Collectively as individuals & as a duo Ian & Sylvia Tyson have sold over 400K albums in the US alone during the Soundscan era. Regarded as pioneers of the folk & Americana genre, Ian & Sylvia first came to prominence in the early 60's folk scene in Greenwich Village and Yorkville performing alongside Bob Dylan (they were also managed by Albert Grossman), Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot (who they made famous by being the first to record Early Morning Rain) and were a headliner on the now famous 1063 Newport Folk Festival. Ian's composition 'Four Strong Winds' is now considered a standard and a CBC poll in 2005 named it the 'most essential' piece of Canadian music. Ian & Sylvia were one of the first artists to explore an electric Country Rock sound recording with both New York and Nashville musicians. In early 2019 Sylvia discovered a box of old 1/4' analog tapes in her attic that were professionally recorded in the early 1970s in front of a live studio audience. Over 20 previously unreleased recordings, included many of Ian & Sylvia's classics, but also enough to have a full CD of recordings of songs never before included on any Ian & Sylvia album. The Lost Tapes is being released as a special 2 CD set on September 13th, the week prior to Sylvia's induction into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Both Ian & Sylvia have been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Tracklist:

Keep On The Sunny Side (Ada Blenkhorn / J. Howard Entwisle)
Darcy Farrow (Steve Gillette / Tom Campbell)
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Ada R. Habershon / Charles H. Gabriel)
When First Unto This Country (Traditional, adapted and arranged by Ian ; Sylvia)
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (Traditional, adapted and arranged by Ian ; Sylvia)
Four Rode By (Ian Tyson)
Nancy Whiskey (Trad.)
Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
Little Beggarman (Traditional, adapted and arranged by Ian ; Sylvia) 1
The French Song (Pease / Vincent) 1
Summer Wages (Ian Tyson) 1
Crazy Arms (Ralph Mooney) 1
I'll Fly Away?(Albert E. Brumley) 1
After The Fire Is Gone (L.E. White) 1
Heartaches By The Number (Harlan Howard) 1
Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson) 1
Come On In My Kitchen (Robert Johnson) 1
Jimmie's Texas Blues (Jimmie Rodgers) 1
How Long (Rick Nelson) 2
The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton) 2
That's The Way Love Goes (Lefty Frizzell?/?Sanger D. Shafer) 2
Crying Time (Buck Owens) 2
Starting All Over Again (Melvin McArthur Hardin / Hubert Timothy McPherson) 2
Together Again (Buck Owens) 2
Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Jack Rhodes/Dick Reynolds) 2
The Goodnight Loving Trail (Utah Phillips)

UPC: 772532140829
Label: Stony Plain Music
Release Date: 9.6.19
Format: CD

Ian & Sylvia Tyson - Lost Tapes (CD)