Of Moor & Mesa

Tilston/Boyle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B000005CTK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,492 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Another Place To Hide

2. If I Were A Blackbird

3. Then You Remember

4. Silver Dagger

5. Sprig Of Thyme

6. The Slip Jigs And Reels

7. The Night Owl Homeward Turns

8. These Sea Dreams

9. The Lamentation Of Hugh Reynolds

10. Coronado And The Turk

11. Banks Of The Sweet Primroses

12. The Naked Highwayman

13. The Banks Of Claudy

14. Salvation Is Such A Long Way To Go

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent contemporary folk, January 19, 2004

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C. H Smith (Bowling Green, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Of Moor & Mesa (Audio CD)

This is just one of the many fine recordings, starting with his "An Acoustic Confusion" in 1970, of Brit Steve Tilston, one of the very best singer/songwriter/guitarists now active. Very few performers excel to the degree Tilston does as a combination guitarist (in the Bert Jansch/Pierre Bensusan/Davy Graham mold), tunesmith, and sensitive and penetrating lyricist, and he seems to be losing no momentum as time passes (his late 2003 release "Such & Such" fully maintains the run of first rate material). In this 1992 work he is accompanied by his then-wife vocalist Maggie Boyle, and the results range from effectively rendered traditional pieces to some of Steve's best and best known original material: 'Another Place to Hide,' 'Salvation is Such A Long Way to Go,' 'Coronado,' 'The Slip Jigs and Reels,' and 'The Naked Highwayman.' Unfortunately, only a few of Tilston's recordings are available through commercial outlets, but Steve maintains a website from which almost his full backlog can be obtained. After this, I would suggest his mid-80s "Life by Misadventure," "Swans at Coole" (a wholly instrumental venture), and the recent "Solorubato"--but anything you can get is a good bet!

5.0 out of 5 stars soooo fast!, April 23, 2010

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D. E. Howells "David E. Howells" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
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