Johnny Coppin - Edge of Day

Edge of Day with Laurie Lee (1989)
Red Sky CD RSKCD108 (Cassette RSKC108)

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“A masterpiece album...deserves to be part of the national heritage”
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A tribute to the poetry of Laurie Lee in words and music, with Laurie reading 12 of his poems plus an extract from "Cider With Rosie". The songs and music are by Johnny Coppin and Matt Clifford, and the whole album is arranged as a seasonal cycle. First released in 1989 and previewed on a BBC Radio 4 Kaleidoscope Special and on BBC World Service.

Poems include "Day Of These Days", "April Rise", "Thistle", "Boy In Ice", "Town Owl" and "Landscape", while the song-settings include "Apples", "Asleep We Are Divided", "Landscape", "The Edge Of Day" and "On Beacon Hill".

Musicians are Matt Clifford (keyboards), Phil Beer (violin and mandolin) and Paul Burgess.

Engineered by Mick Dolan. Produced by Johnny Coppin.

1. Spring Dawn - Main Theme (2.31)
2. April Rise (1.17)
3. The Edge Of Day (2.59)
4. First Love (1.20)
5. Invasion Summer (2.56)
6. Milkmaid (1.05)
7. Thistle (0.51)
8. Landscape (2.20)
9. Stork In Jerez (1.28)
10. Spanish Landscape - Reprise (0.56)
11. Day Of These Days (1.08)
12. September Evening - Theme (0.51)
13. Asleep We Are Divided (2.40)
14. Harvest - Main Theme (0.58)
15. First Taste Of Cider (2.32)
16. Apples (2.24)
17. Field Of Autumn (1.18)
18. October Sunset - Theme (1.00)
19. Sunken Evening (1.06)
20. November (2.46)
21. Town Owl (1.14)
22. Christmas Landscape (2.07)
23. Wassail - Theme; Twelfth Night (1.14)
24. On Beacon Hill (3.42)
25. Boy In Ice (1.08)
26. Locked In This Paradise - Main Theme (1.35)

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