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Lea Nicholson: Horsemusic
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Horsemusic |
Produced by Bill Leader.
Recorded by Bill Leader and Nic Kinsey
Production Master Nic Kinsey, Livingston Studios;
Sleeve photographs by Bill Leader;
Sleeve designed by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Lea Nicholson, vocals, concertina [1,3,4,6,9,11,12], double tracked concertina [2,7], bass concertina [6];
Brian Cooper, virginal [5,7];
Robin Dransfield, guitar [4];
Stan Ellison, guitar [6,11];
Mick Jones, guitar [8];
Chris Nicholson, percussion [6], tambourine [11];
Bob Pegg, vocals [10];
Barry Ruffel, guitar [2,10], harmonium [1,10];
Packie Byrne, whistle [1];
Jacqueline Emmett and Kevin Sheldon, declamation on [2];
Tim Hart, Maddy Prior, Johnny Butler, Jean Nicholson, Terry and Gay Woods: chorus on [1,12]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Nicholson except
Track 4 Tom Clough arr. Nicholson
Track 5 trad. arr. Cooper
Track 6 Neil Innes
Track 7 Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Dom Gregory Murray
Track 8 Mick Jones
> Folk Music > Records > Lea Nicholson & Stan Ellison: God Bless the Unemployed
Lea Nicholson & Stan Ellison: God Bless the Unemployed
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God Bless the Unemployed |
Musicians
Lea Nicholson, vocals [2-6, 9, 11, 13],
concertina [1, 3-7, 10, 13],
guitar [2, 7-8, 11-12],
bouzouki [9, 13];
Stan Ellison, vocals [1, 8, 10],
guitar [1-3, 5-7, 9-13],
bouzouki [8];
Rick Kemp, bass [2, 9, 11, 13];
Ian Whiteman, organ, piano [7, 9, 11];
Sam Charters, percussion, harmonium [3, 7, 9];
Christine Nicholson, percussion [12]
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 12 Stan Ellison;
Tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 11 Lea Nicholson;
Tracks 5, 13b trad. arr. Lea Nicholson, Stan Ellison;
Track 6 McCullough;
Track 13a Anne Briggs
A few tracks of this album have been included in Transatlantic Records anthologies:
- Lazy Afternoon on Transatlantic Story (Castle ESF CD 654, 4 CD, 1998),
- God Bless the Unemployed on Transatlantic Folk Box Set (Sanctuary SMETD137, 3 CD, 2004),
- Song for a Dead Mole on Scarborough Fair (Castle CMETD1273, 3 CD, 2006)
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Brent W Burhans for the information on this record.
> Folk Music > Records > Lea Nicholson: The Concertina Record
Lea Nicholson: The Concertina Record
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The Concertina Record |
Recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios except
[2] recorded by Mike Oldfield at Througham, Gloucester;
Digitally remastered at Blue Strike, Harrogate, February 1992
and Provident Street, Derby, 1999
Musicians
Lea Nicholson, treble and bass concertinas;
Mike Oldfield: guitar, sleigh bells, bodhrán [2];
Tony Green, train whistle [3];
Robin Dransfield, guitar [4];
Rus Ballard, timpani, choir, Hammond organ, synthesiser, guitar [6];
Rod Argent, contra bass part played on synthesiser [8-10];
Nicholas Kraemer, continuo played on harpsichord [8-10]
Tracks
- The Liberty Bell (2.29)
- Kopya (1.27)
- Glenn Miller Medley: Moonlight Serenade / Chattanooga Choo Choo / In the Mood (5.21)
- Lea Rigs (2.35)
- Lasst uns erfreuen (1.49)
- Dam Buster's March (3.49)
- Courtly Masquing Ayres (2.19)
- Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4, BWV 1049: Allegro (8.02)
- Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4, BWV 1049: Andante (2.53)
- Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4, BWV 1049: Presto (4.50)
All tracks arr. Lea Nicholson;
Track 1 John Philip Sousa;
Track 2 Yugoslav dance tune;
Track 3a Glenn Miller, Parish;
Track 3b Warren;
Track 3c Razaf, Garland;
Track 4 Tom Clough;
Track 5 trad. arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams ;
Track 6 Coates, Mair; originally recorded as a single for Virgin Records;
Track 7 from the John Adson collection of 1623;
Tracks 8-10 Johann Sebastian Bach
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Other records with Lea Nicholson
Various,
Deep Lancashire: of the Industrial North-West,
LP, Topic 12T188, 1968
John Renbourn,
The Lady and the Unicorn,
LP, Transatlantic TRA 224, 1970
Steve Tilston,
Collection,
LP, Transatlantic TRA 252, 1972
Steve Ashley,
Speedy Return,
LP, Gull GULP 1012, 1975
Robin Dransfield,
Tidewave,
LP, Topic 12TS414, 1980
Tim Hart and Friends,
Drunken Sailor and Other Kids Songs,
LP, EMI Music for Pleasure MFP 5635, 1983
Steve Ashley,
Stroll On Revisited,
CD, Market Square MSMCD104, 1999
Various Artists,
Transatlantic Folk Box Set,
3 CD, Sanctuary SMEDT137, 2004
Various Artists,
English International,
3 CD, Folksound FSCD80, 2008
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009