All I have is Penguin Eggs, but it's got the best ever version of 'Canadee-I-O' on it.
― austinato (Austin), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
you should find, at the least, the two preceding albums on the internets, they are magnificent. i wish i knew where to direct you. they used to be all over "album blogs," but those seem to have disappeared over the past five years or so.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
http://thewaythetreesgrow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/nic-jones-noahs-ark-trap-trailer-1977.html
― turly dark (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
Nic Jones is the absolute best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUAJZ7zrF8
― Todd Phillips, party auteur (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
otm
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 February 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
The Noah's Ark Trap is a fantastic album - one of the best!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
He is a God and I wish he'd been able to record more
"Little Pot Stove" calz. Slays me. Every time
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
Sorry that one's on Penguin Eggs, d'oh
Noah's Ark Trap has "Fair Indian Maid" on it maybe?
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
yeah it has The Indian Lass and The Wanton Seed and other such gems, wonderful album.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Along with Little Pot Stove, it's The Humpback Whale that destroys me. I don't actually know The Noah's Ark Trap at all. Will remedy.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
such a shame he got injured badly and his career curtailed he's an amazing talent
― calzino, Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
Aye, tragic and brutal.
His rhythm playing is so bafflingly full and fluid. I was pissing around with some alternate tunings recently and started to get a sense of the melodies but the rhythms were completely beyond me.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
weirdly great singer too — guileless but deeply emotional somehow. he always cuts through me.
― tylerw, Sunday, 22 November 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
His voice is even better than his playing imo. As a non muso I don't technically understand why his playing is so good but it is so good
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
The Bonny Bunch of Roses and Lord Bateman on his self titled album are absolute killers
Also any of his versions of Clyde Water
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
this is good (especially the Ten Thousand Miles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzVWvjistp0
― tylerw, Sunday, 22 November 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
Woah Tyler haven't heard that before thanks for the heads up
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
This version of 10,000 Miles is too much. Extraordinary.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 22 November 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Hell yes, oh my god tho Annachee Gordon straight after it, fucking tears
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
lol the lyrics to The Wanton Seed are absolute filth, but I put aside my catholic sensibilities and enjoy the simple songcraft!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 November 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
"guileless but deeply emotional somehow."
there is deffo a lot to be said in this genre of music about not being a supreme stylist without being as woefully bad as billy effing bragg.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 November 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
yeah getting that warmth from "Little Pot Stove" as well, NV. Such a beautiful song.
― calzino, Sunday, 22 November 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
I get strong Olde Hull vibes from it
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
does anyone know why there was such a significant gap (71-77 (i think?)) in Nic Jones's pre-accident recording career? this info is probably readily available elsewhere online but wikipedia doesn't have it and i'm lazy.
also, he is the king
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzo7fADr_50
a voice as beautiful and unsettling in its way as Shirley Collins' (the queen).
still don't really understand how a person could record an album like Penguin Eggs a decade after everyone other than Ashley Hutchings had ceased to care
― Windsor Davies, Saturday, 27 November 2021 06:42 (two years ago) link
that final comment is actually very unfair, Rise Up Like the Sun is dope and came later in the 70s than i thought. still tho, i stand by the general principle - were there any late-60s/early-70s folkies releasing genre-defining classics in the early 80s? not a facetious question btw, would love some recommendations!
― Windsor Davies, Saturday, 27 November 2021 06:45 (two years ago) link
dick gaughan's 'handful of earth' seems like the obvious answer. can't link youtube's from this poxy phone, but go and listen to 'craigie hill'
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 27 November 2021 07:23 (two years ago) link
The man who really carried the torch for UK electric folk in the 1980s was John Tams. Rise Up Like The Sun was actually his record a lot more than it was Hutchings'. His next band, Home Service, were the house band for Bill Bryden's The Mysteries at the National Theatre, and made one outstanding album in Alright Jack.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, 27 November 2021 10:21 (two years ago) link
OTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP15bKvUpdw
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 November 2021 11:18 (two years ago) link