Period Pieces: Women's Songs for Men and Women
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Track listing
- "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer" – 4:34
- Written in 1971; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1971; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Nine-Month Blues" – 4:47
- Written in 1976; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1976; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Lullabye for a Very New Baby" – 2:14
- Written in 1973; recorded live in San FranciscoSan Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
in 1979
- Written in 1973; recorded live in San Francisco
- "Different Tunes" – 6:12
- Written and recorded in 1988; remixed in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written and recorded in 1988; remixed in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Winnie and Sam" – 5:26
- Written in 1978; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1978; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Reclaim the Night" – 4:07
- Written in 1979; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1979; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Missing" – 4:08
- Written in 1987; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1987; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Union Woman II" – 5:36
- Written in 1978; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1978; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "I Support the Boycott" – 3:32
- Written in 1963; recorded in 1986 at Falconer Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1963; recorded in 1986 at Falconer Studios, London
- "20 Years" – 4:56
- Written in 1978; recorded in 1988
- "RSI" – 3:27
- Written in 1987; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1987; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Different Therefore Equal" – 2:30
- Written in 1978; recorded in 1988; re-recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1978; recorded in 1988; re-recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Turncoat" – 1:02
- Written in 1994; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1994; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "B-Side" – 3:41
- Written in 1988; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1988; recorded in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Woman on Wheels" – 3:57
- Written in 1987; recorded in 1988 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1987; recorded in 1988 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Carry Greenham Home" – 3:17
- Written in 1983; recorded in 1988; remixed in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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- Written in 1983; recorded in 1988; remixed in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
- "Darling Annie" – 4:14
- Written in 1971; recorded in 1977; retouched in 1998 at Intimate Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
- Written in 1971; recorded in 1977; retouched in 1998 at Intimate Studios, London
Musicians
- Peggy Seeger - vocals (all tracks), guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(tracks 1-4, 7, 11, 14-16), banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
(tracks 4, 8), English concertinaConcertinaA concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It has a bellows and buttons typically on both ends of it. When pressed, the buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows, unlike accordion buttons which travel perpendicularly to it...
(tracks 4, 10, 16), autoharpAutoharpThe autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers, which, when depressed, mute all of the strings other than those that form the desired chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp at all, but a chorded zither. -History:There is debate over the...
(track 17) - Calum MacColl - guitar (track 11), tin whistleTin whistleThe tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and...
(track 10) - Neill MacColl - guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17), bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(track 9), box o'pipes (track 13) - David GilmourDavid GilmourDavid Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
- guitar (track 5) - Simon Edwards - guitarron (track 7)
- Firoz Shapur - pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(track 9) - Phil Di Palma - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(track 9) - Roy Dodds - percussion (tracks 5, 12, 13)
- Mary Eagle - vocals (tracks 9, 11, 16)
- Melanie Harrold - vocals (tracks 6, 14)
- Sined Jones - vocals (tracks 6, 14)
- Barb JungrBarb JungrBarb Jungr is an English singer-songwriter, composer and writer, of Czech and German parentage. She is perhaps best known as a chansonnière, or singer of chansons—in the sense of classic, lyric-driven French songs; in the broader sense of European songs in the cabaret style; and in the even...
- vocals (tracks 6, 14) - Barbara Lester - vocals (tracks 9, 11)
- Ewan MacColl - vocals (track 17)
- Kitty MacColl - vocals (track 16)
- Sue Norwell - vocals (tracks 9, 1, 16)
- Jenni Roditi - vocals (tracks 6, 14)
- Irene Scott - vocals (tracks 6, 9, 11, 14, 16)
- Jacqueline Selby - vocals (tracks 9, 11, 16)
- Tara Wilkinson - vocals (track 4)