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David Bedford
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Album UK 1975 on Virgin label
Rock and Classical (Modern, Prog Rock)

Recorded at the Manor except the guitar which was recorded at the Kington Studio. Mixed at Morgan Studios. The singing was recorded by the Manor Mobile in The Queen's College Hall (with the permission of the principal, Mrs. Stephanie Fierz), the Church Organ was recorded at St. Giles Church, Cripplegate. The narration is taken from the prose gloss which Coleridge added to his poem for the 1817 edition. This composition is not intended as a literal musical illustration of the entire poem. It is rather an attempt to evoke the mood and atmosphere of certain crucial episodes. The music which opens and closes the piece (and indeed recurs throughout) is an arrangement of Tielman Susato's Basse Danse 'La mourisque' published in 1561. The song on Side 2 is my arrangement of a traditional sea-shanty 'The Rio Grande'. © Universal Edition (London) Ltd. 1975 ℗ Virgin Records Ltd 1975 Printed in England by Robor Limited Virgin Records 2 Vernon Yard Portobello Road London W.11.

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	David Bedford org, 1937-2011 GB composed by, grand piano, violin, cymbal, gong, flute, swanee, sounds, glorified sound machine, performer, winebottlephone, chimes, chime bars, recorder, descant and treble, strings, piano strings, organ, lowrie, challenger gem, church, producer, album by
	The Queens College Girls Choir , GB choir
	Tielman Susato , 1500-1561 DE composed by, opening and closing sections
	Mike Oldfield , *1953 GB guitar
	Robert Powell , *1944 GB narrator
	Diana Coulson soloist
	Lucy Blackburn soloist

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