Waterson:Carthy: A Dark Light

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A Dark Light Waterson:Carthy Topic Records TSCD536 (CD, UK, September 2002)

Produced by Oliver Knight and Waterson:Carthy;
Executive producer Tony Engle;
Recorded by Oliver Knight at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay;
Design and photography by John Haxby

Musicians

Norma Waterson: vocals;
Eliza Carthy: fiddle, octave fiddle, piano, vocals;
Martin Carthy: guitar, vocals;
Tim van Eyken: melodeon, vocals

Thanks to
Ben Ivitsky: viola [10];
Martin Simpson: guitar [3, 7];
Barnaby Stradling: Fylde acoustic bass guitar [2]

Tracks

1. The Devil and the Farmer (3.34)
2. May Morning (5.40)
3. Death and the Lady (5.07)
4. The Outlandish Knight (5.03)
5. Balancy Straw / Seventeen Come Sunday / Whitefriar’s Hornpipe (6.32)
6. The Lofty Tall Ship (4.01)
7. The Holland Handkerchief (5.37)
8. The Old Churchyard (3.23)
9. Crystal Spring (3.56)
10. Diego’s Bold Shore (7.06)
11. Shepherds Arise (7.04)

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6: trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Tim van Eyken;
Tracks 3, 8, 9, 11: trad. arr. Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Tim van Eyken, Norma Waterson;
Track 7: trad. arr. Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson;
Track10: trad. arr. Eliza Carthy;
All titles published by Topic Records Ltd.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Haxby for permission to use the image of the CD cover.
Garry Gillard thanks Mair La Touche.