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Thread #136431 Message #3421586
Posted By: doc.tom
17-Oct-12 - 05:41 PM
Thread Name: Short Sharp Shanty CD launch
Subject: RE: Short Sharp Shanty CD launch
All 3 can now be bought as a package for £30:00, as well as indiviually from Wild Goose Records - or from Keith Kendrick, Jeff Warner, Tom & Barbara Brown.
The whole recording project worked from the copies of Sharp's original notebooks at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House, London. He didn't publish them all. Short didn't give him too many verses - see the comprehensive notes on the website (umbermusic.co.uk), it'll save a lot of time and speculation!
I'm very nearly persuaded to publish all Short's versions in the forthcoming book on Short's life and times - or may do it as a companion volume.
In the meantime there are just two more opportunities to see the Short Sharp Shanties Show (I have to say it early in the evening!) with Jackie Oates, Jeff Warner, Keith Kendrick, me and the missus and Doug Bailey before Jeff flies home for Thanksgiving. They are at QUAD, Derby, on the 18th November and at Nettlebed Village Hall, Oxfordshire, on the 19th November. Details on the website. The show's been exceptionally well received although goodness knows if we'll get round to doing it again - there have been a couple of enquiries for festivals in 2013,so we'll see.
Thanks you for all the nice things people have been saying abpout the project, the recordings and the shows - it makes life feel worthwhile!
TomB