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Strings That Nimble Leap - Fylde Guitars & Their Players
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Strings That Nimble Leap - Fylde Guitars & Their Players --- 2019
This charity CD compilation was assembled by Roger Bucknall of Fylde Guitars in Penrith, England, in 2019, comprising donated tracks recorded by musicians who play Fylde instruments. It comes as a 128-page hardback book, approximately the size of a jewel-case CD, including two CDs in cardboard pockets inside the front and rear cover. The Fylde Guitars website describes the project as follows: "Strings that Nimble Leap" is a major recording project for charity. It comprises 43 tracks involving 52 musicians, all playing Fylde guitars, or in some cases, mandolin, bouzouki, acoustic bass or ukulele. Most of the tracks are specially recorded, and many have been specially written for this project. The charities we have in mind are MIND, because mental illness affects so many people that we know. Also Help Musicians UK, so that we can help musicians in the UK . Yes, I know, nearly another joke. And the Woodland Trust, the reasons for that choice should be obvious. The whole project has taken nine months, I'd no idea how it would work out when I first started, but I soon realised that I couldn't possibly fit everything on to one CD, and I couldn’t decide who to leave out! There was a simple solution-there are two CDs. I still had to make some hard decisions, and I could not face the idea of three CDs. I did consider issuing a new cd each year for a while, but quite honestly, I need to get back to making guitars. The CDs are in sleeves inside a 128-page book with 53 photographs. Each track and each relationship with the artist is explained. Plus, notes on style, recording techniques and tunings. The paper, printing and binding are the very highest quality. Basically, it’s a "proper" book with CDs inside. A few of the tracks have been taken (with permission) from old recordings, tweaked and re-mastered as necessary. All the rest are full studio, professional recordings. The track order is mostly chronological, tracing the history of my relationships with the artist, but sometimes I have had to move things around in order to make it all fit, and to avoid major clashes of style or dynamics. It makes sense to me at least. - Roger Bucknall, Fylde Guitars, March 2019 https://www.fyldeguitars.com/cd-strings.html
Tracklist
Down The River
Cuckoo's Nest
The Rigs Of Rye
Lullaby For Bert And John
When The Lark Salutes The Sky
Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot
Dark Blue Eyes
Someone To Watch Over Me
The Guitar At The End Of My Bed
Priceless
The Day Of The Fair
Gull's Eye
Song For Garrison
Naviss
Fylde Mountain Thyme And Roger Bucknall's Fancy
That Someone Ain't You
Roger's Roundouse
Little Bird
Erin's Green Shore
The Row Between The Cages
Canadee-I-O
Killing The Blues
Mr Housefire
G And P
Three Reels For Fylde
Making Horses
Blue Bossa
Room 335
From The Bottom Of My Socks
Wake
The Angel's Share
Danca Da Cozinha
Folk Song
Roger
Ode To My Fylde Guitar
Riversong
Sheebeg Sheemore
Moving Parts
Maa Bonny Lad
The Summer The Sky Cried For Rain
Niel Gow's Lament For The Death Of His Second Wife
Burnout
The Adventures Of Wilfred