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Tuesday, 3 November 2015

The Latest News and Special Offers From Topic Records.


You never heard so sweet

Following on from our Voice of the People series offer earlier in the year, during November, we have four more volumes at a very special price – edited by Reg Hall and with selections and presentations made by Shirley Collins, Steve Roud and Rod Stradling, the four collections issued in 2012 continued the high standard set by the original 20-volume treasury of traditional songs and music.  This could be your perfect opportunity to catch up with records you are missing from your collection or purchase a gift for a friend.
TSCD671   YOU NEVER HEARD SO SWEET
TSCD672D   I’M A ROMANY RAI
TSCD673T   GOOD PEOPLE, TAKE WARNING
TSCD674  SARAH MAKEM ~ The Heart Is True
 

We have begun to make available free downloads of the transcribed notes for several of the songs from SimpsonŸ∙CuttingŸ∙Kerr’s ‘Murmurs’ album.
Click on the following link to access the notes for the banjo transcription of The Lads of Alnwick  and the fingerstyle guitar transcription of The Plains of Waterloo:
SCK Transcriptions

More songs will be uploaded to this location in the next couple of weeks.
 

We continue our monthly choice of CDs at a very special price with 4 more great Fledg’ling titles:
 
 

FLED 3031  HELEN WATSON ~ Lifesize
FLED 3085  HOME SERVICE ~ Live 1986
FLED 3091  The Complete JOHN KIRKPATRICK BAND
FLED 3092  IAIN MATTHEWS  & EGBERT DERIX ~ In The Now


Also on offer this month for only £10.00 is the limited 180g vinyl LP edition of the classic Bob & Ron Copper album originally released on the EFDSS label, ‘Traditional Songs from Rottingdean’.
  

 * * * STOP PRESS * * *

Warehouse find – a few copies available of Davy Graham’s classic EP ¾ AD, the Topic 2013 Record Store Day edition, new and sealed. These will not be repressed, so buy while you can at this price.
 
Only £7.50

November tour news
 
In early November Eliza and Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson will join Peggy Seeger and Neill and Calum MacColl, plus a wonderful line-up of musicians, for a few special concerts celebrating the songs of Ewan MacColl, marking 100 years since his birth. Find details of the ‘Blood and Roses’ concerts here:
http://www.ewanmaccoll.co.uk/blood-and-roses-live-tour/
 

(photograph by Phil Carter)
After a very successful tour with Dom Flemons, Martin Simpson starts a November/December solo tour on Thursday 12th November at the Hebden Bridge Trades Club. More tour dates here:
http://www.martinsimpson.com/gigs/

Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Topic Vinyl

Topic Vinyl

On Saturday 18th April, Topic released two classic albums on beautiful 180g vinyl for Record Store Day, specially mastered for the occasion and sounding wonderful. These records, along with two vinyl titles from Fledg'ling Records, are now available to buy direct from the Topic website:
   
12T2207  ANNE BRIGGS
A jewel in Topic's crown from one of the finest English singers.
12TS2015  MARTIN CARTHY
A 50th Anniversary edition of Martin's essential first album.
 


FLLP3097 ~ BOB and RON COPPER - Traditional Songs from Rottingdean
A lavish 180g reissue for a rare EFDSS album originally issued in 1963.




WING1002 ~ SHIRLEY COLLINS - English Songs
A superb reissue of the second of Shirley's short series of EPs on the Collector label, originally released in 1959.

 

We will be continuing with a series of attractively priced special offers each month throughout 2015.

Continuing the vinyl theme, this month we are offering two fabulous vinyl LPs at the very nice price of only £5.00 each!

 


LINDA THOMPSON ~ Won't Be Long Now
A superb 180g vinyl pressing of Linda's acclaimed 2013 album, in a glossy gatefold sleeve.

IAN KING ~ Panic Grass & Fever Few
Folk for the 21st century on 180g vinyl. "...elegant, witty, daring and powerful..." - Shirley Collins


We also continue our Voice of the People offer with four more volumes at the special price of £25.00:


TSCD655 - Come all my lads that follow the plough
TSCD656 - Tonight I'll make you my bride
TSCD657 - First I'm going to sing you a ditty
TSCD658 - A story I'm just about to tell


  
 

Those nice chaps at Fledg'ling continue to celebrate 21 years of the label with their own monthly special offers.



The Full English at Cambridge Folk Festival 2014 - Photo by Phil Carter