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June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain

June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain (Cooking Vinyl COOK031)

Freedom and Rain
June Tabor and the Oyster Band

Cooking Vinyl COOK031 / COOKCD031 (LP / CD, UK, September 1990)
Rykodisk RCD10194 (CD, USA, 1990)

June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain (Cooking Vinyl COOKCD031)
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Produced by the Oyster Band;
Recorded at The Yard, Southall, London;
Engineered and mixed by John Ravenhall;
Mixed at Gooseberry Studios, Brixton, London;
Mixing engineer Trevor Hallesy

Musicians

June Tabor: vocals;
Alan Prosser: guitar, mandolin, psaltery, vocals;
Russell Lax: drums, percussion;
Chopper: bass, cello;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, viola, concertina, organ;
John Jones: melodeon, accordion, vocals

Brass by Metal Fatigue:
    Gavin Sharp: tenor saxophone;
    John Hart: bass trombone;
    Neil Yates: trumpet

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Mississippi Summer (3.18)
  2. Lullaby of London (2.45)
  3. Night Comes In (4.54)
  4. Valentine’s Day Is Over (3.26)
  5. All Tomorrow’s Parties (3.47)

Side 2

  1. Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (4.18)
  2. Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (4.15)
  3. Pain or Paradise (3.13)
  4. Susie Clelland (Roud 45; Child 65) (5.16)
  5. Finisterre (3.35)

All tracks trad. arr. The Oyster Band except
Track 1 Si Kahn;
Track 2 Shane McGowan;
Track 3 Richard Thompson;
Track 4 Billy Bragg;
Track 5 Lou Reed;
Track 8 John Tams;
Track 10 Ian Telfer

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June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain Tour ’91 Sampler

June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain Tour ’91 Sampler (Rykodisk RCF PRO 9012)

Freedom and Rain Tour ’91 Sampler
June Tabor and the Oyster Band

Rykodisk RCD PRO 9012 (promotional CD, USA, 1991)

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Tracks

  1. Mississippi Summer [Si Kahn] (3.18)
  2. Night Comes In [Richard Thompson] (4.54)
  3. All Tomorrow’s Parties [Lou Reed] (3.47)
  4. New York Girls (Roud 486) (5.28)
  5. The Oxford Girl [John Jones, Ian Telfer] (4.21)
  6. I Fought the Law [Sonny Curtis] (4.05)
  7. White Rabbit [Grace Slick] (2.52)
  8. All Along the Watchtower [Bob Dylan] (3.16)

Tracks 1-3 from June Tabor and The Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain;
Tracks 3-6 from Oyster Band: Little Rock to Leipzig;
Tracks 7-8 recorded on 27 November 1990 for the BBC Radio One “John Peel Sessions”; later also released on June Tabor: On Air