Hammers, Tongues & A Bakewell Tart

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2007

Label: Free Reed

For Sue Harris “Hammers & Tongues”

Musicians:
Sue Harris: 21 hammered dulcimer strung with 6 gauge piano wire, made by Tufty Swift.
It is loosely copied from an instrument made R. Wagstaff of Eggington, Derby about 100 years
ago and has a red deal back and belly and beech end blocks and bridges.
Sue also plays a proper grand piano.
Alan Harris: Plays an Abbott banjo, a Guild guitar and a old double bass.
Martin Brinsford: Plays a range of Hohner harmonicas, a splendid old tambourine and a set of drummers.
Jeannie Harris: Sings and harmonises.
Tufty Swift: Plays a one row 4-stop melodeon as made by M. Hohner Ltd. in Germany.
John Kirkpatrick: plays a 40 key Anglo Chromatic Concertina made by Crabb of London, its main keys are C and G; and a Hohner 20 row pokenwork melodeon.

Recorded at Livingston Studios, April / May 1978
Disc mastering by George “Pecky” Peckam

For Tufty Swift “How to make a Bakewell Tart”

All songs “Traditional” / Arranged by Tufty Swift / Free Reed Music (except 12: John Kirkpatrick / Free Reed Music)

Musicians:
Alan Harris (no relation to Sue): Banjo - Double bass - Piano
Sue Harris: (probably the hammered dulcimer, but not mentioned)

This CD was compiled for the series “Revival re:Masters” by Free Reed and contains 2 original albums.
Although the second (from Tuft Swift) lacks 2 tracks from the original (“Miss Baker's Hornpipe” and “Lady of the Lake / Buffalo Girls”), they do appear on the Free Reed 3-cd “This label is not removable” (FRTCD 25))