{"product_id":"martin-carthy-martin-carthy","title":"Martin Carthy - Martin Carthy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: TTSLP005\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 714822940054\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 23 Feb 2024\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vinyl re-pressing is released to commemorate Topic's 85th anniversary in 2024. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Black vinyl, standard weigh with black, polylined inner sleeves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRe-pressing of Martin Carthy's debut album, originally released on Fontana in 1965 and re-issued by Topic in 1977. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLast vinyl re-press was on Topic for RSD in 2015. This version released to commemorate Topic's 85th anniversary in 2024. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1960s, the approach Martin Carthy took to folk music was nothing short of revolutionary, albeit a relatively quiet revolution befitting of his humble nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou wouldn't find Carthy's music clambering up the singles charts; his was not a face adorning the teen magazines.\\r\\nInstead, his influence was felt at a grass-roots level. He plied his trade in the folk clubs, which is where the likes of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon sought him out, enamoured of his traditional repertoire and keen to learn songs like 'Scarborough Fair' and 'Lord Franklin' directly from him before adapting them for their own purposes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis debut eponymous album, re-released here, on vinyl by Topic Records as part of their ongoing Topic Treasures series, is a snapshot of the work he was doing at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally finding its way into the world in 1965, courtesy of Fontana Records, Martin Carthy pulled together 14 songs from his burgeoning repertoire. Produced by Terry at the Philips Recording Studios in Marble Arch, the album was a must-learn checklist for budding guitarists and folk club\\r\\norgas, and, to this day, remains an essential listen for anyone attempting to find their way into traditional English folk music. Most people turn up for 'Scarborough Fair', very few leave without getting hooked on 'High Germany', 'Sovay' and 'Ye Mariners All'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album also introduces Carthy's earliest collaborations with Dave Swarbrick, an enduring and much-copied partnership that lasted, off and on, until Swarbs death in 2016, and became a blueprint for how guitar and fiddle duos ought to sound. While Carthy had been building up his solo repertoire over the previous five or six years, several of the duo arrangements on this album ('Lovely Joan', 'A Begging I Will Go', 'Broomfield Hill') were thrown together in the studio, adding a fizz and freshness to the recordings. This became the pair's standard way of working. \\\"We used to rehearse on stage, in front of the audience,\\\" he explains today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\\r\\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years since, Martin Carthy has become the veteran of over 40 studio albums and a veritable beacon for musicians and music lovers seeking \"the real stuff.\" Pressed to name his favourite, he needs no time to think it over. \"I always stand by the first album,\" he says of his 1965 debut. \"I love it. There are some things on it I think I couldn't have done better. There was a clarity of purpose.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, with this re-release, we can be sure that newcomers get to hear that sense of purpose in the best possible quality, as clearly as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and a generation of folk lovers did six decades ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarthy is currently out a well-publicised tour, covered in November's Mojo magazine. He was interviewed about his top 20 favourite albums in The Quietus (also November). There'll be a big interview with Carthy in the January issue of Uncut magazine and a track from his debut album on their Topic anniversary covermount CD. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTour dates : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin Carthy - solo \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e08\/12\/2023 Global Fusion, Mycenae House, Greenwich \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21\/01\/2024 Les Cousins @ The Moth Club \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e09\/02\/2024 Kalamazoo Club, London \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10\/02\/2024 Hyde Tavern, Winchester \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17\/02\/2024 Arnside Sailing Club \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27\/04\/2024 Old Cinema Launderette, Durham \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17\/05\/2024 Barnoldswick Music \u0026amp; Arts Club \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e23\/05\/2024 Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy, NI Martin Carthy \u0026amp; Jon Wilks: Remember Me To One Who Lives There 02\/12\/2023 Borough Theatre, Abergavenny \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e03\/12\/2023 The Welfare, Ystradynglais \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e09\/12\/2023 Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10\/12\/2023 Kings Place London \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12\/12\/2023 Live at Sam's Sheffield + (online) Live To Your Living Room \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e26\/01\/2024 United Reformed Church, Kenilworth \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27\/01\/2024 The Cut, Halesworth Martin \u0026amp; Eliza Carthy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15\/03\/2024 Rhos Y Gilwen \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16\/03\/2024 - 17\/03\/2024 Laugharne Festival\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracks: High Germany \/ The Trees They Do Grow High \/ Sovay \/ Ye Mariners All \/ The Queen Of Hearts \/ Broomfield Hill \/ Springfield Mine Disaster \/ Scarborough Fair \/ Lovely Joan \/ The Barley And The Rye \/ The Wind That Shakes The Barley \/ The Two Magicians \/ The Handsome Cabin Boy \/ And A Begging I Will Go\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOPIC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42903050092700,"sku":"TTSLP005","price":21.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/unnamed_1_535b5fe8-44a6-480b-b191-c61e91137f12.jpg?v=1702462085","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/martin-carthy-martin-carthy","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}