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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