http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hurdy-Gurdy-Music-Henri-Vasson/dp/B001GBNLBW/ref=sr_1_1_digr?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1325075663&sr=1-1
Just buying the mp3 album from Amazon but I do wish they would do the
insert as well!
I understand what you say about the sound but (as a child of the 60's
and the Folk Revival when things were not quite as sophisticated
(musically) as they are now (remember washboards and tea-chest basses?
I do!), just my cup of tea and my favourite variety of HG music.
It's on the Folkways label (they press the CD as required from their
archives).
I do agree that track 13 is "unusual", as is 18.
One wonders though, if it an intentional way of playing considering the
status of the artist. Is it a traditional sound from the region rather
than a failing?
I also agree that it sounds like my HG when the rosin isn't right though.
I suspect that he's actually doing it on purpose in a traditional way
that sounds odd to our ears (trying a tremolo effect, moving the wheel
slowly - you can hear him stop and start). I just can't see someone like
him either playing badly or not setting the instrument up correctly. He
was a stickler for the "traditional" way, after all.
Colin Hill
Colin Hill
On 28/12/2011 02:39, Kevin Hughes wrote:
You can listen to the whole thing free on Spotify. ( www.spotify.com
<http://www.spotify.com> )
*From:* Arle Lommel <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:22 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* [HG-new] Henri Vasson
Hi all,
Just discovered a recording on iTunes byHenri Vasson called /Hurdy-Gurdy
Music/ recorded in 1976. Anyone know the story behind this recording?
I've not bought it, but listening to the samples it sounds like someone
needed to buy the performer a cake of rosin. But I'm wondering if this
is one of those recordings of an older player who was rediscovered after
not playing for years or something like that. The playing, from what I
can tell, it actually pretty reasonable, if a bit heavy on the dog, and
the deficiency seems to be in the set-up of the instrument.
-Arle
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