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    180 gram hi-fidelity vinyl version of "Child Ballads" album. Includes download code. Mastered for vinyl by Bob Olhsson.

    The Child Ballads are three hundred and five traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the nineteenth century. In these recordings, traditional lyrics and melodies form the guiding principle for experimental interpretations of six of the Child Ballads

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Among the Blue Flowers and the Yellow 06:34
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The Dowie Dens of Yarrow 06:38
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Three Ravens 04:47
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The Elfin Knight 07:03
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Bessie Bell and Mary Grey 09:59
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Glenlogie 09:53
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Six full improvised interpretations of the 3-500 year old folk songs of Old England and Scotland commonly referred to as the "Child Ballads" as collected by Harvard educator Francis Child in the mid 1800's. All live, no overdubs.

****If you are in Europe or the UK and wish to buy physical product please buy from our Euro/UK Bandcamp. It will save you shipping: londonexperimentalensemble.bandcamp.com

U.S. CD's will ship Feb. 10th. UK/Europe orders will ship Feb. 1st from the above link.

Vinyl will be available to ship Feb. 12th 2019. Sorry for the slight delay but the plant is fully jammed.

credits

released February 1, 2019

Ed Pettersen – Vocals and resonator guitar Carole Finer – Cümbüş, violin and objects Antonio Acunzo – Electric bass, effects, piano John Eyles – Saxophone Tony Hardie-Bick – Guitar, tape echo, piano Ken Ikeda – Synthesizer Daniel Kordik – Synthesizer Edward Lucas – Trombone Keisuke Matsui – Electric guitar NO Moore – Electric guitar Jordan Muscatello – Double bass Joe Wright – Saxophone &

Produced by Ed Pettersen

Recorded at The Pool Studios, London March 25, 2017

Engineered by Shane Shanahan, assisted by Jamie McEvoy

Mixed by Shane Shanahan, assisted by Tony Hardie-Bick at Westpoint Studio, London UK

Mastered by Bob Olhsson, Nashville TN

Artwork and photography by Tony Hardie-Bick

Liner notes by Rob Young

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Ed Pettersen has earned respect for his own Folk/Americana albums, but it is his nine year effort behind the production of the 3-CD, 50-song compilation Song of America and frequent jazz/free improv collaborations that have garnered him international recognition. His songs have been recorded by Bettye LaVette and Candi Staton among others. ... more

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