> Folk Music > Records > James Yorkston and the Athletes: Someplace Simple
James Yorkston and the Athletes: Someplace Simple
Someplace Simple Domino Recording RUG168CDP (promotional EP, UK, 2003) |
Recorded by Reuben Taylor at Upper G, except
track 1 recorded by Kenny Anderson at Fence HQ
Musicians
James Yorkston: guitar, vocals, banjo, cuarto, percussion, concertina;
Reuben Taylor: accordion, concertina;
King Creosote: accordion, backing vocals [1];
Faisal Rahman: backing vocals [1];
Wendy Chan: violin [2];
Holly Taylor: bagpipes [3];
Dan Laughton: bagpipes [5];
Doogie Paul: double bass [5]
Tracks
- Someplace Simple (3.23)
- The Scarecrow (3.45)
- Rosemary Lane (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10) (3.31)
- False True Love (Roud 419) (3.50)
- In Dessexshire As It Befell (Roud 1078) (3.02)
Track 1 James Yorkston;
Track 2 Lal & Mike Waterson;
Tracks 3-5 trad. arr. James Yorkston
> Folk Music > Records > James Yorkston and the Athletes: Just Beyond the River
James Yorkston and the Athletes: Just Beyond the River
Just Beyond the River Domino Recording WIGCD142 (CD, UK, 2004) |
Recorded in February 2004 at Bryn Derwen, North Wales;
Engineered by David Wrench;
Produced by Kieran Hebden;
Photography by Sean Dooley;
Design by Sean Dooley and Matthew Cooper
Musicians
James Yorkston: vocals [1-11],
guitar [1-6, 8-9, 11],
banjo [2, 4, 7-10],
bouzouki [7, 10],
concertina [8-9];
Faisal Rahman: percussion [1-7, 11],
banjo [5],
hammered dulcimer [10];
Reuben Taylor: accordion [1-5, 7, 10-11],
piano [1, 8],
harpsichord [9],
wine glasses [9];
Doogie Paul: bass [1-2, 4, 7, 9-11],
vocals [1-2, 5, 7, 9, 11],
bouzouki [5],
glockenspiel [9];
Jon Bews: violin [1, 3, 6-7, 9],
fiddle [2];
Holly Taylor: whistle [3, 10],
small pipes [11];
Wendy Chan: vocals [3, 10];
Kieran Hebden: slide guitar [11]
Tracks
- Heron (5.05)
- Shipwreckers (3.03)
- Surf Song (4.41)
- Hermitage (4.41)
- Hotel (6.25)
- This Time Tomorrow (2.09)
- Banjo #1 (3.35)
- We Flew Blind (4.29)
- Edward (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (6.09)
- Banjo #2 (3.46)
- The Snow It Melts the Soonest (Roud 3154) (5.42)
All tracks written by James Yorkston except
Tracks 9, 11 trad. arr. James Yorkston
> Folk Music > Records > James Yorkston: When the Haar Rolls In
James Yorkston: When the Haar Rolls In
When the Haar Rolls In Domino Recording WIGCD221 (CD, UK, 2008) |
Recorded at Inch House, Upper G, Bryn Derwen and Panda Sound;
Engineered by James Yorkston (Inch House),
Reuben Taylor (Upper G),
David Wrench (Bryn Derwen), and
Oliver Knight (Panda Sound);
Mixed by Barny for This Much Talent;
Mastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road;
Artwork by Mark Bannerman;
Design by Matthew Cooper
Musicians
James Yorkston: guitar [1-9],
vocals [1-9],
banjo [1-2, 4, 6, 8-9],
clarinet [1, 4, 9],
xylophone [2],
bouzouki [2, 7-9],
percussion [4],
noises [4],
harmonium [4],
psalter [6],
concertina [6, 9],
mandolin [7-9],
vibraphone [7-8],
Rhodes electric piano [9],
violin [9];
Reuben Taylor: piano [1-7],
accordion [1, 3-4, 6-7],
harpsichord [1, 3],
vibraphone [1, 7, 9],
concertina [2],
Rhodes electric piano [2-3],
Hammond organ [4],
tympani organ [4],
noises [4],
bowed vibraphone [6],
wine glass [6];
Doogie Paul: double bass [1, 3-9],
electric bass [2],
guitar [2],
vocals [3, 5-6, 8],
vibraphone [6];
Emma Smith: violin [1-3, 5-7],
vocals [5, 8];
Nancy Elizabeth: harp [1],
vocals [2, 9];
Faisal Rahman: percussion [2-4, 6-7, 9];
Sarah Scutt: clarinet [2-3, 6-8],
vocals [7];
Walter Dexter O’Driscoll: prepared piano [4];
Maria Gilhooley, Mike Waterson, Norma Waterson: vocals [6];
Oliver Knight: electric guitar [6];
Jon Bews: violin [9]
Tracks
- B’s Jig (5.56)
- Tortoise Regrets Hare (3.58)
- Temptation (4.29)
- When the Haar Rolls In (6.55)
- Queen of Spain (5.25)
- Midnight Feast (6.37)
- Would You Have Me Born With Woden Eyes? (3.20)
- Summer’s Not the Same Without You (4.09)
- The Capture of the Horse (8.32)
All tracks written by James Yorkston except
Track 6 Lal Waterson, Oliver Knight
> Folk Music > Records > James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players: Folk Songs
James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players: Folk Songs
Folk Songs Domino Recording WIGCD236X (2 CD + DVD, UK, 2009) |
Produced by James Yorkston and James Green;
CD 1 recorded at Mouse Bothy, Cellardyke,
Mersbrook Manor and Blakk Sausage, Sheffield, and
Bryn Derwen, North Wales;
Engineered and mixed by David Wrench, James Yorkston and James Green;
CD 2 and DVD recorded at Analogue Catalogue, Manchester;
Engineered by Rob Ferrier
Musicians
James Yorkston: vocals, steel-string guitar, nylon-string guitar,
clarinet, harmonium, bass guirtar, Fender Rhodes, drums, percussion,
piano innards, melodica, low whistle, concertina, banjo, mandolin,
autoharp, harp, food-stomping, Dulcitone;
James Green: steel-string guitar, nylon-string guitar, harmoniflute,
accordion, autoharp, zither, piano, cello, drums, percussion, backing vocals,
glockenspiel, vibraphone, melodica, electric piano, harp, organs,
bass guitar, recorder;
Nancy Elisabeth: vocals, harp, piano,
Dulcitone, guitar, percussion;
Paul Fletcher: drums, percussion,
backing vocals, autoharp;
Additional musicians on Folk Songs:
Ellie Bond: violin;
Luke Daniels: accordion;
Pip Dylan: pedal-steel guitar;
David Wrench: backing vocals
Additional musicians on Analogue Catalogue Sessions:
David Jaycock: guitar, Moog synthesiser, recorder, glockenspiel, backing vocals;
Joe Thorne: double bass, backing vocals;
Emma Smith: violin, clarinet, backing vocals
Tracks
CD 1: Folk Songs
- Hills of Greenmor (Roud 2883) (6.28)
- Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (2.15)
- Martinmas Time (Roud 2173; G/D 1:161) (5.10)
- Mary Connaught and James O’Donnell (2.07)
- Thorneymoor Woods (Roud 222) (5.11)
- I Went to Visit the Roses (4.55)
- Pandeirada de Entrimo (2.28)
- Little Musgrave (Roud 52; Child 81) (7.00)
- Rufford Park Poachers (Roud 1759) (4.45)
- Sovay (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35) (5.00)
- Low Down in the Broom (Roud 1644) (3.06)
CD 2: Analogue Catalogue Sessions
- Old Maid (2.42)
- I Know My Love (Roud 60; Laws P25) (3.46)
- Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk (Roud 6333) (3.01)
- Cornfield (2.48)
- Mary Connaught and James O’Donnell (2.32)
- Thorneymoor Woods (Roud 222) (5.03)
- Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (1.46)
- I Went to Visit the Roses (5.12)
- The Snow It Melts the Soonest (Roud 3154) (3.07)
- Lowlands Away (Roud 681; Henry H469) (3.17)
- Martinmas Time (Roud 2173; G/D 1:161) (5.47)
DVD: Analogue Catalogue Sessions Film
- I Know My Love (Roud 60; Laws P25) (3.43)
- Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk (Roud 6333) (2.58)
- Cornfield (2.49)
- I Went to Visit the Roses (5.11)
- Lowlands Away (Roud 681; Henry H469) (3.13)
- Martinmas Time (Roud 2173; G/D 1:161) (5.46)
- Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (2.31)
- A Wee Film About the Session
- Folk Session Short
All tracks trad. arr. James Yorkston except
Cornfield by Lal Waterson
> Folk Music > Records > James Yorkston
Other records with James Yorkston
Various Artists: Ballads of the Book, CD, Chemical Underground CHEM098CD, 2007
Various Artists: Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson, CD/EP, Honest Jon's HJRCD31/HJP40, 2007
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight, The Days That Shaped Me, CD, One Little Indian TPLP1087CD, 2011
The Fruit Tree Foundation: First Edition, CD, FTF001CD, 2011
Lisa Knapp: Hidden Seam, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR084, 2013
Elle Osborne: It's Not Your Gold Shall Me Entice, CD, 9th House 9thCD2, 2015
Various Artists: Return to Y'Hup: The World of Ivor Cutler, CD, Chemical Underground CHEM255CD, 2020