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Stirling Ash / Shuffleboat River Farewell

by Katie Spencer

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Stirling Ash 07:17
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farewell shuffleboat river i've been here a while too long that well known leaving feeling it's coming on so strong it's coming on so strong i leave behind you shuffleboats i say bye bye to the polar bear goodbye to the street that i lived in all this time i'm gonna start again somewhere i'm gonna start again somewhere but i always was too lazy i think i'll stick around some more til winter time begins to fade i've been through all this leaving thing before i've been through this before farewell shuffleboat river i've been here a while too long that well known leaving feeling it's coming on so strong it's coming on so strong don't you know don't you know don't you know it's coming on so strong don't you know it's coming on strong

about

This latest release from Katie Spencer - a limited edition 7” record - is borne out of her deeply held connection to the city of Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire. ‘Stirling Ash’ - the title track - shimmers like the city’s river captured on saturated mid 70’s film, whilst her tribute to one of the most cherished singer-songwriters of the North continues the river’s flow, out into a Humber estuary bespeckled with late Victorian paddle steamers.

Commissioned by the Freedom Festival of Hull, ‘Stirling Ash’ belongs to a project entitled Re:Score “breathing new life into old film” which celebrates this beloved northern docklands city. Spencer’s sound - as on her 2022 album ‘The Edge of the Land’ - stems from her timeless finger-picked acoustic guitar style, that draws from the same era in which the grainy ship-building footage was taken. Accompanied by Spencer Cozens on Steinway Piano this grand 7-minute instrumental shines with a brightness and nostalgia to be found nowhere else.

Side B features a re-imagined take on Michael Chapman’s ‘Shuffleboat River Farewell’. Originally recorded as an 80th birthday gift to the revered songwriter, who made the city his home in the early 1970’s, ‘Shuffleboat River Farewell’ is a paean to the Victorian paddle steamers that ferried across the estuary before the construction of the Humber Bridge. Spencer’s re-kindling of this song was commissioned by Michael’s wife Andru shortly before this esteemed songwriter passed away that same year.

This record celebrates Hull, the city, the river, it’s music and the great estuary that runs into the expansive North Sea.

credits

released May 5, 2023

stirling ash -
recorded and mixed by pat dooner and carl conway-davis
at element studio, hull
originally recorded for the rescore film project (2022)
produced by the broken orchestra
written by katie spencer

shuffleboat river farewell -
recorded and mixed by spencer cozens at steinway recording
originally recorded for michael chapman’s eightieth birthday (2021)
produced by katie spencer and spencer cozens
written by michael chapman (onward music)


mastered by peter fletcher at black bay studios
photography of hull docks by stewart baxter

katie spencer - vocals, guitars
spencer cozens - steinway piano
andy tytherleigh - double bass

© lightship records 2023

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Katie Spencer Hull, UK

"A world-class folk guitarist” – fRoots

Katie Spencer is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Yorkshire who writes songs imbued with the Northern landscapes of her home. Originally from Hull, East Yorkshire, the grainy imagery of the industrial docks and sea-fronts seep into her deeply personal songs of nostalgia, loss and love. ... more

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