Make The Light (Pure)
  26. ELIZA CARTHY & NORMA WATERSON The Gift Band Live On Tour (Scarlet)
  27. SPIERS & BODEN The Works (Navigator)
  28. THE UNTHANKS Last (RabbleRouser/EMI)
  29. SARAH JAROSZ Follow Me Down (Sugar Hill)
  30. ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE Ali & Toumani (World Circuit)

30 YEARS AGO

January 1982 issue bestsellers from fRoots’ national survey of record dealers.
  1. RICHARD THOMPSON Strict Tempo (Elixir)
  2. PLANXTY The Woman I Loved So Well (Tara)
  3. DE DANAAN The Mist Covered Mountain (Gael Linn)
  4. SILLY WIZARD Wild & Beautiful (Highway)
  5. SHIRLEY COLLINS & DAVEY GRAHAM Folk Roots New Routes (Righteous)
  6. NIC JONES Penguin Eggs (Topic)
  7. TANNAHILL WEAVERS IV (Plant Life)
  8. BATTLEFIELD Home Is Where The Van Is (Temple)
  9. OSSIAN Seal Song (Iona)
  10. DICK GAUGHAN A Handful Of Earth. (Topic)
  11. FRED WEDLOCK Oldest Swinger In Town (Pilluck/Rocket)
  12. LIAM O’FLYN The Brendan Voyage (Tara)
  13. SILLY WIZARD So Many Partings (Highway)
  14. DAVE SWARBRICK Smiddyburn (Logo)
  15. PLANXTY After The Break (Tara)
  16. THE OLD SWAN BAND Gamesters, Pickpockets & Harlots (Dingles)
  17. THE ALBION BAND & GUESTS Kicking Up The Sawdust (Harvest)
  18. THE WATERSONS Green Fields (Topic)
  19. JUNE TABOR & MARTIN SIMPSON A Cut Above (Topic)
  20. COCK & BULL BAND All Buttoned Up (Topic)

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WORLD MUSIC EUROPEAN AIRPLAY 20

November’s most played world music albums, compiled from returns from radio DJs all over Europe World Music Charts Europe
  1. ANOUSHKA SHANKAR Traveller (Deutsche Grammophon)
  2. FATOUMATA DIAWARA Fatou (World Circuit)
  3. KIRAN AHLUWALIA Aam Zameen (Kiran Music)
  4. ANDREW CRONSHAW The Unbroken Surface Of Snow (Cloud Valley)
  5. RICCARDO TESI & BANDITALIA Madreperla (Visage/ Galileo MC)
  6. TINARIWEN Tassili (V2/ Anti)
  7. SIA TOLNO My Life (Lusafrica)
  8. LUCAS SANTTANA Sem Nostalgia (Mais Um Discos)
  9. ALDONA Sonnet (Jaro)
  10. CANKISOU Fayt (Indies Scope)
  11. THE ALAEV FAMILY & TAMIR MUSKAT Alaev Family & Tamir Muskat (Olamale)
  12. TE VAKA Havili (Warm Earth)
  13. LA CHIVA GANTIVA Pelao (Crammed)
  14. ÄL JAWALA The Ride (Jawa)
  15. OMID Orientation (DMG)
  16. DI GUSTIO Y CAMERATA ROMEU Habanera (Manana)
  17. VIJANA JAZZ The Koka Koka Sex Battalion (Stern’s)
  18. JAN TREBUNIA-TUTKA Gory W Sercu (4evermusic)
  19. BALUJI Kinshasa Succursale (Crammed)
  20. SEZEN AKSU Öptüm (World Village)
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RED LICK BLUES AND R&B 10

November mail order best-sellers from Red Lick Records: P.O. Box 55, Cardiff CF11 1JT. Tel. 029 2049 6369.
  1. VARIOUS ARTISTS Barbecue Any Old Time (Old Hat)
  2. JOHNNY WINTER Roots (Megaforce)
  3. VARIOUS ARTISTS The Fame Studios Story 1961-73 (Kent)
  4. BIG MACEO Complete Sides 1941-50 (JSP)
  5. LITTLE JOE AYERS Backatcha (Devildown)
  6. BARBARA LYNN A Good Woman (Kent)
  7. VARIOUS ARTISTS This May Be My Last Time Singing (Tompkins Square)
  8. VARIOUS ARTISTS Gospel Alive (JSP)
  9. LOUISIANA RED & LITTLE VICTOR Memphis Mojo (RUF)
  10. MUDDY WATERS Electric Mud / After The Rain (BGO)

Each issue of fRoots carries a wider list of charts from dealers and radio DJs.

 

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