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Thread #166270 Message #4097523
Posted By: Lighter
13-Mar-21 - 05:31 PM
Thread Name: The Singing Sailor (Lloyd/MacColl/Corbett)
Subject: RE: The Singing Sailor (Lloyd/MacColl/Corbett)
I'll go further: I think Corbett's "Blow the Man Down" the best single revivalist chantey performance of the 1950s, and possibly ever. Perfect pacing, believable style.
Both those albums are extraordinary. Beware covers and imitations.
(Blow Boys Blow and A Sailor's Garland are nearly as splendid.)