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Sweet Wivelsfield (Martin Carthy album)

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Released
  
1974

Length
  
42:09

Artist
  
Martin Carthy

Producer
  
Ashley Hutchings

Genre
  
Folk music

Recorded
  
1974

Sweet Wivelsfield (1974)
  
Crown of Horn (1976)

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
Topic Records

Similar
  
Landfall, Shearwater, Life and Limb, But Two Came By, The Carthy Chronicles

Sweet Wivelsfield is an album by Martin Carthy, released in 1974. It was re-issued by Topic Records on CD in 1996.

Contents

It is the first of a trilogy of Martin Carthy albums which were produced by Fairport Convention founder and former Steeleye Span bandmate Ashley Hutchings. Both had played on an electric version of the song Skewbald on Steeleye Span's 1971 album Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again.

Track listing

All songs are traditional and were arranged by Martin Carthy.

  1. "Shepherd O Shepherd" – 3:23
  2. "Billy Boy" – 2:52
  3. "Three Jolly Sneaksmen" – 4:15
  4. "Trimdon Grange" – 6:25
  5. "All Of A Row" – 2:38
  6. "Skewbald" – 3:39
  7. "Mary Neal" – 3:59
  8. "King Henry" – 6:21
  9. "John Barleycorn" – 2:21
  10. "The Cottage In The Wood" – 6:13

Personnel

  • Martin Carthy – vocals, acoustic guitar (1-6,8,10)
  • Ashley Hutchings – production

    • References

    Sweet Wivelsfield (Martin Carthy album) Wikipedia
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