Both Ears and the Tail

A 1966 concert recorded live at the Folkus Folk Club in Nottingham, England. Carthy and Swarbrick played as a duo for three years, recording three albums in the latter 1960s. Swarbrick went on to join Fairport Convention in 1969 at the time they recorded the album 'Liege and Lief', marking his premiere recording sessions as a full time member. He was the backbone of the group for many years, leaving in 1984. Meanwhile, Carthy continued to perform and record as a solo performer and enjoyed stints in Steeleye Span, the Waterson's (and later Waterson: Carthy) and Brass Monkey. However, the buzz that the duo felt in playing with each other brought them back together several more times in later years with a couple of albums in the early 1990s and then again in 2006 with their masterpiece 'Straws in the Wind'. More than 30 years after this recording was made, the duo hit the road together once more and this album provides a striking contrast and vital history of these two pillars of English folk music whose live concert performances redefine the nature of their songs. Topic 2007.