More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)

Subject: MORE UNCOMMON SAILOR SONGS CD
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Dec 05 - 10:06 AM

Last year we had the announcement of my first CD UNCOMMON SAILOR SONGS. This year we have the sequal MORE UNCOMMON SAILOR SONGS. I'm not sure what we title the next CD but I'm open to suggestions. However, this year's production again includes poems by C. Fox Smith that I've adapted for singing, a couple of my own creations, songs by other respected songwriters, and a couple of old family favorites.

Details including full lyrics, notes, and MP3 samples can all be reviewed at my personal website: Click here! There is even a convenient order form.

The collection includes my version of "Dead Dog Cider" with its new chorus; it's a marginal sailor song but the poor dog does drown. Other songs such as "Rio Grande" and "Rosario" are good traditional style setting-out songs. There's a set of songs focused on the Pacific Northwest in which C. Fox Smith provides imagery of the working waterfront, loading lumber into the ships, the sunset amidst the ship's rigging, the Twilight Zone of the nautical junk shop, and the loss of a close friend and shipmate. There's a classic pirate song from THE PIRATES' OWN BOOK and another Hamish Maclaren poem about the rodent mariners, the brown sea rats. There's the tale of the old she-crab and the many wonderful tales of Dr, Dogbody's leg. And the mystery of why a small cove in downeast Maine is called Bailey's Mistake is finally revealed. Also included are favorite songs by Vince Morash of Nova Scotia and John Warner from Sydney, Australia.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: MORE UNCOMMON SAILOR SONGS CD
From: GUEST,Curious
Date: 15 Dec 05 - 09:33 PM

So does this mean that these are additional Uncommon Sailor Songs or that these Sailor Songs are more uncommon than most?

Inquiring minds want to know....

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 16 Dec 05 - 01:27 AM

Of course you wouldn't want to do 'common' songs...

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Dec 05 - 11:55 AM

For those who are curious "Uncommon" means that you're unlikely to find these nautical songs recorded anywhere else. In most cases I've adapted old poems for singing or composed entirely new songs.

"More Uncommon" most likely means "additional" given that this recording is a sequal to "Uncommon Sailor Songs. On second thought some of these songs might best be described as "unique." Maybe I'll entitle next year's production Unique Sailor Songs.

However, please give these songs a listen, from the MP3 samples on the website, and just maybe you'll find that they hold up uncommonly well.

My titling is probably inspired by the title of John Ashton's classic collection of old broadsides entitled REAL SAILOR-SONGS, 1891.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Franz S.
Date: 16 Dec 05 - 02:26 PM

Can't order 'til next month, but I'm looking forward to a rare pleasure. Charley's CDs are few and far between (so far), and the songs are almost unheard of. I have seldom met with such a unique performer.

(Cheated. Used Roget's Thesaurus.)

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Dec 05 - 12:14 PM

Or we could do a recording called LESS COMMON SAILOR SONGS, to be followed up with MORE OR LESS COMMON SAILOR SONGS.

Several songs from my first CD, UNCOMMON SAILOR SONGS, have been recorded by my group Roll & Go on their soon-to-be-released CD, ROLLING DOWN TO SAILORTOWN. It's nice to hear what they sound like with a full chorus and different leads.

Shamelessly,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Franz S.
Date: 17 Dec 05 - 01:30 PM

Dunno, Charley. I'm glad you're doing this, and I enjoy the music, but as a retirement plan it seems a bit risky.   Perhaps it should be supplemented by something more commonplace.

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: JudyB
Date: 04 Jan 06 - 11:53 AM

Charley and I have also been adding some images to the lyrics on his web site - he does the hard work of finding the images, and all I have to do is the webmaster thing of fitting them into the page. I especially like the guy "chipping off the deep sea rust" on Hasting's Mill and loading lumber "with the bowports open wide" on Lumber. I'm a little less certain about the pictures for
Lee Fore Brace - they're just a little too real.

I expect we'll be adding more images as he finds just the right thing - and as I have time to do the editing.

Enjoy!
JudyB

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: GUEST,Uncle Jaque
Date: 04 Jan 06 - 07:39 PM

Speaking of images; I've got a couple of old books and encyclopedias dating from the 1840s and 50s with all sorts of nifty illustrations, including some of "Sailors" apparently taken from live (at the time) subjects.

I could scan or take digital pics of same if anyone is interested;
can post a link to my photobucket account or e-mail as ATT if need be.

Have heard rumors of a new computer baddie that exploits Windows and IE and packs it's malware in image files - so I'm being a little circumspect about opening or fwding images until MS comes out with a patch for it or my AV catches up with it.

Looking fwd to hearing those new CDs and may have to pick one or two up.
Roll & go must sound a wee bit different without Brett's voice, I'd imagine.

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Artful Codger
Date: 04 Jan 06 - 10:30 PM

Instead of "unique", perhaps "Singular Sailor Songs"? Better alliteration, and a meter reminiscent of "Popeye, the sailor man".

Then there are always the time-honored standbys: "Further Uncommon Sailor Songs", "Yet More Uncommon Sailor Songs", "Son of More Uncommon Sailor Songs", "Uncommon Sailor Songs Revisited"...

Or, putting truth in advertising, "Sailor Songs as Sailors Never Sang"?
(Kidding, of course.)

There must be an interesting title or riveting phrase in one of the songs you'll do for the next sequel, such as "skunk drunk in my trunk".

Codgerly...

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 05 Jan 06 - 04:00 AM

great pics (especially the Dog!)

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 05 Jan 06 - 09:46 AM

Thanks for the suggestions! Well, for most of them...

Judy does a great job of pulling a website together from the odds and ins I send her way. I do like the job of matching graphics to songs, and the ones by Anton Otto Fischer for the "Lee Fore Brace" are a great match. However, the main purpose of the website is to provide people a detailed overview of the recordings, the lyrics of each song, and a MP3 sample file of how I sing each one. And, yes, there is also contact information just in case someone would be so moved as to want to purchase a CD.

Uncle Jaque-

I definitely would like to see your books of old sailor graphics. We might even work out a trade.

Artful Codger-

Hmmm? How about "Charley Noble Sings Singular Sailor Songs"?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 05:16 AM

I finally received my copy - it only took 6 weeks to get here, along with a lovely chrissy card showing a painting by Charlie's mother. I wonder how long it would have taken if you'd not paid for Air Mail. Maybe it missed the planes & came over on a sailing ship?

First thing that took my eye was the pic on the back cover - Charlie at my folk club The Loaded Dog! I do like pics that show our lovely banner, and it's not something I'd expect to see on an American CD.

They are such an uncommon batch of sea songs that there are only two I know - 'Dead Dog Cider' which Charlie & Brett sang when they visited us several years ago, and 'Anderson's Coast' written & often sung at the Dog by regular John Warner (Mudcatter Jack Halyard).

Thanks, Charlie for another great CD

sandra

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 08:13 AM

Sandra-

I'm pleased that this CD finally resurfaced at your door in Oz. Perhaps, it had been making the rounds amongst the customs staff for a few weeks so that it could be properly evaluated. Some of them may have had grave doubts about the appro priateness of some of the lyrics for innocent ears. There is that ditty about the old she-crab, for example, and the tales of Dr. Dogbody, even in their condensed lyrical form, challenge the boundary between truth and fiction. And there may have been public health concerns (or at least concerns about good taste) raised as poor old Bendigo floated to the top of the cider vat; it stands to reason if some credulous, or demented, person hears such a song they'd begin to wonder if such a brew might indeed be very powerful!

I do wonder if any more of the half dozen or so CD's made it to their targets in Oz and the UK. I should have known better than to send them out over a major holiday.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: JennyO
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 09:35 AM

Well that's very strange that yours took so long, Sandra. We got ours weeks ago. Charlie, did I forget to let you know and thank you? I did mean to.

We enjoyed your CD very much - there's some great stuff there. I loved the funny ones, particularly Dead Dog Cider, which of course I've heard you sing, but it's nice to have a copy of it. John likes your treatment of Andersons Coast - it's different, with that unmistakeable Charlie stamp on it, and it works for us. He's still continually amazed at the way that song is travelling round the world.

Were there others in Sydney that you haven't heard from, Charlie?

By the way, you would have felt right at home here yesterday - we had a big gale-force wind spring up, and one corner of our shade-sail came adrift and for a while the whole thing looked like it was going to disappear over the roof of the house. Fortunately, John managed to secure it and lash it down where it could do no harm. Bring back memories? :-)

Jenny

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 11:46 AM

"Still More Uncommon Sailor Songs"?

"Son of More Uncommon Sailor Songs"?

"Uncommon Sailor Songs Meets the Wolfman"?

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 08:44 PM

Dave-

Wonderful suggestions! I suppose I ought to record a few songs to stuff inside the jewel box as well. But I may do something entirely different.

Jenny-

Well do I remember the great gales of Earlwood! Next time I blow into your neighborhood I'll be carrying an anchor over my shoulder. I'm pleased that John is not too distressed with my rendition of "Anderson's Coast." It's a fine song and I couldn't resist trying it on for size, but it really needs a more robust voice than my own to power it, and a 12-string guitar rather than my favorite 5-string banjo.

I did send copies of the CD to Danny Spooner, Bob Bolton, Margaret Walters, and our friends the Horvaths.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: More Uncommon Sailor Songs CD (Ipcar)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 08 Feb 06 - 08:20 AM

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