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Shearwater (album)

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.

Track listing

All songs Traditional; arranged by Martin Carthy

  1. "I Was a Young Man" (Roud 1572) – 2:46
  2. "Banks of Green Willow" (Roud 172; Child 24) – 4:31
  3. "Handsome Polly-O" (Roud 545) – 2:31
  4. "Outlandish Knight" (Roud 21; Child 4) – 5:25
  5. "He Called for a Candle" (Roud 269, Laws K43)– 2:49
  6. "John Blunt" (Roud 115; Child 275) – 3:25
  7. "Lord Randall" (Roud 10; Child 12) – 4:34
  8. "William Taylor" (Roud 158; Laws N11) – 3:42
  9. "Famous Flower of Serving Men" (Roud 199; Child 106) – 9:23
  10. "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:

  1. "The False Lover Won Back" (Roud 201; Child 218) - 4.12
  2. "King Henry" (Roud 3867; Child 32) - 5.42
  3. "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"
Technical
  • Terry Brown - producer (for September Productions Ltd)
  • Jerry Boys - engineer
  • David Berney Wade - art direction, design

References