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Gift (Topic TSCD579)

Gift
Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson

Topic Records TSCD579 (CD, UK, July 13, 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

  1. Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339) (6.24)
  2. Little Grey Hawk (Roud 293) (3.17)
  3. Boston Burglar (Roud 261; Laws L16) (5.22)
  4. The Nightingale (Roud 1093; Laws M37) / For Kate (5.53)
  5. Bonaparte's Lament (Roud 349) / (3.15)
  6. The Rose and the Lily (The Cruel Brother) (Roud 26; Child 11) (6.12)
  7. Bunch of Thyme (The Seeds of Love) (Roud 3) (5.47)
  8. Ukulele Lady / (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (4.49)
  9. Psalm of Life (6.03)
  10. Prairie Lullaby (3.46)
  11. 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

The Gift Band Live on Tour (Scarlet SR029DVD)

The Gift Band Live on Tour
The Union Chapel November 2010
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson with Martin Carthy

Scarlet Records SR029CD / SR029DVD (2 CD / DVD, UK, October 31, 2011)

 The Gift Band Live on Tour (Scarlet SR029CD)

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 HalfCD 2: Second Half
  1. Introduction (3.23)
  2. The Chaps of Cockaigny (7.38)
  3. Fare Thee Well, Cold Winter (Roud 1034 / 803) (7.32)
  4. Boston Burglar (Roud 261; Laws L16) (7.21)
  5. Ukulele Lady / (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (5.34)
  6. Dreaming (5.55)
  7. Brother Can You Spare a Dime? / Al Bowlly's in Heaven (10.53)
  8. Go and Leave Me (Roud 459) (6.55)
  9. The Nightingale (Roud 1093; Laws M37) / For Kate (5.55)
  1. Introduction (2.30)
  2. Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339) (9.54)
  3. Josef Locke (4.43)
  4. Bunch of Thyme (The Seeds of Love) (Roud 3) (9.53)
  5. On Fridays He's Fred Astaire (6.10)
  6. The Rose and the Lily (The Cruel Brother) (Roud 26; Child 11) (7.11)
  7. God Loves a Drunk (6.48)
  8. Grace Darling (6.44)
  9. Prairie Lullaby (5.02)
  10. Shallow Brown (5.41)
  11. Over the Rainbow (4.19)

Tracks

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