Shearwater (album)
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Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Pegasus, Mooncrest, Castle Music | |||
Producer | Terry Brown | |||
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Shearwater is an album by Martin Carthy, released in 1972 on the Pegasus label as PEG12. It was re-released on vinyl in 1973/74 by Mooncrest as CREST25. The album was re-issued on CD in 1995, by Mooncrest, as CRESTCD 008 and then again, in March 2005 by Castle Music, as CMQCD1096.[2]
Track listing
All songs traditional.
- "I Was a Young Man" (Roud 1572) – 2:46
- "Banks of Green Willow" (Roud 172; Child 24) – 4:31
- "Handsome Polly-O" (Roud 545) – 2:31
- "Outlandish Knight" (Roud 21; Child 4) – 5:25
- "He Called for a Candle" (Roud 269, Laws K43)– 2:49
- "John Blunt" (Roud 115; Child 275) – 3:25
- "Lord Randall" (Roud 10; Child 12) – 4:34
- "William Taylor" (Roud 158; Laws N11) – 3:42
- "Famous Flower of Serving Men" (Roud 199; Child 106) – 9:23
- "Betsy Bell and Mary Gray" (Roud 237; Child 201) – 1:33
Additional tracks on the 2005 Castle CD
The Castle CD reissue has three bonus tracks from the BBC Radio 1 John Peel session recorded on 22 May 1972 at the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London, broadcast on 30 May 1972:
- "The False Lover Won Back" (Roud 201; Child 218) - 4.12
- "King Henry" (Roud 3867; Child 32) - 5.42
- "Trimdon Grange" (Roud 3189) - 4.06
Personnel
- Martin Carthy – vocals, guitar, dulcimer
- Maddy Prior – vocals on "Betsy Bell and Mary Gray"
- uncredited – drone on "William Taylor"
- Terry Brown - producer (for September Productions Ltd)
- Jerry Boys - engineer
References
- ^ Shearwater at AllMusic
- ^ "Martin Carthy: Shearwater". mainlynorfolk.info. Retrieved 13 June 2013.