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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I was searching to see if any Pyewackett recordings were available, and unfortunately discovered this no longer was. Please re-release this and their first albums so I can replace my vinyl copies! Pyewackett were truly eclectic and this release stands out as one of my favourite folk-rock albums of the period. Live they were excellent musicians, with an wonderful sense of humour! If memory serves correct, they were formed at the Royal Holloway College in Egham, Surrey and mostly played gigs around the south - I saw them at the National Theatre in London, but also at Staines folk club. A forgotten gem.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Pyewackett's second and best album veers from the 15th century to 1930s Hollywood with never a foot out of place. They were one of the innovative English dance and concert bands of the 1980s who foreswore dreary rumpteetiddly drummers and seesaw concertinas in favour of bassoon, hammered dulcimer, violin, clarinet and synth played with oomph, style and brilliant musicianship. Their versions of late medieval dance tunes- amoroso, b de b/bear dance and, er, Dan and the wombat -belt along with an astonishing driving force and inventive arrangements (only a four-piece band, remember). Rosie Cross's clear, slightly lisping, voice ranges from the eerie versions of Tam Lin and the Grey Cock to the jolly Ce Mois de Mai and the Well Below the Valley. The bizarre 1930s Merry Go Round Broke Down has simply to be heard to be believed. If you're tired of trad and bored of bands that have been going so long that they are just a parody of themselves, buy this, and they might re-release the other three albums. Oh and the name was that of a certain witch's familiar (and Kate Bush's (presumably late) cat).
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I had the good fortune to call with Pyewackett a few times when they went out as a dance band. A little highbrow sometimes, they were always exciting to work with (musically).
I also had a chance to work with Rosie Cross on a BBC Schools Radio pilot series, where I played a miller and Rosie came to visit me in my windmill (all done in audio). I remember the sound engineer hunting for a sound effect of a bag of flour being dropped on the floor - but to no avail. While we were waiting in the studio, with all the mics live, Rosie got out her knitting, and casually dropped her wool bag on the floor. The producer and engineer both exclaimed as one: "That's it! That's the sound!" and so they recorded it, and it became the sound of my bag of flour.
We made a couple of programmes together, but we weren't the only couple they tried out, and eventually they settled on Simon Mayor and Hilary James. Pity ... I really enjoyed it.
I also had a chance to work with Rosie Cross on a BBC Schools Radio pilot series, where I played a miller and Rosie came to visit me in my windmill (all done in audio). I remember the sound engineer hunting for a sound effect of a bag of flour being dropped on the floor - but to no avail. While we were waiting in the studio, with all the mics live, Rosie got out her knitting, and casually dropped her wool bag on the floor. The producer and engineer both exclaimed as one: "That's it! That's the sound!" and so they recorded it, and it became the sound of my bag of flour.
We made a couple of programmes together, but we weren't the only couple they tried out, and eventually they settled on Simon Mayor and Hilary James. Pity ... I really enjoyed it.
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