Dark Fields
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Dark Fields is the third studio album
by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands
, released in 1997. It was their first album to come in a gatefold/digipack. It was the band's first album to have a single ("Crazy Boy").
in spring 1997.
The band's following album, Folk Music
features a new combination of the song with "Blackwaterside".
The band's 2002 live album, Cold Cuts features another new combination of the song with "Sit You Down".
The band's 2005 live album, As You Were
features a new medley which features "The Train" followed by "Santiago" and "The Soldier's Joy".
, except where noted.
"The Train (reprise)" - 9:27 (hidden track, follows "High Germany" / "Molly Oxford")
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands
Show of Hands
Show of Hands is an English acoustic roots and folk duo comprising singer-songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer. In recent years they have been accompanied on tour and in the studio by jazz double-bassist Miranda Sykes.-Origins:...
, released in 1997. It was their first album to come in a gatefold/digipack. It was the band's first album to have a single ("Crazy Boy").
Recording
Track 12, "High Germany/Molly Oxford", was recorded live at NorwichNorwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
in spring 1997.
"The Train"
This album marks the first two appearances of the song "The Train" on a Show of Hands studio album. Track 6 is "The Train". It is featured again in the form of a 10 minute reprise as a hidden track following "High Germany" / "Molly Oxford", track 12 of the album.The band's following album, Folk Music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
features a new combination of the song with "Blackwaterside".
The band's 2002 live album, Cold Cuts features another new combination of the song with "Sit You Down".
The band's 2005 live album, As You Were
As You Were (album)
As You Were is a 2005 live album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.The band recorded, with helm at Mick Dolan, the entire 2004 winter tour onto minidisk. This meant ploughing through each show the following day to identify the best performances and then collating and working through the...
features a new medley which features "The Train" followed by "Santiago" and "The Soldier's Joy".
Track listing
Tracks written by Steve KnightleySteve Knightley
Steve Knightley is a singer-songwriter, musician and one half of British acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Career:...
, except where noted.
- "Cousin Jack" – 5:09
- "Longdog" – 2:45
- "The Shout" – 4:00
- "Wessex Medley": "Carrick Roads" (Phil BeerPhil BeerPhil Beer is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Biography:...
) / "Plum Pudding" (Trad arr. Knightley/Beer) / "The Rocky Road to Chudleigh" (Beer) – 3:40 - "Dark Fields" – 3:50
- "The Train" – 3:30
- "Flora" (Trad arr. Knightley/Beer) – 4:22
- "Crazy Boy" – 5:40
- "The Warlike Lads of Russia" (Trad arr. Nic JonesNic JonesNicolas Paul "Nic" Jones is an English folk singer, fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player whose professional career spanned the years 1964-1982. He recorded five solo albums, and was a frequent guest performer.-Biography:...
) – 2:21 - "Farewell Angelina" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 5:02 - "The Bristol Slaver" – 3:55
- "High Germany" (trad arr Knightley) / "Molly Oxford" (Trad arr. Chris Wood/Andy Cutting) (Live recording) – 6:24
"The Train (reprise)" - 9:27 (hidden track, follows "High Germany" / "Molly Oxford")
Credits
- Steve KnightleySteve KnightleySteve Knightley is a singer-songwriter, musician and one half of British acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Career:...
- vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, cuatroCuatro (instrument)The cuatro is any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. The cuatro is smaller than a guitar. Cuatro means four in Spanish, although current instruments may have more than four strings....
, mandocelloMandocelloThe mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It has eight strings in four paired courses, tuned in 5ths like a mandolin, but is larger, and tuned CC-GG-dd-aa . It is to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.-Construction:Mandocello construction is similar to the...
, concertinaConcertinaA concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It has a bellows and buttons typically on both ends of it. When pressed, the buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows, unlike accordion buttons which travel perpendicularly to it...
, acoustic bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single... - Phil BeerPhil BeerPhil Beer is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Biography:...
- vocals, guitars, mandolin, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, cuatro, violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, mandocello - Matt Clifford - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(tracks 1, 3, 5 and 7) - Chris While - vocals (track 5)
- Simon Care - melodeonMelodeon (organ)A melodeon is a type of 19th century reed organ with a foot-operated vacuum bellows, and a piano keyboard. It differs from the related harmonium, which uses a pressure bellows. Melodeons were manufactured in the United States sometime after 1812 until the Civil War era...
(track 4) - Joe (he's around somewhere) Partridge - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(track 7) - Lucy Watkins, Richard Hammond, and Paul Banham - vocals (tracks 3 and 7)
- Kate RusbyKate RusbyKate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times...
- vocals (track 12) - Chris WoodChris Wood (folk musician)Chris Wood is an English folk musician and composer who plays fiddle, viola and guitar, and sings. He is an ardent enthusiast for traditional English dance music , including Morris and other rituals and ceremonies, but his repertoire also includes much French folk music and traditional Québécois...
- fiddle (track 12) - Andy CuttingAndy CuttingAndy Cutting is an English folk musician and composer. Born 18 March 1969 in Harrow, he plays melodeon and has had instruments made by Castagnari to his own specification. He won the Folk Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008 and 2011...
- melodeon (track 12)