> Dave Swarbrick > Records > Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol: Live at the White Bear
Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol: Live at the White Bear
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Live at the White Bear White Bear Records WBR 001 S (LP, UK, 1982) |
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Recorded and produced by Baz Barker in 1981.
Musicians
Dave Swarbrick, fiddle, vocals;
Simon Nicol, guitar, vocals
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick / Simon Nicol, except
Track 3 Richard Thompson
Track 5 Scott Joplin arr. Dave Swarbrick / Simon Nicol
> Dave Swarbrick > Records > Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol: Close to the Wind
Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol: Close to the Wind
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Close to the Wind Woodworm Records WR006 (LP, UK, 1984) |
Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire.
Produced by Simon Nicol
Engineered by Dave Pegg
Musicians
Dave Swarbrick, fiddle, vocals;
Simon Nicol, guitar, bass [6], vocals;
Dave Pegg, bass [4, 5];
Dave Mattacks, drums [4, 7], washboard [6], keyboard [7]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick / Simon Nicol, except
Track 6 Richard and Linda Thompson
Track 7 Stuart Marson
> Dave Swarbrick > Records > Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol: Close to the White Bear
Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol: Close to the White Bear
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Close to the White Bear Woodworm Records WRCD028 (CD, UK, 1998) |
Tracks 1-7 originally released on
Close to the Wind (1984).
Tracks 8-18 originally released on
Live at the White Bear (1981).
Musicians
Dave Swarbrick, fiddle, vocals;
Simon Nicol, guitar, bass [5], vocals;
Dave Pegg, bass [3, 4];
Dave Mattacks, drums [3, 6], washboard [5], keyboard [6]
Tracks
- The Young Black Cow / Lord Inchiquin (5.33)
- The 'Appy 'Ornpipe / Madam Vonani (3.33)
- At the Close of an Irish Day / The Laird of Drumblair / The Trip to Windsor (5.33)
- Si Bheag Si Mhor (6.00)
- Democratic Rage / The Constitution / President Garfield's (2.59)
- Close to the Wind (4.53)
- The Dark and Slender Boy (4.27)
- The Humours of Cappa / Swallowtail Reel (3.26)
- Pittengardener's Rant / The Floggin' Reel (3.36)
- Time to Ring Some Changes (3.23)
- Fiddlestix (3.04)
- Temptation Rag (3.27)
- Lord Haddo's Favourite / Lady Mary Hayes' Scotch Measure (3.87)
- 79th's Farewell / Atholl Highlanders / The Devil Amongst the Tailors (5.04)
- Three Drunken Maidens (2.51)
- The Hen's March / The Four Poster Bed (3.30)
- The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter (3.33)
- The Friar's Britches / The Lark in the Morning / The Gravel Path to Granny's / Leighton Buzzard Shuffle (3.09)
All tracks trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick / Simon Nicol, except
Track 6 Stuart Marson
Track 10 Richard Thompson
Track 12 Scott Joplin arr. Dave Swarbrick / Simon Nicol
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Phil Winans for the Live at the White Bear cover picture and LP details.




