Smiddyburn/Flittin'

Dave Swarbrick | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B000003IX7
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #901,092 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wat Ye Wha I Met the Streen/The Ribbons of the Redheaded Girl/Ril ...

2. Sir Charles Coote/Smiths

3. I Have a Wife of My Own/Lady Mary Haye's Scotch Measure

4. Wishing/The Victor's Return/The Gravel Walk

5. When the Battle Is Over

6. Sword Dance/The Young Black Cow

7. Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen/The Hag With the Money/Sleepy Maggie

8. It Suits Me Well

9. The Bride's March/The Keelman's Pertition/Shew Me the Way to Wallingford

10. Parthenia/Pittengardener's Rant/The Floggin

11. Grey Daylight/Hawk/Ten Pound Fiddle

12. Jamaica/With All My Heart

13. Nathaniel Gow's Lament on the Occasion of the Death of His Brother

14. The Rakes of Sollohad

15. Dr. Issac's Maggot/Cupid's Garden

16. Boadicea

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tasty licks by an old pro, August 31, 2002

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This review is from: Smiddyburn/Flittin' (Audio CD)

Fans of the instrumental side of Fairport Convention should dig this pair of recordings by their longtime fiddler, Dave Swarbrick. A bunch of his Fairport buddies, Richard Thompson among them, join him on this mostly-instrumental outing... Both albums were recorded at the same time in 1981, but released separately for whatever reason. It's nice stuff, though surprisingly heavy on standard-issue reels and such. For my personal tastes, there are too few numbers that really moved me (I tend to like aires and more melodically evocative tunes...) but I'm sure fans of fiddling in general and Fairport in particular will find plenty to enjoy here. A couple of songs do include vocals -- a rare opportunity to hear Swarbrick step up to take the mic...