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Tony Rose: Exe (Chudleigh Roots CR003)

Exe
Tony Rose

Chudleigh Roots CR003 (CD, UK, August 2008)

Tony’s children, Laura and Diggory, have put together this fine CD with the help of Phil Beer. It is a wonderful tribute to their father reminding us of the loss to the folk scene of such a great performer and sensitive interpreter of song. With so little of Tony’s work available on CD, this re-mastered collection of live recordings—most of them in the 1960s before hist first album, and a few between 1978 and 1981—is a must have album.

Restoration overseen by Phil Beer at Riverside studios.

Musicians

Tony Rose: vocals, English concertina [1-2, 9, 12, 15-16], guitar [3, 8, 13];
Audience chorus [11]

Tracks

  1. ’Twas on One April Morning (Roud 1546) (3.17)
  2. Sheath and Knife (Roud 3960; Child 16) (7.30)
  3. Polly Vaughan (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (6.54)
  4. The Pensioner’s Complaint (Roud 1663) (1.51)
  5. Five Foot Flirt (3.35)
  6. Rambling Sailor (Roud 1901; Laws K41) (2.11)
  7. Come All You Warlike Seamen (Roud 690; G/D 1:41; Henry H560) (3.20)
  8. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) (5.14)
  9. Blackwaterside (Roud 564; G/D 6:1188) (4.37)
  10. Up to the Rigs (Roud 868; G/D 2:299) (2.58)
  11. Barley Mow (Roud 944) (4.28)
  12. Devon Bell-Ringing Song (Roud 1515) (4.59)
  13. The Jug Band Made the Charts (4.20)
  14. Golden Vanitee (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (5.39)
  15. Compliments Returned (Roud 1602) (3.14)
  16. Stormy Weather (Roud 1851) (4.00)

All tracks trad. except
Track 5 Cyril Tawney

Track 1 Herga Folk Club 1978, recorded by Richard Mellish;
Tracks 2-3, 14 Eagle Tavern NYC 1981, recorded by Ed Haber;
Track 4 Nova Scotia Pub, Bristol 1979, recorded by Paul Woods;
Tracks 5-7 Cheltenham Folk Club 1967, recorded by Dennis Olding;
Tracks 8-10 Cheltenham Folk Club 1969;
Tracks 11 Cheltenham 1969;
Tracks 12-13 Cheltenham 1971;
Tracks 15-16 Cheltenham 1967