Discography
Recordings:
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'OUTSIDERS' - Chris Foster |
Tracks: |
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'JEWELS' - Chris Foster |
Tracks; The Banks Of Newfoundland, The New York, Trader , The Grey Cock, The Cobbler And The Butcher, The Herring's, Head, Georgie, Rufford Park Poachers, The False Hearted Knight, Gypsy Countess, Lady Maisry, Australia, The Golden Glove. |
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'FUNI' - Bára Grímsdóttir
with Chris Foster & John Kirkpatrick |
Tracks; Morgunbæn / Morning Prayer, Bar svo til í byggðum / Once upon a time, Veroníkukvæði / Veronica, Konan blessuð / Blessed Lady, Mitt var starfið / My Work, Úti í náttúrunni / In the Countryside, Lilja / Lily, Hættu að gráta hringaná / Cry not young maid, Göngur / Autumn Round up, Funi / Fire, Gefið þið mér í staupi strax / Give me a dram of wine, Harðar glímur / A Hard Fight, Að minni sálu amar / My soul is beset by woes, Sólin / The Sun, Íslenskt vögguljóð / Icelandic Lullaby, Mína þá mundi´eg þenja vængi út / I would spread out my wings, Heimi er farið að halla / The world is waning, Nýárssálmur / New Year's Hymn. |
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'ALL THINGS IN
COMMON' - Vivid 2002 |
Tracks: Black Fox, Low Down In The Broom, Grey Cock, Pigeon On The Gate, Unicorns, King John And The Abbot Of Contrtbury, Jump At The Sun, The Working Chap, When This Old Hat Was New, The World Turned Upside Down. |
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'LAYERS' - Vivid
2002
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Tracks: The Ranter, The Coast Of Peru, Worcester City, Glastonbury Town, Lady Madisry, Jack The Sailor, The Golden Clove, When A Man's In Love, The Buxon Lass, The Flower Of Serving Men, The Banks Of Newfoundland. |
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'TRACES' -
1999 |
Tracks; The Bold 'Princess Royal'; Arthur McBride; When a Man's in Love; Jack Barleycorn; The Flower of Servingmen; Barney's Epic Homer; The Coast of Peru; The Fowler; The Ranter; The 'Flying Cloud'; Flying High, Flying Free and The Raggle Taggle Gypsies. |
'OUTSIDERS' is Chris' latest release on his own label, Green Man Productions. 'JEWELS' Released in 2004 on the Tradition Bearers label. The CD was recorded at Dave Wood's 'Broad Oak Studio' set in the beautiful Herefordshire countryside at Broad Oak between Ross on Wye and the Welsh border. The album will comprises a mixture of traditional songs learnt from traditional singers and various archive sources. Some have been in my repertoire for many years while others have been added in the last year or so. There is a full track listing and words for all the songs in the 'Recordings' section of this web site.
Chris Foster
Vinyl albums 'LAYERS' (VSCD-832) & 'ALL THINGS IN COMMON' (VSCD-837)
finally released on CD!
The world is full of surprises and odd occurrences one of the stranger ones
to come my way in 2002 was the decision by Vivid a Japanese company to re-release
my two Vinyl albums originally released on Topic Records.
In the late '70's I released two widely acclaimed solo albums. 'Layers' (with guest performances by Nic Jones on fiddle) was voted best newcomer of the year for 1977 in the Guardian newspaper. 'All Things In Common' (with guest performances by Graham and Eileen Pratt) was released two years later.
Copies of the original vinyl albums have been virtually impossible to get hold of for many years, so for those people who keep asking where they can get a copy, the good news is that both albums are now out on CD and available in the UK. The CD's are packed in a card sleeve contained in a plastic wallet so they look like an exact miniature copy of the original vinyl albums. The sleeve contains an insert sheet with all the original sleeve notes in both English and Japanese.
Full track listings and words of all the songs can be found in the 'Recordings' section of this web site.
Copies of these rare imports will be exclusively available in the UK by direct mail from: Green Man Productions 21 Sebright Avenue, Worcester, WR5 2HH, England at a cost of £15 sterling including post and packing in the UK and £18 sterling elsewhere. Pay Pal account available. If paying by cheque please make cheques payable to C J Foster.
'TRACES'
(LTCD3003)
My last solo CD, 'Traces',
was released to coincide with my 1999 Canadian tour. 'Traces' contains
12 songs, 10 of which are traditional, the other 2 are by Leon Rosselson. 10
of the tracks have guitar accompaniment, 2 are sung unaccompanied. The album
is a completely solo recording with the exception of one chord contributed by
Mick Strode.
Full track listings and words of all the songs can be found in the 'Recordings' section of this web site.
Other recordings
'FUNI' (GMCD002)
A stunning new album of traditional songs from Iceland with Icelandic singer
Bára Grímsdóttir. The CD was recorded in England and includes squeezebox virtuoso
John Kirkpatrick on four tracks. The CD includes songs written by Bára's parents
and grandparents alongside other unusual traditional songs never previously
recorded.
Bára Grímsdóttir is one of the finest singers of Icelandic folk songs around today. Her crystal clear voice is the perfect vehicle to carry the haunting melodies of one of the least known song traditions in Europe. With poetry going back a thousand years to the first Viking settlers and mysterious modal melodies reflecting the breathtaking wild beauty of her native land, it deserves to reach a much wider audience beyond Iceland's rocky shores.
On her stunning new CD 'Funi', Bára is joined by Chris Foster and John Kirkpatrick. The resulting combination of Bára's pure shimmering voice, with Chris' exquisite guitar playing and John's squeezebox virtuosity, is a spell binding mix guaranteed to make the spine tingle and warm the coldest heart.
Total playing time 48.33
Copies of this superb album can be ordered from: Green Man Productions, 21 Sebright Avenue, Worcester, WR5 2HH, England at a cost of £12.50 sterling including post and packing in the UK and £15 sterling elsewhere, Pay Pal account available. If paying by cheque please make cheques payable to C J Foster.
'PLOTTERS'
(MBCD02)
The album of the show about allotments and the people who work them written
by Sally Goldsmith (for more details see above). Released 2003
The CD is available
for £10 on line from www.musoswire.com
or by post from
Musoswire, PO Box 100, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 3XH
'AS WE WALKED
OUT' (MBCD01)
A delightful collection of songs written and sung by Sally Goldsmith with guitar
arrangements played by Chris Foster. This album of songs about walking and the
environment of the Peak District was released in 2001. The songs were written
for a live show celebrating older people who walk the beautiful countryside
of the Peak District. Many of whom were involved in the freedom to roam campaigns
of the 1930's. The Kinder Mass trespass of 1932 was the inspiration behind Ewan
Macoll's 'Manchester Rambler'.
Copies available from Sally Goldsmith, 19 Upper Valley Road, Sheffield, S8 9HD Chris Foster Vinyl albums 'LAYERS' & 'ALL THINGS IN COMMON' finally released on CD!
DISCOGRAPHY
- Solo recordings:
2004 'JEWELS' - Tradition Bearers LTCD1102
2002 'ALL THINGS IN COMMON' - Vivid VSCD-837
2002 'LAYERS' - Vivid VSCD-832
1999 'TRACES' - Green Man Productions LTCD3003
1994 'STING IN THE TALE' - Green Man Productions GMSL 001
1979 'ALL THINGS IN COMMON' - Topic 12TS391 >with guest performances
by Graham and Eileen Pratt
1977 'LAYERS' - Topic 12TS329 >with guest performances by Nic Jones.
Best newcomer album of the year in the Guardian newspaper
Some Collaborations & Sessions:
2004 'FUNI'; Bára Grímsdóttir - Green Man Productions GMCD002 Guitar
accompaniments on CD of traditional Icelandic songs co-produced with Bára Grímsdóttir.
2003 'PLOTTERS'; Sally Goldsmith - Meersbrook Recordings MBCD02
2001 'AS WE WALKED OUT' - Meersbrook Recordings MBCD01 Guitar accompaniments
to a suite of 11 songs written by Sally Goldsmith with older ramblers in Yorkshire.
1998 'DEAD MAID'S LAND' - Wild Goose WGS 292 CD Traditional songs of
Devon and Cornwall from the collection of Sabine Baring-Gould with amongst others
Paul Wilson (musical director) Marilyn Tucker, Tim Laycock and Chris Bartram
1998 'ROLLIN' DOWN THE ROAD' - Mick Strode - Duke Records DUKE 1002 Bass
guitar
1995 'INTRUDERS' - Leon Rosselson - Fuse Records CFCD 005
1994 'QUESTIONS' - Leon Rosselson - Fuse Records CFC 004
1981 'NUCLEAR POWER NO THANKS' - The Plane Label IMP 2 with Leon Rosselson,
Roy Bailey, Frankie Armstrong, Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick, Sandra Kerr,
Alison McMorland and others
1977 'FYLDE ACOUSTIC' - Trailer LER 2105 with Nic Jones, Martin Simpson,
John James, Vin Garbutt, Martin Carthy and other