We Know By The Moon

Tri-fold card CD sleeve with 24 page booklet insert with illustrations and notes for source of each song. 01: (Roud 702) Emily: "The beautiful Dorian melody to our version of 'The Moon Shines Bright' was sung by Mr G. Vaughn at Dilwyn to the Hereford collector [a5670844] in March 1907; I made up an additional B-part melody to augment it. [...] The text is compiled from various versions found in the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library and Bodleian archives [...]" 02: (Roud 6959) Rachel: "I found a 1953 recording, made by [a1428606] of Aberdeenshire Traveller singer [a911144] singing this song on the Tobar an Dualchais website, a collection of recordings from the School of Scottish Studies archive. [...]" 03: (Roud 3601) Lucy: "This is a variant of 'Dearest Dear' noted down by [a1851727] from someone in southern Vermont, and recorded on her 1975 album [m=1628039]. I heard [a476082]'s version on his 2012 album [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3995539-Tim-Eriksen-Josh-Billings-Voyage-Or-Cosmopolite-On-The-Cotton-Road]Josh Billings Voyage[/url] [...]" 04: (Roud 368) Alasdair: "This song was learnt from a live recording, made in Haarlem in 1977, of the American banjo player and singer [a770740]." 05: Rachel: "[...]" 06: (Roud 4897) Alasdair: "This song is by the Paisley poet and songwriter [a2930771] (1774-1810). [...] Our version, however, perhaps owes more in mood to one sung by the late Glaswegian singer [a931457] (1940-2011); it features on her 1982 LP [m=674339]." 07: (Roud 24845) Emily: "I learnt this song from a recording of [a3281083] (1922-2005) made in 1989 by [a1630345]. [...]" 08: Alasdair: "This track begins with the English country dance tune 'The Emperor of the Moon', which was first published by [a1052023]'s son, [a9211135] (1657-1709), in his Dancing Master, (8th edition, 1690). It is followed by the very last song written by Sotlands most famous poet, [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/624922-Robert-Burns-4]Robert Burns[/url] [...] [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/623293-Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]Felix Mendelssohn[/url] composed a tune for it, which is the one we sing. [...] I first heard this sung by the great Glaswegian singer [a3149277] [...]" 09: (Child 79, Roud 196) Lucy: "[a551032] sang me this version of the classic supernatural ballad in a singing lesson [...] Mostly taken from A Book of British Ballads by [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2803064-Roy-Palmer-2]Roy Palmer[/url] [...]" 10: Alasdair: "[...] The English translation is based on one sung by Irish baritone [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/5970365-Harry-Plunket-Greene]Harry Plunket Greene[/url] (1865-1936)." 11: (Roud 18281) Emily: "We learnt 'Oh Watch the Stars' from [a1891846]'s 1957 LP accompanying their mother, composer [a1504444]'s songbook [m=1297521] (Doubleday, 1953). [...]" Recorded by [...] at Gloworm Studios, Glasgow, Tesla Studio, Sheffield, Yellow Arch, Sheffield & Hudson Studios, Sheffield © 2023 Hudson Records Ltd. The copyright in these recordings is under exclusive licence to Hudson Records Ltd. Made in EU.