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Maddy Prior & The Girls: Bib & Tuck

Bib & Tuck (Park PRKCD 61)

Bib & Tuck
Maddy Prior & The Girls

Park Records PRKCD 61 (CD, UK, June 2002)

Park Records announced Maddy's recent tour with:

“Maddy goes back to basics with this new all-female acoustic trio.

Joining Maddy are her daughter Rose Kemp, at 17 already a blossoming singer and songwriter in her own right, and Abbie Lathe on vocals, guitar, keyboards and whistle.

With an emphasis on vocal harmony, the three will be turning their talents to a variety of traditional and contemporary material - drawing on Maddy's long and varied career, with gems from the Silly Sisters vaults, original songs from Maddy, Rose and Abbie, and a few surprises.”

Musicians

Maddy Prior, vocals;
Rose Kemp, vocals;
Abbie Lathe, vocals, guitar, keyboards, whistle

Tracks

  1. Accappella Stella (2.17)
  2. I Am the World (2.06)
  3. A Stitch in Time (2.51)
  4. Hush Hush (3.18)
  5. Rain (4.15)
  6. Sweet Thames Flow Softly (4.43)
  7. Down in the Valley (1.51)
  8. I Need You to Turn to (3.10)
  9. Drop of Blood (3.36)
  10. Sparkling Rills (1.48)
  11. True Colors (3.22)

The Cotton Triangle

  1. Blow Boys Blow (Roud 703) (2.18)
  2. The Dead Are Not Dead (1.06)
  3. Homeless (1.46)
  4. Haul Her Away (Roud 395) (2.03)
  5. Cotton Fields (3.12)
  6. Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624) (1;18)
  7. Cropper Lads (2.51)
  8. Doffin' Mistress (Roud 2133) (1.25)
  9. Liverpool Judies (Roud 928) (4.25)

Track 1 Rick Kemp
Tracks 2, 9 Rose Kemp
Track 3 Mike Waterson
Track 4 Jim McLean
Track 5 Abbie Lathe
Track 6 Ewan MacColl
Track 7 Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Abbie Lathe
Track 8 Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Tracks 10, 15, 18, 20 trad. arr. Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Abbie Lathe, Poole
Track 11 Kelly, Steinberg
Tracks 12, 17, 19 Trad. arr. Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Abbie Lathe
Track 13 Translation. from French poem “Chants d'ombre Suivis de Hosties Nores”
Track 14 Paul Simon, Joseph Shabalala
Track 16 Huddie Ledbetter