Bob Fox & Stu Luckley
1982 & 1987 _ Edinburgh, Scotland _ Edinburgh Folk Festivals _ (M-FMs)
~!~ Mk2 version carefully remastered without equalisation or additional noise reduction ~!~
1982-04-xx*
01. Reynard The Fox
02. --spoken intro for next song--
03. Life On A Serviceman's Pay
04. --spoken intro for next song--
05. The Iron Way
06. --spoken intro for next song--
07. The Thresher
1987-04-xx*
08. The Fishing
09. --spoken intro for next song--
10. Heart Like A Wheel
Total Time ::: 34:14
::: EXC qaulity FM broadcasts, now somewhat improved, including speed fixes. Check samples for yep, nope, in, out, yea, nay, barf or byte.
::: Warts: Repaired dullspots & dropouts but surely missed a few. Both sound like they have slightly over-applied noise reduction (there's a bit of phasing). 1988 trax have a little reception static.
::: #01-07 : Broadcast on BBC Radio 'Folk on 2' 1982-08-09. #08-10 ::: Broadcast on BBC Radio 'Folk on 2' 1988-01-20.
::: *DATES: The Edinburgh Folk Festival is around Easter every year, so probably both were in April preceeding the broadcasts.
::: CONTRAST CLAUSE: This Mk2 version is a remaster of garion221's "Mk1" 2015-09-27 upload (reseed of the '04 EZT upload), still on DIME at www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=541214
::: From 1977-1984 Bob Fox teamed up with ex-Hedgehog Pie member Stu Luckley. Delightful Britfolk. Here's 1 original recording & a 2nd, presumably a reunion.
Recording Information ::: radio broadcasts -> unknown cassette recorder -> off-air master cassettes.
Playback ::: off-air master cassettes -> Magix ACL -> wav -> flacs.
Remastering 2015-09-28 ::: wavs -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, #01-07 -1.4% & #08-10 -2.3% pitch (speed) fixes with single pass per segment after frequency analysis & with pitchpipe verification, NO equalisation or additional NR] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded 2017-05-xx.
Line-up ::: Bob Fox - acoustic guitar, vocals // Stu Luckley - acoustic bass guitar, vocals
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
DimeTravel 356 ::: Thanks to the original taper & uploader, presumably both DIMER garion221 ::: Corrections welcome ::: Did this one a couple of years ago for my own pleasure & was just listening to it & thought folks might enjoy the improved version - nothing too in your face dramatic, but better than they were & great music. This is another couple of superb Britfolk musicians who got the CM shaft. Their albums "Nowt So Good'll Pass" from 1978 & "Wish We Never Had Parted" from 1982 are both wonderful, but the got buried by the label, like SO many others. In fact, after more than a quarter century of waiting, they finally re-recorded all the songs & issued a double CD of the material, "Thirty Years On". 4 of the 6 songs here were featured on those albums. "Nowt So Good'll Pass" is SUPERB (in fact, essential) & both are LPs well worth seeking out if you've not heard them. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees
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