Early Recordings of The Copper Family of Rottingdean: Come Write Me Down
What the Watersons are to folk harmony in the north of England, the Coppers are in the south. Often they have fewer resources: only a little of Come Write Me Down is by the full two-generational quartet of Bob, Ron, Jim and John. Most of the 28 songs are duets, most of those by Bob and Ron--but what singing it is! With sinewy grace their voices tell of a past peopled by chimney-sweeps, downland shepherds and brisk young ploughboys, where larks rise in the morning over banks of sweet primroses--pretty poetry, romantic, sometimes tender, but never remotely twee. There have been Coppers making music around Rottingdean on the Sussex coast for more than a century, and there still are, including Bob himself, but these performances, recorded almost half that time ago, make a unique portrait of the family tradition as it passed from old men to young, and they are among the treasures of English folksong. The big jewel-case accommodates two thick booklets, one on the songs and the other a brilliant, thought-provoking essay by Reg Hall on the family and its place in the social history of English music. --Tony Russell Binding Audio CD. Artist(s): Copper Family. Publisher(s): Universal Music Canada. Label: Universal Music Canada.
| Fabricant: | Universal Music Canada |
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| Prix le plus bas (CAD): | 16,98 $ |
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| Artist : | The Copper Family |
| Format : | CD |
| Marque : | Topic |
| Title : | Title C-E |
| music_track : | Come Write Me Down, Ye Powers Above - Bob Copper, The Copper Family, The Copper Family, Ron Copper |
