Martyn Wyndham Read, Martin Carthy, Maggie Goodall, Chris Coe and Martin Ellison on Calendar - Yorkshire Television 31st December 1987.
Look out for the gormless Joe Stead sitting in the front row. I had arranged for the performance to be screened and for my pains was suddenly, at he last minute, dumped into the prime seat in the audience. The things we get talked into! I didn't keep the hat.
Thanks for posting this Joe.
I remember taping if off Calendar at the time but the tape got chewed up so I haven't seen it in years. Didn't they do another song as well, or is my memory playing tricks on me?
I definitely remember Richard Whitely cocking up the intro ("Whitby-faced boat singer Martin Carthy" or something similar).
We had MC at our club a few months later and he stayed at my mate's house and told him this performance had paid for his new microwave oven. The big time, eh?
CarthyOnline 1 year ago
Original music? Just a matter of taste, I like both equally.
Daddymccourt 2 years ago
Bloody hell! That A N Other is me! Didn't know this existed.
eightbass 2 years ago
Great to see Martyn W-R on YouTube.
Got anymore Banjostead?
TSCHATSWOOD 3 years ago
Good, but the carol is even better when performed to its original music. This is the altered version of hte music.
Waldo99 3 years ago
Lovely bouncy version of an old favourite of mine.
eeple200 3 years ago
I think I see Cecil Sharp in the audience!
babypix 3 years ago