> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: An Acoustic Confusion
Steve Tilston: An Acoustic Confusion
An Acoustic Confusion Village Thing VTS5 (LP, UK, 1971); |
LP recorded February-March 1971, produced by Ian A. Anderson and Gef Lucena;
CD bonus tracks 11-12 are studio demos recorded 1978;
Digital mastering and audio restauration by Jim Hemingway, Shuresbury, MA;
Original cover by Pete Jackson and Sam Wells;
Original graphics by Plastic Dog;
CD booklet and tray card design by Philip Price / ChickenMan Design, Easthampton, MA
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar
with
Dave Evans: guitar, vocals;
Keith Warmington: harmonica, vocals;
John Turner: finger-picked and bowed string bass;
Pete Finch: violin
Tracks
Side 1
- I Really Wanted You (3.54)
- Simplicity (3.43)
- Time Has Shown Me Your Face (3.44)
- It’s Not My Place to Fall (3.59)
- Train Time (3.33)
Side 2
- Sleepy Time on Peel Street (3.44)
- Prospect of Love (2.24)
- Green Toothed Gardener (3.22)
- Normandy Day (3.05)
- Rock & Roll Star (4.50)
CD Bonus Tracks
- The Price of Life (4.10)
- Show a Little Kindness (5.00)
All lyrics and music written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Collection
Steve Tilston: Collection
Collection Transatlantic Records TRA 252 (LP, UK, 1972); |
Produced and arranged by Sam Charters;
Recorded at Sound Techniques;
Engineered by Roger Mayer;
Sleeve design and art direction by John Ashcroft;
Photography by Frobes of Farringdon
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica;
Hamish Stuart: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals;
Tom Parker: keyboards;
Rick Kemp: bass guitar;
Steve Cook: string bass [2];
Phil Chesterton: drums;
Lea Nicholson: concertina [4]
Tracks
Side 1
- Falling (3.24)
- Mind How You Go (3.00)
- City Life (3.30)
- All in a Dream (4.17)
- Highway (2.19)
Side 2
- One Man Band (3.21)
- I’m Coming Home (2.34)
- Reaching Out (5.45)
- All in Her Time (3.21)
- Don’t Let It Get You Down (3.54)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Songs From the Dress Rehearsal
Steve Tilston: Songs From the Dress Rehearsal
Songs From the Dress Rehearsal Cornucopia Records CR/1 (LP, UK, 1977); |
LP recorded in the late summer of 1976 at Cottage Studios, Dorset;
Arranged and produced by Rupert Hine, Mike Giles, John G. Perry and Steve Tilston;
CD bonus tracks 12-17 produced by Stefan Grossmann in 1979 at Livingston Studios, London, England;
Engineered by Nick Kinsey
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar;
Rupert Hine: keyboards;
Mike Giles: drums, percussion;
John G. Perry: bass;
Keith Warmington: harmonica, backing vocals;
John Renbourn: second guitar [4]
Tracks
LP Side 1
- Coming into Love Again (3.28)
- Face of a Friend (3.46)
- Fairground Rock ’n’ Roll (6.05)
- Do What You Please (Hey Girl) (3.45)
- The Greening Wind (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (5.26)
- Impressions (3.51)
LP Side 2
- Liberated Ladies
- In the Light Tonight (2.49)
- Make Time for Love (3.07)
- She’s the Woman (3.20)
- Rain All Around (3.51)
- Help Yourself to This Song (3.05)
CD Tracks
- Do What You Please (Hey Girl) (3.45)
- Face of a Friend (3.46)
- She’s the Woman (3.20)
- The Greening Wind (5.26)
- Impressions (3.51)
- In the Light Tonight (2.49)
- Make Time for Love (3.07)
- Coming into Love Again (3.28)
- Fairground Rock ’n’ Roll (6.05)
- Rain All Around (3.51)
- Help Yourself to This Song (3.05)
CD Bonus Tracks
- In Limbo (3.35)
- Man of Mystery (3.05)
- Mr Dreamer (3.12)
- Sing for Salvation (2.56)
- Love’s an Illusion (2.55)
- I’ll Be There (3.16)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: In for a Penny … In for a Pound
Steve Tilston: In for a Penny … In for a Pound
In for a Penny … In for a Pound T.W. Records PROP 4 (LP, UK, 1983) |
Tracks 1, 5, 7 recorded at Right Track, produced by Liam Hershall and Bill Birks;
Tracks 2-3 recorded at Regents Park, produced by Steve Tilston and Andy Davis;
Track 4 recorded at Right Track, produced by Liam Hershall;
Track 6 recorded at Polygram Studios, produced by Peter Bardens;
Tracks 8-9 recorded at Heath/Levy Studios, produced by Steve Tilston and Ian Hunt;
Track 10 recorded at Heath/Levy Studios, remixed at Lysander/Heath/Levy, produced by Bill Birks;
Mastered at Heath/Levy Studios and Lysander;
Executive producer Bill Birks;
Photograph by Sam Conolly;
Sleeve design by Sean Ryan, Studio 108
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals,
backing vocals [7],
guitar [2-3, 6-7],
acoustic guitar [1, 5, 9-10],
electric guitar [1, 4-5, 9-10],
slide guitar [8];
Steve Paine: lead guitar [5],
guitar solo [7],
slide guitar [1, 4-5];
Nigel Portman-Smith: bass [1-3, 5, 7],
organ [1, 3, 5, 7],
piano [2, 5];
Bill Birks: drums [1, 5, 7];
Al Walker: saxophone [1];
Liam Henshall: tambourine [1];
Keith Warmington: backing vocals [1, 3, 5],
harmonica [2],
mouth harp [4];
Mike Silver: backing vocals [1, 5, 7];
Maggie Boyle: backing vocals [1, 5];
Peter Bardens: hammond organ [2],
piano [3],
keyboards [6];
Peter van Hooke: drums [2-3, 6];
Martin Sunley: backing vocals [3, 8-10];
Adam Sunley: backing vocals [3, 8-9];
Liam Hershall: bass [4],
guitar [4];
Tony Hayes: drums [4];
Jerry Blythe: keyboards [4];
Joshua Moses: backing vocals [4];
Harry Hutchinson: backing vocals [4];
Stan Scrivenor: bass [6];
Raf Ravenscroft: saxophone [6];
Ian Hunt: lead guitar [8, 10],
electric guitar [9];
Simon Edwards: bass [8-10];
Roy Dodds: drums [8-10],
percussion [8];
Paul Colwill: piano [8];
Andy MacKay: saxophone [8]
Tracks
Side 1
- Easy Come, Easy Go
- Stirring It Up
- Who Is That Girl
- Red Sky (4.00)
- B Movie (5.20)
Side 2
- Don’t Look Down
- Say No Again
- New Disguise
- One of These Days
- Wounds of Love
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Life by Misadventure
Steve Tilston: Life by Misadventure
Life by Misadventure Run River Records RRA 001 (LP, UK, 1987) |
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These Days / Lazy Tango Run River Records RRA S001 (single, UK, 1987) |
Recorded and produced by Michael Klein at Heartbeat Sound, London;
Digital production master at Tape 1 by Geoff Peschke and Michael Klein;
Design and photography by Gary Marsh, London;
Front cover photograph by Allan Tipping, Devon
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-4, 6-8, 10],
guitar [1, 3-10],
slide guitar [2];
Philip John Lee: guitar [1];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1, 3-4, 7-8, 10];
Chris Swithinbank: kalimbas [1],
piano [3, 10];
Maggie Boyle: flute [2, 4],
penny whistle [9];
Michael Klein: kalimbas [1, 9],
percussion [7];
Alvin Christie: percussion [4, 7]
Tracks
Side 1
- These Days (6.20)
- Nowhere to Hide (3.35)
- Here Comes the Night (4.30)
- I Call Your Name (4.15)
- Lazy Tango (3.25)
Side 2
- Life by Misadventure (3.10)
- Lovers and Dreamers (3.15)
- Polonaise (5.20)
- Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.35)
- Sometimes in This Life (4.35)
CD Bonus Track
- Rhapsody
(23.03)
from Swans at Coole, 1990
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools
John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools
John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools Run River Records RRA 009 (LP, UK, 1988) |
Produced by Mitch Greenhill for Folklore Productions Inc.;
Recorded by Ian Dent at Daylight Studios, South Devon, England;
Additional recording and remix by David Edwards at Trax, West Los Angeles, California;
Original sleeve design and artwork by Eric von Schmidt;
CD reissue design and artwork by Hugh Jampton
Musicians
John Renbourn: vocals [2, 10],
guitar [1-2, 5, 7-8],
cittern [3, 6],
lead guitar [9];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7-10],
flute [4, 7, 9],
whistle [1-3, 5-6, 8],
bodhrán [1, 6];
Steve Tilston: vocals [3, 8, 10],
guitar [1, 3, 8],
Spanish guitar [7],
rhythm guitar [9],
mandolin [1, 6],
arpeggione [5];
Tony Roberts: vocals [10],
flute [1, 4, 7, 9],
alto flute [1],
clarinet [1, 5, 9],
bass clarinet [1],
Northumbrian pipes [3, 6, 8],
recorders [6],
racket [6],
soprano saxophone [9];
with
Mitch Greenhill: percussion [6],
cabasa [9];
Scott Breadman: hand drum [9],
triangle [9];
Michael Tempo: talking drums [9]
Tracks
Side 1
- Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548) (3.41)
- Sandwood Down to Kyle (3.55)
- Bogey’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (3.55)
- Lark in the Clear Air (2.59)
- The Martinmass Wind (6.12)
Side 2
- Cobbler’s Jig / Maltese Brawls (3.27)
- I Live Not Where I Love (Roud 593) (4.06)
- The Verdant Braes of Skreen (Roud 419; Henry H593) (5.00)
- Ship of Fools (6.44)
- Travellers’ Prayer (2.38)
Track 1 trad. arr. John Renbourn, Maggie Boyle;
Track 2 Dave Goulder;
Tracks 3, 8 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 4 trad. arr. Maggie Boyle, Tony Roberts;
Tracks 5, 10 John Renbourn;
Tracks 6-7 trad. arr. John Renbourn, Maggie Boyle, Steve Tilston, Tony Roberts;
Track 9 John Renbourn, Maggie Boyle, Steve Tilston, Tony Roberts
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston, Peter Finger, Seth Austen: Silently the Snow Falls
Steve Tilston, Peter Finger, Seth Austen: Silently the Snow Falls
Silently the Snow Falls Shanachie Records 95007 (CD, USA, 1989) |
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 recorded at Heartbeat Sound, London, England, engineered by Michael Klein;
Tracks 2, 4, 11 recorded at Bias Studio, Springfield, VA, engineered by Bill McElroy;
Tracks 6-7, 9-10 recorded at Finger Studio, Osnabrück, Germany, engineered by Peter Finger;
Produced by Stefan Grossman
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitars, mandolin [1, 3, 5, 8];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1, 3, 5, 8];
Maggie Boyle: flute [1, 3, 5, 8];
Tommy Keane: uilleann pipes [1, 3, 5, 8];
Seth Austen: guitar [2, 4, 11];
Madeline MacNeil: hammered dulcimer [2];
Peter Finger: guitar [6-7, 9-10];
Roland Schmitt: saxophone, flute [6-7, 9-10]
Tracks
- [ST, TH, MB, TK] Christmas Eve (3.10)
- [SA, MMacN] Angels on High (1.55)
- [ST, TH, MB, TK] Silent Night (Roud 27088) (3.00)
- [SA] Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (2.57)
- [ST, TH, MB, TK] The Three Ships Suite (9.25)
- [PF, RS] Between the Ox and the Little Donkey (2.40)
- [PF, RS] Silently the Snow Falls (4.19)
- [ST, TH, MB, TK] Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Roud 8337) (2.48)
- [PF, RS] Early in the Morning (2.25)
- [PF, RS] Through the Forest of Thorn (3.02)
- [SA] O Holy Night (2.28)
Tracks 1, 5 Steve Tilston;
Track 2 Seth Austen, MacNeil;
Track 3 Franz-Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr;
Track 4 Seth Austen, Michael Praetorius, trad.;
Tracks 6-7, 9-10 Peter Finger;
Track 8 Mendelssohn, Wesley;
Track 11 Adam, Dwight
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Swans at Coole
Steve Tilston: Swans at Coole
Swans at Coole Run River Records RRA 011 (LP, UK, 1990); |
Recorded by Michael Klein;
Produced by Steve Tilston and Michael Klein;
Front cover painting by Binny Underhill;
Back cover photo by Fausto Dorelli;
Sleeve design by Paul Ansell and Gary Marsh
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitar [1-7],
mandolin [1],
arpeggione [4-6];
Maggie Boyle: flute [1, 5],
whistle [1],
percussion [1];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1];
Stuart Gordon: 1st violin [1],
violin [2-3, 5];
Paul Boyle: 2nd violin [1];
Tommy Keane: uilleann pipes [1],
whistle [];
Mike Taylor: bodhrán [1];
Kevin Boyle: banjo [2]
Tracks
Side 1
- Rhapsody (23.54)
Side 2
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley / The Ladies Pantalettes reels (2.36)
- Planxty Corcoron (2.38)
- Prelude (5.23)
- Ernie Clarke’s Lament (3.20)
- Lullaby (5.02)
- The Monaghan Jig (3.05)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 2, 7 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 3 O’Carolan arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: Of Moor and Mesa
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: Of Moor and Mesa
Of Moor and Mesa Run River Records RRA CD 0018 (CD, UK, 1992) |
Recorded at Old Bridge Music, Ilkley, West Yorkshire;
Head engineer Chris Newman;
Prodoced and arranged by Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle;
Front cover painting by Binnie Underhill;
Photography and design by Alun Tipping
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14],
harmony vocals [5],
guitar [1, 4, 11],
acoustic guitar [2-3, 6, 8-10, 12],
Spanish guitar [5, 14],
arpeggione [5, 7, 13],
mandolin [12];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [2, 4-5, 7, 9, 11, 13],
harmony vocals [1, 3, 12, 14],
backing vocals [8, 10],
flute [5, 7-8, 11, 13],
whistles [2, 4, 6, 9],
bodhrán [12];
Richard Curran: violin [1-4, 9-12, 14];
Olly Blanchflower: double bass [8, 12];
Chris Newman: bass [1-2, 5, 10, 14]
Tracks
- Another Place to Hide (5.31)
- If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (4.30)
- Then You Remember (3.15)
- Silver Dagger (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (4.32)
- Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (2.50)
- The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.52)
- The Night Owl Homeward Turns (3.26)
- These Sea Dreams (4.09)
- The Lamentation of Hugh Reynolds (Roud 2395) (5.08)
- Coronado and the Turk (9.19)
- Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (3.56)
- The Naked Highwayman (4.06)
- The Banks of Claudy (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (4.45)
- Salvation Is Such a Long Way to Go (4.34)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 2, 4-5, 9, 11, 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston, Maggie Boyle
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston, Seth Austen, Angelo Eleuteri, Duck Baker: The Music of O’Carolan
Steve Tilston, Seth Austen, Angelo Eleuteri, Duck Baker: The Music of O’Carolan
The Music of O’Carolan Shanachie Records 95009 (LP, USA, 1987) |
Tracks 1, 5, 11 recorded at Heartbeat Sound, London, England, engineered by Michael Klein;
Tracks 2-3, 9, 12 recorded at Bias Studio, Springfield, VA, engineered by Bill McElroy;
Tracks 4, 6, 10, 14 recorded at Studio TM, Rome, Italy, engineered by Paolo Antonini;
Tracks 7-8, 13 recorded at Craighall Recording Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland, engineered by George Veal;
Produced by Stefan Grossman;
Front cover design and hand-lettering by Anita Karl;
Cover illustration: The Granger Collection, New York
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitar [1, 5, 11];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1, 5, 11];
Maggie Boyle: flute [1, 5];
Seth Austen: guitar [2-3, 9, 12];
Madeline MacNeil: hammered dulcimer [3, 9];
Duck Baker: guitar [7-8, 13];
Alistair Anderson: concertina [7-8, 13];
Angelo Eleuteri: guitar [4, 6, 10, 14]
(Track numbers refer to the LP track order)
Tracks
LP Side 1
- [ST, TH, MB] Planxty Irvin (4.37)
- [SA] Thomas Leixlip the Proud (2.22)
- [SA, MMacN] Planxty Eleanor Plunkett (2.05)
- [AE] Carolan’s Ramble to Cashel (2.40)
- [ST, TH, MB] O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music (3.57)
- [AE] Blind Mary (2.40)
- [DB, AA] Bridget Cruise (2.24)
LP Side 2
- [DB, AA] O’Hara’s Cup (2.44)
- [SA, MMacN] O’Carolan’s Concerto (1.46)
- [AE] Squire Wood’s Lamentation on the Refusal of His Half Pence (5.15)
- [ST, TH] Princess Royal (2.15)
- [SA] Planxty George Brabazon (1.55)
- [DB, AA] Hewlett (2.21)
- [AE] Carolan’s Welcome (3.05)
CD Tracks
- [SA, MMacN] O’Carolan’s Concerto (1.46)
- [ST, TH, MB] Planxty Irvin (4.37)
- [DB, AA] O’Hara’s Cup (2.44)
- [SA] Thomas Leixlip the Proud (2.22)
- [AE] Carolan’s Ramble to Cashel (2.40)
- [ST, TH, MB] O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music (3.57)
- [ST, TH] Princess Royal (2.15)
- [AE] Blind Mary (2.40)
- [SA, MMacN] Planxty Eleanor Plunkett (2.05)
- [DB, AA] Hewlett (2.21)
- [AE] Squire Wood’s Lamentation on the Refusal of His Half Pence (5.15)
- [SA] Planxty George Brabazon (1.55)
- [DB, AA] Bridget Cruise (2.24)
- [AE] Carolan’s Welcome (3.05)
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: And So It Goes…
Steve Tilston: And So It Goes…
And So It Goes… Hubris Records HRCD01 (CD, UK, 1995) |
Produced and arranged by Steve Tilston and Chris Newman;
Recorded at Old Bridge Music, Ilkley, West Yorkshire;
Engineered by Chris Newman;
Digital editing and mastering by Warwick Pilmer at Beaumont Street Studios, Batley;
UK album over painting by Rachel Bray;
photography by Janet Kerr;
sleeve design and artwork by Bryan Ledgard;
US album photography by Bryan Ledgard,
design by Francisco Gonzalez;
Notes by Colin Harper
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-10, 13],
Spanish guitar [1],
acoustic guitar [2-13],
harmonica [10, 13];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [4],
bodhrán [1, 4, 9],
harmonium [4],
flute [5, 12];
Tony Hinnigan: charango [1],
pan pipes [1],
cello [4, 6, 8-9];
Chris Newman: guitar [1],
acoustic bass [1, 3-4, 8],
piano [3];
Richard Curran: violin [3-4, 6, 8-9, 12]
Tracks
- Soon Comes the Rain (3.30)
- And So It Goes… (4.13)
- Don’t Blame the Wind (4.23)
- Hideaway (5.31)
- Enter the Tooth Fairy (3.44)
- Goodbye to the Snow (5.20)
- Can’t Shake These Blues (3.03)
- Is This the Same Boy? (4.31)
- The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (4.33)
- Back Where I Came From (3.52)
- Skegness (2.24)
- Blues for the Northwind (2.47)
- Lilypond (2.22)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 7 Steve Tilston, Chris Smither;
Tracks 9 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: All Under the Sun
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: All Under the Sun
All Under the Sun Flying Fish CD FF 663 (CD, USA, 1996) |
Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael, Oxon, England;
Engineered by Mark Tucker;
Produced by Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle;
Photography by Bryan Ledgard;
Design by mooremoscowitz;
Notes by Mel Howley
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1, 3, 5, 9, 12],
acoustic guitar [1-5, 7-10, 12],
guitar [6, 11];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12],
harmony vocals [3],
bodhrán [1, 4-5],
flute [2, 4, 6-7, 9-11];
Maartin Allcock: 12-string guitar [1],
double bass [1, 4-5, 7],
bouzar [3-5, 7],
piano [4, 6],
bass vocal [5];
Tony Hinnigan: charango [1],
cello [3, 6, 8-9];
Mike Hockenhull: 5-string banjo [1, 4];
Richard Curran: violin [2-3, 9];
Dave Mattacks: drum [2-3, 12],
percussion [2, 5];
Dave Pegg: acoustic bass guitar [2-3, 12]
Tracks
- Let Your Banjo Ring (4.21)
- The Maid with the Bonny Brown Hair (Roud 3032; Henry H24) (4.56)
- Here’s to Tom Paine (4.42)
- Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (6.52)
- Man Gone Down (Fred’s Song) (3.30)
- Linden Lea (RoudBS B104645) (4.11)
- The Cage (2.52)
- The Navvy (3.25)
- Dark Days of War (3.54)
- Willie the Ploughboy (Roud 2938) (4.04)
- The Threepenny Bit (2.20)
- A Fool Such As I (3.00)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 9 Steve Tilston;
Tracks 2, 4, 10 trad.;
Track 6 words William Barnes, music Ralph Vaughan Williams;
Track 7 James Hill;
Track 8 words Patrick MacGill, music Maggie Boyle;
Track 11 Maggie Boyle;
Track 12 William Trader
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Solorubato
Steve Tilston: Solorubato
Solorubato Fellside Recordings FECD134 (CD, UK, 1998) |
Recorded by Richard Adams and Paul Adams;
Produced by Steve Tilston and Paul Adams;
Photography and design by Bryan Ledgard;
Photography of Steve and arpeggione by Paul Adams;
Layout by Mary Blood
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar, arpeggione, harmonica;
Richard Adams: percussion
Tracks
- Living with the Blues (4.58)
- Life Is Not Kind (to the Drinking Man) (4.57)
- Blue Heron’s Eye (3.37)
- Never Enough (4.31)
- Turning of the Tides (4.31)
- The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (4.06)
- These Grey Days Are Done (3.17)
- Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (3.36)
- The Turncoat (So Far Away) (11.20)
- Down Falls the Day (3.54)
- Rocky Road (3.26)
- Ashes in His Hands (4.13)
- Hold Fast to These Sights (3.35)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 6, 8 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > WAZ!: Fully Chromatic
WAZ!: Fully Chromatic
Fully Chromatic WAZ! WAZCD2 (CD, UK, 1998) |
Recorded and mixed by Mark Lee at Blue Moon Studio, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire in October/November 1998;
Mastered by Andy Seward at Sight and Sound, Rotherham;
Design and photography by Bryan Ledgard at Ledgard Jepson, Sheffield
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12-13],
backing vocals [9],
guitar [1-6, 8-12],
nylon string guitar [13],
arpeggione [1, 7],
handclaps [13]
Pete Zorn: vocals [11],
backing vocals [1-2, 4, 8-10, 12-13],
sopranino saxophone [3, 6-7, 12],
alto saxophone [2-3, 10],
bass flute [3],
piccolo [7],
mandolin [8, 12-13],
Rickenbacker bass guitar [5],
bodhrán [1],
shaker [2-3, 6, 10, 12-13],
tambourine [1-3, 6, 10],
triangle [2-3, 6],
energy chime [3],
clave [10],
cowbell [13],
big tom [13],
handclaps [13]
Maartin Allcock: vocals [7, 9],
backing vocals [4],
bouzar [1, 3-4],
mandolin [3],
mandocello [1, 3],
guitar [3, 7, 9, 11],
Les Paul guitar [8],
electric guitar [9-10],
electric 12-string guitar [11],
Rickenbacker bass guitar [2, 12],
fretless bass guitar [6, 10],
acoustic fretless bass guitar [13],
accordion [4-5],
piano [9],
handclaps [13]
Tracks
- The Dewy Ones (4.10)
- Dust from My Heels (3.40)
- Right in the Balkans (4.31)
- Salty Dog (4.28)
- Only for You (2.46)
- Time It Took Us By Surprise (4.01)
- Bo Lamkin (4.42)
- Foolish Me (3.18)
- Look Before You Leap (4.11)
- Don’t Let Go (3.29)
- Doing the Best We Can (3.06)
- Here Comes the Night (4.08)
- I Will Return (5.35)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 3 trad. Bulgarian / Maartin Allcock;
Track 7 trad. rewritten Maartin Allcock;
Track 9 Brendan Hearty;
Track 11 Ben Bennion
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: The Greening Wind
Steve Tilston: The Greening Wind
The Greening Wind Hubris Records HRCD002 (CD, UK, 1999) |
Digital editing and mastering by Andy Seward, Sight & Sound Studio, Bolton on Dearne, South Yorkshire;
Design: Dan @ Ledgard Jepson
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-6, 8-14],
acoustic guitar [1, 3-4, 6-10, 13-14],
Spanish guitar [2, 5, 11-12, 15];
Maggie Boyle: whistles [1, 7],
flute [6],
tenor banjo [15],
bodhrán [2-3],
vocals [2-3],
backing vocals [4];
Richard Curran: fiddle [2-4];
Chris Newman: bass [2, 4];
Ollie Blanchflower: string bass [3];
Phillip John Lee: Spanish guitar [5];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [5, 11-12];
Michael Klein: kalimba [5, 7],
percussion [5];
John G. Perry: bass [8, 10, 13];
Rupert Hine: keyboard [8, 13];
John Renbourn: guitar [9];
Mike Giles: drums [10, 13];
Chris Swithinbank: piano [12];
Stuart Gordon: fiddle [15]
Tracks
- The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.00)
- Another Place to Hide (5.31)
- The Naked Highwayman (4.09)
- Coronado and the Turk (9.25)
- These Days (6.23)
- Nowhere to Hide (3.43)
- Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.55)
- Face of a Friend (3.48)
- The Greening Wind (5.25)
- It’s a Straight Road (3.23)
- Polonaise (1.58)
- Sometimes in This Life (2.41)
- Do What You Please (2.24)
- Simplicity (2.57)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley
(2.38)
The Ladies Pantalettes (3.40)
All lyrics and music written by Steve Tilston except
Track 15 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
Tracks 1-4 are from Of Moor and Mesa;
Tracks 5-7, 11-12 are from Life by Misadventure;
Tracks 8-10, 13 are from Songs From the Dress Rehearsal;
Track 14 is from An Acoustic Confusion;
Track 15 is from Swans at Coole
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Live Hemistry
Steve Tilston: Live Hemistry
Live Hemistry Hubris Records HRCD03 (CD, UK, 2001) |
Australian recordings by Nigel Schofield, Peter Jackson and Paul Petran;
2001 recordings by Rob Braviner during Fairport Convention’s UK tour;
Mastered by Mike Hockenhull of Brook Row Studios, Oakworth
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar;
Fairport Convention (Dave Pegg: bass, vocals; Chris Leslie: mandolin;
Ric Sanders: fiddle; Simon Nicol: percussion, vocals; Gerry Conway: drums)
[15]
Tracks
- Let Your Banjo Ring (3.59)
- Gymnopedie intro Here Comes the Night (4.40)
- Old Cairo (5.29)
- Anthony Believes (4.44)
- Blue Heron’s Eye (3.32)
- Naked Highwayman (4.34)
- The Night Owl (4.07)
- Here’s to Tom Paine (3.57)
- Can’t Shake These Blues (4.00)
- Man Gone Down (4.43)
- Face of a Friend (4.02)
- Salty Dog (5.03)
- Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (3.56)
- The Slip Jigs and Reels (6.05)
- It’s Now or Never (4.19)
All tracks by Steve Tilston except
Track 9 Steve Tilston, Chris Smither;
Track 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 15 Guzman Morales
Tracks 6, 8-11, 13-14 East Brunswick Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, 21 September 1997;
Track 12 Southport Arts Centre, 7 February 2001;
Track 15 Birmingham Symphony Hall, 10 February 2001;
Tracks 2, 4 Alban Arena, St Albans, 15 February 2001;
Track 3 Swan Theatre, High Wycombe, 17 February 2001;
Tracks 1, 7 Pavillion Theatre, Worthing, 19 February 2001;
Track 5 Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 22 February 2001
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Such & Such
Steve Tilston: Such & Such
Such & Such Market Square MSMCD124 (CD, UK, 2003) |
Produced by Steve Tilston and John Waterhouse;
Recorded at Christchurch Studios, Clifton, Bristol, UK,
engineered by John Waterhouse;
Guitar/vocal tracks 9, 11 recorded at Brook Row Studios, Oakworth, West Yorkshire, UK,
engineered by Mike Hockenhull;
Art direction by Steve Tilston;
Photography by Janet Kerr Photography
Musicians
Steve Tilston: lead vocals [1-2, 4-13],
backing vocals [7],
acoustic guitar [1, 3-7, 9-13],
Spanish guitar [2-3, 8],
guitarini [2];
Maartin Allcock: fretless bass [1, 5, 7],
acoustic bass [2-4, 6, 8, 10],
double bass [9, 11],
backing vocals [7];
Richard Curran: violin [1-2, 4, 7, 11],
viola [1, 4];
Andy Sheppard: soprano saxophone [3, 6, 9],
tenor saxophone [3, 8];
Anna Ryder: keyboards [1, 5-7, 10],
accordion [8],
French horns [13],
backing vocals [1-2, 10, 13];
Roy Dodds: drums [1-2, 5-8, 10],
percussion [3, 10];
Keith Warmington: harmonica [5];
John Waterhouse: synthesiser [9];
Maggie Boyle, Gavin Randle: flutes [10]
Tracks
- Rare Thing (4.13)
- Some Kind of Sonnet (3.59)
- Totterdown (5.04)
- Anthony Believes (5.48)
- I Need a Cup of Coffee (3.46)
- Waterhole (Anasazi) (4.56)
- Mirror Dance (6.42)
- West End Samba (4.37)
- The Sniper’s Tale (7.27)
- Rolling Down the Roman Road (5.09)
- There Is a Song (4.02)
- Sweet Such & Such (2.40)
- The Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (2.40)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Of Many Hands
Steve Tilston: Of Many Hands
Of Many Hands Ada Recordings ADA106CD (CD, UK, 2005) |
Produced by Steve Tilston and Mike Hockenhull
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Chris Parkinson: harmonica [1, 8, 11],
accordion [3-5, 7, 9];
Martin Simpson: slide guitar [3, 5, 7];
Nancy Kerr: fiddle [1-2, 7-8],
viola [5, 9];
James Fagan: piano [2],
bouzouki [7, 9];
Maggie Boyle: flutes [4, 6];
Scott Devine: acoustic bass [6, 9];
Mike Hockenhull: banjo [10];
Tracks
- The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp) (Roud 23929) (2.20)
- One Night As I Lay on My Bed (Roud 672) (3.42)
- Going to the West (Roud 5113) (3.18)
- The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520) (4.02)
- The Leaving of Liverpool (Roud 9435) (5.37)
- The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (Roud 2124; Henry H32) (5.09)
- Barbry Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (5.41)
- Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (3.57)
- Loving Hanna (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (5.03)
- Captain Ward (Roud 224; Child 287; G/D 1:39) (3.33)
- New York Gals (Roud 486) (2.47)
- Willow Creek (3.42)
All tracks trad. except
Track 12 words Steve Tilston, music Chris Parkinson
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Guitar Maestros
Steve Tilston: Guitar Maestros
Guitar Maestros Sound Techniques GM004 (DVD, UK, 2006) |
Steve Tilston in conversation with Trevor Dann
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar
with special guest
Chris Parkinson: accordion
Tracks
Main Feature
Interview by Trevor Dann with interspersed songs:
- Here Comes the Night (3.16)
- Sometimes in This Life (4.24)
- Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.29)
- Archipegalo (3.20)
- Tom Paine (3.31)
- And So It Goes (3.51)
- The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520) (3.32)
- The Rambling Comber (Roud 1473) (3.14)
Additional Tracks
- Rare Thing (3.43)
- Cup of Coffee (3.16)
- Going to the West (Roud 5113) (2.58)
- Willow Creek (3.17)
- Naked Highwayman (4.02)
- The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.05)
- The Leaving of Liverpool (Roud 9435) (5.00)
- West End Samba (4.01)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 12 Steve Tilston, Chris Parkinson;
Tracks 7-8, 11, 15 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Reaching Back
Steve Tilston: Reaching Back
Reaching Back Free Reed FRQCD 70 (4+1 CD, UK, July 2007) |
Tracks
CD 1: Who Made Up the Rules? (FRCD 71)
- Introduction: Lifescape with Guitar
(3.50)
new recording, 2006 - And So It Goes…
(4.10)
new recording, 2006; originally released on And So It Goes…, 1996 - Time Has Shown Me Your Face (3.46)
- Simplicity (3.43)
- Normandy Day
(3.08)
all three from An Acoustic Confusion, 1971 - All In a Dream
(4.16)
from Collection, 1972 - I’m Reaching Out
(4.02)
new recording, 2006; originally released on Collection, 1972 - Rock Salmon Suite
(2.40)
from Guitar Workshop Vol. 1, 1972 - Impressions (3.50)
- Face of a Friend
(3.54)
both from Songs From the Dress Rehearsal, 1977 - Time It Took Us By Surprise
(4.02)
from WAZ!: Fully Chromatic, 1998 - Show a Little Kindness
(4.11)
from lost album, 1978; released as bonus track on the CD reissue of An Acoustic Confusion, 1971 - B Movie (5.20)
- Red Sky
(4.00)
both from In for a Penny … In for a Pound, 1983 - Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.52)
- Some Times in This Life
(4.46)
both from Life by Misadventure, 1987 - The Verdant Braes of Skreen
(Roud 419; Henry H593)
(4.56)
from Ship of Fools, 1988 - These Sea Dreams
(4.09)
from Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - Life By Misadventure
(3.14)
from Life by Misadventure, 1987
CD 2: He Took Most Delight… (FRCD 72)
- The Naked Highwayman
(4.05)
from Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - The Slip Jigs and Reels
(5.27)
new recording, 2006; originally released on Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - Here Comes the Night
(4.21)
new recording, 2006; originally released on Life by Misadventure, 1987 - Coronado and the Turk
(9.22)
from Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - Enter the Tooth Fairy (3.43)
- Goodbye to the Snow (5.14)
- Soon Comes the Rain
(3.32)
all three from And So It Goes…, 1996 - Here’s to Tom Paine
(4.16)
live recording from the “Fairport Supporters“ tour, 2002; originally from All Under the Sun, 1995 - Let Your Banjo Ring
(3.57)
unreleased studio version, 2001; originally from All Under the Sun, 1995 - Man Gone Down (Fred’s Song)
(3.26)
from Live Hemistry, 2001 - Foolish Me (3.17)
- Dust From My Heels (3.40)
- Salty Dog
(5.06)
all three from WAZ!: Fully Chromatic, 1998 - Turning of the Tides (4.34)
- The Turncoat
(11.24)
both from Solorubato, 1998
CD 3: Staring at Time (FRCD 73)
- The Dewy Ones
(4.11)
from WAZ!: Fully Chromatic, 1998 - Blue Heron’s Eye (3.37)
- Living With the Blues
(4.58)
both from Solorubato, 1998 - Anthony Believes
(4.37)
previously unreleased version, 2001; originally from Live Hemistry, 2001 - The Night Owl Homeward Turns
(4.07)
from Live Hemistry, 2001 - To Bits and Back (Black Dog)
(3.56)
unreleased demo - Old New World
(4.21)
unreleased demo, 2000 - Mirror Dance
(6.40)
from Such & Such, 2003 - Rare Thing
(4.10)
new recording, 2002; originally from Such & Such, 2003 - Old Cairo
(5.50)
new recording, 2006; originally from Live Hemistry, 2001 - Rolling Down This Roman Road
(5.05)
previously unreleased radio broadcast, 2005; originally from Such & Such, 2003 - I Need a Cup of Coffee
(4.15)
live recording with Brooks Williams, 2005; originally from Such & Such, 2003 - Totterdown
(4.56)
from Such & Such, 2003 - Willow Creek
(3.44)
from Of Many Hands, 2005 - Archipelago
(3.28)
new recording, 2006 - Over the Next Hill
(3.54)
demo recording, with Dave Pegg, 2004 - Polonaise
(5.23)
from Life by Misadventure, 1987
CD 4: Do What You Please (FRCD 74)
- The Leaving of Liverpool
(Roud 9435)
(5.39)
from Of Many Hands, 2005 - Blue Skies (2.20)
- Crying Waiting Hoping (2.14)
- Big Bill’s Been Here and Gone (3.04)
- Trying to Get to You (2.10)
- Blues Run the Game (3.08)
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (3.47)
- Summer Girls
(4.15)
all seven new recordings - Constant Lovers
(Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244)
(4.34)
from Such & Such, 2003 - The Still and Silent Ocean
(5.00)
from The Transports Silver Edition, 2004 - War Horse Town
(3.21)
from The Mrs Ackroyd Band: The Wings of Butterflies, 1999 - A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
(7.11)
new recording, 2007 - Dipsticks and Seals
(5.24)
from The Mrs Ackroyd Band: Yelp, 2003 - Rhapsody
(23.01)
from Swans at Coole, 1990
Bonus CD 5: Bringing in the Steves: Cover Versions (FRCD 75)
- Wizz Jones: Do What You Please (5.24)
- Ralph McTell, Maart Allcock: Is This the Same Boy? (4.08)
- Steve Gillett, Cindy Mageson: Waterhole (3.56)
- Greg Anderson, Sarah Milonovich: Goodbye to the Snow (3.36)
- Hamish Stuart, Matt Irving: Living with the Blues (4.39)
- Jez Lowe: All in a Dream (4.00)
- Bob Fox: Life Is Not Kind (3.59)
- Pete Morton, Laura Hockenhull: These Days (5.03)
- Chris Smither: Can’t Shake These Blues (3.47)
- John Kirkpatrick, Chris Parkinson: Willow Creek (3.25)
- Fairport Convention: The Naked Highwayman (4.59)
- Tom McConville: Rocky Road (3.06)
- Darryl Purpose: Sonnet (3.52)
- Brooks Williams: Here Comes the Night (3.09)
- Lunaseeds featuring Oddur: Do What You Please (4.04)
- Martha Tilston with Steve Tilston: I Really Wanted You (3.58)
- Grace Notes: Down Falls the Day
(5.38)
from Down Falls the Day, 2003 - Dolores Keane: The Night Owl (3.41)
- Robin and Bina Williamson: The Proud Man (5.07)
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Ziggurat
Steve Tilston: Ziggurat
Ziggurat Hubris Records HRCD 004 (CD, UK, 2008) |
Produced by Steve Tilston and Ron Angus;
Engineered by Ron Angus at Studio One, Houghton Le Spring;
Bass recorded by Andy Seward;
Maggie Boyle recorded by Mike Hockenhull;
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-14],
guitar [1, 3-8, 12-13],
6 string guitar [2, 9],
12 string guitar [2, 11],
slide guitar [9],
resonator slide guitar [10],
acoustic guitar [14];
Chris Parkinson: accordion [4, 6, 11, 13],
piano [1, 10],
organ [12];
Richard Curran: violin [1, 4-7, 11],
viola [1, 3, 6-7];
Dave Bowie: double bass [1-2, 5-12];
Fin McArdle: percussion [2, 8, 11];
Maggie Boyle: harmony vocals [7];
Adam Featherstone: percussion [9-10]
Tracks
- The Road When I Was Young (4.55)
- A Pretty Penny (3.44)
- The King of the Coiners (5.49)
- The Rambling Comber (Roud 1473) (3.36)
- Speaking in Tongues (4.32)
- After Summer Rain (3.52)
- In-Between Years (2.51)
- The Spoils of War (6.49)
- Madame Muse (5.05)
- Fairweather Love (3.30)
- Jacaranda (3.47)
- The Devil May Care (4.18)
- The Fisher Lad of Whitby (Roud V35024) (4.32)
- Archipelago (3.28)
All songs composed by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 4, 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: The Reckoning
Steve Tilston: The Reckoning
The Reckoning Hubris Records HUB006 (CD, UK, 25 July 2011) |
Recorded at Splid Studios, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Produced by David Crickmore
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitar [1-12],
vocals [1-8, 10-11],
backing vocals [5];
Hugh Bradley: double bass [1, 3],
tampara [7];
Richard Curran: violin [1],
viola [1];
The Richard Curran Strings [6, 10];
Gus Taylor:
accordion [4-5, 7],
shaker [1, 6, 10],
djembe [6-7, 10],
backing vocals [5];
The wild birds of Oxenhope: dawn chorus [1];
Ruth Wilde: double bass [2];
Mark Boyce: drums [2, 5],
bell tree [6],
backing vocals [5];
Keith Warmington: harmonica [2];
David Crickmore: mandolin [2],
acoustic bass [5],
5 sting bass [5],
shaker [5],
tambour [7],
backing vocals [5];
Robin Tyndale-Biscoe: oboe [3];
Lee Walsh, Emma Crickmore: backing vocals [5]
Tracks
- This Is the Dawn (5.30)
- Notamun Town Return (3.29)
- The Reckoning (3.19)
- Pennine Spring (4.50)
- Oil and Water (4.22)
- Memory Lane (8.30)
- Sovereign of Tides (4.52)
- Doubting Thomas (4.34)
- Davy Lamp / Fruit Fly (4.38)
- Rio de la Miel (4.55)
- Weeping Willow Replanted (4.02)
- Ijna (Davy Ji) (4.51)
All songs composed by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles: The Oxenhope EP
Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles: The Oxenhope EP
The Oxenhope EP Splid Records CD009 (EP, UK, 19 March 2012) |
Recorded at Splid Studios, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Produced and engineered by David P. Crickmore;
Sleeve design by Lee Walsh
Musicians
Steve Tilston: acoustic guitar, vocals;
Lee Walsh: 12 string guitar, vocals;
David Crickmore: electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals;
Marc Boyce: drums, backing vocals;
Gus Taylor: accordion, backing vocals;
Ruth Wilde: double bass, bass guitar
Tracks
- Oil and Water (4.22)
- Same Boy (4.33)
- There She Blows (3.14)
- Drinking Man (5.14)
- Jackaranda (3.36)
Tracks 1-2, 4-5 Steve Tilston;
Track 3 Mark Boyce, David Crickmore, Lee Walsh
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston Trio: Happenstance
Steve Tilston Trio: Happenstance
Happenstance Hubris Records HUB07 (CD, UK, 2 September 2013) |
Recorded in Bristol, Devon and Hebden Bridge;
Produced by Stuart Gordon and Steve Tilston;
Digital mastering by Paul Whittington, The Longhouse, North Somerset;
Cover painting by Sophie Tilston;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jerome Dineen
Musicians
Steve Tilston: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, 8-string guitar (octar),
bowed guitar (arpeggione);
Stuart Gordon: violin, vocals, viola, mandolin, soprano, baritone and bass
ukuleles, harmonium, piano, various percussion;
Keith Warmington: harmonica, vocals
Tracks
- Beulah Road (3.57)
- Blues for the North Wind (4.30)
- Courting Is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (5.14)
- Far Side of the World (3.58)
- Song of the Wandering Aengus (4.06)
- Sometimes in This Life (5.18)
- Rocky Road (4.00)
- Martin Said to His Man (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703) (3.59)
- Jimmy’s Train (6.08)
- Jam Tomorrow (2.46)
- Let’s Face the Music and Dance (2.06)
- Sentimental (3.34)
- Little Norris (2.18)
Tracks 1-2, 4- 6-7, 10 Steve Tilston;
Tracks 3, 8 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 5 poem W.B. Yeats, music Steve Tilston;
Track 9 Jimmy Guiffre, Steve Tilston;
Track 11 Irving Berlin;
Track 12 Keith Warmington;
Track 13 Stuart Gordon
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Truth to Tell
Steve Tilston: Truth to Tell
Truth to Tell Hubris Records HUB008 (CD, UK, 20 July 2015) |
Recorded at Splid Studios, Haworth, West Yorkshire;
Produced by David Crickmore;
Mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jerome Dineen
Musicians
Steve Tilston: 10-string acoustic guitar [1, 3, 5],
acoustic guitar [1-2, 4, 6-13],
Spanish guitar [1, 5],
electric guitar [2, 10],
arpeggione [5],
vocals [1-7, 9-13];
David Crickmore: electric double bass [1, 10],
autoharp [1],
percussion [1, 3, 6, 10, 13],
melodeon [2, 5],
pedal steel guitar [6, 9, 11],
piano [9, 13];
Hugh Bradley: double bass [2-3, 5-6, 9, 11, 13]
Tracks
- Grass Days (4.01)
- The Way It Was (3.04)
- Cup and Lip (4.58)
- Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) (3.38)
- Yo Me Voy (4.37)
- Pick up Your Heart (3.55)
- The Riverman Has Gone (3.55)
- Pecket’s Well (4.55)
- Bygone Lands (4.46)
- Lasting Love (4.13)
- Running out of Road (3.28)
- All Around This World (3.52)
- Ways of a Man (3.11)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 4 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe: The Janus Game
Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe: The Janus Game
The Janus Game Tantobie Records TTRCD115 (CD, UK, 24 November 2016) |
Produced and recorded by David Crickmore;
Mastered by David de la Haye;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jermome Dineen
Musicians
Jez Lowe: vocals [1, 3-9,11],
harmonica [1, 6],
bouzouki [1, 5, 7, 10],
dulcimer [2, 8],
accordion [2, 4, 7],
mandolin [3-4, 6, 9, 11],
harmonium [8];
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-11],
guitar [1-11],
arpeggione [2],
10-string guitar [10-11],
slide guitar [11];
David Crickmore: bass [1],
Fender Rhodes [2],
percussion [1, 3-4, 11],
Mark Boyce: drums [1, 5-6];
Hugh Bradley: double bass [2-7, 10-11];
Kate Bramley: fiddle [3-4, 11]
Tracks
- The Janus Game (3.16)
- Lucky Sami (4.40)
- The Wagga Moon (4.40)
- Leaving for Spain (4.02)
- Crosses, Crescents and Stars (4.05)
- The Strings That Wizz One Strummed (3.14)
- Shiney Row (3.33)
- Tatteres and Torn (4.25)
- Mrs Einstein (3.26)
- On Beacon Hill (5.00)
- Goodbye Johnny D’s / Hey Frankie (4.02)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Distant Days
Steve Tilston: Distant Days
Distant Days Riverboat Records TUGCD1117 (CD, UK, 27 July 2018) |
Produced and recorded by David Crickmore;
Mastered by Ben Turner, Finesplice;
Sleeve design by Steve Tilston;
Front cover photograph by Shay Rowan;
Design by Brad Haynes
Musicians
Steve Tilston: acoustic guitar, vocals, banjo
Tracks
- The Road When I Was Young (4.58)
- Rare Thing (4.18)
- Time Has Shown Me Your Face (3.34)
- Let Your Banjo Ring (4.53)
- All in a Dream (4.17)
- I Really Wanted You (3.59)
- Is This the Same Boy? (4.41)
- Shinjuku (3.59)
- It’s Not My Place to Fail (3.07)
- Pretty Penny (3.57)
- Castaway (5.11)
- Southernhay Avenue (0.37)
- Here Comes the Night (4.27)
- Goodbye to the Snow (5.13)
- Life is Not Kind to the Drinking Man (4.04)
- Slow Air in Dropped D (1.41)
- King of the Coiners (5.30)
- Waterhole (4.22)
- The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.42)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Such Times
Steve Tilston: Such Times
Such Times Riverboat Records TUGCD1128 (CD, UK, 29 January 2021) |
Produced by David Crickmore;
Recorded by David Crickmore, assisted by James Crickmore, at Splid Studios, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Additional recording by Kurt Wood at Corner House Studio, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Photos by Peter Lilley;
Design by Tamsin Davies;
Sleeve notes by Steve Tilston;
Coordinated by Neil Record
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo;
Hugh Bradley: double bass, flute;
David Crickmore: piano, percussion, drums, autoharp, dobro slide
Tracks
- Daylight Rising (4.22)
- The Satellites Decree (4.27)
- This Is Living With the Blues (4.08)
- It’s a Crying Shame (4.53)
- A Million Miles Away (3.12)
- Such Times (4.24)
- 12/8 Pull Off (4.09)
- Dust From My Heels (4.45)
- Where Your Mark Remains (3.33)
- Waters of March (3.57)
- There’s a Man (5.31)
- Nothing to See Here (2.16)
- Four Corners (5.56)
- My Mystery Train (4.22)
- Little Flame (3.31)
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
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Other records with Steve Tilston
Various Artists, Guitar Workshop Vol. 1, 2 LP, Transatlantic TRAD 271, 1973
Maggie Boyle, Reaching Out, CD, Run River RRA 003, 1987
Peter Bellamy, Soldiers Three, cassette, private issue, 1990
Bert Jansch: The Ornament Tree, CD, Run River D2-71365, 1990
Grace Notes, Down Falls the Day, CD, Grace Notes GNCD1, 1993
Incantation, Sergeant Early’s Dream, CD, Cookin Vinyl COOK CD 069, 1994
Ian Giles: The Amber Triangle, CD, WildGoose WGS287CD, 1997
John Drury, Michael Is Leaving Las Vegas, CD, Yewtree YTCD 001, 1998
John McCormick, Between Our Hearts, CD, Phantom PH012, 1998
Peter Bellamy: Wake the Vaulted Echoes, 3 CD, Free Reed FRTCD 14, 1999
Various Artists, The Wings of Butterflies: Songs by Les Barker, CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 013, 1999
Damien Barber, The Furrowed Field, CD, DJC Records DJC011, 2000
Various Artists: People on the Highway: A Bert Jansch Encomium, 2 CD, Market Square MSMCD106, 2000
Various Artists: Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001), 2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001
The Mrs Ackroyd Band, Yelp!, CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 017, 2003
Folk for Peace: Rumours of Rain, CD single, Hypertension HYP 4231, 2004
Various Artists: Someone Was Calling: “Folk on the Pier” Celebrates 200 Years of Cromer's Lifeboats, 2 CD, Symposium SIUM 1347/48, 2004
Various Artists, The Transports—2004, 2 CD, Free Reed FRDCD2122, 2004
Various Artists, Missing Persians File (Guide Cats for the Blind Vol. 2), 2 CD, Osmosys OSMO CD 032, 2005
Various Artists: Midwinter, 4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006
Various Artists, Twilight of the Dogs: Songs of Les Barker, CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 019, 2006
Various Artists: Trades Roots Live, CD, Trades Roots TR001, 2009
Various Artists: Ghosts From the Basement, CD, Weekend Beatnik WEBE 9046, 2010
Maggie Boyle: Won't You Come Away, CD, WildGoose WGS390CD, 2012
Janet Russell, Love Songs and Fighting Talk, CD, Harbourtown HARCD 052, 2012
Various Artists: Harbour of Songs, CD, The Stables CD001, 2012
Martha Tilston: The Sea, CD, Squiggly SQRCD08, 2014
Various Artists: The Great White Dap, CD, Ghosts From the Basement GFTB 7055, 2020