Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 5

by Richard Dyer-Bennett

Overview

Dyer-Bennet's 1950s albums on his own label don't vary much from disc to disc. This at least is not among his duller ones, perhaps because the theme of the record was "requests." The singer devoted the bulk of the work to requests for songs that he'd previously done on other labels, which by the time of Vol. 5 were out of print, or in his view not recorded well the first time around. Ten of these, then, are remakes of songs he had previously released, although two, "I Ride an Old Paint" and "Edward," make their first appearance in the Dyer-Bennet catalog here. All that said, it's basically more of the same from the high-voiced tenor singer, cleanly recorded with his solo Spanish guitar accompaniment, including standards like "Greensleeves," "Barbara Allen," "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue," and "John Henry." ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	07/24/2001
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074014325
Rank:	174232

Tracks

1. Greensleeves
2. The Golden Vanity
3. The White Lily
4. Lord Rendal
5. Westryn Wynde
6. Barbara Allen
7. Venezuela
8. The Quaker Lover
9. John Henry
10. Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
11. I Ride an Old Paint
12. Edward

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Richard Dyer-Bennett   Primary Artist,Spanish Guitar,Tenor (Vocal)

Technical Credits

J. Gordon Holt   Engineer,Engineer
Harvey Cort   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Susan McKeown   Composer
Pete Reiniger   Reissue Mastering
D.A. Sonneborn   Reissue Production Supervisor
Mary Monseur   Reissue Production Coordination
Martin Best   Composer
Martin Rosenzweig   Design
Richard Dyer-Bennett   Annotation,Arranger
John Jacob Niles   Composer
Edward Flower   Composer