by danny

Martin Carthy "Shearwater" 1972





















1972 • Pegasus PEG 12 • Mooncrest CREST 25 •• 1991 • Mooncrest CRESTCD 008 •• 2005 • Castle Music CMQCD1096

01 I Was a Young Man (2:46)
02 Banks of Green Willow (4:31)
03 Handsome Polly-O (2:32)
04 Outlandish Knight (5:25)
05 He Called for a Candle (2:49)
06 John Blunt (3:26)
07 Lord Randall (4:35)
08 William Taylor (3:43)
09 Famous Flower of Serving Men (9:23)
10 Betsy Bell and Mary Gray (1:34)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Carthy
Published by Sparta/Florida Music
Produced by Terry Brown for September Productions Ltd.
Engineer: Jerry Boys
Special thanks to Maddy Prior who sings on Betsy Bell and Mary Gray

The Castle CD reissue has three bonus tracks from the BBC Radio 1 John Peel session recorded on May 22, 1972 at the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London and broadcast on May 30, 1972:

11 The False Lover Won Back (4:12)
12 King Henry (5:42)
13 Trimdon Grange (4:06)

Martin Carthy recorded Shearwater in 1971, just after leaving Steeleye Span for the first time