Nic Jones – Penguin Eggs @TopicRecords 1980
@penguineggs

Nic Jones – vocals, guitar, fiddle, arrangements
Dave Burland – harmony vocals
Bridget Danby – recorder, harmony vocals
Tony Hall – melodeon

Produced by Tony Engle
Nic Jones – Penguin Eggs @TopicRecords 1980 @penguineggs Nic Jones – vocals, guitar, fiddle, arrangementsDave Burland – harmony vocalsBridget Danby – recorder, harmony vocalsTony Hall – melodeonProduced by Tony Engle
Nic Jones – Penguin Eggs @TopicRecords 1980 @penguineggs Nic Jones – vocals, guitar, fiddle, arrangementsDave Burland – harmony vocalsBridget Danby – recorder, harmony vocalsTony Hall – melodeonProduced by Tony Engle
The album received critical acclaim, and Melody Maker named it their "Folk Album of the Year," as did Folk Roots.

Bruce Eder of AllMusic named Penguin Eggs an "Album Pick" and called it Jones' magnum opus. He wrote that the album "stands in a virtual class by itself...
The album received critical acclaim, and Melody Maker named it their "Folk Album of the Year," as did Folk Roots.Bruce Eder of AllMusic named Penguin Eggs an "Album Pick" and called it Jones' magnum opus. He wrote that the album "stands in a virtual class by itself...
The album received critical acclaim, and Melody Maker named it their "Folk Album of the Year," as did Folk Roots.Bruce Eder of AllMusic named Penguin Eggs an "Album Pick" and called it Jones' magnum opus. He wrote that the album "stands in a virtual class by itself...
...a folk record built on playing of such virtuosity that anyone who enjoys guitar, of any type or style, should hear it; a body of traditional songs played with an immediacy and urgency that transcends any dry notions of scholarship; and a record that stands astride the...
...a folk record built on playing of such virtuosity that anyone who enjoys guitar, of any type or style, should hear it; a body of traditional songs played with an immediacy and urgency that transcends any dry notions of scholarship; and a record that stands astride the...
...a folk record built on playing of such virtuosity that anyone who enjoys guitar, of any type or style, should hear it; a body of traditional songs played with an immediacy and urgency that transcends any dry notions of scholarship; and a record that stands astride the...
...a folk record built on playing of such virtuosity that anyone who enjoys guitar, of any type or style, should hear it; a body of traditional songs played with an immediacy and urgency that transcends any dry notions of scholarship; and a record that stands astride the...
...opposing virtues of youth and antiquity, in its execution and source, respectively." He felt the musicianship makes the album "truly special" and "alluring to modern listeners" and noted: "Penguin Eggs is one of those rare records were not just every song...
...but each instrumental part is worth hearing." 4.5*

Bob Dylan recorded 'Canadee-I-O' for his album Good as I Been to You (1992), imitating Jones' arrangement of the song.
- Wiki

Nic Jones - Canadee-I-O
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