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Thread #104168   Message #2134095
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
26-Aug-07 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Songbooks: Review: The Folk Handbook
Subject: RE: Review: The Folk Handbook
Oh I dunno. Just imagine...

Joe Cocker doing Just as the tide was flowing

Annie Lennox doing The House Carpenter (Eric Clapton accompanying)

and so on....

Isla St Clair was half way there with her album The Song and the Story accompanying the TV series - as I remember, there was some decent synth (80's style) programming and most of Steeleye in the background. I don't think the voice was quite remarkable enough not to get swamped by the production, but it was a damn good try.

I particularly liked Flash Company, which came out as a sort of country song. I mean.....come on, I bet you've heard that one butchered by floorsingers many a time and oft on the rialto.