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Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: Straws in the Wind

Straws in the Wind (Topic TSCD556)

Straws in the Wind
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick

Topic Records TSCD556 (CD, UK, September 4, 2006)

Recorded at Atrax Studios, Coventry, September 2004 and May 2006;
Engineered by Kevin Dempsey and Dave Swarbrick;
Mixed and edited at S.A.E. Studio, Birmingham by Kevin Dempsey and Joe Broughton;
Produced by Kevin Dempsey;
Photos by James Balfour;
Design by The Art Surgery

Musicians

Martin Carthy, vocals, guitar;
Dave Swarbrick, fiddle;
Kevin Dempsey, second guitar [14]

Tracks

  1. Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170) (4.23)
  2. Ship in Distress (Roud 807) (5.21)
  3. Whalecatchers (Roud 3291) (3.03)
  4. When I Was a Little Boy (Roud 1706) (3.05)
  5. Bride's March from Unst / True Lover's Lament / Lord Inchiquin (tunes) (5.52)
  6. Royal Oak (Roud 951) (3.22)
  7. Treadmill Song (Roud 1077) (6.05)
  8. Unfortunate Tailor (Roud 1614) (2.46)
  9. Bold Benjamin (Roud 2632) (4.02)
  10. Mrs Marriott (tune) (4.02)
  11. Jacky Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40) (4.21)
  12. Mermaid (Roud 124) (4.12)
  13. Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (Roud 4; Child 73) (5.52)
  14. My Heart's in New South Wales (tune) (5.19)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick pub. Topic Records Ltd except
Track 3 trad. arr. Martin Carthy pub. Topic Records Ltd;
Tracks 10, 14 Dave Swarbrick pub. Rykomusic