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Gift
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Gift Topic Records TSCD579 (CD, UK, 13 July 2010) |
Recorded at Panda Sound, Robin Hood's Bay by Oliver Knight;
Produced by Eliza Carthy and Oliver Knight;
Notes by Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson;
Photographs by Tom Howard;
Design by David Suff
Musicians
Eliza Carthy: vocals [1-2, 4-11],
fiddle [2, 4-7, 9],
bells [4],
octave violin [4],
organetta [4, 9],
mandolin [5],
piano [6, 9],
viola [7];
Norma Waterson: vocals [1-3, 5-9, 11],
triangle [5]
with
Martin Carthy: guitar [3, 5, 8-9],
vocals [6, 11];
Aidan Curran: guitar [1, 8],
mandolin [1];
Oliver Knight: cello [4, 11],
electric guitar [6],
vocals [11];
Chris Parkinson: melodeon [3];
Saul Rose: melodeon [5, 7];
Martin Simpson: banjo [2, 5, 10];
Danny Thompson: double bass [1, 8];
Marry Waterson: vocals [1, 8-9, 11];
Mike and Anne Waterson: vocals [11];
Roger Williams: trombone [8-9]
Tracks
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339) (6.24)
- Little Grey Hawk (Roud 293) (3.17)
- Boston Burglar (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (5.22)
- The Nightingale (Roud 1093; Laws M37; G/D 1:18; Henry H75a) / For Kate (5.53)
- Bonaparte's Lament (Roud 349) / (3.15)
- The Rose and the Lily (The Cruel Brother) (Roud 26; Child 11) (6.12)
- Bunch of Thyme (The Seeds of Love) (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (5.47)
- Ukulele Lady / (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (4.49)
- Psalm of Life (6.03)
- Prairie Lullaby (3.46)
- Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (2.55)
Track 1 trad. arr. Aidan Curran, Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson;
Tracks 2, 5, 7 trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson;
Track 3 trad. arr. Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy;
Track 4a trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Oliver Knight;
Track 4b Eliza Carthy;
Track 6 song trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson, Oliver Knight, melody Eliza Carthy;
Track 8a Gus Kahn, Richard Whiting;
Track 8b Lucio Battisti, Mogol;
Track 9 words Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), music Eliza Carthy;
Track 10 Jimmie Rogers, George Brown;
Track 11 trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson, Oliver Knight
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The Gift Band Live on Tour
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The Gift Band Live on Tour Scarlet Records SR029CD / SR029DVD (2 CD / DVD, UK, 31 October 2011) |
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Recorded live at the Union Chapel in November 2010
Musicians
Eliza Carthy: vocals, fiddle, accordion;
Norma Waterson: vocals;
Martin Carthy: guitar, banjo, vocals;
Phil Alexander: piano, accordion, vocals;
Aidan Curran: guitar, mandolin, vocals;
David Donnelly: double bass, vocals
Tracks
CD 1: First Half | CD 2: Second Half |
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All tracks trad. except
Track 5a Gus Kahn, Richard Whiting;
Track 5b Lucio Battisti, Mogol;
Track 6 Loudon Wainwright III;
Track 7a Edgar Yipsel Harburg, Joy Gorney;
Tracks 7b, 12, 16 Richard Thompson;
Track 14 Clive Gregson;
Track 18 Jimmie Rogers, George Brown;
Track 20 Harold Arlen, Edgar Yipsel Harburg