Best Track on 'New Horizons 1' or 'New Horizons 2'

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Just been thinking about these compilations my dad would always put on in the car in about 1989/1990. Seemed like a natural mix of music at the time but these "world hits" are mostly US / UK / Ireland folk or country music, at least until the second half of the second tape, and some of the choices seem nothing short of bizarre now. In my mind these are big, important compilations which introduced me to many new artists, in reality they are probably nothing more than a fairly odd snapshot of a world-music-ish radio playlist from the time. Anyway, what do you think? Are these awful middlebrow 80s soft-world tapes, or is there good stuff to be found here?

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https://www.discogs.com/Various-New-Horizons/release/4038528
https://www.discogs.com/Various-New-Horizons-2/release/4522485

Poll Results

Option	Votes
The Pogues - Thousands Are Sailing	4
10,000 Maniacs - Like The Weather	2
Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Boat	2
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)	2
Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens - Streets Of Bakersfield	1
Bulgarian Voices - Love Chant	1
Toumani Diabate / Ketama / Danny Thompson - Mani Mani Kuru	1
Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition	1
Mory Kante - Tama	1
Salif Keita - Sina (Soumbouya)	1
Rory McLeod - Love Like A Rock (In Stormy Sea)	0
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - Wholly Humble Heart	0
Nanci Griffith - From A Distance	0
The Four Brothers - Unchandifunga	0
Ofra Haza - I'm Nin' Alu	0
Los Lobos - El Gusto	0
Richard Thompson - Turning The Tide	0
Michelle Shocked - When I Grow Up	0
The Robert Cray Band - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark	0
Steve Earle - I Ain't Ever Satisfied	0
Enya - On Your Shore	0
Oyster Band - The Lost And Found	0
Edward The Second And The Red Hot Polkas - Bjorn Again Polka	0
The Horseflies - Hush Little Baby	0
Runrig - Hearts Of Olden Glory	0
Davy Spillane - The Road To Ballyalla	0
Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards	0
Ry Cooder - Get Rhythm	0

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 30 July 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wAMBhDQUr8

― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Monday, 30 July 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link

Yeah, expecting that or more likely I'm Nin' Alu to win.

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link

where e'er we go we celebrate
the land that makes us refugees
from fear of priests with empty plates
grom guilt and weeping effigies
and we dance . . .

― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link

apparently these were a reissue of "new roots"

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― visiting, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link

Bjorn Again Polka - Mad Professor mix and Mixmaster Morris remix fail to prevent this being as rubbish and irritating as the premise makes it sound. Or assist it in being so, depending on your point of view ;-)

― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 07:11 (five years ago) link

Then again if Penguin Cafe Orchestra meets On-U Sound at Womad sounds appealing it may be of interest.

https://youtu.be/PvQd58dOr2w

― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 07:38 (five years ago) link

I saw Edward II and the Red Hot Polkas at (I think) Bromyard Folk Festival in the very early 90s, and thought they were brilliant, however I was about 12 and any live show would have been amazing to me, especially a novelty polka band with a sampler and a tasteless name, so that probably doesn't count for much.

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 11:32 (five years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link

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