''Listen Here!'' is a

sampler album A sampler or promotional compilation is a type of compilation album generally offered at a reduced price to showcase an artist or a selection of artists signed to a particular record label. The format became popular in the late 1960s as record labe ...

released by

Transatlantic Records Transatlantic Records was a British independent record label. The company was established in 1961, primarily as an importer of American folk, blues and jazz records by many of the artists who influenced the burgeoning British folk and blues boom ...

in 1968. It was the second significant UK contemporary music sampler release in the period. Transatlantic, founded in 1961, was a prototype for many of the UK

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s that followed it. It established the UK folk-rock market, first by importing American records, and then by recording British artists. With the advent of

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and

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, the Transatlantic stable of artists achieved increasing popularity, culminating in the formation of the

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Pentangle. Meanwhile, Transatlantic had been extending its eclecticism, recording such as the eccentric audio collageist

Ron Geesin Ronald Frederick Geesin (born 17 December 1943) is a Scottish musician, composer and writer known for his unusual creations and novel applications of sound, as well as for his collaborations with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters. Career Ron Geesin ...

, and

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, whose "Granny Takes A Trip" was banned by the

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in 1967.

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had released the extremely successful contemporary music budget sampler with ''

The Rock Machine Turns You On ''The Rock Machine Turns You On'' was the first bargain priced sampler album. It was released in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, The Netherlands, Germany and a number of other European countries in 1968 as part of an internat ...

'' in 1967. Before CBS could follow up, Transatlantic released ''Listen Here!'' early in 1968. Like ''Rock Machine'' the record was priced at 14/11d ( £0.75), but Transatlantic took promotion one stage further by not only printing the track listing on the front, but also the price. The record was designed to preview not only the forthcoming Pentangle double album, but solo records by members

Bert Jansch Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter ...

and

John Renbourn John Renbourn (8 August 1944 – 26 March 2015) was an English guitarist and songwriter. He was best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo care ...

. ''Listen Here!'' also served to introduce a new group

The Sallyangie The Sallyangie were a 1960s folk duo consisting of siblings Mike and Sally Oldfield. In 1968 they released their first and only album ''Children of the Sun''. The duo split in late 1969 after limited success and a national tour. Both members h ...

, with siblings

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and

Sally Oldfield Sally Patricia Oldfield (born 3 August 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is the sister of composers Mike and Terry Oldfield. Early life Born in Dublin, Ireland, Oldfield was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother, Maureen. Sp ...

Track listing

Side 1

#"Travellin Song" - The Pentangle #"Eight Frames a Second" -

Ralph McTell Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song " Streets of London" (19 ...

#"In Love With a Stranger" -

Gordon Giltrap Gordon Giltrap, MBE (born 6 April 1948) is an English guitarist and composer. His music crosses several genres. He has been described as "one of the most revered guitarists of his generation", and has drawn praise from fellow musicians including S ...

#"Tic Tocative" -

#"Song" -

#"The Circle Game" - The Ian Campbell Group

Side 2

#"Urge for Going" -

The Johnstons The Johnstons were an Irish close-harmony folk band, founded in Slane, County Meath, Ireland, consisting of siblings Adrienne, Luci and Michael Johnston. Career The Johnstons began performing in the early 1960s in Slane. They signed to Pye Reco ...

#"Harvest Your Thought of Love" -

#"Love in Ice Crystals" -

#"Blues for Dominique" - Bob Bunting #"Certainly Random" -

#"Granny Takes a Trip" -

References

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