MARTIN SIMPSON ~ Sad Or High Kicking FLED 3022

Martin Simpson’s excellent 1985 album Sad Or High Kicking was originally released by Topic Records. The record 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 master tapes and repackaged for compact disc reissue. The compact discs are housed in digifile miniature replicas of the original vinyl LP sleeves.

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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