Two years the makers of the English label Honest Jon s spent in the legendary EMI archives in Hayes, Middlesex, listening to more than 150,000 shellac records from all over the world. After compilations with West African and Iraqi music of the 20s, "Sprigs Of Time" a cauldron of colourful with recordings from all over the world appears. The thirty songs from 1903 to 1957 are from England (Joseph Taylor's titular "Sprig O Thyme") to Japan (the gorgeous "Seigaiha" from the Imperial Palace Band). Organ sounds from Georgia run alongside rumbarhythms from Beirut and Tamil attempts to set the motorised transport system. In addition, forties fado and songs of Bengali beggars sound. There are also well-known names: in addition to Joseph Taylor, the incomparable Fairuz can be heard and even Ruben Gonzales, who anonymously sings the "Rumba Negra". Of course, the recordings, like those of other Hayes archive releases, have been lovingly restored in the Abbey Road studios and appear with many contemporary photographs.
- A1 The English Sound Table
- A2 Lagu Kebiar
- A3 Maçka Şarkisi
- A4 Umbok
- A5 Rumba Negra
- A6 Tembele
- A7 Laughing
- B1 Vome Kabà
- B2 Flor De Petenera
- B3 Ya Honaïna
- B4 I Ain't Got Nobody
- B5 Khambaj
- B6 Sprig O' Thyme
- B7 Seigaiha
- B8 My Darling Rose
- C1 Zeza Barkak Melbeka
- C2 Fantaisie Maggiar
- C3 Different Kind Of Motor Car Noises
- C4 Yankum Ton
- C5 The Moon / Two Green Lotus Bitterly Imprisoned
- C6 Things Are Worse In Russia
- C7 Descrença
- D1 Burdwan Dist. Beggar's Song
- D2 Gawadallah
- D3 Bagesri
- D4 Yemma, Yemma
- D5 Muliranwawo
- D6 Romántica Mujer
- D7 The Queen's Canary - Calypso
- D8 Gas All Clear (Handbells)
