Dark Fields

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Dark Fields
Studio album by Show of Hands
Released	1997
Recorded	Airfield Studios, St Merryn, Cornwall
Genre	Folk
Length	60:12
Label	Hands on Music HMCD03
Producer(s)	Show Of Hands and Gerard O’Farrell
Show of Hands chronology
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1996)	Dark Fields (1997)	Folk Music (1998)

Dark Fields is a 1997 studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.

[edit] Recording

Track 12, "High Germany/Molly Oxford", was recorded live at Norwich in the spring of 1997.

[edit] Track listing

Tracks written by Steve Knightley, except where noted.

1. "Cousin Jack" – 5:09
2. "Longdog" – 2:45
3. "The Shout" – 4:00
4. "Wessex Medley": "Carrick Roads" (Phil Beer) / "Plum Pudding" (Trad arr. Knightley/Beer) / "The Rocky Road to Chudleigh" (Beer) – 3:40
5. "Dark Fields" – 3:50
6. "The Train" – 3:30
7. "Flora" (Trad arr. Knightley/Beer) – 4:22
8. "Crazy Boy" – 5:40
9. "The Warlike Lads of Russia" (Trad arr. Nic Jones) – 2:21
10. "Farewell Angelina" (Bob Dylan) – 5:02
11. "The Bristol Slaver" – 3:55
12. "High Germany" (trad arr Knightley) / "Molly Oxford" (Trad arr. Chris Wood/Andy Cutting) – 6:24
13. "The Train (reprise)" – 9:27

[edit] Credits

• Steve Knightley - Vocals, Guitar, Cuatro, Mandocello, Concertina, Acoustic Bass, Mandolin
• Phil Beer - Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Cuatro, Viola, Mandocello
• Matt Clifford - Keyboards (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 7)
• Chris While - Vocals (track 5)
• Simon Care - Melodeon (track 4)
• Joe (he's around somewhere) Partridge - Percussion (track 7)
• Lucy Watkins, Richard Hammond, and Paul Banham - Vocals (tracks 3 and 7)
• Kate Rusby - Vocals (track 12)
• Chris Wood - Fiddle (track 12)
• Andy Cutting - Melodeon (track 12)