Magic Stories They Have Brought to Me (A Beginner’s Guide to the Owl Service)

~ Release by The Owl Service (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Wake the Vaulted Echo
2:20
2The Rolling of the Stones
3:05
3The Ladies Go Dancing at Whitsun
2:46
4Salisbury Plain
2:32
5Satan’s Skin
flute, hammered dulcimer and melodica:
Katie English
2:06
6Sistinas
guitar:
Dennis Ralph
vocals:
Fiona Radford
cover recording of:
Sistinas
lyricist and composer:
Glenn Danzig
4:00
7The Widow’s Lament
4:02
8Katie Cruel
3:10
9Scarlett Threads & Silver Needles
Irish harp / clàrsach [Celtic harp]:
Charlie Skelton
1:41
10When a Man’s in Love
piano:
Roshi (Roshi Nasehi)
vocals:
Roshi (Roshi Nasehi) and Nancy Wallace
recording of:
When a Man’s in Love
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 990)
4:19
11Polly on the Shore
recording of:
Polly on the Shore (Polly on the Shore / The Valiant Sailor / Bold Carter)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 811)
1:29
12The Banks of the Nile
recording of:
Banks of the Nile
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5386)
5:41
13A Lyke Wake Dirge
vocals:
Rebsie Fairholm
recording of:
Lyke-Wake Dirge
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 8194)
4:27
14Willie O’Winsbury (reprise)
partial recording of:
Willie of Winsbury
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 64) and Child Ballads (number: 100)
1:46
15Cold & Raw
vocals:
Diana Collier
recording of:
Maid that Sold the Barley (Cold and Raw)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3007)
2:50
16Living by the Water
4:46
17Fine Horseman
cover recording of:
Fine Horseman
lyricist and composer:
Lal Waterson (English folksinger)
3:37
18Rise Me Lads
1:44
19Flodden Field
background vocals:
Nancy Wallace
vocals:
Alison O’Donnell and Nancy Wallace
arranger:
Steven Paul Collins and Alison O’Donnell
recording of:
Flodden Field
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 168) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2862)
4:02
20The Bear Ghost
4:43
21Within Sound
1:01
22The Dorset Hanging Oak
6:41