Do Right Woman
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Do Right Woman is an album by Barbara Dickson.
Barbara Dickson's first two solo albums were on Decca. They won critical praise but poor sales. They show the repertoire that she had at that time as a singer in folk clubs. In 1973 her career took a very different course when accepted an offer to sing on the London West End stage. She then sang torch songs and power ballads. Do Right Woman was obviously recorded on a low budget. The first track, "Easy to be Hard" is from the musical Hair, almost a preminition of her future career on stage. In 1969 Barbara had been a backing singer on a recording by Rab Noakes. On Do Right Woman she returns the favour by singing one of his songs, "Turn a Deaf Ear". The first traditional song on the album is "The Garton Mother's Lullaby", which was re-recorded in 2005 on "Full Circle". On "Returning" she sings the last verse in French.
Running time: 34 minutes 47 seconds. Recorded 1970. Issued on vinyl in 1970. Re-released in 2006 packaged on a single CD with "From The Beggar's Mantle..."
[edit] Personnel
Barbara Dickson (vocals), Archie Fisher (backing vocals, guitars, dulcimer, concertina), Rab Noakes (backing vocals, guitar), Ronnie Rae (bass), Bill Kemp (drums). String sextet arranged and conducted by Alex Sutherland. Produced by Ray Horricks.
[edit] Track listing
- 1. Easy To Be Hard (from "Hair") (Ragni, Rado, MacDermot) (2m 52s)
- 2. Turn A Deaf Ear (Rab Noakes) (4m 18s)
- 3. Something's Wrong (Allan Taylor) (2m 52s)
- 4. The Garton Mother's Lullaby (Trad) (2m 23s)
- 5. Dainty Davie (Trad) (2m 0s)
- 6. Returning (Archie Fisher) (3m 33s)
- 7. Do Right Woman (Moman; Penn) (2m 52s)
- 8. The Long and Lonely Winter (Dave Goulder) (2m 38s)
- 9. A Lover's Ghost (Trad) (3m 21s)
- 10. The Blacksmith (Trad) (1m 46s)
- 11. Gloomy Sunday (Seress; Javor; Lewis; Carter) (2m 5s)
- 12. And I Will Sing (Archie Fisher) (4m 7s)
