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Trader Horne - Morning Way (1994 South Korean Official Re-Issue Si-Wan/Dawn Srml 1019 24-96 Needledrop)(Son-Of-Albion)

Track listing:
  1. Jenny May 2:29
  2. Children Of Oare 4:07
  3. Three Rings For Eleven Kings 2:15
  4. Growing Man 4:08
  5. Down And Out Blues 4:38
  6. The Mixed Up Kind 6:37
  7. Better Than Today 3:12
  8. In My Loneliness 2:24
  9. Sheena 2:45
  10. The Mutant 2:57
  11. Morning Way 4:40
  12. Velvet To Atone 2:29
  13. Luke That Never Was 4:59
  14. Here Comes The Rain 2:31
  15. Goodbye Mercy Kelly 3:18

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Trader Horne - Morning Way (1970) 24-bit/96kHz

Folk-Rock | 1994 S. Korean official re-issue | Si-Wan/Dawn SRML 1019

Trader Horne was a British duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist and former Them keyboard player and vocalist Jackie McAuley and former Fairport Convention lead vocalist, Judy Dyble. The short-lived musical partnership broke up after releasing only one LP, Morning Way, in 1970. Wikipedia.

Legendarily named after DJ John Peel's nickname for his nanny, the duo Trader Horne were one of those wonderful, short-lived footnotes of musical history with which the late-'60s British scene so abounds. In the name game, singer Judy Dyble edged out singer/multi-instrumentalist Jackie McAuley -- he found fame with Them, she flitted through Fairport Convention, Giles, Giles & Fripp, and King Crimson, and guested on an Incredible String Band album. In 1969, the two paired up, signed to the Pye label's newly launched prog imprint Dawn, and released their first and last album Morning Way. Themed around the transformation from childhood to adulthood, Morning is awash in whimsy, and gentle folk that puddles around pop and occasionally melts into blues or R&B. The entire album has a lovely, lilting quality, a child-like sweetness, innocence, and wonder, even though many of the lyrics explore teenage angst. It's far removed from anything else on the scene, then or now, and reminds us how cruelly Dyble's vocals were overshadowed in Fairport history by Sandy Denny. Denny, of course, overshadows everyone, but Dyble is delightful regardless. Dave Thompson, allmusic.

Track listing:

01. Jenny May
02. Children Of Oare
03. Three Rings For Eleven Kings
04. Growing Man
05. Down And Out Blues
06. The Mixed Up Kind
07. Better Than Today
08. In My Loneliness
09. Sheena
10. The Mutant
11. Morning Way
12. Velvet To Atone
13. Luke That Never Was
14. Here Comes The Rain (bonus, non-LP single 'a' side)
15. Goodbye Mercy Kelly (bonus, non-LP single 'b' side)

Personnel:

Judy Dyble, vocals, electric auto-harp and piano
Jackie McAuley, vocals, guitar, harpsichord, organ, piano, flute, congas and celeste
with:
Ray Elliot, alto flute, bass clarinet
Andy White, drums
John Godfrey, bass guitar, arrangements
Recorded at Pye Studios, London
Produced by Barry Murray

Technicals:

Knosti RCM.
Michell GyroDec full version.
Funk Firm FXR II Tonearm.
Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge.
Harman Kardon HK990 Integrated Amplifier.
Gold Interconnects. E-MU 0204 Audio Interface.
Recording, split and manual de-click with Adobe Audition 3.0.1
Click Repair 3.9.1
Vinyl transfer by son-of-albion, June 2014.