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Grinning in Your Face

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Released
  
1983

Label
  
Topic Records

Genre
  
Folk

Producer
  
Tony Engle

Grinning In Your Face (1983)
  
Sad or High Kicking (1985)

Grinning In Your Face is a folk album by Martin Simpson recorded and released in 1983.

Contents

Recorded and produced at Ideal Sound Recorders, London by Tony Engle. Originally issued by Topic Records in the UK, catalogue number 12TS430.

It includes a mixture of contemporary and traditional pieces.

Track listing

  1. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (Paul Anka)
  2. "Little Birdie" (Traditional; arranged Simpson)
  3. "The First Cut is the Deepest" (Stephens)
  4. "Roving Gambler" (Traditional; arranged Simpson)
  5. "This War May Last for Years" (Traditional; arranged Simpson)
  6. "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan)
  7. "Reuben's Train" (Traditional; arranged Simpson)
  8. "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams)
  9. "Handsome Molly" (Traditional; arranged Simpson)
  10. "Townships" (Simpson)/ "Biko" (Peter Gabriel)
  11. "Moonshine" (Simpson)
  12. "Green Linnet" (Traditional; arranged Simpson)/ "Grinning In Your Face" (Son House)

Personnel

  • Martin Simpson - vocals, acoustic guitar, lap steel, dobro, banjo

    • with

  • Bob Smith - drums
  • Annette Costello - backing vocals

    • References

    Grinning in Your Face Wikipedia
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