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Deep Roots
Acelebration of Topic Records
Anne Briggs
TOPIC turns 85 this year, which makes it one of the –if not the –oldest independent record label in the world. Agood reason to celebrate, then, by putting together this compilation of some of the finest moments in the label’s history. We’ve concentrated on their folk side (they have an incredible set of world music and field recordings that deserve their own CDs), including tracks from the dawn of the ’60s folk revival right up to brand new material expected this year. Perhaps most excitingly, there’s an entirely unheard Anne Briggs recording, due as abonus track this year on the upcoming deluxe reissue of her selftitled album. Spellbinding stuff, though the other 14 tracks here are just as magical, from Richard Thompson’s “The Light-Bob’s Lassie” to Lal Waterson &Oliver Knight’s “So Strange Is Man”.