Friday, 2 January 2015

Black is the colour

Black Almain/Halek Brawl: The Albion Band
- and Blue: Counting Crows
- and White: Greyhound
- and White Boy: Crowded House
- Angel's Death Song: The Velvet Underground
- Beetle Pies: Bellowhead
- Betty: Ram Jam
- Blade: Blue Oyster Cult
- Cadillac: Rosanne Cash
- Chandelier: Biffy Clyro
- Coffee in Bed: Squeeze
- Cow: Steely Dan (x2)
- Cowboys: Bruce Springsteen
- Crow: Joni Mitchell
- Diamond Bay: Bob Dylan
- Dog: Led Zeppelin
- Eyed Boy: Texas
- Eyes, Blue Tears: Shania Twain
- Flies: Ben Howard
- Flowers: Chris Isaak
- Freighter: Steeleye Span
- Friday: Steely Dan
- Grouse: Kate Humble
- Grunger of Hounslow: Kenneth Williams
- Hit Of Space: The Human League
- Horse & The Cherry Tree: K. T. Tunstall
- is Black: Belle Epoque
- is the Colour of My True Love's Hair: Nina Simone
- Jack Davy: Steeleye Span
- Joke: Ashley Hutchings
- Magic: Jarvis Cocker
- Magic Woman: Santana
- Magic Woman: Fleetwood Mac (x2)
- Man: Stevie Wonder
- Man Ray: China Crisis
- Mary's Hornpipe: The Albion Dance Band
- Night: Deep Purple (x2)
- Pearl: Horace Faith
- Peter: The Grateful Dead
- Plant: The Last Shadow Puppets
- Raven: Karavai
- River: Paul Weller
- Shuck: The Darkness
- Sky: Shakespeare's Sister
- Stallion/Prasutagus: John Kirkpatrick
- Winds: Little John & The Monks
-berry Stone: Laura Marling
-bird: The Beatles
-bird: Kate Humble
-bird: Sharon Shannon
-bird On The Wire: The Beautiful South
-bird/Yesterday: The Beatles
-cap: Kate Humbler
-foot Sue/Standing In the Road (incorrectly labelled)
-hawk: Emmylou Harris
--Headed Gull: Kate Humble
The -leg Miner: Steeleye Span (x2)
The -smith: Steeleye Span (x3)
The -smith (Part 1): Dransfield
The -smith & The Toffee Maker: Jake Thackray
--Tailed Godwit: Kate Humble
-water Side: Bert Jansch/Polly Bolton
-waterside: Oysterband
-waterside: Sandy Denny

Kate Humble features a lot here. It's an album of 100 British Bird Calls. Makes for some interesting juxtapositions, e.g. Emmylou's beautiful Blackhawk segues into the squawking of the Black-Headed Gull.

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