''Freedom Fields'' is an

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Seth Lakeman Seth,; el, Σήθ ''Sḗth''; ; "placed", "appointed") in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mandaeism, and Sethianism, was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, their only other child mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible. Ac ...

released twice in 2006. It is his third album as a principal performer. It is named after a park in

Plymouth, England Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth' ...

, where the Sabbath Day Fight during the

Siege of Plymouth The siege of Plymouth took place during the First English Civil War, when Royalist forces besieged Plymouth, in Devon, held by a Parliamentary garrison. With the exception of a brief interlude in July 1644, the town was isolated for most of the ...

is commemorated.

Track listing

First edition

The first edition (first pressing) includes a bonus disc of material. This edition was released 20 March 2006, under Lakeman's former record company, iScream.

Primary disc

#"The Charmer" (Seth Lakeman) – 2:33 #"Lady of the Sea" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:24 #" Childe the Hunter" (traditional/arranged) – 4:18 #"The White Hare" (traditional/arranged) – 3:30 #"The Colliers" (traditional/arranged) – 3:14 #"King and Country" (Seth Lakeman) – 4:27 #"The Setting of the Sun" (traditional/arranged) – 4:01 #"Take No Rogues" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:55 #"1643" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:25 #"The Riflemen of War" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:52 #"The Band of Gold" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:14 #"The Final Lot" (Seth Lakeman) – 1:53

Limited edition bonus disc

The second pressing of the first edition did not contain the bonus disc. #"Lady of the Sea (Live)" #"Ye Mariners All (Live)" ; CD-ROM features * "Kitty Jay" video *"The White Hare" video *"The White Hare" animation *2004 live tour video

Second edition

This edition was released on 21 August 2006 under Lakeman's new record company, Relentless. There are a number of differences between the first and second editions of the album. The track listing is more or less the same, but with a slightly different order and the addition of the bonus track "Send Yourself Away", from his first album, The Punch Bowl. Two of the tracks, "Lady of the Sea (Hear Her Calling)" and "The White Hare" have been remixed. In addition the second edition does not include the bonus disc and the cover design is different from the previous edition. The second edition charted at #32 in the UK Top 40 and at #19 in the HMV Album Chart on 29 August 2006.

Second edition track listings

#"Lady of the Sea (Hear Her Calling)" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:24 (UK 54 on 14 August 2006) #"Setting of the Sun" (traditional/arranged) – 4:01 #"The White Hare (Album Version)" (traditional/arranged) – 3:30 #"The Colliers" (traditional/arranged) – 3:14 #"King and Country" (Seth Lakeman) – 4:27 #"Childe the Hunter" (traditional/arranged) – 4:18 #"Take No Rogues" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:55 #"1643" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:25 #"The Riflemen of War" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:52 #"The Charmer" (Seth Lakeman) – 2:33 #"The Final Lot" (Seth Lakeman) – 1:53 #"The Band of Gold" (Seth Lakeman) – 3:14 ; Bonus track : "Send Yourself Away" (inspired by Kathleen Partridge) – 2:45

Subject matter

Many of the songs are based on or inspired by real incidents. * "The Colliers" : the

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* "1643" : a battle that year at

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

, part of the

First English Civil War The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They include the Bishops' Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars, the Second English Civil War, the Anglo ...

* "Riflemen of War" : a 1653 victory in the

Anglo-Dutch Wars The Anglo–Dutch Wars ( nl, Engels–Nederlandse Oorlogen) were a series of conflicts mainly fought between the Dutch Republic and England (later Great Britain) from mid-17th to late 18th century. The first three wars occurred in the second ...

* "Childe the Hunter" : The story of Childe the Hunter who died on

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Personnel

Main: *

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

*Ben Nicholls –

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck The ...

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

Sean Lakeman Sean Lakeman (born 29 January 1974) is an English folk musician and record producer. Early life Sean was born and brought up as the first of three boys in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon with his brothers, fellow folk musicians Seth ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s , producer, mix engineer *Cormac Byrne – bodhran,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Benji Kirkpatrick Benji Kirkpatrick (born 1976) is an English folk singer and musician, who plays guitar, bouzouki, mandolin and tenor banjo. A son of folk musicians John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris, he was brought up in Shropshire. Previously a member of Bello ...

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bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

Supporting: *

Steve Knightley Steve Knightley (born 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and acoustic musician. Since 1992 he has been one half of folk/roots duo Show of Hands along with Phil Beer. Knightley was named "Songwriter of the Nineties" by BBC Radio 6 Music in ...

– vocals * John Jones – vocals *

Kathryn Roberts Kathryn Roberts is an English folk singer, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Early career Roberts' first released recordings were on the album ''Intuition'', a collection of songs by various South Yorkshire folk artists which also included her ...

– vocals *

Cara Dillon Cara Elizabeth Dillon (born 21 July 1975, in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish folk singer. In 1995, she joined the folk supergroup Equation and signed a record deal with Warners Music Group. After leaving t ...

– vocals *DBG – vocals *Bert Cleaver – pipe,

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*Jonny Crosbie –

maraca A maraca (), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair. Maracas (from Guaraní ), also known as tamaracas, were r ...

References

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