Dancemusic

The Committee Band

The Committee Band's debut recording Dancemusic (WPCD 001) was released in 1997.

Reviews

"... I was unprepared for how wonderful they are." and "There's not a track I don't thoroughly enjoy... " wrote Rod Stradling in Folk Roots. Read the full review here.

Have a look too at the brief review on Martin Kiff's Webfeet site.

Another complimentary review, from Bruce Henderson, appeared in the Morris Dancing Discussion List. Read the text of the posting in their archive.

Keith Leech wrote in English dance and song: "With eager anticipation I awaited this album, and I was not disappointed." ... "Surely this will be one of the great dance albums of the year." "... and good to listen to too, which is a rare commodity in albums of this kind."

Track listing

  1. Half hannekin / The Pantheon cottillon
  2. Lucerne / Lulu polka
  3. Muineira sul sacrato della chiesa (trad arr Battlefield Band)
  4. Serpentiner och konfetti (M Edén)
  5. Mike Mullin's / Curenta (Monfrina de Marcèlo 1 / Curenta dei butei)
  6. 'Ere You (Yrjö Holmin polka)
  7. Sarah's jig (I Dedic) / Hilda's hard one (H Dedic)
  8. Four-hand reel / La Bastringue
  9. Vuoma-Pertti's mazurka
  10. Mad Moll of the Cheshire hunts / Enrico
  11. Guy's tunes (Schottis från Idre / Schottis från Härjedalen)
  12. Tarantella

Notes on the tunes can be found here.

Sound clips

As a taster, here are couple of sound clips: these are stereo RealAudio (version 5.0) files.

Credits

The CD was recorded at Woodworm Studios, Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire in March 1997. It was engineered by Mark Tucker, and was produced, mixed and edited by Martin Appleby.

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