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Track Listings
 
1. New York Girls / Yoshke / Sailor's Hornpipe
2. Drive the Cold Winter Away / Wild Mountain Thyme
3. Skewball
4. 40 lbs. of Yarn (reels): Sligo Maid / Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman / Red-Haired Boy / Kitchen Girl / Drowsy Maggie
5. Mos Sali de Misrayim
6. Henry Martin
7. False Sir John / La Rotta
8. The Six Questions

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The first Broadside Electric album! Includes the original folk-metal version of "Mos Sali de Misrayim," the rich vocals of "Henry Martin" and "The Six Questions," and the runaway reels of "40 lbs. of Yarn." Band Members are Melissa Demian - lead and backing vocals, Appalachian dulcimer Tom Rhoads - lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, soprano recorder, harmonica Jim Speer - bass, clarinet, saxophone, alto recorder, synthesizer, backing vocals Helene Zisook - violin, viola, mandolin, backing vocals

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Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Staying power
  • Very good!
  • Broadside scores with first album
  • A Fine Debut
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Broadside Electric
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00001MXV7
Release Date: 1992-12-01

Tracks:

  1. New York Girls / Yoshke / Sailor's Hornpipe
  2. Drive the Cold Winter Away / Wild Mountain Thyme
  3. Skewball
  4. 40 lbs. of Yarn (reels): Sligo Maid / Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman / Red-Haired Boy / Kitchen Girl / Drowsy Maggie
  5. Mos Sali de Misrayim
  6. Henry Martin
  7. False Sir John / La Rotta
  8. The Six Questions

Album Description

The first Broadside Electric album! Includes the original folk-metal version of "Mos Sali de Misrayim," the rich vocals of "Henry Martin" and "The Six Questions," and the runaway reels of "40 lbs. of Yarn." Band Members are Melissa Demian - lead and backing vocals, Appalachian dulcimer Tom Rhoads - lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, soprano recorder, harmonica Jim Speer - bass, clarinet, saxophone, alto recorder, synthesizer, backing vocals Helene Zisook - violin, viola, mandolin, backing vocals

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Staying power.......2007-01-12

This has been one of my favorite albums for the last 15 years! I don't know anyone who's grown sick of it, everyone I've played it for liked it, and it remains one of my most listened to albums after all these years.

4 out of 5 stars Very good!.......2005-07-28

I enjoyed (and still enjoy!) listening to this album, which I bought after downloading some music available on the Free Downloads section of Amazon. I particularly like Henry Martin.
I just bought Amplificata, and look forward to receiving it shortly.
People in the SCA will probably like it, but that's not its only audience.

5 out of 5 stars Broadside scores with first album.......2001-04-20

This is Broadside's first album. At this point, we hear the second incarnation of the band, and what an incarnation it is too! With Melissa Demian and her dulcimer stepping in to share vocals with Tom Rhoads, Tom, Jim, Helene, and Melissa were able to start exploring more complex intrumental and vocal arrangements.

I love singing, and my breath is still taken away by the beauty of Tom's vocal arrangements. Good Lord! (Simon and Garfunkel fans should listen to "The Six Questions" for alternate (and earlier?) take on a familiar song.)

Look to "False Sir John / La Rotta" (one of Melissa's favorites to this day!) to see how much mileage Broadside gets from mixing two songs, a practice that they would continue on later albums. The result is something that feels deeply rooted in folk tradition, but is also unique and fresh. This is the magic alchemy that Broadside manages again and again. Get this album for an intro to the folk scene's best kept secret that rather deserves to be shouted from mountain tops.

4 out of 5 stars A Fine Debut.......2000-01-09

Of all the older BE albums, this is the one I listen to most. It has a great amount of spontenaity to it, as you would expect from a band making its first CD. There are great instrumental arrangements, and also some fine vocals from lead singers Damien and Rhoads, as well as choral effects when the whole band contributes backing vocals. "Wild Mountain Thyme" is a perennial concert classic from this band.

Music Review:

  1. Blown Away
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  3. Bright Morning Stars
  4. Broken Ground
  5. Buffalo Dreaming: Ballads, Stories, and Music from the Dawn of Time
  6. Clearing
  7. Close to the Wind
  8. Consequence of Speech
  9. Cowboy Song
  10. Down on the Barge [Import]

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