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Jim Couza: Brightest and Best
Brightest and Best Greenwich Village Records GVR 211 (LP, UK, 1982) |
Produced by Paul Downes and Jim Couza;
Recorded by Bill Leader at Leader Sound Studios, Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire, on 6-8 January 1982;
Mastered by Tony Bridge at PRT Studios, London;
Front cover photo by Pat Roberts;
Rear cover photo and sleeve notes by Julie Copleston;
Sleeve design by Chris Groom
Musicians
Jim Couza: vocals [3, 5, 9],
hammered dulcimer;
Phil Beer: bass [3-4, 7],
fiddle [4, 6],
mandolin [4, 6],
electric guitar [7, 12];
Paul Downes: acoustic guitar [4, 6, 10],
cello [5-7],
mandolin [5-7]
Tracks
Side 1
- French Canadian Medley: Joyeaux de Quebec / Glise à Sherbrook / Reel du Jeunes Marriéd (3.03)
- Lao Pan (2.38)
- Brightest and Best (3.39)
- Sweet Georgia Brown (3.31)
- Captain Kydd (3.25)
- Irish Medley: Woman of Ireland / Planxty Howard Glasser / The Merry Blacksmith / Drowsy Maggie (5.38)
Side 2
- Soldiers Joke (3.00)
- Prelude No. 1 (from The Well Tempered Clavier) (3.30)
- The Seasons of Peace (3.48)
- Pennsylvania Medley: What the Devil Ails You? / ‘Old Piss’ / The Snouts and Ears of America / Quadrille No 37 / Rolling off a Log (3.14)
- Rumanian Tune (2.17)
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Theme for Lester Young) (6.05)
All tracks trad. arr. Jim Couza except;
Track 4 tune Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, lyrics Kenneth Casey;
Track 7 Jim Couza;
Track 8 Johann Sebasian Bach arr. Jim Couza;
Track 9 ‘Fiddler’ Bob Beers;
Track 12 Charles Mingus
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Jim Couza: Friends & Neighbours
Friends & Neighbours Greenwich Village Records GVR 221 (LP, UK, 1983) |
Produced by Mazlyn Jones, Joe Stead and Jim Couza;
Recorded by Mazlyn Jones at Isle of Light Studios, Cornwall, on 26-30 November 1983;
Mastered by Tony Bridge at PRT Studios, London;
Sleeve design by Chris Groom
Musicians
Jim Couza: vocals [1, 3-4, 6, 8, 10, 13],
hammered dulcimer [1-5, 7, 9, 11-13],
muted hammered dulcimer [8],
synthesiser [1];
acoustic guitar [6];
Mazlyn Jones: synthesiser [1, 3, 13],
chorus [1, 3],
vocals [6],
special effects [4];
Dan Fone: synthesiser [1, 3],
piano [6, 8],
bass [6, 12],
fair organ [6],
acoustic guitar [8],
slide guitar [8],
chorus [1, 3];
Guy Evans: harmonium [1],
drums [6, 8],
siren [6];
Mick Tems: melodeon [5, 12],
piano [5, 7];
Joe Scott: vibro-slap [6];
The Imaginary Menagerie [8]
Tracks
Side 1
- Chariots (3.37)
- Windhover (2.45)
- Call Me the Whale (3.47)
- Water Lily (4.00)
- Madame Bonepart (3.00)
- The Abysinian Desert Monkey Rag (2.37)
Side 2
- Pumpkin Creek (2.00)
- The Barnyard Dance (2.35)
- Golden Slippers (1.50)
- Ballad of Lewis Mills (4.10)
- Christine (1.57)
- Wexford Carol / Masons Apron (3.21)
- Friends and Neighbours (3.50)
Track 1 Bob Zentz;
Tracks 2, 11 Jim Couza;
Track 3 Copyright Control;
Track 4 Henry Lawson, Priscilla Herdman;
Tracks 5, 7, 9, 12-13 trad. arr. Jim Couza;
Track 6 Jeff Aesthena;
Track 8 Carl Martin;
Track 10 Dwayne Thorpe;
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