Nei pezzi più evocativi, come "Put the Road in Order", "The Holborne Suite" e "A Maiden Sat A-Weeping", i Brass Monkey sono davvero entusiasmanti. Questo del 2001 è senza dubbio un buon CD che Oliver Knight ha resgistrato con la collaborazione di Kirkpatrick. Bella la foto del gruppo di Tom Howard, elaborata in copertina da John Haxby. Bene in generale il progetto grafico di Tony Engle.

Tracks:

Put the Road in Order (5:16) (singer: John Kirkpatrick) - The Doffing Mistress (3:00) (singer: Martin Carthy) - The Cornish Quickstep / The Pleasure Gardens Polka (4:04) - The Pigeon on the Gate / The Primrose Lass (4:00) - Heather Down the Moor (5:39) (singer: Martin Carthy) - The Holborne Suite: The Fruit of Love / The Choise / The Honie-Suckle (5:56) - A Maiden Sat A-Weeping (4:18) (singer: John Kirkpatrick) - Gathering Peascods / The Rose Tree / Jerusalem (5:40) (singer: Martin Carthy) - The Crockery Ware (5:11) (singer: John Kirkpatrick) - Four Bacup Tunes (8:31) - Going and Staying (2:40) (singer: Martin Carthy)

Tracks 1, 3 John Kirkpatrick

Tracks 2, 5, 8b-c Trad. arr. Martin Carthy

Tracks 4, 10 Trad. arr. Brass Monkey

Tracks 6 Anthony Holborne arr. Brass Monkey

Tracks 7, 8a, 9 Trad. arr. John Kirkpatrick

Track 11 Arr. Howard Evans

All tracks published Topic Records except track 3 published Squeezer Music - Recorded by Oliver Knight at Martin Brinsford's house in Bussage, Gloucestershire, June 2001 - Mixed by John Kirkpatrick and Oliver Knight at Panda Sound, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, September 2001 - Produced by John Kirkpatrick - Original photographs: Tom Howard - Art direction: Tony Engle - Design, photo manipulation: John Haxby

Musicians

Martin Carthy: vocal, guitar, mandolin - John Kirkpatrick: vocal, button accordion, melodeon, treble, baritone and bass anglo concertinas - Howard Evans: trumpets - Richard Cheetham: tenor trombone, sackbutt - Martin Brinsford: mouth-organ, C-melody saxophone, drums, percussion - Roger Williams: bass trombone, tuba