Alasdair Roberts & Friends - Too Long In This Condition Album

Tracklist

1	The Lover's Ghost Double Bass [Upright] – Stevie JonesDrums – Shane ConnollyGuitar, Voice – Alasdair RobertsLap Steel Guitar – Ben ReynoldsVocals – Emily Portman
2	The Golden Vanity Concertina – Emily PortmanDouble Bass [Upright], Piano, Backing Vocals – Stevie JonesDrums – Shane ConnollyGuitar, Voice – Alasdair Roberts
3	The Daemon Lover Double Bass [Upright], Percussion [Stomp], Handclaps [Clap] – Stevie JonesDrums – Shane ConnollyFiddle, Percussion [Stomp], Handclaps [Clap] – Alastair CaplinGuitar, Voice, Percussion [Stomp], Handclaps [Clap] – Alasdair RobertsVocals, Percussion [Stomp], Handclaps [Clap] – Emily PortmanZither [Lutezither] – Tom Crossley
4	The Two Sisters Double Bass [Upright], Vocals [Chorus] – Stevie JonesFiddle, Zither [Lutezither] – Alastair CaplinGuitar, Voice – Alasdair RobertsVocals [Chorus] – Donald Lindsay, Emily Portman
5	What Put The Blood On Your Right Shoulder, Son? Double Bass [Upright] – Stevie JonesDrums – Shane ConnollyFiddle – Alastair CaplinGuitar, Voice – Alasdair RobertsUilleann Pipes – Donald LindsayVocals [Chorus] – Emily Portman, Tom Crossley
6	Long Lankin Double Bass [Upright] – Stevie JonesDrums – Shane ConnollyFiddle – Alastair CaplinGlockenspiel, Backing Vocals – Tom CrossleyGuitar, Voice – Alasdair Roberts
7	The Burning Of Auchindoun Drums – Shane ConnollyElectric Bass – Stevie JonesFiddle – Alastair CaplinGuitar, Voice – Alasdair RobertsLap Steel Guitar – Ben Reynolds
8	Young Emily Drums – Shane ConnollyElectric Bass – Stevie JonesElectric Guitar – Robert HubbertGuitar, Voice – Alasdair RobertsHarmony Vocals – Emily Portman
9	Little Sir Hugh Cello – Christine HansonDouble Bass [Upright] – Stevie JonesDrums – Shane ConnollyFiddle – Alastair CaplinGuitar, Voice – Alasdair RobertsHarmony Vocals – Emily Portman
10	Kilmahog Saturday Afternoon Double Bass [Upright] – Stevie JonesElectric Guitar – Robert HubbertFiddle, Cajón – Alastair CaplinGuitar – Alasdair RobertsHarp [Ozark] – Bill LowmanWritten-By – Alan Roberts
11	Barbara Allen Double Bass [Upright] – Stevie JonesDrums – Shane ConnollyFiddle, Arranged By [Fiddle And Flute] – Alastair CaplinFlute – Tom CrossleyGuitar, Voice – Alasdair Roberts

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DC421	Alasdair Roberts & Friends	Too Long In This Condition ‎(LP, Album)	Drag City	DC421	US	2010
NAVIGATOR040	Alasdair Roberts & Friends	Too Long In This Condition ‎(CD, Album)	Navigator Records	NAVIGATOR040	UK	2010

Credits

• Arranged By – Alasdair Roberts (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 11)
• Cello – Christine Hanson
• Double Bass [Upright], Electric Bass, Backing Vocals, Percussion [Stomp], Handclaps [Clap] – Stevie Jones
• Drums, Percussion – Shane Connolly
• Electric Guitar – Robert Hubbert
• Fiddle, Cajón, Zither [Lutezither], Percussion [Stomp], Handclaps [Clap] – Alastair Caplin
• Flute, Zither [Lutezither], Glockenspiel, Vocals [Chorus] – Tom Crossley
• Harmony Vocals, Concertina, Percussion [Stomp], Handclaps [Clap] – Emily Portman
• Harp [Ozark] – Bill Lowman
• Lap Steel Guitar – Ben Reynolds
• Uilleann Pipes, Vocals [Refrains] – Donald Lindsay
• Written-By – Trad. (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 11)

Barcodes

• Barcode: 7 81484 04212 9

Short intro

Includes unlimited streaming of Too Long In This Condition via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ships out within 7 days. Buy RecordVinyl. Grave robber Roberts circles the elders with suspicion, fascination and adoration. Too Long In This Condition Not half long enough We're betting that in another thousand years, the sky-creatures that inherit our burnt orb'll be taking these tunes and singing them in their own throatless style, seeking to crack the codices and unravel the mystery of men. released June 29, 2010. Album 2010 11 Songs. Alasdair Roberts. SingerSongwriter page for Too Long in This Condition. Find out more about our use of this data, and also our policy on profanity. Find out more about our use of this data. BBC Review. A testament to the depth of Roberts immersion in his music is how natural this album sounds. It doesnt feel like a fastidiously researched academic treatise but a warm, accessible continuation of the tradition that delights with every listen, and sits a million miles from the nouveau tractor cognoscenti. Alasdair Roberts is keen to emphasise the relevance of the traditional folk ballads featured in Too Long In This Condition: it comes with an explicatory musing on timelessness from Wittgenstein's Tractatus, and a sleevenote which refers to the passing-on of ballads as a game of memoried tig come fluid form of existential relay, which just about nails it. So do Roberts' interpretations of love songs such as Barbara Allen and murder ballads such as Long Lankin and Little Sir Hugh, the latter's xenophobic undertones driven by fatalist. Alasdair Roberts sixth proper album, an 11-track, upper level course on contemporary and traditional Scottish balladry, begins with a tale that concerns a cheating wife being escorted to Hell by Satan himself on his own ghost ship. Daemon Lover may sound like a downer, but Roberts sprightly guitar work and amiable delivery make it sound more like a campfire ghost story than a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of adultery. Long Lankin. The Two Sisters. Little Sir Hugh. Kilmahog Saturday Afternoon. The Golden Vanity. The Burning of Auchindoun. The Lover's Ghost. New Album Releases. Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes. What Kinda Music. Hazel English. Wake UP . Listen free to Alasdair Roberts Too Long In This Condition The Daemon Lover, Young Emily and more. 11 tracks 47:03. The Daemon Lover, 04:43. Young Emily, 02:24. Long Lankin, 05:05. The Two Sisters, 05:35. Kilmahog Saturday Afternoon, 01:28. The Golden Vanity, 04:03. The Burning of Auchindoun, 03:22. The Lover's Ghost, 04:29. Barbara Allen, 05:29. Scotsman Alasdair Roberts is a cult hero thanks to his highly individual, bleak or quirky songs with influences that range from ancient Celtic ballads to Robin Williamson and to his equally original treatment of traditional songs. Last year, he released an album of his own material, Spoils. Now comes a new and typically surprising album of folk songs. It's unexpected not only because of the songs he chooses which include folk favourites such as Barbara Allen, The Golden Vanity and Long Lankin but also the jaunty backing for what are often tragic or gory lyrics