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Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: Walnut Creek

Walnut Creek (Fellside FECD243)

Walnut Creek
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick

Fellside Recordings FECD243 (CD, UK, August 15, 2011)

Live performances from various concerts on three continents between 1989 and 1996:
[1, 5, 11] recorded at Hitchin Folk Club, September 1989;
[2, 8-9, 12] recorded at Tanz & Folkfest Rudolstadt, Germany, July 3, 1992;
[3] recorded at Brunswick Festival, Australia, March 20, 1994;
[4, 10] recorded at Cedar Cultural Centre, USA;
[6] recorded at Bristol Albert Hole;
[7] recorded at Norwood Theatre, USA, June 4, 1996

All recordings are from the Swarbrick Archive;
Engineered, edited and produced by Dave Swarbrick;
Mastered at Gighouse Studio, Leamington Spa by Andie Thomson;
Re-equalisation and production master by Paul Adams;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Cover photograph by Gerry Tierney

Musicians

Martin Carthy, vocals, guitar;
Dave Swarbrick, fiddle, mandolin

Tracks

  1. Dominion of the Sword (4.24)
  2. Carthy’s Reel / Return to Camden Town (2.42)
  3. A Question of Sport (3.43)
  4. Arthur McBride and the Sergeant (Roud 2355) (4.42)
  5. Ship in Distress (Roud 807) (5.22)
  6. Porcupine Rag (4.11)
  7. The Deserter (Roud 493) (3.48)
  8. Mrs Bermingham / No. 178 / Blind Mary (8.24)
  9. Oh Dear Oh (Roud 870) (4.20)
  10. Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43) (3.49)
  11. Peggy and the Soldier (Roud 907; Laws P13) (3.40)
  12. The Sheepstealer (Roud 2410) (4.16)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick except
Track 1 trad., new words Martin Carthy;
Track 3 Martin Carthy;
Track 6 Charles L. Johnson;
Track 8 Turlough O'Carolan arr. Martin Carthy