Blowzabella

Octomento (2007)



Since 1978 the band have developed an enormous repertoire and can play for dancing continuously for hours on end. Despite making many albums much of their earlier repertoire never made it onto record. In the early days the band borrowed traditional tunes from all over England, Europe and the Balkans and adapted them to their needs and instrumentation. Soon though this wasn’t enough to keep them occupied and the ability of band members to compose and arrange their own material grew in importance and started to define what the band was about.
This approach proved to be influential and many European bands who wanted to experiment beyond the boundaries of "folk" music cite Blowzabella as a major influence.


TrackList:

01. Oliver's and Two Beers
02. De Montford and Magaloufou
03. The Origin of the World
04. New Pneus
05. Tanteeka and Round the Corner
06. L' Ance
07. Black Lake and the Duck
08. One for Sorrow
09. Ham Street
10. Le Galant Indiscret
11. Jackie Tar
12. The New Road to Alston and Lottie's
13. To the Edges and Robin's
14. Hostilite

Line up:
Andy Cutting - diatonic button accordion
Jo Freya - clarinet, saxophones
Paul James - bagpipes, saxophones
Gregory Jolivet - hurdy-gurdy
David Shepherd - violins
Barn Stradling - bass guitar
Jon Swayne - bagpipes, saxophones

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A richer dust (1998)




TrackList:

01 Introduction
02 The willow runnel
03 The new jigs
04 The rose of Raby
05 Reprise
06 Finale
07 Death in a fen/Bruton town/Our captain cried
08 The moth
09 The man in the brown hat
10 The diamond
11 The new hornpipes
12 All things are quite silent
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Nigel Eaton
Jo Freya
Paul James
Ian Luff
Dave Roberts
Dave Shepherd
Jon Swayne
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1988 • Plant life records PLCD 080
Quality: > 192 kbps VBR, full artwork scan




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The B to A of Blowzabella (1987)




Track Listing

01. 48 Bar Jig - Spanish Jig
02. 48 Bar Polka
03. Hornpipes: The Savage - Gloucestershire Miner - William Taylor's Table Top
04. 2/4 Bourrees: Carree De Vouvrey - D'Aurore Sand - Fred Paris's
05. Waltz: The Cafe Waltz
06. Polkas: The Knife's Edge - Cafouillee
07. Mazurka: The Fubu Mazurka
08. 3/8 Bourrees: Anon - Les Poules Huppees - Fil Et Bobine
09. Jigs: Shave The Monkey - Boys of the Mill
10. Waltz: Bouffard's
11. Hornpipes: The New Hornpipes
12. Polka: Kolomtanz
13. Schottisches: Derriere Les Carreaux - Moninette
14. Polka: Pas D'Ete
15. Jigs: The Marriage Marches
16. Laride
17. Jigs: Tarascaire - Trip to Lincoln - Epic Branle

Quality
High quality VBR

Only released on cassette tape - I have created covers for CD (included in the zip). There may be some imperfections, but this is an extremely rare release. I guess it shows what Blowzabella sounded like in concert at the time (1987).





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