Norma Waterson, The Very Thought of You

Hannibal / Rykodisc HNCD 1430 (CD, USA/UK, June 21, 1999)

Si tratta di un album certamente bellissimo e sorprendente che contiene una serie di canzoni collegate tra loro che parlano si ricordi d'infanzia ma anche di personaggi contemporanei come Marilyn Monroe o la principessa Diana. Sono molti gli artisti che accompagnano la grande signora del folk in questo CD prodotto da John Wood e registrato/mixato negli states tra Los Angeles e Montreal. In copertina ancora una bella fotografia di Tom Howard, rielaborata da John Haxby.

Tracks:
Love of My Life [Freddy Mercury] (2.22) - Reply to Joe Haines [Lal Waterson] (2.39) - Blaze Away [Abe Holzman, Jimmy Kennedy] (2.11) - Josef Locke [Richard Thompson] (3.01) - Over the Rainbow [Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg] (3.16) - Bluebird (Judy G) [John B. Spencer] (1.01) - Dreaming [Loudon Wainwright III] (3.30) - Al Bowlly's in Heaven [Richard Thompson] / The Very Thought of You [Ray Noble] (7.36) - River Man [Nick Drake] (3.55) - Solid Air [John Martyn] (1.22) - Change Partners and Dance [Stephen L Graziano] (3.03) - On Fridays He's Fred Astaire [Clive Gregson] (1.17) - Fallen Leaves [Eliza Carthy] (5.02) 

Musicians
Norma Waterson: vocals - Richard Thompson: acoustic guitar [1, 8, 11-12], electric guitar [3-8, 10, 13], mandolin [3, 12], hurdy gurdy [9], backing vocals [4] - Martin Carthy: acoustic guitar [1, 3-12], backing vocals [3, 4] - Danny Thompson: double bass [2, 3-5, 7-9, 13], backing vocals [4] - Eliza Carthy: violin [4, 7, 9, 11-13], viola [2], backing vocals [1, 5] - Pat Donaldson: bass guitar [1, 5, 9-12] - Teddy Borrowiecki: piano [1-2, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11], Hammond organ [9-10], accordion [3-4, 8-9] - Chris Parkinson: accordion [5-7, 11] - Joel Pescin: tenor saxophone [8] - John McColgan: drums [1, 3-6, 8, 10-12]