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North Star

Kontraband: North Star (Springthyme SPR 1011)

North Star
Kontraband

Springthyme Records SPR 1011 (LP, UK, 1983)
Eminent ELP 5016 (LP, Denmark, 1983)

Produced by Kontraband;
Recorded by Tommy Hansen at Toma Studio. Horsens, Denmark in 1983;
Mixed by Peter Shepheard;
Liner notes by Niels Hausgaard;
Cover design by Thomas Kjellerup

Musicians

Rod Sinclair: 5-string banjo, guitar, vocals;
Børge Solkær: bass, guitar, alto recorder, mandolin, vocals;
Jole Nørgaard: cittern, mandolin, guitar, bodhrán, vocals;
Filt Kristensen: fiddle, mandolin, cittern, tambourine, Moog, vocals

with
Tommy McArdle:chorus [6a, 11]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Swallow’s Nest / Dirty Linen / Drowsy Maggie (2.54)
  2. Hills of Caithness (4.12)
  3. Micky Ainsworth / North Star (2.38)
  4. Dundee Homeward Bound (4.12)
  5. Magdalen Green (Roud 2893) (5.15)
  6. Pittenweem Jo / Fisher’s Hornpipe / Arran Rigs (4.51)

Side 2

  1. Tae the Beggin (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (3.51)
  2. I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow (3.46)
  3. The Brown Eyed Maiden / Father O’Flynn / The Black Pirate (3.22)
  4. Farewell to Ireland (Roud 2290) / Muirsheen Durkin (Roud 9753)/ Billy Cheatham (Roud 21316) (5.50)
  5. Rowin Foula Doon (5.02)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Matt Armour;
Track 3a Ronnie Cooper;
Track 4 words Rod Sinclair, tune trad.;
Track 6a John Watt;
Track 6c Jole Nørgaard;
Track 8 A.P. Carter;
Track 11 Robertson, T.M.Y. Manson