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Fearful Symmetry

Fearful Symmetry Jon Loomes Fellside Recordings FECD186 (CD, UK, 2005)

Recorded by Paul Adams, Robert Hallard and Jon Loomes;
Produced by Paul Adams, Jon Loomes and Robert Hallard;
Front illustration by Nick Southam;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Jon Loomes: vocals, guitar, fiddle, hurdy-gurdy;
with
Paul Scourfield: melodeon;
Michael Beeke: recorders, English pipes;
Philip G. Martin: hurdy-gurdy

Tracks

1. Jacky Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40) (5.46)
2. The Ride in the Creel (Roud 120; Child 281; G/D 2:317; Henry H201) (5.46)
3. The Ploughman (Roud 2538) (2.57)
4. Rolling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (4.36)
5. Grandfather’s Polka / Polka d’Avreyon (4.02)
6. All for Me Grog (Roud 475; G/D 3:580) (3.35)
7. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.57)
8. Would You Marry a Young Virgin of Fifteen Years Old? / The Seven Stars jigs (3.08)
9. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (1.42)
10. Bridgewater Fair (Roud 1571) (3.29)
11. Riddles Wisely Expounded (Roud 161; Child 1) (4.07)
12. Wild Boar (Roud 29; Child 18) (3.22)
13. Fine Flowers in the Valley (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (2.49)
14. Three Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.06)

Tracks 1-2, 5, 7-8, 12, 14 trad. arr. Jon Loomes, Paul Scourfield;
Tracks 3-4, 6, 10-11, 13 trad. arr. Jon Loomes;
Track 9 Gustav Holst