I’m delighted to be able to announce that Three Quarter Time, the long-awaited new Magpie Lane CD, is now released, and available to buy from the band’s website.
Tracklist
- The Dancing
- Push about the Jorum / The Ploughman / Salt of the Earth
- Belfast Mountains
- Sovay (a different version from that featured as Week 87 of this blog)
- Cheltenham Waltz / Rout of the Blues
- Nobody’s Jig / Kentish Cricketers
- New Garden Fields (a solo version of this appeared here in Week 208 of the blog)
- Dance around the Gallows Tree
- Blow ye Winds
- The Captain and his Whiskers
- Lovely Elwina / Waterloo (a solo version of which appeared here as Week 199)
- Lord Bateman (a different version from that which appeared here in Week 26)
- One More Dance and Then / Not a Natural Dancer / Spirit of the Dance
The CD features a number of special guests including Jackie Oates, John Spiers, Paul Sartin & Colin Fletcher.
See http://magpielane.co.uk/ml_3quartertime.htm for further details.
And here are three sample tracks to try out before you buy.
Initial reaction to the album has been universally positive:
It’s excellent… https://t.co/eqF2lzKE0J
— Jon Boden (@boden_jon) August 20, 2017
And it’s blooming gorgeous too – go and order it now! https://t.co/f30XWdaqPH
— Fay Hield (@fayhield) August 20, 2017
This is amazing- Lord Bateman is superlative. Been a fan boy since ’93 ❤️ and still worship the Grope C***s https://t.co/Z9olS7IBOX
— Paul Sartin (@Patakas1) August 20, 2017
The Dancing is one of your best ever slow songs!
— Nick Swarbrick ن (@nickswarb) August 20, 2017
The Dancing: wonderful. For me it’s different (obviously) but up there with The Trees are all Bare… not a comparison I make lightly.
— Tom Bower (@tombower) August 20, 2017
Order your copy now from http://magpielane.co.uk/ml_shop.htm
(and if you’re at Towersey this weekend, yes there will be copies on sale at the Festival record stall)
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