Before the day is done : the story of Folk Heritage Records 1968-1975

"A small but prolific operation servicing Britain's northwest folk club scene, the Folk Heritage label was launched in 1968 by Alan Green, a former chemist-turned-record producer ... Compiled and curated with great care, it's a worthy tribute to Green's vision and an appropriate final chapter for Grapefruit's marvelous U.K. folk trilogy, which began with 2015's Dust on the Nettles and 2020's Sumer Is Icumen In".

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"Grapefruit's "buried folk treasure" series continues with an extensive label spotlight; 68 tracks from Folk Heritage and its associated imprints, from late '60s through the '70s, typically culled from severely limited editions. No one here reached Fairport/Steeleye/Shirley Collins levels of appreciation, but songs associated with those icons received equally vibrant treatments: The Wayfarers' "Matty Groves", The Bards' "Blackleg Miner", Michael Raven and Joan Mills' "Death And The Lady". With the notable exception of Bristol teens Folkal Point, the folk-rock and singer-songwriter entries (...) are less essential; Folk Heritage did trad best, often to stark and blood-curdling effect".