Skulk

Hi,
I finished another album so I thought I'd release it on the internet today. It's here : Jim Moray • Skulk

I hope you all like it. I'll post some information about it in a bit, but I'll let you listen to it first.

J

P.S. If you're in the Modern History Club then check your email for a free download code...

Oooh - looks like I'm the first!! I've just received your email, Jim.... A million times "thank you" - but I'll have to wait till I get home tonight to download the album (and I'll be ordering a physcial copy too!)

What a fantastic surprise, and I can't wait to hear this - guess what'll be playing in my house this weekend!

Thank you so much....

Ali x

Listening to it now. Up to Hind Etin. Thus far - awesome. He's a brave man to take on some Nic Jones covers so directly, and a talented man to succeed so spectacularly.

What a wonderful New Year present! Thank-you Jim for being so generous.

I'm just downloading it now - I can't wait to listen and also to find out more about the album.

Ruth xx

Wow, thanks Jim, just listening to it now, I'm loving it so far.

At least now I know what the tracks were that I'd never heard of when I was gathering the Top 10 songs.

Beautiful cover too Jim, I want a fox now

Thank you so much.

Martin

Always room for ice cream
Always time for cake
So much chocolate, so little time



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Jesus that's generous! Was just reaching for the plastic, now download in progress. Thank you so much, for springing an album on us out of the blue and treating us IMH peeps to it!

Stone The Crows!

I'm no music critic, and no musician, but I can't resists offering some thoughts after three plays.

* I think it's the most consistent album to date. On all Jim's previous releases there have been (as there are on the vast majority of albums) some real high points, and a couple of tracks I've not particularly liked. This album has highlights, but there are no tracks here that I don't care for: it's a very good collection indeed.

* It's also, not co-incidentally, the most traditional album so far. From the interview on Bright Young Folk it sounds like this was intentional, to make something that was more acoustic and more suitable to play solo live. So, less experimentation, more consistency. Although this is Jim of course so there are still surprises in store - the arrangements for Courting is a Pleasure and Seven Long Years are very modern and very clever. But I miss the rocking-out.

* My favourite tracks are those two just mentioned, and, of course, the long-awaited definitive version of Lord Douglas which is indeed rather better than the one released on the Cecil Sharp Project, more sympathetic and closer to the version I'd heard live.

* Was really hoping to see Big Love, Horkstow Grange and The Wild Boar on here. The former two are, and are great as many of you already know. The latter, sadly, is not. Speaking of which, I was happy to pay cash for this (especially with a signed CD to come) but I really ought to get into the Modern History Club. Is there any way without paying for the deluxe edition of In Modern History? I wouldn't mind but I already have the standard edition so it seems a bit excessive to pay for and own two copies.

* The sleeve notes list tracks 1-10 so I assume the 11th track, Hogeye Man, is an extra. I hope so, as it's excruciating Sorry, but I mean, really, folk-as-rockabilly?

Cheers,
Matt



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mattdp Wrote:
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> Listening to it now. Up to Hind Etin. Thus far -
> awesome. He's a brave man to take on some Nic
> Jones covers so directly, and a talented man to
> succeed so spectacularly.

Have you seen that Nic (with his son Joe and Belinda O'Hooley) is playing some festivals in the summer? I'm going to get to as many of them as I can, but the Jones family have been very nice about me this year.

mattdp Wrote:
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> I'm no music critic, and no musician, but I can't
> resists offering some thoughts after three plays.
>
> * I think it's the most consistent album to date.
> On all Jim's previous releases there have been (as
> there are on the vast majority of albums) some
> real high points, and a couple of tracks I've not
> particularly liked. This album has highlights, but
> there are no tracks here that I don't care for:
> it's a very good collection indeed.
>
> * It's also, not co-incidentally, the most
> traditional album so far. From the interview on
> Bright Young Folk it sounds like this was
> intentional, to make something that was more
> acoustic and more suitable to play solo live. So,
> less experimentation, more consistency. Although
> this is Jim of course so there are still surprises
> in store - the arrangements for Courting is a
> Pleasure and Seven Long Years are very modern and
> very clever. But I miss the rocking-out.
>

This was originally made as the 'acoustic' album out of a set. The 'electric' portion will be along later (but probably divorced of so much traditional content, so is the polar opposite).

> * The sleeve notes list tracks 1-10 so I assume
> the 11th track, Hogeye Man, is an extra. I hope
> so, as it's excruciating Sorry, but I mean,
> really, folk-as-rockabilly?
>

Yeah - that's not on the album proper, it's just a bonus track for you...

jimmoray Wrote:
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>
> Have you seen that Nic (with his son Joe and
> Belinda O'Hooley) is playing some festivals in the
> summer? I'm going to get to as many of them as I
> can, but the Jones family have been very nice
> about me this year.

No! Thanks for the heads-up. I was too young to have heard Nic in his prime, and when I first discovered his music some ten years ago, it made me a little sad to think I'd never have the chance to see the man play live. I'll try and get a ticket for Towersey once they announce which day he's playing (I have small children, so going for both days would be a stretch).