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« Reply #100 on: January 15, 2012, 08:04:20 PM » |
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I'm not too keen on Hexhamshire lass which seems to have been a favourite with the band. On the other hand I would love to hear Lord Marlborough and Wizard of the wordly game attempted by the current lineup
I can't figure out how a person can like Lord Marlborough and not like Hexhamshire Lass - they have a very similar style in common. Jules |
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« Reply #101 on: January 15, 2012, 08:54:11 PM » |
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I see your point but I have never thought too deeply about it. I liked Hexhamshire Lass well enough when it came out originally but having heard it live so many times I think I have grown a bit weary of it whereas there are other songs in the repertoire I am happy to hear in any set. I have however never heard Lord Marlborough or Wizard of the Wordly Game Live (have either of them ever appeared in a set list) and would be interested in hearing their interpretation.
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« Reply #102 on: January 15, 2012, 09:55:14 PM » |
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Al, I am with you on My Feet Are Set For Dancing...unlistenable to me, and can I risk ire here and say I really don't get Cathy LeSurf. I find a few songs tolerable (ok, thread drift I guess, since I'm talking with the Albions), but her voice leaves me cold mostly. Of course in a 45 year career, one cannot like every single thing...there are always going to be songs that one doesnt respond to. Oddly enough all the songs mentioned here are not on my list  I will just say that one of the reasons I like Travelling By Steam is for the tune at the end, and the story about it Ric mentions in the notes to Jewel In The Crown. |
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« Reply #103 on: January 15, 2012, 10:00:24 PM » |
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Al, I am with you on My Feet Are Set For Dancing...unlistenable to me, and can I risk ire here and say I really don't get Cathy LeSurf. I find a few songs tolerable (ok, thread drift I guess, since I'm talking with the Albions), but her voice leaves me cold mostly. Of course in a 45 year career, one cannot like every single thing...there are always going to be songs that one doesnt respond to. Oddly enough all the songs mentioned here are not on my list I will just say that one of the reasons I like Travelling By Steam is for the tune at the end, and the story about it Ric mentions in the notes to Jewel In The Crown. I actually quite like MFASFD, but I don't know why I like it. Travel by Steam (or Swaggering Boney as its more commonly known) is great tune and an awesome dance too.  |
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« Reply #104 on: January 15, 2012, 10:11:43 PM » |
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Al, I am with you on My Feet Are Set For Dancing...unlistenable to me, and can I risk ire here and say I really don't get Cathy LeSurf. I find a few songs tolerable (ok, thread drift I guess, since I'm talking with the Albions), but her voice leaves me cold mostly. Of course in a 45 year career, one cannot like every single thing...there are always going to be songs that one doesnt respond to. Oddly enough all the songs mentioned here are not on my list I will just say that one of the reasons I like Travelling By Steam is for the tune at the end, and the story about it Ric mentions in the notes to Jewel In The Crown. I actually quite like MFASFD, but I don't know why I like it. Travel by Steam (or Swaggering Boney as its more commonly known) is great tune and an awesome dance too. Indeed Ollie. I quite like Martin Carthy's version of Swaggering Boney (with one Bruce Rowland on drums), and somwhere I have a more traditional version of it as well...its a very good tune. |
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« Reply #105 on: January 16, 2012, 08:08:38 AM » |
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Al, I am with you on My Feet Are Set For Dancing...unlistenable to me, and can I risk ire here and say I really don't get Cathy LeSurf. I find a few songs tolerable (ok, thread drift I guess, since I'm talking with the Albions), but her voice leaves me cold mostly.
Just to continue your topic drift, this subject came up in an Albions thread. I am similarly resistant to Cathy's charms. I was a latecomer to the Albions anyway but now have much of their stuff. In the middle of my collection though is a big Cathy LeSurf shaped hole. What? Back on topic? Certainly sir. The new live BL is being sent out this week I believe. Looking forward to it very much. |
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« Reply #106 on: January 16, 2012, 09:49:38 AM » |
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Cathy was the female lead singer at Cropredy when I first got on board. I think she has a classic folk-rock voice myself so I have to say I find it difficult to dislike. Then again, I don't exactly sit at home listening to Day Trip to Bangor every day (I don't imagine the Oysterband do either though to be fair...)  |
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« Reply #107 on: January 16, 2012, 10:28:39 AM » |
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Cathy has never been an official member of the band.
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« Reply #108 on: January 16, 2012, 10:32:47 AM » |
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Cathy has never been an official member of the band.
( Assuming we're talking Fairport, not Albions) Of course not, that's why I wrote 'at Cropredy'.... |
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« Reply #109 on: January 16, 2012, 10:47:30 AM » |
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Yes I did mean FC... She used to do a music 'thing' locally here.. and part of her publicity material stated that she was a member of Fairport... Now it could have been a journalistic mistake.. or not... but it really irked me  |
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« Reply #110 on: January 16, 2012, 10:58:27 AM » |
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Yes I did mean FC... She used to do a music 'thing' locally here.. and part of her publicity material stated that she was a member of Fairport... Now it could have been a journalistic mistake.. or not... but it really irked me She's sung with them enough times for it to be mentioned, and she's certainly a fully paid up member of the extended 'Fairport family', but, no, she's never been a member...although I seem to remember there was talk for a while back in the day... |
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« Reply #111 on: January 16, 2012, 11:28:24 AM » |
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Yes I did mean FC... She used to do a music 'thing' locally here.. and part of her publicity material stated that she was a member of Fairport... Now it could have been a journalistic mistake.. or not... but it really irked me It's quite common. A local paper reporting on Fairport at The Orchard in Dartford some years back cited Dave Pegg as a founder member. When I wrote and pulled them up on it, they responded that that was what the band's publicity material said. Rewriting history really irks me, too. |
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« Reply #112 on: January 16, 2012, 02:06:03 PM » |
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Totally off topic I know, but deserves repetition... When advertising a Swarb gig a Grimsby paper stated that he had recovered from a 'double heart transplant'  (This is a true story) |
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« Reply #113 on: January 16, 2012, 02:25:01 PM » |
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Well, that's the next Doctor Who sorted out then... |
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« Reply #114 on: January 16, 2012, 03:07:25 PM » |
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Totally off topic I know, but deserves repetition... When advertising a Swarb gig a Grimsby paper stated that he had recovered from a 'double heart transplant' (This is a true story) I believe you Jen! I have a feeling I have heard this story before. I find it incomprehensible that such an error can get "out there". Journalists, eh? Back OT - I love Swarbs voice, and I also love Chris Leslie's rendition of Cell Song.  |
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« Reply #115 on: January 16, 2012, 03:32:12 PM » |
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The first time I heard the current line-up play The Cell Song, with the 3-part harmonies on the last verse - shivers up the spine time. One of those moments that just "hits the spot". (There's a guitar solo towards the end of The Orchestral Tubular Bells that has much the same effect on me).
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« Reply #116 on: January 16, 2012, 05:50:06 PM » |
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Don't know why, but I find the way Chris L plays the Mandolin picking part on 'Trial Song' really enchanting. I noticed it when they played it last year, and couldn't figure out why I hadn't noticed it on the album before. I listened to the album back and noticed that Chris doesn't play it the same way Swarb did. DI can't really tell what the difference is, all I know is I really love the way Chris plays it.
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« Reply #117 on: January 16, 2012, 06:05:35 PM » |
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I really am looking forward to this live version as well...so glad I got to hear it in person last year at Cropredy. Even though I knew it was coming, I really could not believe I was hearing them perform an album I knew every nuance of, and played hundreds of times over the years in its entirety. Having an extra member in the band unlike with the four piece that recorded it gave it more depth as well. Overdubs are fine, but with either Ric adding violin parts where there were none before, or Chris adding mandolin parts (not to mention Ric on the bass uke ), the songs sounded fabulous...and thats before even discussing the vocals! |
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« Reply #118 on: January 17, 2012, 12:57:23 PM » |
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Then again, I don't exactly sit at home listening to Day Trip to Bangor every day
I remember a brief time when me and my sister did sit at home listening to Day Trip to Bangor every day. But you probably needed to be of a certain age in the late 70s to have gone through that particular ritual.... |
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« Reply #119 on: January 17, 2012, 04:08:52 PM » |
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I see your point but I have never thought too deeply about it. I liked Hexhamshire Lass well enough when it came out originally but having heard it live so many times I think I have grown a bit weary of it whereas there are other songs in the repertoire I am happy to hear in any set. I have however never heard Lord Marlborough or Wizard of the Wordly Game Live (have either of them ever appeared in a set list) and would be interested in hearing their interpretation.
I seem to recall Chris singing Lord Marlborough, it was either during a Wintour, or Peggy's 60th, because I recall the setting as being Brum Town Hall. However, it might just have been the Barbican gig from a few years back as I don't recall hearing it in St Albans, which pretty much rules out the Wintour option. It struck me particularly because the song is one of my favourites, and Chris's enunciation allowed me to sort out a phrase or two which I hadn't been able to decipherfrom Swarb's recorded version. DC |
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