One of the great duos of all time, MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK joined up in early spring 1966 as a performing unit and were an immediate hit becoming, overnight, the most popular group in the burgeoning folk club scene in Britain. "BOTH EARS AND THE TAIL" was recorded live at The Folkus Folk Club in Nottingham in 1966 in the first flush of their success with both audience and performers hardly able to catch their breath. This recording only came to light in 1999, 33 years after it was recorded and is astonishing in it's fire and clarity.