Trails & Tribulations (Deluxe Edition)

~ Release by Martin Simpson (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

℗ & © «2017 Topic Records Ltd.»
℗ «2017 Topic»

Annotation last modified on 2024-04-26 14:24 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Blues Run the Game
acoustic guitar and slide guitar [electric slide guitar]:
Martin Simpson
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Toby Kearney (percussionist)
electric guitar:
Martin Simpson and John Smith (UK folk singer / songwriter)
violin [strings]:
Helen Bell (singer-songwriter, composer, violin and viola player)
background vocals:
Amy Newhouse-Smith (singer songwriter) and John Smith (UK folk singer / songwriter)
vocals:
Martin Simpson
cover recording of:
Blues Run the Game
lyricist and composer:
Jackson C. Frank
publisher:
PIAS (for company credits using PIAS without brackets; do not use as release label!) (in 2025)
4:30
2Bones and Feathers
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Toby Kearney (percussionist)
electric guitar, five-string banjo and resonator guitar [electric resonator guitar]:
Martin Simpson
violin:
Nancy Kerr
violin [strings]:
Helen Bell (singer-songwriter, composer, violin and viola player)
background vocals:
Amy Newhouse-Smith (singer songwriter) and Molly Simpson (daughter of Martin Simpson)
vocals:
Martin Simpson
5:22
3Thomas Drew
acoustic guitar and guitar [Weissenborn guitar]:
Martin Simpson
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
drums (drum set):
Toby Kearney (percussionist)
electric guitar:
John Smith (UK folk singer / songwriter)
background vocals:
Amy Newhouse-Smith (singer songwriter) and John Smith (UK folk singer / songwriter)
vocals:
Martin Simpson
3:43
4East Kentucky
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Toby Kearney (percussionist)
electric bass guitar:
Ben Nicholls
slide guitar [electric slide guitar] and ukulele:
Martin Simpson
viola and violin:
Nancy Kerr
vocals:
Martin Simpson
3:44
5Katherine of Aragon (interlude)
acoustic guitar:
Martin Simpson
0:24
6A Ballad for Katherine of Aragon
acoustic guitar and resonator guitar:
Martin Simpson
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
vocals:
Martin Simpson
5:24
7Maps
acoustic guitar:
Martin Simpson
vocals:
Martin Simpson
3:55
8St. James Hospital
slide guitar [acoustic slide guitar]:
Martin Simpson
vocals:
Martin Simpson
arranger:
Martin Simpson
cover recording of:
St. James Hospital
lyricist and composer:
James “Iron Head” Baker
4:39
9Jasper’s / Dancing Shoes
acoustic guitar and resonator guitar:
Martin Simpson
diatonic button accordion:
Andy Cutting
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
viola:
Helen Bell (singer-songwriter, composer, violin and viola player)
violin:
Nancy Kerr
background vocals:
Amy Newhouse-Smith (singer songwriter)
vocals:
Martin Simpson
6:20
10Ridgeway
acoustic guitar:
Martin Simpson
diatonic button accordion:
Andy Cutting
vocals:
Martin Simpson
3:27
11Rufford Park Poachers
acoustic guitar and five-string banjo:
Martin Simpson
diatonic button accordion:
Andy Cutting
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
violin and background vocals:
Nancy Kerr
vocals:
Martin Simpson
arranger:
Martin Simpson
cover recording of:
Rufford Park Poachers
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1759)
5:38
12Reynardine (interlude)
acoustic guitar:
Martin Simpson
arranger:
Martin Simpson
cover recording of:
Reynardine
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 397)
0:47
13Reynardine
acoustic guitar:
Martin Simpson
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
vocals:
Martin Simpson
arranger:
Martin Simpson
recording of:
Reynardine
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 397)
4:50
14Joshua Gone Barbados
acoustic guitar and resonator guitar:
Martin Simpson
vocals:
Martin Simpson
cover recording of:
Joshua Gone Barbados
lyricist and composer:
Eric Von Schmidt
4:35
15Dillard Chandler
acoustic guitar:
Martin Simpson
diatonic button accordion [melodeon]:
Andy Cutting
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Toby Kearney (percussionist)
electric bass guitar:
Ben Nicholls
vocals:
Martin Simpson
4:15
16Willy O'Winsbury
resonator guitar [electric resonator guitar]:
Martin Simpson
arranger:
Martin Simpson
3:38
17Heartbreak Hotel
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
slide guitar [acoustic slide guitar]:
Martin Simpson
vocals:
Martin Simpson
cover recording of:
Heartbreak Hotel
writer:
Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”)
publisher:
Belwin Mills Music Ltd., Durden Breyer Publishing, EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Limited (PRS for Music-affiliated), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Unichappell Music
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:12
18Blues Run the Game (interlude)
acoustic guitar and slide guitar [electric slide guitar]:
Martin Simpson
instrumental cover recording of:
Blues Run the Game
lyricist and composer:
Jackson C. Frank
publisher:
PIAS (for company credits using PIAS without brackets; do not use as release label!) (in 2025)
0:15
19Blues Run the Game (radio edit)
acoustic guitar and slide guitar [electric slide guitar]:
Martin Simpson
double bass [string bass]:
Ben Nicholls
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Toby Kearney (percussionist)
electric guitar:
Martin Simpson and John Smith (UK folk singer / songwriter)
violin [strings]:
Helen Bell (singer-songwriter, composer, violin and viola player)
background vocals:
Amy Newhouse-Smith (singer songwriter) and John Smith (UK folk singer / songwriter)
vocals:
Martin Simpson
cover recording of:
Blues Run the Game
lyricist and composer:
Jackson C. Frank
publisher:
PIAS (for company credits using PIAS without brackets; do not use as release label!) (in 2025)
3:54