Martin Carthy - Discography

Discography

Original / Studio albums (solo or with Dave Swarbrick)

• Martin Carthy (1965) with Dave Swarbrick
• Second Album (1966) with Dave Swarbrick
• Byker Hill (1967) with Dave Swarbrick
• But Two Came By (1968) with Dave Swarbrick
• Prince Heathen (1969) with Dave Swarbrick
• Landfall (1971)
• Shearwater (1972. Reissued in 2005 with three extra tracks)
• Sweet Wivelsfield (1974)
• Crown of Horn (1976)
• Because It's There (1979)
• Out of the Cut (1982)
• Right of Passage (1988)
• Life and Limb (1990) with Dave Swarbrick
• Skin and Bone (1992) with Dave Swarbrick
• Signs of Life (1998)
• Waiting for Angels (2004)
• Straws in the Wind (2006) with Dave Swarbrick

Compilations and live albums

• This Is... Martin Carthy: The Bonny Black Hare and other songs (1971) with Dave Swarbrick

• Selections (1971) with Dave Swarbrick

• Selections (1972) New Zealand and Australia only
• Round Up (circa early 1970s) with Dave Swarbrick
• Brigg Fair (circa early 1970s) with Dave Swarbrick
• Tales of Long Ago (circa early 1970s) with Dave Swarbrick
• The Collection (1993)
• Rigs Of The Time: The Best Of Martin Carthy (1993)
• The Kershaw Sessions (1994)
• A Collection (1999)
• Both Ears and the Tail (2000, live recording from 1966) with Dave Swarbrick
• The Carthy Chronicles (2001) 4x CD 83 track box set
• The Definitive Collection (2003)
• Martin Carthy at Ruskin Mill (2005)
• The January Man: Live In Belfast 1978 (2011)
• Walnut Creek: Live Recordings, 1989 - 1996 (2011)
• Essential Martin Carthy (2011)

Releases on other formats

• No Songs (7" vinyl EP 1967) with Dave Swarbrick
• "The Bonny Lass of Angelsey" b/w "Palaces of Gold" (7" vinyl single 1976)
• 100 Not Out (Longform video 1992) with Dave Swarbrick
• British Fingerstyle Guitar (Longform video 1993 reissued on DVD 2006)
• Guitar Maestros (DVD 2006)

As a member of Steeleye Span

• Please to See the King (1971)
• Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again (1971)
• Storm Force Ten (1977)
• Live at Last (1978)
• The Journey (Live at The Forum, London, 1995) (1999)

As a member of The Watersons and/or Waterson:Carthy

• The Watersons: For Pence and Spicy Ale (1975)
• The Watersons: Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy (1977)
• The Watersons: Green Fields (1981)
• Waterson:Carthy: Waterson:Carthy (1994)
• Waterson:Carthy: Common Tongue (1996)
• Waterson:Carthy: Broken Ground (1999)
• Waterson:Carthy: A Dark Light (2002)
• The Watersons: The Definitive Collection (2003)
• Waterson:Carthy: Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand (2004)
• The Watersons: Mighty River of Song (2004) 4x CD & 1x DVD box set of Watersons and related recordings
• The Watersons: A Yorkshire Christmas (2005)
• Waterson:Carthy: The Definitive Collection (2005)
• Waterson:Carthy: Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man (2006)

As a member of Brass Monkey

• Brass Monkey (1984)
• See How It Runs (1986)
• The Complete Brass Monkey (1993) compilation of the previous two albums
• Sound and Rumour (1999)
• Going and Staying (2001)
• Flame of Fire (2004)
• The Definitive Collection (2005)
• Head of Steam (2009)

As a member of Blue Murder

• No One Stands Alone (2002)

Other notable releases

• Thamesiders & Davy Graham (1963) 7" EP
• Three City Four: Three City Four (1965)
• Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy & Diz Disley: Rags Reel & Airs (1966)
• Various Artists: Bright Phoebus: Songs by Lal & Mike Waterson (1972)
• Albion Country Band: Battle Of The Field (1976)
• John Kirkpatrick: Plain Capers (1976)
• Albion Country Band: Larkrise To Candleford (1980)
• Band of Hope: Rhythm And Reds (1994)
• Wood, Wilson, Carthy: Wood, Wilson, Carthy (1998)
• Dave Swarbrick: Swarb! (2003) 4CD box set career retrospective with numerous Carthy tracks
• Martins4: Guitar Nights presents the Four Martins (2003) released on CD and DVD (DVD has additional tracks)
• Various Artists: The Imagined Village (2007)
• The Imagined Village: Empire & Love (2010)
• Three City Four: Smoke & Dust (2010) Compilation of tracks from two 1960s albums.