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Michael Chapman / Trainsong: Guitar Compositions, 1967-2010 (2 CD)
Жанр: British Folk, Americana
Носитель: CD
Страна-производитель диска (релиза): USA
Год издания: 2011
Издатель (лейбл): Tompkins Square
Номер по каталогу: TSQ2530
Страна исполнителя (группы): UK
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Продолжительность: 00:59:09 + 00:51:39 = 01:50:48
Источник: собственный рип
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Треклист
Disc One (00:59:09)
01. The Last Polish Breakfast 05:26
02. Little Molly’s Dream 08:51
03. Fahey’s Flag 04:08
04. Rockport Sunday 05:04
05. Sunday Morning 03:30
06. Sweet Little Friend from Georgia 04:00
07. Elinkine 04:14
08. New Chord Blues 03:22
09. Uncle Jack-Looking for Charlie 02:37
10. Caddo Lake 06:44
11. Theme from the Movie of the Same Name 02:23
12. Stranger’s Map of Texas 03:45
13. Slowcoach 05:06
All songs are written by Michael Chapman
Disc Two (00:51:39)
01. Naked Ladies and Electric Ragtime 02:45
02. Ponchatoulah 03:38
03. Wellington the Skellington 03:38
04. Silverking 04:33
05. Sensimilia 05:14
06. Thurston’s House 03:09
07. Thank You PK 1944 04:07
08. The Coming of the Roads 02:16
09. Sometimes 03:12
10. Extrabop 02:17
11. Trying Times 03:38
12. Hi Heel Sneakers 05:20
13. La Madrugada 07:53
All songs are written by Michael Chapman
Об исполнителе (группе)
Since emerging from the folk scene in Yorkshire, England in 1967, guitarist, and singer Michael Chapman has gained a dual reputation as one of England’s finest original singer/songwriters and most restless guitar players, equally comfortable in folk, rock, free improvisation, global music styles, blues, and jazz. With over 40 albums to his credit, this former art and photography teacher has, in the 21st century, been embraced by a host of boundary-crossing younger musicians who credit his influence on their work including Thurston Moore, Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker, Meg Baird, and many more. No two albums in his catalog are alike, and, over different decades, certain recordings from his shelf have alternated as influential, beginning with his 1969 fingerpicking Brit folk classic Rainmaker and his 1970 singer/songwriter masterpiece Fully Qualified Survivor (featuring Mick Ronson on lead guitar). Later recordings, including 1976’s rock & roll outing Savage Amusement, his proto-new age 1987 offering Heartbeat, and his instrumental forays in the 21st century including the “guitar travelscapes” of Americana and Words Fail Me, as well as Pachyderm and The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock, showcase the full range of his playing, composing, and improvising styles.
Chapman attended art school in Leeds. After graduating, he worked as an art and photography teacher in Lancashire. Playing guitar form his teens on, he developed a style that wove jazz, folk, blues, and ragtime, and his repertoire at the time time was primarily comprised of jazz guitar standards. In the middle of the ’60s he began listening to the new wave of British folk revivalists such as Ralph McTell, Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, and John Renbourn. By adapting what he already knew to what he was learning, Chapman developed a distinctive playing style that incorporated all of his chosen styles as well as East Indian modalism.
He first appeared on the London and Cornwall folk music circuits in 1967, including at the Piper’s Folk Club in Penzance on a bill with John Martyn and Roy Harper. His incendiary live perfomances resonated not only with club audiences but also with A&R men. He accepted a contract offer from Harvest (EMI’s “underground” boutique label) that led to the release of his debut long-player Rainmaker in 1969. The album featured the support of Rick Kemp (who played bass with Chapman for many years) and Danny Thompson. Window followed in short order, with Fully Qualified Survivor completing a debut triptych that sent waves of critical appreciation through the music industry-influential BBC disc jockey John Peel supported Chapman whenever possible. Sales, however, did not match the critical acclaim for Chapman’s work, leaving Fully Qualified Survivor as a high point, with “Postcards of Scarborough” generally being the one cut most often remembered when Chapman is discussed.
After the release of Wrecked Again, Chapman parted company with Harvest, choosing to sign to Decca’s Deram subsidiary, where he altered course somewhat, adding electric guitar and harder rhythms to his work. The first result, Millstone Grit, offered Chapman’s trademark gloomy writing mixed with a couple of lively instrumentals, some almost experimental, and the country-styled “Expressway in the Rain.” Deal Gone Down, and the live Pleasures of the Street followed. Don Nix produced Savage Amusement, which reworked a couple of earlier songs; the album’s title would be used in the mid-’80s for a band featuring Chapman and Kemp.
Chapman’s Decca deal ended in 1977, and he began an association with Criminal Records the following year; both labels released versions of The Man Who Hated Mornings. Chapman then turned his hand to the release of a guitar instruction record entitled Playing Guitar the Easy Way in 1978. He continued to gig and record consistently, varying styles and sounds, sometimes working with a full group but more often working with Kemp alone. After the release of Heartbeat in 1987, Chapman experimented with self-released albums, and as of the 1997 release of Dreaming Out Loud, he was issuing albums at the rate of one every two years, continuing to attract high praise, if not great sales.
His prolific release schedule continued unabated in the 21st century with both song-based and instrumental albums, as well as numerous reissues of his catalog by various labels. The first notable entry in the new millennium was the instrumental offering Americana in 2000, which showcased Chapman’s fascination with, and mastery of, Southern blues, folk, and ragtime jazz styles. It was followed by a second collection-this one with masterful slide entries as well-entitled Americana II in 2002. A self-released album, 2005’s Plaindealer featured the guitarist playing solo or in small groups, performing original songs and folk standards. It was later reissued by Honest Jon’s.
Chapman toured with the No-Neck Blues Band and Jack Rose in 2006. Drenched in acid folk and free improvisation, he returned to England inspired and recorded the double-disc Words Fail Me, recorded completely solo on acoustic and electric guitars. He ripped through utterly rearranged older songs as well as brave new compositions in a 100-minute, live-in-the-studio performance with no overdubs. On 2007’s The Wedding Band, Chapman returned to all-electric guitar; it was his first digitally recorded release, while 2008’s Sweet Powder was drenched in sounds that reflected the blues, folk, and modern country music the guitarist loved, from R.L. Burnside to Steve Eagles to Neil Young and more. On 2010’s ambitious Wry Tree Drift, named after an old mine near his farm, he played both electric and acoustic guitars, performing folk ballads, languid instrumental dubs, dark electric blues, and solo guitar workouts.
In 2011, Chapman released the instrumental double set Train Song: Guitar Compositions, 1967-2010, which featured all newly recorded material. Later in the year, the guitarist issued his most expansive and controversial album, The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock (titled after a track on John Fahey’s 1965 offering The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death). It featured two side-long improvisations involving drones, delay, and loop effects. It was issued by Blast First Petite as the first part of a trilogy. Its second part, Pachyderm, was released in 2012, followed by The Polar Bear in 2014; Blast First Petite announced plans to reissue the trilogy as a special box set. Also in 2012, a tribute album entitled Oh Michael, Look What You’ve Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman was released b
Жанр: British Folk, Americana
Носитель: CD
Страна-производитель диска (релиза): USA
Год издания: 2011
Издатель (лейбл): Tompkins Square
Номер по каталогу: TSQ2530
Страна исполнителя (группы): UK
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Продолжительность: 00:59:09 + 00:51:39 = 01:50:48
Источник: собственный рип
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Треклист
Disc One (00:59:09)
01. The Last Polish Breakfast 05:26
02. Little Molly’s Dream 08:51
03. Fahey’s Flag 04:08
04. Rockport Sunday 05:04
05. Sunday Morning 03:30
06. Sweet Little Friend from Georgia 04:00
07. Elinkine 04:14
08. New Chord Blues 03:22
09. Uncle Jack-Looking for Charlie 02:37
10. Caddo Lake 06:44
11. Theme from the Movie of the Same Name 02:23
12. Stranger’s Map of Texas 03:45
13. Slowcoach 05:06
All songs are written by Michael Chapman
Disc Two (00:51:39)
01. Naked Ladies and Electric Ragtime 02:45
02. Ponchatoulah 03:38
03. Wellington the Skellington 03:38
04. Silverking 04:33
05. Sensimilia 05:14
06. Thurston’s House 03:09
07. Thank You PK 1944 04:07
08. The Coming of the Roads 02:16
09. Sometimes 03:12
10. Extrabop 02:17
11. Trying Times 03:38
12. Hi Heel Sneakers 05:20
13. La Madrugada 07:53
All songs are written by Michael Chapman
Об исполнителе (группе)
Since emerging from the folk scene in Yorkshire, England in 1967, guitarist, and singer Michael Chapman has gained a dual reputation as one of England’s finest original singer/songwriters and most restless guitar players, equally comfortable in folk, rock, free improvisation, global music styles, blues, and jazz. With over 40 albums to his credit, this former art and photography teacher has, in the 21st century, been embraced by a host of boundary-crossing younger musicians who credit his influence on their work including Thurston Moore, Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker, Meg Baird, and many more. No two albums in his catalog are alike, and, over different decades, certain recordings from his shelf have alternated as influential, beginning with his 1969 fingerpicking Brit folk classic Rainmaker and his 1970 singer/songwriter masterpiece Fully Qualified Survivor (featuring Mick Ronson on lead guitar). Later recordings, including 1976’s rock & roll outing Savage Amusement, his proto-new age 1987 offering Heartbeat, and his instrumental forays in the 21st century including the “guitar travelscapes” of Americana and Words Fail Me, as well as Pachyderm and The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock, showcase the full range of his playing, composing, and improvising styles.
Chapman attended art school in Leeds. After graduating, he worked as an art and photography teacher in Lancashire. Playing guitar form his teens on, he developed a style that wove jazz, folk, blues, and ragtime, and his repertoire at the time time was primarily comprised of jazz guitar standards. In the middle of the ’60s he began listening to the new wave of British folk revivalists such as Ralph McTell, Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, and John Renbourn. By adapting what he already knew to what he was learning, Chapman developed a distinctive playing style that incorporated all of his chosen styles as well as East Indian modalism.
He first appeared on the London and Cornwall folk music circuits in 1967, including at the Piper’s Folk Club in Penzance on a bill with John Martyn and Roy Harper. His incendiary live perfomances resonated not only with club audiences but also with A&R men. He accepted a contract offer from Harvest (EMI’s “underground” boutique label) that led to the release of his debut long-player Rainmaker in 1969. The album featured the support of Rick Kemp (who played bass with Chapman for many years) and Danny Thompson. Window followed in short order, with Fully Qualified Survivor completing a debut triptych that sent waves of critical appreciation through the music industry-influential BBC disc jockey John Peel supported Chapman whenever possible. Sales, however, did not match the critical acclaim for Chapman’s work, leaving Fully Qualified Survivor as a high point, with “Postcards of Scarborough” generally being the one cut most often remembered when Chapman is discussed.
After the release of Wrecked Again, Chapman parted company with Harvest, choosing to sign to Decca’s Deram subsidiary, where he altered course somewhat, adding electric guitar and harder rhythms to his work. The first result, Millstone Grit, offered Chapman’s trademark gloomy writing mixed with a couple of lively instrumentals, some almost experimental, and the country-styled “Expressway in the Rain.” Deal Gone Down, and the live Pleasures of the Street followed. Don Nix produced Savage Amusement, which reworked a couple of earlier songs; the album’s title would be used in the mid-’80s for a band featuring Chapman and Kemp.
Chapman’s Decca deal ended in 1977, and he began an association with Criminal Records the following year; both labels released versions of The Man Who Hated Mornings. Chapman then turned his hand to the release of a guitar instruction record entitled Playing Guitar the Easy Way in 1978. He continued to gig and record consistently, varying styles and sounds, sometimes working with a full group but more often working with Kemp alone. After the release of Heartbeat in 1987, Chapman experimented with self-released albums, and as of the 1997 release of Dreaming Out Loud, he was issuing albums at the rate of one every two years, continuing to attract high praise, if not great sales.
His prolific release schedule continued unabated in the 21st century with both song-based and instrumental albums, as well as numerous reissues of his catalog by various labels. The first notable entry in the new millennium was the instrumental offering Americana in 2000, which showcased Chapman’s fascination with, and mastery of, Southern blues, folk, and ragtime jazz styles. It was followed by a second collection-this one with masterful slide entries as well-entitled Americana II in 2002. A self-released album, 2005’s Plaindealer featured the guitarist playing solo or in small groups, performing original songs and folk standards. It was later reissued by Honest Jon’s.
Chapman toured with the No-Neck Blues Band and Jack Rose in 2006. Drenched in acid folk and free improvisation, he returned to England inspired and recorded the double-disc Words Fail Me, recorded completely solo on acoustic and electric guitars. He ripped through utterly rearranged older songs as well as brave new compositions in a 100-minute, live-in-the-studio performance with no overdubs. On 2007’s The Wedding Band, Chapman returned to all-electric guitar; it was his first digitally recorded release, while 2008’s Sweet Powder was drenched in sounds that reflected the blues, folk, and modern country music the guitarist loved, from R.L. Burnside to Steve Eagles to Neil Young and more. On 2010’s ambitious Wry Tree Drift, named after an old mine near his farm, he played both electric and acoustic guitars, performing folk ballads, languid instrumental dubs, dark electric blues, and solo guitar workouts.
In 2011, Chapman released the instrumental double set Train Song: Guitar Compositions, 1967-2010, which featured all newly recorded material. Later in the year, the guitarist issued his most expansive and controversial album, The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock (titled after a track on John Fahey’s 1965 offering The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death). It featured two side-long improvisations involving drones, delay, and loop effects. It was issued by Blast First Petite as the first part of a trilogy. Its second part, Pachyderm, was released in 2012, followed by The Polar Bear in 2014; Blast First Petite announced plans to reissue the trilogy as a special box set. Also in 2012, a tribute album entitled Oh Michael, Look What You’ve Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman was released b
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