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Topic Records TSCD551 2005 |
John Tams is one of our finest musicians and singers and one of our greatest songwriters. He can sing
traditional material wonderfully and, at the same time, has written some of our best songs ever. Harry Stone, otherwise known
as Hearts of Coal, and the beautiful Hugh Stenson and Molly Green are just two of his songs that have entered the canon in
the last few years.
On this album, John deals the tradition – reworking several classic songs - and then adds
his own unmistakable originals to produce a landmark new album.
To listen to How High The Price? / All Clouds The Sky /
To protect copyright this track cannot be downloaded.
How High The Price? /
All
Clouds The Sky /
St Hilda's Waltz
How high the price How deep the water That makes widows out of wives For this is not fish you're eating This
is men's lives...
All clouds the sky The boats are leaving One last goodbye Dark waters call us on The
Northern Sea Knows well the sound of grieving How slight the fate We put our trust upon
Then go we must No
longer can we tarry The water's wide Yet we must go and try And like a bird on a silvery morning Home to your
side we will chance to fly
And the water shines like patent leather We search for signs upon this lifeless ground The reckoning
sky calls down some heavy weather We've come for fish, and fish need must be found
Then go we must No longer
can we tarry The water's wide Yet we must go and try And like a bird on a silvery morning Home to your side we
will chance to fly
And we ride the flood and trust to glory Some planks of wood no thicker than your thumb It's
all that keeps the telling of our story From being lost or maybe being won
Then go we must No longer can
we tarry The water's wide Yet we must go and try And like a bird on a silvery morning Home to your side we will
chance to fly
All clouds the sky The boats are leaving One last goodbye Dark waters call us on The Northern
Sea Knows well the sound of grieving How slight the fate We put our trust upon
Then go we must No longer can we tarry The water's wide Yet we must go and try And like a bird on a silvery
morning Home to your side we will chance to fly
Home to your side we will chance to fly.
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1. Written In The Book
2. Safe House
3. Amelia
4. How High The Price? /
All Clouds The Sky /
St Hilda's Waltz
5. Bitter Withy
6. A Man Of Constant Sorrow
7. The Sea: Pretty
Nancy /
A Sailor's Life
/ One More Day /
As I Looked East,
As I Looked West
8. Including
Love
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John Tams vocals, acoustic guitar, button accordion, bass guitar,
5 string banjo Barry Coope vocals, keyboards, harmonium, percussion, drums Graeme Taylor electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 5 string banjo, dobro, ukelele Keith Angel drums, percussion Andy Seward string
bass, bouzouki,
5 string banjo Steve Dawson
trumpet, cornet,
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Methuen, 2001 |
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Herman Heijermans's 1900 play is based on the true story of a Dutch fishing community whose men were sent to sea in a
rotten boat. It was a campaigning play that led to a change in Dutch law. Lee Hall's new version of the drama transposes the
action to turn-of-the-century Whitby, but the issues it deals with seem urgently contemporary.
Herman Heijermans.
A new version by Lee Hall (2001).
Music and lyrics by John Tams.
Dir. Bill Bryden.
With Kenneth Anderson (Second Copper), Diane Beck (Jo), Emma Bird (Mary), Edward Clayton (First Copper), Chris Coe (Molly),
Frances de la Tour (Kitty Fitzgerald), Alan Dunn (Trudger), Charlotte Emmerson (Clementine), Tom Georgeson (Christopher Makepeace),
Charlie Hart (Trudger), William MacBain (Michael), Steve Nicolson (James), John Normington (William), Robert Oates (Harry),
Trevor Ray (Dan), Sheila Reid (Sarah), Iain Robertson (Ben),
John Tams (Simon), Graeme Taylor (Jed), Keith Thompson (Tadge),
Linda Thompson (Susan), Howard Ward (Arthur).
was originally written for this production
(National Theatre):
Previewed 2 November,
Opened 8 November 2001,
Closed 5 February 2002.
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