> Steeleye Span > Records > Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Lipreading the Poet
Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Lipreading the Poet
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Lipreading the Poet Gigspanner GSCD001 (CD, UK, 5 November 2009) |
Recorded at [???] and Westhill Studios;
Mastered by SRT;
Photography by Rebecca Cresta;
Design and artwork by Tim Marrs
Musicians
Peter Knight: violin;
Vincent Salzfaas: congas;
Roger Flack: guitar
Tracks
- The Butterfly (7.53)
- Si Beg Si Mor (5.08)
- Sharp Goes Walkabout (9.50)
- The Water Carriers (9.54)
- Rolling Down the Bourne (5.08)
- Camberwell Beauty (4.39)
- Autumn Leaves (6.04)
- The Banks of the Suir (8.30)
Tracks 1-2, 8 trad. arr. Gigspanner;
Tracks 3-4 Peter Knight;
Tracks 5-6 Gigspanner;
Track 7 published by Peter Maurice Music
> Steeleye Span > Records > Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Doors at Eight
Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Doors at Eight
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Doors at Eight (live) Gigspanner GSCD002 (CD, UK, 2010) |
Recorded live at Gigspanner's May 2010 UK tour;
Sleeve design and artwork by Tim Marrs
Musicians
Peter Knight: violin, vocals;
Vincent Salzfaas: djembe, congas;
Roger Flack: guitar, vocals
Special guests:
Hugh Crabtree: melodeon;
Joe Caudwell: didgeridoo
Tracks
- The Butterfly (8.11)
- Picnic (3.45)
- Mrs McGrath (Roud 678; Henry H131) (6.16)
- Dave Robert's French Waltz (6.06)
- Two Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (6.00)
- Too Late for Shadows (7.30)
- Sitting on Top of the World (6.07)
- The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (7.02)
- Bonny Birdy (Roud 3972; Child 82) (9.26)
- Sharp Goes Walkabout (10.43)
- Rolling Down the Bourne (4.31)
> Steeleye Span > Records > Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Layers of Ages
Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Layers of Ages
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Layers of Ages (live) Gigspanner GSCD003 (CD, UK, 11 May 2015) |
Produced and mixed by Gigspanner and Edward Blakeley;
Mastered by Edward Blakeley;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Sleeve design by Tim Marrs
Musicians
Peter Knight: violins, mandolin, vocals and spoons;
Roger Flack: guitar, bass, vocals, fiddlesticks, eggs;
Vincent Salzfaas: djembe, congas, vocals
with
Edward Blakeley: bass, banjo [5]
Tracks
- Bows of London (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.24)
- She Moves Through the Fair instrumental (8.29)
- Death and the Lady (Roud 1031) (9.04)
- Mad Tom of Bedlam (4.39)
- King of the Fairies set dance (5.59)
- Louisiana Flack instrumental (3.30)
- A Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (4.38)
- Down by the Sally Gardens (Roud V28639) instrumental (2.42)
- Hard Times of Old England (Roud 1206) (8.28)
All tracks trad. arr. except
Track 4 trad., Nic Jones, Dave Moran;
Track 6 Peter Knight
Videos
> Steeleye Span > Records > Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Live in Concert
Peter Knight's Gigspanner: Live in Concert
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Live in Concert Gigspanner GSDVD04 (DVD, UK, November 2015) |
Filmed at The Cut Arts Centre, New Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk;
Cover photography by Elly Lucas;
Cover artwork by Tim Marrs and Kate Stretton
Musicians
Peter Knight: violin, Octave violin, vocals;
Roger Flack: guitar, vocals;
Vincent Salzfaas: congas, djembe, vocals
Tracks
- She Moved Through the Fair instrumental
- Mad Tom of Bedlam
- Hard Times of Old England (Roud 1206)
- Death and the Lady (Roud 1031)
- The Butterfly
- Louisiana Flack instrumental
- Bonny Birdy (Roud 3972; Child 82)
- King of the Fairies set dance
All tracks trad. arr. except
Track 6 Peter Knight
Video
> Steeleye Span > Records > Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band: Live
Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band: Live
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Live Gigspanner GSCD005 (CD, UK, 9 August 2017) |
Recorded at Nettlebed Folk Club in January 2017;
Mixed and mastered by Edward Blakeley;
Photography by Deborah Knight;
Artwork by Tim Marrs and Kate Stretton
Musicians
Peter Knight: fiddle, vocals;
Roger Flack: guitar, vocals;
Phillip Henry: dobro, chatturangui, vocals;
Hannah Martin: fiddle, tenor guitar, banjo, vocals;
Sacha Trochet: percussion, vocals
Tracks
- The Butterfly (8.35)
- Silbury Hill (6.13)
- Hard Times of Old England (Roud 1206) (8.00)
- The Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (5.20)
- Death and the Lady (Roud 1031) (10.36)
- Last Broadcast (8.14)
- Sharp Goes Walkabout (9.57)
- The Boy That Wouldn't Hoe Corn (9.11)
- King of the Fairies set dance (7.53)
All tracks trad. arr. except
Tracks 2, 6 Hannah Martin, Phillip Henry;
Track 7 Peter Knight
Video
Thr Gigspanner Big Band performs Silbury Hill at Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre in 2015:
> Steeleye Span > Records > Peter Knight's Gigspanner: The Wife of Urban Law
Peter Knight's Gigspanner: The Wife of Urban Law
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The Wife of Urban Law Gigspanner GSCD006 (CD, UK, 31 October 2017) |
Produced by Gigspanner and Edward Blakeley;
Cover photography: Capt Black 76 / 123rf.com;
Artwork by Tim Marrs and Kate Stretton
Musicians
Peter Knight: fiddle, keyboards, mandolin, vocals;
Roger Flack: guitar, bass, vocals;
Sacha Trochet: percussion, bass, vocals
Tracks
- Urban's Reel (4.25)
- Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (6.27)
- Green Gravel (Roud 1368; Henry H48b) (5.59)
- Lament for the Wife of Urban Law (4.40)
- Peggy and the Soldier (Roud 907; Laws P13; G/D 6:1129) (4.21)
- Bold Riley (Roud 18160) (4.27)
- The Blackbird (live instrumental) (6.36)
- Penny the Hero (live) (6.15)
- Rocking the Cradle (Roud 357) (7.53)
All tracks trad. arr. Gigspanner except
Track 1 Gigspanner;
Tracks 4, 7 Peter Knight
> Steeleye Span > Records > Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band: Natural Invention
Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band: Natural Invention
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Natural Invention Gigspanner GSCD007 (CD, UK, 10 April 2020) |
Produced by Edd Blageley and the Gigspanner Big Band;
Recorded by Edd Blageley in November 2019;
Illustration by Tim Marrs;
Design and layout by Kate Williams
Musicians
Roger Flack: guitars, bass, vocals;
Phillip Henry: dobro, slide guitars, tenor guitar, harmonica, vocals;
Peter Knight: violin, vocals;
Hannah Martin: violin, viola, banjo, vocals;
John Spiers: melodeons, concertina, vocals;
Sacha Trochet: percussion, bass, vocals
Tracks
- Awake Awake (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (6.07)
- Long A-Growing (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (4.43)
- Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548) (8.32)
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray (Roud 237; Child 201; G/D 6:1257) (6.59)
- Daddy Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (4.21)
- Haul on the Bowline (Roud 652; G/D 1:1) (5.11)
- Earl Brand (Roud 23; Child 7; G/D 2:220) (5.41)
- The Snows They Melt the Soonest (Roud 3154) (6.13)
- Courting Is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H615, H625) (7.13)
- The Star of Munster / Reel du Tricentenaire (9.04)
All tracks trad. arr. Gigspanner Bg Band
Video
Thr Gigspanner Big Band rehearses Silbury Hill at L'espace, Verteillac, France, in October 2019: