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Martin & Eliza Carthy: The Moral of the Elephant

The Moral of the Elephant Martin & Eliza Carthy Topic Records TSCD587 (2 CD, UK, 2 June 2014) Happiness / The Queen of Hearts Martin & Eliza Carthy Topic Records STOP2587 (7" single, UK Record Store Day, 19 April 2014)

Produced by Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy and Oliver Knight;
Recorded by Oliver Knight at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay;
Notes by Eliza Carthy and Martin Carthy;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Design by Cally

Musicians

Martin Carthy: vocals, guitar;
Eliza Carthy: vocals, violin, hand bells

Tracks

1. Her Servant Man (Roud 539; Laws M15; G/D 5:1003; Henry H668) (4.18)
2. Happiness (4.18)
3. Blackwell Merry Night (Roud 1529) (5.20)
4. Queen Caraboo (3.08)
5. Grand Conversation on Napoleon (Roud 1189) (5.41)
6. The Elephant (6.33)
7. Waking Dreams (Awake, Awake) (Roud 22620; Laws M4) (3.53)
8. Bonny Moorhen (4.54)
9. The Queen of Hearts (Roud 3195) (3.05)
10. Monkey Hair (4.01)
11. Died for Love (Sweet William) (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (4.36)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin & Eliza Carthy except
Track 2 Molly Drake;
Track 6 from the poem The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887);
Track 10 Michael Marra;
Tracks 11 trad. arr. Mike Waterson, Martin & Eliza Carthy

Promo video

Links

• Recording The Moral of the Elephant (Carthy Online)
• Martin & Eliza Carthy: The Moral of the Elephant (Folk Radio UK)

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Martin & Eliza Carthy: Live at the Pavilion

Live at the Pavilion Martin & Eliza Carthy Under the Bed UTB101CD (CD+DVD, UK, 2 August 2018)

Recorded live in February 2018 at Hailsham Pavillion, East Sussex;
Directed and edited by Leigh Tarrant;
Live Sound by Kevin Vanbergen;
Post production by Skooch Media;
Photography by Rob Ayling;
Front cover art by Sebastian Lenten;
Layout by Martin Cook

Musicians

Martin Carthy: vocals, guitar;
Eliza Carthy: vocals, violin, hand bells

Tracks

Set 1

1. Her Servant Man (Roud 539; Laws M15; G/D 5:1003; Henry H668) (5.21)
2. Happiness (5.20)
3. Blackwell Merry Night (Roud 1529) (8.09)
4. Nancy of London (Roud 407) (4.00)
5. Waking Dreams (Awake, Awake) (Roud 22620; Laws M4) (4.54)

Set 2

6. Grand Conversation on Napoleon (Roud 1189) (7.49)
7. The Elephant (6.57)
8. Queen Caraboo (3.31)
9. Monkey Hair (5.11)
10. Bonny Moorhen (11.07)
11. Died for Love (Sweet William) (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (4.36)
12. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.39)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin & Eliza Carthy except
Track 2 Molly Drake;
Track 7 from the poem The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887);
Track 9 Michael Marra;
Tracks 11 trad. arr. Mike Waterson, Martin & Eliza Carthy