Upstream, by The Bismarcks

Upstream

by The Bismarcks

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i_like_playford This is the album I learned to ceildh to. It's strong beats make dancing a pleasure,with tunes that are invariably massive earworms. Favorite track: Morpeth Rant.

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1.	Jenny Lind/Over the hills and far away 03:57	buy track
2.	Les Varieties de Lajoie/La Lanterna Magica 03:15	buy track
3.	Hills of Alva 04:29	buy track
4.	Albert Farmer's Bonfire tune/Foul Weather Call 05:13	buy track
5.	Knees up in Kingston 02:41	buy track
6.	Tars of the Victory/Stool of Repentance 03:21	buy track
7.	Brighton Camp/Muffin Man 03:43	buy track
8.	Robertson's Reel/The Great North Run 03:40	buy track
9.	Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway/Mr Fletcher 04:32	buy track
10.	Trip to Bavaria/Adelphi Polka 05:06	buy track
11.	Liberty Bodice 03:20	buy track
12.	Morpeth Rant 04:59	buy track
13.	Jacky Tar/La Jambe du Jean 06:00	buy track

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Upstream was the debut album from The Bismarcks in 1999. A band playing traditional English dance music. Upstream is where you go to find the original source, and the band's selection of tunes takes us back to the sources of English music - an eclectic mixture, all played in The Bismarcks distinctive rhythmic style.

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released April 1, 1999

Nina Hansell - fiddle. Gareth Kiddier - piano. Ed Rennie - melodeon.
Produced by Martin Appleby. Recorded at Presshouse Studios Colyton, Devon. Engineered by Mark Tucker. Design by Downland Creative Services, Peacehaven, Sussex. Original sleeve notes by Derek Schofield and original CD manufactured by SRT Cambridge.
Published by EFDSS 1999. EFDSS CD04

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The Bismarcks were an English traditional dance music band who made two CDs, in 1999 and 2005. They no longer perform as a band, and thought Bandcamp the ideal place to save the recordings for posterity.

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