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The Official Dave Swarbrick career-spanning Box-Set
- a complete overview of Swarb's recording career over the past 40 years
- the recordings range from his earliest released work (in 1962) to a 2003 live performance.
- features all the legendary groups and duos with whom he has worked
- The set includes 13 previously-unreleased Fairport recordings, one of which has never previously appeared in any form. The tracks cover Swarb's whole time with the Band
- duos range from early work with Bert Lloyd & Ewan Maccoll to his more recent multifaceted partnerships with Alistair Hulett, Kevin Dempsey, Simon Nicol and, of course, Martin Carthy
- 73 tracks on 4 themed & bookletted CDs, each exploring chronologically a different aspect of Swarb's career: all of Swarb's classic released material is represented.
- 49 previously-unreleased recordings, many of which have became legendary despite their unavailability
- A further 7 tracks drawn from impossible-to-find, long-deleted albums
- Long-Box format, 120-page full-colour Book (by Nigel Schofield) with biography, detailed background notes on every track, discography, profiles of Swarb's influences & inspirations, and new appreciations by the key figures from the folk world with whom he has worked
- Both the book and the CDs benefit inestimably from exclusive access to Swarb's vast archive of recordings, photographs and scrapbooks
- Special Free Gift (included in 1st 5000 sold only) 'Swarb's Merrie Melodies' a 48 page Fiddle-Case Tune-Book, with 25 of Swarb’s most famous tunes, plus pictures and fiddle history.
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