July 11th, 2010
Another of the Hance childhood favorites from the rare Riverside Wonderland series, this is a compilation of sea chanteys sung and played by folk professionals. Oscar Brand stands out as a performer.
Take a listen:
Oscar Brand sings Bunch of Roses
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Download Folk Songs for Little Sailors (89.2MB zip file)
Folk Songs for Little Sailors
Riverside Wonderland RLP 1424
1966
Tracks:
Sail Away, Sail Away – Bob Gibson
The Walloping Windowblind – Oscar Brand
The Bold Fisherman – Oscar Brand
High Barbary – Billy Faier
The Sailor’s Hornpipe – Billy Faier
The Fishes Song – Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl
The Golden Vanitee – Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl
Two Little Boats I Spy – Louise DeCormier
The Mermaid – John Runge
The Flying Dutchman – Dean Gitter
Belfast Hornpipe – Margaret Barry
Sir Patrick Spens – Ed McCurdy
Bunch Of Roses – Oscar Brand
Midnight On The Ocean – Oscar Brand
Sailing Along And Singing – The Renaissance Chorus
July 10th, 2010
Got an extremely rare download for you. This is an album that my sister, brother and I had when we were kids in the sixties. We had a kids’ turntable; must have been a Fisher-Price one, I think. We played this record to death!
The songs on this record go a way toward explaining my and my siblings’ sense of humor. Interspersing such things as sliding down rainbows, talking critters, and elves with everyday experiences like finding a penny or playing on a swing, the story is partly sung in a wacky falsetto, partly narrated, partly evoked with quirky piano accompaniments that used more modernistic dissonant touches than I’ve ever heard in kids’ music, then or since. The whole thing had an edge…so sincerely, enthusiastically silly it verged on weird and nutty.
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July 10th, 2010
Hi all, it’s been a long while. Just wanted to let you know I’m working on a project cleaning up rips from a couple of beloved old childhood LPs.
I’m using Audacity, the free audio editor. It has a horrendously …
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January 3rd, 2010
It was hard to choose, but here’s my favorite music of 2009 out of almost 150 albums. Don’t forget to click the Next Page links to get to the runners-up and the free albums!
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January 2nd, 2010
The biggest musical revelation of 2009!
I’ve been trying to tell anyone who will listen about the Free Music Archive, where the music is legitimately free and good. Don’t take my word for it. Try listening to this sampling of some favorites of mine.
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