To celebrate the release of The Carthy Chronicles on April 1, Free Reed and the Ram Club are giving you the chance to win fantastic prizes!
1st Prize: THREE Carthy Chronicles sets!!!
2nd Prize: TWO Carthy Chronicles sets!
3rd Prize: ONE Carthy Chronicles set!
There will be three draws to find the winners, with the same prizes for each draw, based on the most correct entries received at Free Reed by June 1 and December 1, 2001, and April 1, 2002, and winners will be posted on the rec.music.folk and on uk.music.folk newsgroups after the draw dates.
All competition queries should be addressed please to Free Reed. It goes without saying that there will be no cash equivalent, the judge’s decision is final – and all that sort of stuff...
Email your answers to quiz@free-reed.co.uk, and please mention that you have entered the quiz from the Ram Club website.
And by the way, if you are stuck on any of the questions, the answers can all be found in Colin Irwin’s excellent article – A Carthy Chronicle – on Martin at Free-Reed’s Carthy Chronicles website.
| 1. | Which tune has Martin released four times in different versions? |
| 2. | What tune in Martin’s repertoire was also recorded by Winifred Atwell and Hank Marvin? |
| 3. | Who were the jazz band featured on the third Waterson:Carthy CD? |
| 4. | In which year did Martin marry Norma Waterson? |
| 5. | How many albums did Martin record with Steeleye Span? |
| 6. | For which Peter Bellamy CD did Martin provide the sleeve notes? |
| 7. | What part did Martin perform in Bellamy’s ballad opera The Transports? |
| 8. | What was the first album which Martin played upon with John Kirkpatrick? |
| 9. | What name was being considered for Brass Monkey, until it was used by one of Martin’s fellow musicians? |
| 10. | What part did Martin play on the Larkrise to Candleford album? |
| 11. | What roles did he play in the stage version of Larkrise? |
| 12. | On which group’s live 25th anniversary albums does he appear? |
| 13. | On which album is he part of a chorus singing Danny Boy? |
| 14. | Which Bob Dylan album mentions Martin by name in the sleeve-notes? |
| 15. | For which Topic anthology of course singers did Martin provide much of the sleeve-note material? |
| 16. | On which label were Martin’s first four albums originally released? |
| 17. | Which Albion Band track uses a one-note sample of Martin’s voice? |
| 18. | As part of which group did Martin make his recording debut? |
| 19. | Which member of the band provided lead vocal on Steeleye Span’s version of Skewbald? |
| 20. | Within which ballad did Martin find Steeleye Span’s name? |
Don’t forget – email your answers to Free Reed, and please mention the Ram Club on your entry.