Waterson:Carthy, Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man

 

CD Topic Rec.  2006 (TSCD 562)

 

Bel disco, vibrante ed energico, registrato e prodotto da Oliver Knight ai Panda Studios. Il libretto, corredato come sempre dalle precise note di Martin Carthy, è impreziosito dalle fotografie di Tom Howard.

 

Tracks:

New Year Carol / Residue (2.57) - Sugar Wassail (2.12) - St George (2.50) - May Song (2.44) - Christ Made a Trance (2.33) - The Falling Tear (2.24) - Cherry Tree Carol (4.20) - Reaphook and Sickle (2.48) - Jack Frost (4.33) - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (5.17) - On Christmas Day It Happened So (2.43) - Time to Remember the Poor (4.40) - Jacobstowe Wassail (2.50) - Awake Awake (4.06) - Diadem (3.28) - Jolly Old Hawk (2.51) - Gloryland (3.40)

 

All tracks trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Tim van Eyken, Norma Waterson pub Topic Records Ltd except

Track 3 John Kirkpatrick pub Free Reed Music;

Track 5 trad. arr. Martin Carthy pub Topic Records Ltd;

Track 6 W. Billings arr. Eliza Carthy pub Topic Records Ltd;

Track 7 trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy pub Topic Records Ltd;

Track 9 Mike Waterson pub Topic Records Ltd;

Track 11 trad. arr. Martin Carthy, Tim van Eyken pub Topic Records Ltd;

Track 17 tune Eliza Carthy, words trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Tim van Eyken, Norma Waterson pub Topic Records Ltd;

 

Musicians

Waterson:Carthy: Norma Waterson, vocals, triangle; Eliza Carthy, vocals, fiddle, mandolin; Martin Carthy, vocals, guitar; Tim van Eyken, vocals, melodeons;

 

The Devil's Interval:
Jim Causley, vocals; Lauren McCormick, vocals; Emily Portman, vocals

with
Martin Brinsford, percussion; Alice Kinloch, trombone, tuba; Tom Allan, trumpets; Oliver Knight, cello