''Crown of Horn'' is an album by

Martin Carthy Martin Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, and later artists such as ...

, released in 1976. It was re-issued by Topic Records on CD in 1995. The album is remarkable for featuring intricate Moog synthesizer arrangements by Tony Cox on three songs. Tony Cox had previously made a name for himself as a producer and session musician for several

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. In 1974 Tony Cox founded the Old Sawmill Studio in which not only ''Crown of Horn'', but also producer Ashley Hutchings' folk dance record "Kickin' Up The Sawdust" and parts of

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'' album were produced in 1976.

Track listing

All songs are Traditional unless noted otherwise and were arranged by Martin Carthy. The references after the titles below are from the three major numbering schemes for traditional folk songs, the

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, Child Ballad Numbers and the Laws Numbers. # "The Bedmaking" (Roud 1631) – 3:16 # "Locks and Bolts" (Roud 406; Laws M13) – 3:17 # "King Knapperty" (Roud 32; Child 33) – 3:36 # "

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" (Roud 90; Child 209) – 3:42 # "

Willie's Lady Willie's Lady is Child ballad number 6 and Roud #220. The earliest known copy of the ballad is from a recitation transcribed in 1783. A variant of this ballad was one of 25 traditional works included in ''Ballads Weird and Wonderful'' (1912) and i ...

" (Roud 220; Child 6) – 7:23 # "Virginny" – 2:19 # "The Worcestershire Wedding" (Roud 1694) – 3:12 # " Bonny Lass of Anglesey" (Roud 3931; Child 220) – 5:41 # "William Taylor The Poacher" (Roud 851) – 3:12 # "Old Tom of Oxford" (instrumental) – 1:47 # "Palaces of Gold" (

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Personnel

*Martin Carthy – vocals, acoustic guitar * Tony Cox – Moog synthesizer (5,8,11) ;Technical *Ashley Hutchings – production *Jerry Boys - engineer *

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- cover photography

References

External links

*https://mainlynorfolk.info/martin.carthy/records/crownofhorn.html {{Authority control 1976 albums Martin Carthy albums Topic Records albums