MARTIN & ELIZA CARTHY
Acapela Studio,
Cardiff, Wales

8th June 2022

Lineage:
Church Audio CA-14 omnis > CA-9200 > Edirol R-07 (@24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2 > CDWave > TLH

Recorded 15' back, just inside house right speaker

Recording, transfer & artwork by boombox

CD1 - Set 1:
1. Set 1 Introduction
2. Her Servant Man
3. Banter
4. Happiness
5. Banter
6. Blackwell Merry Night
7. Banter
8. Waking Dreams (Awake, Awake)
9. Banter
10. Napoleon's Dream
11. Banter
12. Bold Doherty

CD2 - Set 2:
1. Set 2 Introduction
2. Gentleman Rankers
3. Banter
4. The Widow's Party
5. Banter
6. Queen Caraboo
7. Banter
8. Grand Conversation On Napoleon
9. The Elephant
10. Banter
11. Died For Love
12. Encore Break
13. John Barleycorn

Bonus File: Soundcheck

boombox's notes june 2022:

At the fourth attempt, Martin & Eliza finally made it to Acapela, though not without incident, as they had travelled by public transport down from Yorkshire and realised just far away it is. As a result, they soundchecked while we were all halfway through our pizzas, the recording of which from my backup source is included for completism. The late and much-lamented Norma was present in the show, remembered for her humour as much as her music, with a setlist which drew heavily on 'The Moral of the Elephant', the album dad and daughter did eight years ago. Martin is still doing very well for 81 and Eliza showed us just why she has won so many plaudits over the years, both deserving the very enthusiastic reception received from one of the most vocal folkie audiences I've seen in a while.

Unfortunately, the cursed air conditioning was on for the first set, but I haven't tried to use noise reduction on it as it was switched off for Set 2. My 24 bit masters are available for anyone who wants a go at trying to improve this. The background hum in the first set notwithstanding, this came out very well, though there is perhaps slightly more background noise than usual from an audience who couldn't seem to sit still and adjusted chairs quite often.


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