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Blowzabella, Bobbityshoothy
(1984) Plant Life PLR 064 - Reissued : Osmosys Records OSMO CD015. 1998
Two
years after their debut, recorded at Ideal Sound of London, an innovative work in many
ways is presented. The songs are more traditional, arranged by the group up to their
individual components but are, in many cases, new compositions. This work is therefore more complex
but much more sober in presentation. We do not have any piece of information about the graphic: a piper is represented with a
colorful hat. Also missing are data about the instruments (to which, by now, we are
used), and about the tracks. No small drawing leaflet explains the dance steps, it’s too bad!
Due anni dopo il loro esordio ecco uscire, registrato alla Ideal Sound di Londra, un lavoro innovativo sotto molti punti di vista. I Brani non sono più tradizionali ed arrangiati dal gruppo,ma si tratta in molti casi di nuove composizioni, arrangiate sia dalla band che dai suoi singoli componenti. Un lavoro dunque più articolato ma assai più sobrio nella presentazione. Nessuna informazione abbiamo sulla grafica che in copertina rappresenta un suonatore di cornamusa dalla colorata bombetta; purtroppo, mancano tutte le informazioni sia sugli strumenti (cui ormai eravamo abituati), sia sui brani. Nessun disegnino illustrativo illustra i passi di danza, peccato!
Tracks: 1. MEDLEY: Shave The Monkey/Boys Of The Mill 2:50, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Blowzabella - 2. MEDLEY: The Presbyterian Hornpipe/The Red Lyon 2:44, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Sheperd/Swayne - 3. La Ronde Des Milloraines 4:41, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Blowzabella - 4. MEDLEY: Branle De Borgogne/Horses Branle 4:29, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Blowzabella - 5. Bobbityshooty 3:59, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Swayne - 6. Carl Wark 2:04, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Sheperd/Swayne - 7. MEDLEY: Eglantine/Man In The Brown Hat/Schottische Fran Havero/The Minah Bird 6:29, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Blowzabella - 8. Topman And The Afterguard, The 3:16, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Blowzabella - 9. MEDLEY: The Savage Hornpipe/The Gloucestershire Miner/William Taylor's Table - Top Hornpipe 4:12, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Sheperd - 10. MEDLEY: Scaramouche/Kathryn Arwen's March 3:42, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Stapleton - 11. MEDLEY: Blowzabella/Jon's Jig 4:50, Trad. / Adapt. & Arr. Blowzabella
Musicians: Dave Armitage, Paul James, Dave Roberts, Dave Shepherd, Cliff Stapleton, Jon Swayne. |