Sad Or High Kicking is Martin Simpson’s excellent 1985 album – originally released by Topic Records. The album includes powerful readings of Randy Newman’s ‘Living Without You’, Anne Lister’s ‘Moth’ and ‘Icarus’, alongside a rollicking Cajun ‘The Lakes Of Ponchartrain’. With the release of Sad Or High Kicking Fledg’ling proudly continue their programme of re-issuing MARTIN SIMPSON’s early recordings. Each album is being carefully remastered from the original tapes and repackaged for compact disc reissue. The compact discs are housed in digifile miniature replicas of the original vinyl LP sleeves.
Martin Simpson – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel, dobro Micky Barker – drums Jonathan Davie – electric bass guitars Laurie Harper – fiddle, mandoline Rob Mason – harmonica Dave Clewlow – trumpets, flugelhorn Ian Blake – clarinets Andrew Cronshaw – zither, steel pans
1 Jazzman
2 Shawnee Town
3 Moth
4 Living Without You
5 For Jessica, Sad or High Kicking / My Dearest Dear
6 Icarus
7 No Depression In Heaven
8 Let It Be Me
9 Stillness In Company
10 The Lakes Of Ponchartrain
Release date : 1st June 2009
Barcode number : 5020393302227
MARTIN SIMPSON ~ Sad Or High Kicking FLED 3022 compact disc
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Sad Or High Kicking is Martin Simpson’s excellent 1985 album – originally released by Topic Records. The album includes powerful readings of Randy Newman’s ‘Living Without You’, Anne Lister’s ‘Moth’ and ‘Icarus’, alongside a rollicking Cajun ‘The Lakes Of Ponchartrain’. With the release of Sad Or High Kicking Fledg’ling proudly continue their programme of re-issuing MARTIN SIMPSON’s early recordings. Each album is being carefully remastered from the original tapes and repackaged for compact disc reissue. The compact discs are housed in digifile miniature replicas of the original vinyl LP sleeves.
Martin Simpson – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel, dobro
Micky Barker – drums
Jonathan Davie – electric bass guitars
Laurie Harper – fiddle, mandoline
Rob Mason – harmonica
Dave Clewlow – trumpets, flugelhorn
Ian Blake – clarinets
Andrew Cronshaw – zither, steel pans
1 Jazzman
2 Shawnee Town
3 Moth
4 Living Without You
5 For Jessica, Sad or High Kicking / My Dearest Dear
6 Icarus
7 No Depression In Heaven
8 Let It Be Me
9 Stillness In Company
10 The Lakes Of Ponchartrain
Release date : 1st June 2009
Barcode number : 5020393302227
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