Lady & the Unicorn (Bonus Track)
by John Renbourn$11.95 Free Shipping
- Released
- 16/06/03
- Music Genre
- Folk
Description
Personnel: John Renbourn (guitar, sitar); Dave Swarbrick (violin); Don Harper (viola); Tony Roberts, Ray Warleigh (flute); Len Nicholson (concertina); Terry Cox (hand drums, glockenspiel). Includes liner notes by John Renbourn. Throughout the late '60s and early '70s, John Renbourn alternated albums by the Pentangle and duet records with his longtime partner Bert Jansch with small-scale, somewhat experimental solo records. 1971's instrumental THE LADY AND THE UNICORN blends Renbourn's extraordinary six and 12-string acoustic guitars with subtle flute, violin, tasteful sitar, and hand percussion. THE LADY AND THE UNICORN is part early music (the opening "Trotto" and "Saltarello"), part traditional English ballad (the closing medley incorporates "My Johnny Was a Shoemaker" and "Scarborough Fair"), and part jazz and world-tinged Renbourn originals. These eight tunes are flawlessly played, with enough humor and grace that Renbourn's ample chops are never the main attraction. THE LADY AND THE UNICORN should be of interest to Renbourn's usual folk audience and to fans of early and Renaissance-era music.
Product Details
- Artist
- John Renbourn
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- CASTLE MUSIC
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #17893
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 1970
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2003
- Number of Discs
- 1
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #12846
- Cast & Crew
- John Renbourn (Music Performer)
- Bill Leader (Producer)
Press Reviews
...a beautiful instrumental record...a variety of short songs, medieval pieces and early classical things done with guitar, flute, violin, and even a trace of sitar... Rolling Stone (5/27/71, p.48)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Trotto/Saltarrello
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Stand By Me
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Veri Floris/Triple Ballade
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Bransle Gay/Bransle de Bourgougne
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Alman/Melancholy Galliard
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Sarabande
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Lady and the Unicorn
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My Johnny Was a Shoemaker/Westeron Wynde/Scarborough Fair
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Bransle Gay/Bransle de Bourgougne (Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival)
