SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY
RECORDS

Independent label: Sweet Folk and Country Records started life as Sweet Folk All.  It was run by Joe Stead, and it specialised in recordings of British Folk and Country & Western bands, though it put out at least one Jazz album, by Max Collie.  It issued records from 1973 onwards, and survived into the early '80s.  Most of its products were albums, but it released a few EPs and at least one single, which sold in limited quantities; thus it is far more often met in 12" form than in 7".  Numbering appears to have been in an SFC-000 series for EPs and an SFC-1000 series for singles; the 'SFA' prefix of Johnie Winch's 'Little Woman' (SFA-004) seems to have been a misprint, as SFA was the prefix for albums and there was an album with that number. Distribution latterly was by JSU. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

 
73 Stan Arnold Ladies Man (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 001
73 John Townsend  No Mucking About (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 002
73 The Wild Geese Folk Group  Songs For Tomorrow If Not Today (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 003
73 Johnie Winch Little Woman SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 004
73 Dave Start Alice Crutchfield SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 005
74 The Southern Ramblers Yesterday's Gone (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 006
74 Joe Stead Live At The Whittlebury Folk Club (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 007
74 Shep Woolley Pipe Down (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 008
74 Steve Rostron No Stranger's Face (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 009
74 Jon Isherwood A Bellyful Of Isherwood (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 010
74 Brian Jacques A Gig Wid Brig (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 011
74 Stuart Marson Night Falls On The Orchestra (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 012
75 Don Shepherd The Sun & The Moon (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 013
75 John The Fish Coelacanth (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 014
75 Wild Oats Agincourt (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 015
75 Paul Downes & Phil Beer Life Ain't Worth Living (In The Old-Fashioned Way) (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 016
75 Malcolm Price ... And Then We All Got Up And Slowly Walked Away (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 017
75 The Boatmen Straight From The Tunnel's Mouth (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 018
75 Stained Glass Open Road (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 019
75 Bryan Chalker Early Days (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 020
75 Doug Porter The Minstrel Show (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 021
75 Redwood Listen To The Sound (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 022
75 1812 The Truth About 1812 (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 023
75 John Townsend All Kinds Of Everything (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 024
75 Bryan Chalker Songs & Ballads (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 025
75 Al Barrett's Linemen Open Country (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 026
75 Paul* And Linda Adams Far Over The Fell - Songs And Ballads Of Cumbria (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 027
75 Shep Woolley Songs Of Oars And Scrubbers And Other Dirty Habits (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 028
75 The Crofters At The Water Mill Inn (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 029
75 Oddsocks Men Of The Moment (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 030
75 Bob Williamson Super Turn (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 031
75 Raggerty Borrowed Time (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 032
75 Forces Folk Now On Sale (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 033
75 Phil Brady & Rainbow County Liverpool Country Sounds (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 034
75 Johnny Spencer And The Gamblers Country Gamble (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 035
75 Irvine Hunt Manlaff And Toewoman (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 036
75 Tammi Sioux Act Naturally (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 037
75 Jacqui And Bridie Our Language (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 038
75 Ensemble Tziganka Songs Of Russia's Gypsies (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 039
75 Best Of British Looking Out My Back Door (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 040
75 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 041
75 Ray Dexter The Ray Dexter Sound Show Act (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 042
75 Denver Spur First Time Out (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 043
75 Kempion Came Ye O'er Frae France (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 044
76 Al Barrett's Linemen Open Country - Volume 2 (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 045
76 Downes & Beer Dance Without Music (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 046
76 John Goodluck Speed The Plough (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 047
76 Natchez Trace The Best Of The Immortal Natchez Trace (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 048
76 Brownsville Banned In Any Case (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 049
76 Various Artists The Great British All Star Country Music Sampler (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 050
76 Culpepper County At Home (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 051
76 Shucks Two Days - Two Tracks (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 052
76 Paul* And Linda Adams Country Hirings - Songs Of Cumbria And The Border (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 053
76 Various Artists George Davis Is Innocent OK (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 054
76 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 055
76 Country Shack A Portrait (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 056
76 Threewheel At The Eleventh Hour (12") SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 057
76 Fortuna From The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 1976 (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 058
76 Faina Zinova And Her Ensemble Russian Songs (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 059
76 Lee Montana On The Run (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 060
76 Cliff Whelan Welcome To My World (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 061
76 High On The Hog Hogtied (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 062
76 The Yokels Yer We Be (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 063
76 Shag Connor's Carrot Crunchers Country Capers (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 064
76 Pete Nelson Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 065
76 The Hart Family Hart To Heart (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 066
76 The Tom Collins Jazz Band Fidgety Feet (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 067
76 Shep Woolley Good Bye Sailor (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 068
76 Roger Westbrook I'nt 'Ee A Grand Lad (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 069
76 Ann & Ray Brett Somebody Loves You (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 070
76 Frank Yonco And The Everglades Drinking The Beer And Singing A Country Song (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 071
76 Shucks Hillbilly Swing (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 072
76 Jeremy Taylor Done At A Flash (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 073
76 Mick Tems Gowerton Fair and other songs from South Wales (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 074
77 Rustic Parts Don't You Wish You Were (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 075
77 Country Shack Which Way Is Gone (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 076
77 John Shanahan / Steve Gordon Dance Of The Flies (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 077
77 Tundra A Kentish Garland (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 078
77 Brownsville Banned That's Shoebiz! (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 079
77 Campbell & Reid Sweet Vibrations (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 080
77 Cliff Whelan Heaven Together  (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 081
77 John Townsend All Kinds Of Everything (Vol. 2) (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 082
77 West End Stompers Too Busy (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 083
77 Shag Connor's Carrot Crunchers Sing Country Style (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 084
77 Sonnie Lea Martin Losers Can Be Winners (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 085
78 Paul Downes Still Life (Album)  SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 086
78 Muskrats Insight (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 087
78 Trunkles Traditional (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 088
78 Roger Westbrook Roger Westbrook's Second Twelve Incher (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 089
78 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 090
78 Frank Yonco And The Everglades Old Greyhound  (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 091
78 Paul Rutherford Neuph Compositions For Euphonium And Trombone (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 092
78 Don Shepherd Adnams Ale (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 093
78 Mississippi Delta From The Delta To The Wash (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 094
78 Alex Campbell Traditional Ballads Of Scotland (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 095
78 Simon & Andrew Loake The Rogues March (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 096
78 Charlie Boy Smith Wassit Gotta Dew Wi' Yew (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 097
78 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 098
78 Tim Broadbent Songs Of This That And "The Other" (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 099
78 Joe Stead Obscenities (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 100
78 Cliff Whelan Country Boy (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 101
79 Matt Armour On The Morning Tide (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 102
79 Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins Make The Rafters Roar (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 103
79 Bob Rio A Taste Of Country (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 104
79 Mr Smith Two Very Similar Views Of Mr Smith (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 105
79 Dick Miles & Sue Miles The Dunmow Flitch (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 106
79 The Tom Collins Jazz Band Saturday Night Function (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 107
79 Max Collie Rhythm Aces Live In Sweden (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFAX 108
79 The Two Beggarmen Flowers Of Manchester (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 109
79 The Best Of British Enchanted Evenings (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 110
79 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 111
80 S.M.E. + S.M.O. In Concert (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 112
80 London's West End Stompers Ain't You Glad (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 113
80 Johnny Silvo In The Spotlight - "Live In Concert"  (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 114
80 The Green Willow Band Cotswold Music (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 115
80 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 116
80 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 117
80 Max Collie Rhythm Aces Ten Years Together  (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFAX 118
80 Roger Westbrook Still He Sings (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 119
81 Joe Stead The Harvest Has Been Taken In (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 120
81 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 121
81 Matt Armour The Roving Fifer (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 122
82 Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins Live At Herga! (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 123
82 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 124
82 The Amazing Mr Smith Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible (Album) SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFA 125
 
74 Ian Russell The Loch Tay Boat Song SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 001
74 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 002
74 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 003
74 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 004
74 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 005
74 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 006
74 Jon Benns Pencil Sketches SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 007
75 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 1001
75 Not Traced SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 1002
75 Woolley Shep I Want To Be A Skinhead Like My Dad SWEET FOLK & COUNTRY SFC 1003

 


 


 

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