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Simon Ritchie - Melodeon mania
Great playing, excellent choice of material - Living Tradition
English Country Music at it's glorious magical best - fROOTS
TRACKS INCLUDE; Thaxted square/John Hunter's: The Old Cock Dance: Captain Catton's Maggot/Linnen Hall: Song: 'Merchant's fair daughter' (aka 'the Highwayman Outwitted' from Harry Green Tilty, Essex):The Spiteful Fiddle:Seven Stars/Captain Lannoes: Song: 'Oh Joe The boat's a going over' (full vocal version): The Valiant: Plain Schottische: Dhub of My Father's: Song: 'Me Cock's me Own': Stack of Oats/Shannon Waves (Ed Reavey composition): Thaxted (Gustav Holst)
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The Posh Band - English. (featuring Simon Ritchie on melodeon, Ed Caines; fiddle, Ken Lees; banjo, tenor guitar, Sue Bainbridge; piano, mouthorgans and vocal on 'Love is Pleasing') - Country dance music from England plus a song.
TRACKS INCLUDE;- The Duke Of Cornwall's Reel: Monday Morning & Up the Sides: Town Green Polka: Weymouth Quickstep etc.
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Thaxted Country Dance Band - Back to where you started
Melodeon led, live in Thaxted Church Hall, acoustic.
TRACKS INCLUDE;- Jack's Maggott, Shufflin' Sam, The Persian Dance, Jack O'Robinson, Newcastle, Picking up sticks (Lavena), Morpeth Rant, etc.
Harry de Caux - Country Dance in Thaxted
23 tracks recorded in mono at a live acoustic dance in Thaxted Church Hall in 1990 when Harry was in his eightieth year.
Other recordings involving Simon Ritchie...
The Bismarcks 'Joanna' (EFDSS) 2005
- includes a song and a cover of Simon's 'The Valiant'.
Bob Davenport & Roger Digby 'Send your best man forward'
- a stepdance on one track and the original mix of Edmund (HOP002) 2001
Mark Bazeley and Jason Rice 'Moor Music'
- includes a cover of Simon's 'Thaxted Square'. (VT139CD) 2000
Katies Quartet (OH3CD)
- a stepdance on one track
Produced or recorded by Simon Ritchie:
Flowers & Frolics 'Reformed Characters' (HEBE CD002) 2000 INFO
The Dartmoor Pixie Band 'West Meets East' (Live) (Pixie1CD) 2002
Mark Bazeley: melodeon, Jason Rice: accordion, Kath Mortimer: accordion and Cyril May: drums. With Sarah Bazeley: caller. Recorded on tour in Essex, Surrey, London and Gloucestershire. 23 tracks including 'The Drover's Dream, Nelly Grey, Redwing (with singing call), The Dartmoor stepdance, and a wonderful 'Danish Double'. Proceeds help fund the Dartmoor Festival.
John Cocking 'Uppards' - North country monologues ( VT143CD) 2003
Will Noble & John Cocking 'Yon Green Banks' - songs sung in South Yorkshire (VT147CD) 2004
Mawkin 'Extended Procrastination' (Good Form) 2005
Various Artistes 'Anglo International' 2005
A 3CD collection of some of the best Anglo Concertina players from around the world!
John Kirkpatrick, Noel Hill, Niall Vallely, Scan Tester, Fred Kilroy, Chris Sherburn, Andy Turner, Bertram Levy, Frank Edgley, Andrew Blakeney-Edwards, Roger Digby, Bob Davenport, Nigel Chippendale, Harry Scurfield, Will Duke, Regardt de Bruin, Tom Lawrence, Roger Edwards with Trio Threlfall, Mary MacNamara, Kate McNamara, Mandy Murray, John Watcham, Zulu Squashbox, Zak van der Vyver, Felix Castro, Jody Kruskal, Alan Day
... previously unreleased archive recordings ...
... specially commissioned recordings ...
... lavish 48-page booklet ...
AVAILABLE FROM:
Folksound Records
250 Earlsdon Avenue North, Coventry CV5 6GX
Tel: 02476 711935 Email: rootsrecs@btclick.com
Available soon:
The Little Big Band - Jon Hare, spanish guitar, Tom Walker, trumpet & Simon Ritchie, melodeons; with other instrumental accompaniments. Original contemporary songs: Jazz Flamenco and everything else influenced.
Simon Ritchie -Traditional unaccompanied songs from East Anglia
The Live Tradition - Assorted traditional singers and musicians in their natural habitat (Pubs and village halls). Recorded but not yet edited.
For details of any of the above simon@melodeonmania.demon.co.uk We also have recordings of traditional singers, dance bands etc to become available in due course. Watch this space