The Guv'nor vol 4 is a compilation of recordings by Ashley Hutchings.

The album has the distinction of having the earliest recorded version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", though the version by Judy Collins was the first to become commercially available.

At the time Joe Boyd was a producer who was friends with both Joni Mitchell and Fairport Convention, and he brought their attention to some early work by her.

Sandy Denny is the author of "Fotheringay", and Billy Bragg wrote "Love Gets Dangerous".

Track 10 is one of the last that Richard Thompson recorded before emigrating to the USA.