NOTE: Dowload album tracks are bundled into ZIP files for you to download. You will need Winzip Extractor to Unzip the files. Mp3 tracks are about 6Mb - 12Mb each so a full CD is about 70Mb.
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Full Circle
£6.00
Full Circle is Phil's first album and contains the kind of unpretentious, uncomplicated Contemporary & Traditional English Heritage music that underpins Phil's club and concert performances. This is real English folk music - the music of the common folk of England, the indigenous English.
(Sleeve notes & lyrics can be found in the 'Blog' section)
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High Germany (New Version)
[4:53]
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We forget that these songs about soldiers and battles were written by commoners, not generals or the gentry. Consequently, the purpose of the song is to convey the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters central to the story - the very common folk to whom this 'musical social history' belongs. Often these songs have been hijacked by middle class academics for endless 'study' - to which battle does this song refer? what was the exact date and who were the protagonists? how many cannons did both sides have? who won the battle? Questions which have lttle interest to the common folk to whom these songs belong. In this version I tried an experiment to give it a fresh and interesting rhythm, so I pinched a bit of bluegrass fiddle shuffle to produce some 'drive', and slightly modified the vocal intonation. The words are unchanged and are still about how young Englishmen were shipped overseas regularly to be shot and blown up, how loved ones were left behind, and how their relationships and lives were destroyed by the warmongering, greedy and power-mad British ruling classes.
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The Handsome Cabin Boy
[5:21]
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William Taylor
[7:24]
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The Knocker Upper Man
[4:23]
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The Red Barn
[5:54]
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Freebie Bonnie George Campbell
[4:50]
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A song that paints a vivid mental picture and sets a storyline in only four verses. The central character George Campbell obviously dies but we are required to use our imagination and figure out how. The battle itself is the Battle of Glenlivet 1594.
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Freebie Lost Folkie Walkin Talkin Blues
[6:29]
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A song that began with a modicom of factuality, then wandered into a tale of pure fiction. When I started writing this I had no idea where it was going, so indeed it went nowhere - but there was a festival, and it was a 20 quid fee, and Richard Grainger is indeed a legend in Yorkshire.
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Three Drunken Maidens
[4:57]
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Byker Hill
[5:00]
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The Whitby Maid
[4:45]
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Green To Grey
[3:42]
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Bandzoogle Test Album - NOT FOR SALE
For testing of pricing and processes i.e. downloading mp3s, what are PDF Liner notes etc
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Green To Grey Test
[1:11]
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These are track notes for Green To Grey Test
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Kathy's Song Test
[1:06]
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Track notes for Kathy's Song Test
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