MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK – Both Ears & The Tail – CD

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One of the great duos of all time, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick joined up in early spring 1966 as a performing unit. They were an immediate hit, becoming overnight the most popular group in the burgeoning folk club scene in Britain. Both Ears and the Tail was recorded live at the Folkus Folk Club in Nottingham in 1966 in the first flush of their success with both audience and performers hardly able to catch their breath.

This recording only came to light in recent times and it is astonishing in its fire and clarity. Many of the songs performed that night are to be found on the early Martin Carthy albums, but, on stage, the interplay between Martin and Dave virtually re-wrote all the material. This is a real live experience and an opportunity to be there on the night.

On this crystal clear recording of the classic Carthy/Swarbrick duo partnership are caught early in their partnership. Swarbs swooping fiddle coils with propulsive energy. Uncut

Tracklist:

1 The Leitrim Fancy + Drowsy Maggie + Staten Island + The Corbie And The Craw
2 High Germany
3 Fair Maid On The Shore
4 Porcupine Rag
5 The Bonnie Black Hare
6 Sovay (The Female Highwayman)
7 The Barmaid + Peter Street + The Mason’s Apron
8 The Broomfield Hill
9 The Wind That Shakes The Barley
10 The Hen’s March + The Four Poster Bed
11 Man Of Newlyn Town
12 Dill Pickles Rag
13 The Two Magicians
14 The Kid On The Mountain + The Donegal + The Swallowstail + The Marquis Of Tullybardine