Folksongs that have the most value to folklorist are those that are written from first-hand experience, whether as a worker, on a job, or as an observer. In this respect the British Columbia Folklore Society has chosen a small number of songs that illustrate important aspects of the province’s social fabric from the enormous number that have been written. See BC Folk Songs. Even though the jobs to which some of the songs refer are, in many instances, no longer of primary importance to today’s industry and society, they were nevertheless occupations upon which the province was built. Songs written after the fact, about past events, historical figures, ghost towns and the like that were not experienced first-hand, are not included in this small sampling. Nevertheless, they do represent a large and important aspect of the province’s music industry. Many such songs are included in the following list of CDs and other recordings that the Society has in its possession.

ANDREWS & LAWRENCE: Old Time Gospel.
ARNTZEN, Holly: Shade of Our Trees.
BAKER, Dave: A Portrait of the Westcoast in Song.
BAKER, Dave: Songs and Sounds of Canadian Steam.
BAKER, Dave: This Land Is What I Am.
BALLANTYNE, Mike: Entertainer At Large.
BALLANTYNE, Mike: In the Tradition.
BALLANTYNE, Mike: Papa Wants A Cookie.
BALLANTYNE, Mike: Pint Pot & Plough.
BARTLETT, Jon & Rika RUEBSAAT: Songs and Stories of Canada.
BELAND, Rosemary and Mark BRACKEN: Winterborne.
BELAND, Rosemary: The Tinker’s Wedding.
BIRD, Marc: Marc Bird.
BOCKNER, Rick: Fret Lizards.
BODEGA THREE: Cat among the Pigeons. With Rick Van Krugel
CARSON KIDS, The, Fiddlefire.
CHATTERING CLASS, The: Something Weird in the Garden.
CHATTERING CLASS, The: The Chattering Class.
CORBY, Braden: The Gentleman Balladeer. Live at the Brig.
DESOLATION SOUND: Compilation Volume # One.
ESSIG, David: A Stone in my Pocket.
ESSIG, David: Tremble and Weep.
FIDDLEWORKS LIVE Live at the Tree House Cafe.
FRANCEY, David: The Waking Hour.
FRASER UNION: BC Songbook.
FRASER UNION: This Old World.
FULL CIRCLE: End of an Era.
GALLAHER, Bill with Harmony Road: Across the Divide.
GOGO, David: David Gogo.
GORDON, James: Mining For Gold.
GRABER, Paddy: The Craic Was Great.
HAMM, Ken: Cross the River.
HAMM, Ken: Eagle Rock Road.
HAMM, Ken: Live ’05.
HARRIS, Dave: Out of the Blues Box.
HERNON, Paddy: By Request.
HOKUM STEAMERS: Doing the Cater Street Shimmy.
HOSKIN, Zeke: Lethal Reprieve.
HOUGH, John: Train Through a Northern Town.
HUMPHRIES, Alison: I Should Have Been Doing The Gardening.
JIGGERY POKERY: In Glorious Colour.
JUST DUETS: Get On Board!
LAKUSTA, Dennis: Kick Your Television In.
LEWIS, Tom: Mixed Cargo.
LEWIS, Tom: Sea-Dog, See Dog!
LIGHT SWEET CRUDE: Ruin and Beauty.
LIME BAY MUTINY: Live at the Blue Peter.
MANDOLIRIUM: Unstrung Heroes.
MARKER, Mike and Larry HANKS: The Truth for Certain.
MARKER, Mike and Nakos MARKER: Doc & Nac.
MCCORISON, Juliana: Not Just Lullabies from Planet Earth.
MOBERG, Alan: Northern Love.
MOFFATT, Jim: Live at Crystal Gardens.
MOODY PENNER & SWAIN: South Bound.
MUCK & MEYER: The Lost & Found Sessions of Alan O’Dean and Rick Van Krugel.
NEEDLE, Nicky: Ballad of Nicky Needle.
NEEDLE, Nicky: Land of Sensation / Suffer Fools.
NEWMAN, Molly Rather: Come By the Hills.
OUTLAW SOCIAL: a seven song e.p.
POLLET, Lanny and Denis DONNELLY: Riverstone Hearth.
RIG-A-JIG: Rig-A-Jig.
ROE, Chris: A Round for the Company.
SASSENACH REBELLION: Come Back Here.
SASSENACH REBELLION: The Trooper & the Maid.
SIDOR, Penny: Past Lives.
STRINGBAND: The Indispensable 1972-2002.
SWEET PAPA LOWDOWN: ’Til Times get Better.
SWEET PAPA LOWDOWN: Just Like A Fool.
TAYLOR, Jamie: Tales of Wonder.
THOMAS, Phil: Phil Thomas and Friends Live at Folklife Expo 86.
THOMAS, Phil: Where the Fraser River Flows and other songs of the Pacific Northwest.
THOMPSON, Pat: We Need to Sing.
THREE STRONG WINDS: Wee Here.
TRUTER, Barry: Bullfrog Sessions.
TRUTER, Barry: Guitar Workshop.
TRUTER, Barry: Traveller.
VALDY: Classic Collection.
VALDY: The Best of Valdy.
VALDY: Viva Valdy.
VANCOUVER MORRIS MEN, The: A Rite Song and Dance!
WALTER BODEGA BAND, The: The Walter Bodega Band.
WEISENBURGER, Dan: Happy Nightmares.
WOODWARD, Kevin: Free.
WRIGHT, Richard & Cathryn WELLNER: Rough But Honest Miner.