Witness (Show of Hands album)

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Witness
Witness cover
Studio album by Show of Hands
Released 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Folk
Label Hands on Music HMCD23
Producer Simon Emmerson and Simon ‘Mass’ Massey
Professional reviews
Show of Hands chronology
As You Were
(2005)		 Witness
(2006)

Witness is the ninth studio album by Show of Hands. The album was recorded in January 2006 at Presshouse Studio, Colyton, Devon, and was produced by Simon Emmerson and Simon ‘Mass’ Massey from the Afro Celts, who helped to incorporate elements of traditional African, ambient and electronic dance music with the duo's characteristic folk style. It was released in May 2006 on the Hands on Music label (HMCD23).

[edit] If I Needed Someone

"If I Needed Someone" was originally recorded in 2005 for the BBC Radio 2 show "Rubber Folk", which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' Rubber Soul album.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Knightley, except where noted.

  1. "Witness" – 3:31
  2. "Roots" – 4:48
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandocello, Cuatro
    • Phil Beer: Vocals, Fiddle, Viola, Acoustic slide guitar
    • Fisherman's Friends: 'Haul away' choir
    • Mass: Bass, Percussion and drum programming
  3. "The Dive" – 4:41
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, High strung and low tuned mandocellos
    • Phil Beer: Acoustic guitar, Fiddle
    • Matt Clifford: Piano
    • Miranda Sykes: Double Bass
    • Paul Wilson: Melodeon
    • Mass: Ambience and percussion programming
    • Lyme Bay: The Sea
  4. "The Falmouth Packet" (Phil Beer) / "Haul Away Joe" (Trad arr. Knightley/Beer) – 5:36
    • Phil Beer: Lead vocals, Fiddle, Mandolin
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, Cuatro
    • Seth Lakeman: Tenor Guitar
    • Miranda Sykes: Double Bass
    • Paul Wilson: Melodeon
    • Jackie Oates: Fiddle
    • Lizzie Westcott: Fiddle
    • Mass: Percussion and drum programming
  5. "Undertow" – 5:18
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, High and low tuned mandocellos, Acoustic guitar
    • Phil Beer: Ebow, Acoustic guitar
    • Miranda Sykes: Double Bass
    • Matt Clifford: Piano
    • Mass: Shaker
  6. "If I Needed Someone" (George Harrison) – 3:33
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, Mandocello, Acoustic Guitar
    • Phil Beer: Vocals, Fiddle, Melodeon
    • Miranda Sykes: Vocals, Double Bass, Cello
    • Johnny Kalsi: Tablas, Mazhar, Shakers
    • Mass: Percussion and drum programming
  7. "Innocents’ Song" (Poem by Charles Causley, music by Johnny Coppin) / "Gwithian" (Beer) – 4:38
    • Phil Beer: Lead vocals, Fiddle
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals
    • Miranda Sykes: Vocals, Double Bass
  8. "Union Street (Last Post)" (Knightley/Matt Clifford) – 4:14
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals
    • Miranda Sykes: Vocals
    • Matt Clifford: Piano
    • Paul Downes: Guitar
  9. "The Bet" – 4:20
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Acoustic bass
    • Phil Beer: Cuatro, Slide guitar
    • Matt Clifford: Keyboards
    • Simon Emmerson: The A35!
  10. "Ink Devil" – 5:01
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Cuatro
    • Phil Beer: Fiddle, Mandolin
    • Miranda Sykes: Double Bass
    • Paul Wilson: Melodeon
    • Mass: Percussion and drum programming
  11. "Scratch" – 3:39
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Cuatro
    • Phil Beer: Fiddle, Mandolin, Dobro
    • Miranda Sykes: Double Bass
    • Matt Clifford: Keyboards
    • Mass: Percussion and drum programming
  12. "All I'd Ever Lost" – 5:37
    • Steve Knightley: Vocals, Low tuned mandocellos
    • Miranda Sykes: Double Bass, Cello
    • Matt Clifford: Piano
    • Mass: Atmospherics, Keyboards and drum programming