Not On CD: Step Stately: Two and Three Couple Dances from 17th and 18th Century England (1980)

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Step Stately: Two and Three Couple Dances from 17th and 18th Century England (1980)

Country Dance Society CDS-8

This record was a thrift shop find (99¢), part of a batch of three English country dance LPs. It is not on CD, though it is available as a cassette from the Country Dance and Song Society.

From the LP jacket:
"Marshall Barron - violin
Eric Leber - recorders, tambourine, large and small drums
Charles Ward - harpsichord, glockenspiel, triangles"

Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace

Step Stately

The Beggar Boy

The Boatman

2 comments:

UnknownApril 30, 2014 at 1:40 AM
Thank you for sharing, you have really great records in your blog!
Is it possible to download all tracks from this LP?
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KurtApril 30, 2014 at 4:48 AM
Sorry, but we only post sample tracks at Not on CD to raise interest in getting these records on CD/mp3. Glad you enjoyed them.
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