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Carla Fuchs: Songbird
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Songbird Talking Elephant Records TECD487 (CD, UK, 15 September 2023) Songbird Talking Elephant Records (DL single, UK, 7 July 2023) |
Nine tracks on the album have been created from lyrics found in the notebooks of Sandy Denny. Some of them are part, some full songs, but the commonality is that none of the lyrics had previously been put to music or used in any of Sandy’s published songs. Additionally one track, Songbird, has been written by Carla Fuchs and was also released as a digital single.
Produced by Carla Fuchs;
Recorded by Maurice Oeser in March-June 2023 in Freiburg, Germany;
Additional engineering by Carla Fuchs:
Overdubs recorded in June 2023 in Freiburg;
Mixed by Maurice Oeser;
Mastered by Andrew at Sound Performance
At the Barrier album review by John Barlass
Musicians
Carla Fuchs: vocals,
piano [1, 3-5, 7, 10],
acoustic guitar [2, 4-6, 8-10],
electric/lead guitar [1, 4, 5, 10],
organ [4, 5, 10],
clarinet [4, 6-7, 10],
celesta [7];
Maurice Oeser: bass [4-6, 8, 10];
Marion Fleetwood: fiddle [2];
Christoph Goldstein: fiddle [9];
Niela Kaiser: pedal steel guitar [2],
acoustic guitar [8],
electric/lead guitar [8, 10];
Georgia Lucas: spoken word [9a]
Tracks
- The Sixpence (5.32)
- Go West (4.56)
- Songbird (5.21)
- Simply Falls Apart (4.45)
- If You Are Free (4.38)
- Charm and Patience (3.40)
- Georgia (3.42)
- Half Way Home (5.12)
- Winter Elms & Winter Elms Spoken (6.30)
- Winning of the Game (6.09)
All tracks based on lyrics by Sandy Denny, music by Carla Fuchs, except
Track 3 Carla Fuchs