Plain Capers

by John Kirkpatrick

Plain Capers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1976
  • Label: Free Reed
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Kirkpatrick, with Sue Harris, Martin Carthy, Martin Brinsford and Fi Fraser, plays twenty-seven Cotswold morris dance tunes acoustically, a deliberate answer to the electric 'Morris On' he had made with Ashley Hutchings. The album launched the Free Reed label, and its sleeve carried extensive notes on the history of the morris and guides to playing and dancing the tunes.

Genres

Descriptors: dance, traditional, folk, acoustic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Glorishears
  2. Hammersmith Flyover
  3. Old Molly Oxford
  4. Black Jack/Old Black Joe (Badby)/Old Black Joe (Bucknell)
  5. Blue Eyed Stranger/Willow Tree
  6. Brighton Camp/The March Past
  7. Bobby And Joan/Bobbing-A-Joe
  8. Monk's March/The Fieldtown Processional
  9. Sweet Jenny Jones/The Sherborne Jig
  10. Lumps Of Plum Pudding
  11. Highland Mary
  12. Wheatley Processional
  13. Maid Of The Mill/Cuckoo's Nest
  14. The Buffoon/The Fool's Jig
  15. Constant Billy

Credits

  • Sue Harris - primary artist, oboe, dulcimer [hammered]
  • Martin Carthy - primary artist, guitar
  • Martin Brinsford - primary artist, mouth organ, tambourine
  • Fi Fraser - primary artist, fiddle
  • Alan Green - engineer
  • Denis Blackham - mastered by
  • Paddy O'Beirnes - photography by [front sleeve]
  • Neil Wayne - producer
  • Sue Dransfield - sleeve
  • Traditional - written-by

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