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Broadside Electric: Black-edged Visiting Card

Broadside Electric: Black-edged Visiting Card (Clever Sheep Records CS 1701D)

Black-edged Visiting Card
Broadside Electric

Clever Sheep Records CS 1701D (CD, USA, 1993)

Produced by Broadside Electric and Larry Freedman;
Engineered by Larry Freedman;
Recorded and mixed to DAT at Second Street Audio Production and Recording, Philadelphia, PA, Octover-December 1992;
Digital assembly and editing by Ray Monahan at Digital Domain, Philadelphia, PA

Musicians

Melissa Demian: lead and backing vocals, Appalachian dulcimer
Tom Rhoads: lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, soprano recorder, harmonica
Jim Speer: bass, clarinet, saxophone, alto recorder, synthesizer, backing vocals
Helene Zisook: violin, viola, mandolin, backing vocals

Tracks

  1. New York Girls (Roud 486) / Yoshke / Sailor’s Hornpipe (5.59)
  2. Drive the Cold Winter Away (Roud V9375) / Wild Mountain Thyme (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (6.30)
  3. Skewball (Roud 456; Laws Q22) (3.48)
  4. 40 lbs of Yarn reels: Sligo Maid / Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman / Red-Haired Boy / Kitchen Girl / Drowsy Maggie (5.35)
  5. Mosé Salió de Misrayim (4.23)
  6. Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250) (5.53)
  7. False Sir John (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.26)
  8. The Six Questions (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (7.04)

All songs and tunes trad., arr. Broadside Electric except
Track 2b Robert Tannahill;
Track 5 trad. Sephardic Jewish song from Morocco

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Broadside Electric: Amplificata

Broadside Electric: Amplificata (Clever Sheep Records CS 1703D)

Amplificata
Broadside Electric

Clever Sheep Records CS 1703D (CD, USA, 1994)

Produced by Broadside Electric and Larry Freedman;
Produced by Broadside Electric and Adam Glickman;
Engineered by Adam Glickman;
Recorded and Mixed 1994 at Chill Factor Studios, Ardmore, PA;
Cover design by Jim Speer;
Artwork produced by Helene Zisook;
Digital Post-Production by Ray Monahan at Digital Domain, Philadelphia, PA

Musicians

Melissa Demian: lead vocals, Appalachian dulcimer;
Tom Rhoads: lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, recorder, harmonica, whistle;
Jim Speer: bass guitar, clarinet, backing vocals;
Helene Zisook: violin, viola, mandolin, backing vocals

Special guests and mooing: Lewis Becker, Emily Gavin, Ben Lewis, Brni Mojzes, Alan Rose;
Special guests, did not “moo”: Mike Ciul, Dan Riles

Tracks

  1. When I Was A Fair Maid (Roud 226; G/D 1:182; Henry H497) / Altfrangg (6.35)
  2. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (5.20)
  3. Hal-an-Tow (Roud 1520) (2.19)
  4. Robin Hood and the Tanner (Roud 332; Child 126) / Abandoned Glue Factory (5.40)
  5. Three Drunken Maidens (Roud 252) (4.44)
  6. The Town of Ballybay / Snug in a Blanket / The Cliffs of Mohir / The Connaughtman’s Rambles (6.55)
  7. 15 Bricks at the Bottom of the Pond reels: Old Grey Cat / Oyster Wives’ Rant / Miner’s Night Out (5.59)
  8. Air Fàil A Lail Ò (Ar Fa La La Lo) (RoudFS S227619) (3.17)
  9. Rufford Park Poachers (Roud 1759) (5.54)
  10. The New St. George (1.42)
  11. Rocky Road to Dublin (3.23)
  12. L’Incoronazione di Poppea Act II Scene xiii: (3.37)
  13. New York Girls (Roud 486) / Frejlexs Acano Mlada Nevesto. (6.34)

All songs and tunes trad., arr. Broadside Electric except
Track 1b Christoph Walliser;
Track 4b Jim Speer;
Track 6a Tommy Makem;
Track 7c John McEuen;
Track 8 trad. arr. Tom Rhoads;
Track 10 Richard Thompson arr. Tom Rhoads;
Track 12 Claudio Monteverdi, arr. Jim Speer
Track 13b trad. from Ukraine;
Track 13c trad. from Macedonia

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Broadside Electric: With Teeth

Broadside Electric: With Teeth (Clever Sheep Records CS 1707D)

With Teeth
Broadside Electric

Clever Sheep Records CS 1707D (CD, USA, 1999)

Recorded at Milkboy Recording, Philadelphia, PA, January through June 1999;
Recorded by Kieran Mulvaney, Noel van der Goes, and Tommy Joyner;
Recording assistance by Darrel Asbury;
Additional production by Kieran Mulvaney;
Mixed at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA;
Mastered by David Musial at SkyRoom Studios, Jersey City, NJ

Musicians

Ashley D’Andrea: vocals [4b], backing vocals [1, 3, 11], drums [1-3, 4a, 5-6, 7a, 8-11], finger cymbals [1], vibraslap [5], percussion [7a], kettle drum [8], triangle [9], tmbourine [11];
Amy Ksir: vocals [3, 4b, 6, 8, 10], backing vocals [3, 11], additional vocals [2], whistle [1, 5-6, 8], oboe [2, 4a, 8], flute [7a,10], soprano recorder [9], soprano crumhorn [9];
Tom Rhoads: vocals [1-2, 4ab, 6, 8, 10-11], backing vocals [3], electric guitar [1, 4a, 5, 9], acoustic guitar [2, 4a, 8], 12-string guitar [8], eletric 6- & 12-string guitar [11], high-strung [11], cittern [1, 8-10], dulcimer [3, 6, 7a, 9], Ebow [5];
Jim Speer: vocals [4b], backing vocals [3, 11], bass [1, 3, 4a, 5, 7a, 9-11], bass clarinet [2, 4a], Chapman stick® [2-3, 6, 8], MIDI’ed stick [7b], electronics [7b], alto recorder [9], alto saxophone [9], tenor crumhorn [9];
Helene Zisook: vocals [4b], backing vocals [3, 11], violin [1-3, 4a, 5-6, 8-9], electric violin [7a, 11], mandolin [7a], violas [10]

with
Melissa Demian: vocals [4a, 10];
Rachel Hall: concertina [9];
Paul Mimlitsch: Warr touchstyle guitar [7b], electronics [7b]

Tracks

  1. Royal Oak (Roud 951; G/D 1:40) / Barham Down (4.49)
  2. With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm / Ternovka Sher (5.36)
  3. Three Pounds Ten (Roud 2011) / Virginia / The Gravel Walk (6.35)
  4. The Gardener (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) / The Herring (Roud 128; TYG 31) (5.43)
  5. Seafood Invasion: Langstrom’s Pony / Donald MacLean of Lewis / Eel in the Sink / Walter Sammon’s Grandmother / Sheehan’s Reel (6.22)
  6. Masters of War / Julia Delaney (6.44)
  7. Minka / looped piece (5.55)
  8. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32) / Final Advance on Reykjavik (6.03)
  9. Horses’ Teeth: Horses’ Branle / Nebesko / Polka Piquee de Gerardmer / Polka With Teeth (5.43)
  10. Jellon Grame (Roud 58; Child 90; G/D 2:198) (9.07)
  11. April Morning (Roud 1546) (4.30)

Track 1a words trad. English, music Tom Rhoads;
Tracks 1b, 4b, 8a, 11 trad. English;
Track 2a R.H. Weston and Bert Lee;
Track 2b Dave Tarras;
Track 3a trad. Canadian;
Track 3b words Isaac Watts, music Oliver Brownson;
Tracks 3c, 5acde, 6b trad. Irish;
Tracks 4a, 5b trad. Scottish;
Track 6a Bob Dylan;
Track 7a trad. Bulgarian;
Track 7b Paul Mimlitsch, Jim Speer;
Track 8b Jim Speer;
Tracks 9ac trad. French;
Track 9b trad. Croatian;
Track 9d Rachel Hall;
Track 10 words: adapted by Jim Speer and Melissa Demian from trad. Scottish and Scandanavian; music: trad. Bulgarian