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Defending Ancient Springs [CD]

Jackie Leven | Format: Audio CD
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The great Scottish singer and song writer Jackie Leven passed away on Monday, 14th November, at 8 o'clock in the evening. He had suffered from cancer.
"There are spiritual story tellers and there are soulful story tellers. I hope to be a soulful story teller. I see the two kinds as two different directions. Spiritual is ascending. Sky, God and all that. I hope my story telling is going down into… Read more in Amazon's Jackie Leven Store

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  • Audio CD (31 Oct 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • ASIN: B000031WEG
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 84,920 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. You've Lost That Loving Feeling 4:56£0.89
Listen  2. Single Father 5:33£0.89
Listen  3. Paris Blues 6:23£0.89
Listen  4. Defending Ancient Springs 7:41£0.89
Listen  5. The Working Man's Love Song 4:41£0.89
Listen  6. I Saw My Love Walk Into Clouds 4:13£0.89
Listen  7. Hand Is Pale With Holy Kisses 6:24£0.89
Listen  8. Your Winter Days 3:57£0.89
Listen  9. The Keys to the Forest 5:32£0.89
Listen10. Morbid Sky 6:32£0.89

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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As a fan of Jackie Leven I am clearly biased, but I do think this CD contains some of his best work to date. In fact the first three tracks are probably three of the best on any of his CD's. Dave Thomas's voice adds extra edge to You've Lost That Loving Feeling (a clever adaptation of the classic song) and Paris Blues. As ever Jackie is not afraid to experiment with poetry. His deep Celtic voice just seems to get better and better and as always the production is very clever and expertly done. If you haven't heard any of Jackie's music before, then try this out and I'm sure you will be back for more. Long may he reign in the Kingdom of Fife.
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4.5 stars really 21 Jan 2012
Format:Audio CD
Not quite as good as Levens very best, but every track is still admirable.The title track is probably the best and it is full on Jackie, waves of sound from that incredible swelling voice. Keys to the forest and Hand is Pale are perhaps a little obvious and fey, and Morbid Sky, although good, is an maybe Jackie deliberately setting out to show what really tough angst ridden songs he can write.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Slightly variable 13 Jun 2005
By Byron Geoffrey Farrow - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This has some excellent tracks (single Father, Keys To the Forest), but other tracks (Paris Blues) are not really as much to my taste. Try other albums such as Night Lilies first!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Ponderous Poetics 20 Jan 2005
By R. J MOSS - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Leven's coverage of the 60s classic, 'You've Lost That Lovin Feeling' is very impressive. David Thomas lends a cracked harmony to it that is just right. At the opposite end of this CD is,'Morbid Sky'; opposite in every sense of emotion & harmonics. Thomas's Ubu connotations offer, on this track, a new dimension to the notion of displacement within the context of Leven's CD. Hard to take seriously that Leven claims the song(from Thomas's, Mirrorman) as part of one of 'the key recordings of our time'(sleeve notes).Not my time! The real problem on this outing is its pretentious poetic stigma. The writing and musical arrangements are leaden and literal. Leven has a good voice, perfect for crooning lullabyes & lovesick ballads. If you're getting on, like me, think Jim Reeves. More recently, think David Sylvan. But, sorry Jackie, the self importance is written too large, even on the packaging. No amount of hot wind can conceal the weakness of the lyrics. The less said the better.
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
One off my favorites 16 July 2000
By Jhg Smeets - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This Cd belongs in everyones Cd-collection It was rated in the German Magazin:Audio as cd off the month.I heard some more off Jackie Leven but forget it. Buy this one! Sit down in your easy chair and listen.........
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