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WR038

The Great Park 'Now Wash Your Hands'

Out now on limited, handmade and numbered cd.

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Ten songs recorded in Berlin with contributions and help from Volker and Dea from the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop chamber orchestra, Johny Lamb of Thirty Pounds Of Bone, Fee Reega and Stefanie Nentwich of Vivian Void.

'Countrysides unfurl amongst heart-wrung fireside conversations with a force of words that suggests Burch lives a common life, but one that is deeply felt. A minstrel and a storyteller, his songs ripple and lilt along with a beautiful variety of folk cadences, here and there touched up by strings and trumpet'
Diary Of An Unborn Writer

The CD artwork consists of 200 numbered sleeves each hand stamped one letter at a time and fingerprinted by myself...
Lyric sheet, hand stamped cd and more incuded too.

01. LOVER O LOVER (listen here or video on the left)
02. JAKE
03. KEY
04. LIMMAT
05. SONG FOR NO ONE
06. RED BARN, BLACK BARN, TREE
07. PUT ME ON THE FIRST TRAIN HOME
08. MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
09. BLOOD
10. ALL THAT HAS STARTED WILL STOP

£10, including postage within Germany - £12, including postage anywhere else in the world. No Paypal account needed - any problems please email WR for alternatives at woodlandrecordings@gmail.com

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Available as an uncompressed download in a choice of formats for just £8 - includes photographs, lyrics and the video for 'Lover O Lover'.

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The Great Park 'Winter'

WR033

Recorded alone in Berlin in December 2010 - mostly on Christmas Day. 'Winter' includes three brand new songs and versions of tracks now unavailable on cd.

Hand stamped CD in a hand stamped envelope with lyric sheet and unique, original fotoautomat photograph on each cover.

To download 'You Are Better Than This' for free click here.

01. ANNABEL (3.36) 02. I KNOW WHAT I MAKE ISN’T FINE (4.31) 03. BOYS, I AM WORRIED (3.52) 04. THE ROYAL CANAL (3.27) 05. YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS (3.27) 06. JOE AND ROBERT AND ME AND MIKE (5.07) 07. SONG FOR A COALMAN (4.44) 08. PAPER BIRDS (4.50) 09. MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT (4.15) 10. I DO WRONG (5.07) 11. SONG FOR FEE (3.10) 12. HERE (3.52)

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The Great Park 'If You Can Hold It You Can Throw It'

<a href="http://thegreatpark.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-a-coalman">Song For A Coalman by The Great Park</a>  

'If You Can Hold It You Can Throw It' was recorded between April and August 2010, with contributions from Fee Reega and Birdengine.

With a limited palette of acoustic guitars, distorted electric guitar, melodica, chains, foot stamps and vocals, this is my 10th release on Woodland Recordings - and the third in a series written and recorded in Berlin.

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01. RUN FROM MY ARMS (3.09) 02. SAILOR'S NOTES (4.04) 03. TOM (4.41) 04. CRETINOUS MAN (5.34) 05. BLACKWATER SWIM (4.13) 06. SONG FOR A COALMAN (5.02) 07. WHERE TO BEGIN (7.04) 08. IF YOU CAN HOLD IT YOU CAN THROW IT (5.02) 09. PORTUGAL (3.24)

 

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The Great Park 'Cellar'

<a href="http://thegreatpark.bandcamp.com/track/boys-i-am-worried">Boys, I Am Worried by The Great Park</a>

Recorded in January and February 2010, 'Cellar' is a 9 song album largely written in Berlin but recorded alone in the Irish countryside of County Cork.

01. SONG FOR FEE (2.42) 02. BOYS, I AM WORRIED (3.54) 03. CARGO (3.22) 04. WIRES (3.44) 05. SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME (6.16) 06. ST MARY (2.35) 07. THE DOGS (3.54) 08. THE GOOD DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER (2.41) 09. QUARREL (2.25)

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Also features the ep 'The Dogs' - with a download code included in the artwork. Six mp3s at 320kbps in a .zip file with artwork and details.

01. THE DOGS (THE DOGS VERSION) (3.04) 02. BOYS, I AM WORRIED (THE DOGS VERSION) (3.39) 03. CARGO (THE DOGS VERSION) (3.34) 04. ST MARY (THE DOGS VERSION) (2.59) 05. THE GOOD DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER (THE DOGS VERSION) (2.21) 06. SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME (THE DOGS VERSION) (6.28)

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The Great Park 'The Wife'

<a href="http://thegreatpark.bandcamp.com/track/the-royal-canal">The Royal Canal by The Great Park</a>

Released in 2009, recorded in Ireland and Berlin and featuring Martha Rose's violin on most songs. Also features contributions from Tristan Brusch, Vicky Steer (Blanket) and Fee Reega.

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Hand stencilled unique cover, with photo, lyric, chord sheet, clippings and hand stamped cd.

01. THE ROYAL CANAL (3.03) 02. YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS (3.46) 03. DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE (7.46) 04. YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO (3.07) 05. THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM (3.08) 06. YOUR HEART WAS A HOME (2.48) 07. SUIT OF STONES (4.04) 08. CARELESS MAN (4.14) 09. THE HILLS ARE ALIVE (10.13) 10. IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE (3.56)

'...sets it's sights at the whole world, in inspired lyricism...'

'Great essential original stuff. You really won't hear another album like it this year.' - Southcoasting blog

'striking and heartfelt tales of love, loss and yearning' - Brighton Source magazine

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The Great Park 'Spring'

<a href="http://thegreatpark.bandcamp.com/track/the-heart-goes-tumbling-down-spring-version">The Heart Goes Tumbling Down (Spring Version) by The Great Park</a>

15 song album, recorded in Berlin in one afternoon in April 2009. Solo acoustic, in mono.
Unique Photoautomat photo on each cover - each one different. Hand stamped cd with insert and clipping.

01. ANNABEL (3.10) 02. BLACKWATER (3.58) 03. HERE (3.38) 04. AUTUMN WOLF (3.10) 05. I DO WRONG (4.20) 06. TROUBLE (3.45) 07. SUIT OF STONES (3.33) 08. FAIR AND FINE (2.42) 09. THE HEART GOES TUMBLING DOWN (5.20) 10. YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO (2.37) 11. PURE BLACK COAL (2.55) 12. DAYS WITHOUT YOU (3.03) 13. PAPER BIRDS (4.31) 14. WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T (4.53) 15. FIRE ESCAPE (4.48)

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SESSIONS

AMSTERDAM RECORDING
3 Songs recorded in one afternoon in September 2011.

NÜRNBERG RECORDING
6 Songs recorded in one afternoon in February 2011.

SIMPLE FOLK RADIO RECORDING
11 Songs recorded in Berlin in two days in September 2010 for the Brighton radio show.

GRONINGER RECORDING
8 Songs recorded in the old wooden room at the Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands 05/09/10.

JESSWOOD RECORDING
9 Songs recorded at home in County Cork, Ireland in one afternoon in February 2010.

PALMETTA RECORDING
5 Songs recorded at the beautiful Palmetta house in Terni, Italy 04/04/09.

CONCERTS

17/12/11 Haus 73, Hamburg, Germany

10/10/11 Tuchlaube Café Bar, Aarau, Switzerland

10/05/11 Südstadt, München, Germany

09/04/11 A.M.E.R.I.K.A., Schaubühne Lindenfels, Leipzig, Germany

20/10/10 Prince Albert, Brighton, England

09/07/10 Wärmehalle Süd, Leipzig, Germany

03/07/10 Prinz Willy, Kiel, Germany (with Woodpecker Wooliams set included too)

24/06/10 Teatro de Vila Real (Café Concerto), Vila Real, Portugal

23/04/10 Intersoup, Berlin, Germany

04/03/10 Hasenschaukel, Hamburg, Germany (with Fee Reega's set included too)

23/02/10 Soupanova, Berlin, Germany

04/12/09 The Basement, Brighton, England

25/10/09 Andreas and Kathrin's kitchen, Karlsruhe, Germany

22/10/09 Sonnenkeller, Balingen, Germany

26/09/09 Paris Syndrom, Leipzig, Germany

28/08/09 Gelegenheiten, Berlin, Germany

16/04/09 Feinkost Lampe, Hannover, Germany

14/04/09 Ulenspiegel, Gießen, Germany

11/04/09 Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany

18/03/09 Café Kurzschluss, Bremen, Germany

13/12/08 Komedia, Brighton, England

10/09/08 Ä, Berlin, Germany

03/09/08 Südstadt, München, Germany

03/05/08 Herbert, Baden, Switzerland

INDIVIDUAL SONGS FROM ALBUMS

'You Are Better Than This' (from 'Winter')

'Song For A Coalman' (from 'If You Can Hold It You Can Throw It')

'Boys, I Am Worried' (from 'Cellar')

'The Royal Canal' (from 'The Wife')

'The Heart Goes Tumbling Down`(from 'Spring')

'Afghanistan' (from 'Eat Like A Bird')

'We Could Have, We Should Have, We Didn't' (from 'We Could Have, We Should Have, We Didn't')

'Paper Birds' (from 'Woodland Recordings')

INDIVIDUAL SONGS FROM LIVE CONCERTS AND ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS

'The Shot' (live at Künstlerkeller, Darmstadt, Germany 10/11/11 - with Johny from 30lbs of Bone)

'Red Barn, Black Barn, Tree' (live at Künstlerkeller, Darmstadt, Germany 10/11/11 - with Johny from 30lbs of Bone)

'Portugal' (live at Bar Cine-Teatro de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal 20/05/11)

'The Shot' (live at Schaubühne Lindenfels, Leipzig, Germany 09/04/11)

'The Shot' (live at Radio 3FACH, Luzern, Switzerland 20/11/10 - with Binoculers)

'The Shot' (live at Kori's house, Luzern, Switzerland 19/11/10)

'Portugal' (from the Simple Folk Recording)

'I Do Wrong' (live at Pest House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 09/09/10 - with Seamus and Viljam)

'The Shot' (live at Linde, Gängeviertel, Hamburg, Germany 13/08/10 - with Johny from 30lbs Of Bone)

'I Do Wrong / Tender And True' (live at La Catrina, Zürich, Switzerland 22/07/10)

'Boys, I Am Worried' (live at Wärmehalle Süd, Leipzig, Germany 09/07/10)

'Blackwater Swim' (live at Intersoup, Berlin, Germany 08/07/10)

'Little Mice' (live at Intersoup, Berlin, Germany 08/07/10)

'Winter' - song by The Diamond Family Archive (live at Intersoup, Berlin, Germany 16/06/10)

'Song For Fee' (live at Intersoup, Berlin, Germany 16/06/10)

'Run From My Arms' (live at Wärmehalle Süd, Leipzig, Germany 17/04/10)

'Trouble - for Magdalena' (live at Wärmehalle Süd, Leipzig 17/04/10)

'Some Somehow Get Home' (early version from Cellar, recorded at Jesswood, Ireland 24/12/09)

'Jesswood' (version recorded in Berlin 21/11/09)

'Paper Birds' (live at Hasenschaukel, Hamburg, Germany 31/10/09)

'All The Way Down' (live at Cafe Live, Alfeld, Germany 09/10/09)

'The Shot' (live at Spatz Und Wal, Unna, Germany 08/10/09 - with Laurence from The Diamond Family Archive)

'Trouble' (live at Cafe Exil, Chemnitz, Germany 06/10/09)

'The Royal Canal' (live at Waldfrieden, Leipzig, Germany 05/10/09)

'The Heart Goes Tumbling Down' (live at Intersoup, Berlin, Germany 03/10/09)

'I Do Wrong' (live at Paris Syndrom, Leipzig, Germany 26/09/09)

'You Are Better Than This' (first rough take)

'Little Mice' (Berlin version)


DISCOGRAPHY

2011

Now Wash Your Hands
(Woodland Recordings WR038)
LOVER O LOVER / JAKE / KEY / LIMMAT / SONG FOR NO ONE / RED BARN, BLACK BARN, TREE / PUT ME ON THE FIRST TRAIN HOME / MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT / BLOOD / ALL THAT HAS STARTED WILL STOP

HOME TAPING IS MUSIC VOLUME 2
(Woodland Recordings WR037)
Included 'Make A Dead One Of It'

Make A Dead One Of it
Digital single - still available here
MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT / LIMMAT (IDA NOWHERE VERSION)

Schangnau Recording
(Woodland Recordings WR034)
Split ep with Binoculers recorded in a chapel in Switzerland in November 2010.

THE SHOT (with Binoculers) / YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS / I KNOW WHAT I MAKE ISN'T FINE / also guitar and backing vocals on BY YOUR LAKE by Binoculers

Winter
(Woodland Recordings WR033)
ANNABEL / I KNOW WHAT I MAKE ISN'T FINE / BOYS, I AM WORRIED / THE ROYAL CANAL / YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS / JOE AND ROBERT AND ME AND MIKE / SONG FOR A COALMAN / PAPER BIRDS / MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT / I DO WRONG / SONG FOR FEE / HERE

2010

If You Can Hold It You Can Throw It
(Woodland Recordings WR031)
RUN FROM MY ARMS / SAILOR'S NOTES / TOM / CRETINOUS MAN / BLACKWATER SWIM / SONG FOR A COALMAN / WHERE TO BEGIN / IF YOU CAN HOLD IT YOU CAN THROW IT / PORTUGAL

So Bracing
(Stranger Songs)
Compilation included newly recorded version of 'Sailor's Notes'.

Cellar
(Woodland Recordings WR028)
SONG FOR FEE / BOYS, I AM WORRIED / CARGO / WIRES / SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME / ST MARY / THE DOGS / THE GOOD DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER / QUARREL
Also included the following as a download:
The Dogs
(Woodland Recordings)
THE DOGS (THE DOGS VERSION) / BOYS, I AM WORRIED (THE DOGS VERSION) / CARGO (THE DOGS VERSION) / ST MARY (THE DOGS VERSION) / THE GOOD DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER (THE DOGS VERSION) / SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME (THE DOGS VERSION)

2009

Who Dropped The Needle. Live at Hasenschaukel
(Devil Duck Records DDuck030 / Indigo 939502)
Compilation included live version of 'I Do Wrong' recorded at Hasenschaukel, Hamburg, Germany.

The Wife
(Woodland Recordings WR027)
THE ROYAL CANAL / YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS / DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE / YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO / THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM / YOUR HEART WAS A HOME / SUIT OF STONES / CARELESS MAN / THE HILLS ARE ALIVE / IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE

For The Bats
(Stranger Songs)
Compilation included live version of 'Barbara Allen' recorded in Gießen, Germany 14/04/09.

Spring
(Woodland Recordings WR023)
ANNABEL / BLACKWATER / HERE / AUTUMN WOLF / I DO WRONG / TROUBLE / SUIT OF STONES / FAIR AND FINE / THE HEART GOES TUMBLING DOWN / YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO / PURE BLACK COAL / DAYS WITHOUT YOU / PAPER BIRDS / WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T / FIRE ESCAPE

2008

The Hills Are Alive
(Woodland Recordings WR020)
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE / THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM / F AM / YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO / FIRE ESCAPE (LIVE IN LUDWIGSBURG 17/09/08)

Eat Like A Bird
(Woodland Recordings WR019)
HEARTSONG / LITTLE MICE / NEVER SAW IT GO / THE HEART GOES TUMBLING DOWN / ELIZABETH / EVERYTHING ABOVE GOES BELOW SOMEDAY / AFGHANISTAN / DAYS WITHOUT YOU / ALL THE WAY DOWN / EAT LIKE A BIRD

HOME TAPING IS MUSIC
(Woodland Recordings WR018)
Compilation included early mix of 'Heartsong'.

Berlin ep
(Woodland Recordings WRFREE1)
Recorded to be given away free with the Timezone cd, all tracks unique.

NOT YET GONE / HERE / DS / BARBARA ALLEN / FAIR AND FINE / THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT NIGHT IN

The Great Park
(Timezone Records)
European only cd and digital release, all tracks remastered.
I DO WRONG / WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T / BLACKWATER (CHURCH BOAT VERSION) / AND
I DON'T KNOW WHY / PURE BLACK COAL / THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT NIGHT IN / THE WEEPING WELL / THE BURNING
OF TWO / TROUBLE / PAPER BIRDS / YOU HAVE PAINTED A CROSS ON MY CEILING

10 Live Songs
(Woodland Recordings WR017)
Live compilation produced for the second tour of Germany and Switzerland. Split cd with Tristan Brusch.
ANNABEL (BADEN 03/05/08) / AUTUMN WOLF (KARLSRUHE 02/05/08) / POLLY VAUGHAN (LUDWIGSBURG 01/05/08) / PAPER BIRDS (REUTLINGEN 19/04/08) / THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT NIGHT IN (KOLN 28/04/08)

We Could Have, We Should Have, We Didn't
(Woodland Recordings WR016)
ANNABEL / DISPLACEMENT SONG / LAND LOVER / G / HOME IS A HOLE / WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T / AND I DON'T KNOW WHY / DM / SINCE HE'S BEEN GONE / SAILOR'S NOTES / THE WRECK IS NOT A BOAT / OUT HERE / JESSWOOD / 100 BIRDS, 100 FLIES

Woodland Recordings
(Woodland Recordings WR015)
Compilation from previous unavailable releases, produced for the first tour of Germany and Switzerland.
I DO WRONG / BLACKWATER (CHURCH BOAT VERSION) / HERE / TROUBLE / PURE BLACK COAL / THE WEEPING WELL / THE BURNING OF TWO / POLLY VAUGHAN (SIMPLE MIX) / PAPER BIRDS / THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT NIGHT IN / NOT YET GONE / FIRE ESCAPE

Fire Escape
(Woodland Recordings WR013)
BLACKWATER / FAIR AND FINE / I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT / PURE BLACK COAL / UNDER WATER / FIRE ESCAPE

Oxfam Field Recordings Volume 2
(Woodland Recordings WR011)
Compilation included live version of 'The Makings Of A Great Night In'
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FIELD 1
(Woodland Recordings (WR010)
Compilation included live version of 'Autumn Wolf' featuring Jane Bartholomew and Laurence Collyer.

2007

I Do Wrong
(Woodland Recordings WR008)
EVERSINCE / COASTAL PATH / BEDLAM / I DO WRONG / THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT NIGHT IN / TROUBLE / IN ANOTHER LIFE GOD WAS KIND YOU WERE TAKEN AWAY BUT YOU DID COME BACK / YOU HAVE PAINTED A CROSS ON MY CEILING

Oxfam Field Recordings
(Woodland Recordings WR005)
Compilation included live version of 'Tender and True'.

The Drift Collective
(Drift Records)
Compilation included version of 'Paper Birds' featuring Mary Hampton, Johnny Lamb and Andrew Willis.

The Weeping Well
(Woodland Recordings WR004)
THE BURNING OF TWO / HOSPITAL SONG / LITTLE BOAT / POLLY VAUGHAN / THE GOOSE, THE CROOK AND THE BAKER / THE GOOD LORD / THE SHOT / THE WEEPING WELL

Woodland Recordings ep
(Woodland Recordings WR001)
Split double disc release with The Diamond Family Archive
.
BEFORE YOU TURN / NOT YET GONE / PAPER BIRDS / AUTUMN WOLF / TENDER AND TRUE / WITHOUT

2006

Church Boat
Self produced cdr
THAW / THE LAKE OF COOLFIN / FELT / FALLEN FAR / MRS JAMES / HERE / BLACKWATER / IF EVER

The Great Park
Self produced cdr
WILLOW / FERRY / BELOW BOTH / INSTRUMENTAL / CLUBFOOT / LAST / STEAM

 

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