Recordings
1983-2006
COS324CD - Where Are You Going? - 2006
FILE UNDER: Folk / English Singer Song-Writer / Traditional / Chill Out / Blues
A series of songs which move between 1970's Hereford & today + four traditional songs & one instrumental.
Mark T.
Vocals, acoustic & national resophonic guitars, harmonica, organ, electric
piano, synthesiser & synth strings, drums, samples, sound beam
Paul Critchfield
Bass, acoustic lead guitar at the end of ‘Green Brooms’
Fran Wood
Vocals, percussion on ‘Wish I was in Heaven Sittin’ Down’
Dave Maggs
Celtic Harp on ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’
Paul Hancock
Whistle on ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’
Paul Midgley
Darabuka on ‘Where Are You Going?’
Ricky Tanner
Acoustic e-bow guitar on ‘Closing My Eyes’
Mysterious Bob
Conga & Bongos on ‘Wish I was in Heaven Sittin’ Down’
Tracks:
1) Where Are You Going?
2) Apple Town
3) Wild Mountain Thyme
4) Dooney
5) River Wye Song
6) Queenie
7) Closing My Eyes
8) I Wish I Was in Heaven Sittin’ Down
9) I Went Back to Apple Town
10) Green Brooms
11) Closer to the Ground
12) Whiskey in the Jar
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COS321CD - A Parting Gift -1996
Celtic & Oriental Music
Played by: Paul Hancock (Tin Whistle, Flutes, Uilleann Pipes), Dave Maggs (Guitars, mandocello & Dobro), Mark T. (Bouzouki,National Guitar & Keyboards).
Mainly instrumental.
CD No longer available - all tracks currently licenced to NorthStar Music
Produced by Mark T. Recorded at White House Studios, Weston Super Mare. Engineer, Martin Nichols
Tracks:
1 The Sugarloaf
2 Postman of the Mountains
3 The Musical Priest
4 Lambs on the Greenhills (Vocal by Fran Wood)
5 Tune from Thailand
6 The Rights of Man
7 The Tumbling Bay
8 The First One's Mine, The Second One's Irish
9 Stockwell's Rose
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FSCD 20 - The Garden of Love - Folksound (also on cassette) -1992
English Traditional with a heavy blues slant - mixture of acoustic and electric songs.
CD still available (will be avilable on-line soon)
Musicians:
Mark T. - Vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, bouzouki, harmonium, marimbas, keyboards, samples, harmonica and bodhran
Produced by Mark T. Recorded at White House Studios, Weston Super Mare. Engineer, Martin Nichols
Paul James (from Blowzabella) - Soprano and alto sax
Delyth Evans - Celtic harp
Roger Watson - Melodian
Fran Wood - Backing vocals
Dave Harding - Bass
Tracks:
1 Cherry Stone
2 Pretty Sarah
3 The Seeds of Love
4 The Sheep Stealer
5 Loving Nancy
6 Lord Ronald
7 The Gallow's Pole
8 Nottamun Town
9 The Mermaid
10 Horkstow Grange
Now available again!
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WF 047 LP - The Room - Mark T. with Tim Hill - Waterfront Records - 1989
Dark and mysterious album pushing the World Music/Folk mix to its limits.
This LP was pretty unique in that it received support from the Arts Council of England - something that happened more to Jazz or Classical music than roots at that time.
Musicians:
Mark T. - Vocals, Bouzouki, guitars, keyboards, sequencer, percussion, harmonica
Tim Hill - Saxes, clarinet, percussion, sampling keyboards, sequencer
Dave Harding - Bass & lead guitar
Steve Hooker - Slide guitar
Produced by Mark T. & Tim Hill with assistance from Martin Nichols at White House Recording Studios, Weston-Super-Mare
Executive Producer: Steve Hooker
Tracks:
1 Butter & Guns
2 Castles Made of Sand
3 The Room
4 I went to Visit My Baby / Salama
5 Who's That Knockin' at Your Door?
6 Taksim / Greek Song / Shirts of the Earth
7 Dans Cinq Ans...
8 Rumballero
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WF 034 LP - From Middle East to Mid-West- Mark T. & The Brickbats - Waterfront Records - 1987
Classic Mark T. and the Brickbats, recorded and mixed over three days at the White House Studios, Weston Super Mare. Influences; Global.
This was the first of a new breed of records - record shops now had to create a new classification in their racks: World Music
Produced by Mark T.,Tim Hill & Martin Nichols. Engineer Martin Nichols
Musicians:
Tim Hill: Alto Sax, Clarinet, Bombard, Percussion, Marimba, Accordian & Synthesiser
Mike Townsend: Melodian, Hammered Dulcimer
Paul Hancock: Tin Whistles, Recorders & drones
Mark T.: Vocals, Bouzouki, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Marimba, Bodhran, Percusssion.
Tracks:
1 Ain't Going Down To The Well
2 Out of Focus
3 Menousis
4 Surfin' UK
5 Ashkababd / Melodie Du Haut Gwenedour / Marche Fanch De La Region De Bourbiac / The Musical Priest
6 Hambe Khale / Bonny George Campbell / Tricotee / Black Nag
7 Chancoun De I Espouses
8 The First Harvest
9 The Jilted Lover
8 You Don't Know Your Good Times 'Till They're Bad
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FE052 LP - Johnny There - Mark T. & the Brickbats - Fellside Recordings - 1986
Debut Folk & Blues inspired debut album on a premier English folk lable.
Produced by Paul Adams & Mark T.
Recorded at Fellside Studios, Workington, Cumbria & Basement Studios, Wokingham (2 tracks)
Musicians as for Middle East to Mid- West but with the addition of Dave Maggs (guitar)
Tracks:
1 Green Brooms
2 The Colours I Know
3 Going Down The Road
4 Loop to Lee
5 Remain in Light
6 Avant Le Blond
5 Highway 51
6 Johnny There
7 Sweet William
8 Living in the Land of Cain
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TAC 002 - Cassette - What's It All About? - Mark T.- Cheap Tac Music - Cassette Only - 1983
This self produced cassette recorded over a couple of afternoons by Simon Mayor on a Teac four track caught the imagination of the Folk and emerging Roots press. Rave reviews were received across Britain & Europe, along with regular airplay in New York & California - where one DJ, Ed Haber, played virtually every track.
(British radio stations were not allowed to play cassettes in those days - subsequently What's It All About? received virtually no airplay - although Richard Digance did play a couple of tracks on his radio London show direct from the master tapes.
Musicians:
Mark T.: Vocals, Bouzouki, Guitar, Synthesiser, Organ, Percussion
Roger Bloomfield: Flute, Whistle, Bodhran, Percussion, Mouth Harp
Dave Maggs: Guitar & Slide Guitar
Simon Mayor: Fiddle
Tim Hill: Alto Sax
Cover Artwork of Bushman by Gavin Dold
Tracks:
1 Brian O' Lynn / The Skylark / Humours of Tulla / Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel
2 I Went to Visit the Rosses
3 Better Thatn a Bee Sting
4 Mary on the Shore
5 The Gallows Pole
6 Dust Pneumonia Blues
7 Lady Majorie
8 What's It All About?
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and the rest...
A few compilations, production jobs and collaborations...
Time Spanners - West Berkshire's Premier Community Band
Beating Time - Time Spanners - COS323CD - Released 2004
Mark T. - Producer, Musical Director + Some Guitar, Sampling & Bouzouki on one track.
Available on line:
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Landmarks - Fellside Compilation CD - FEDC 203 - Released Summer 2006
Mark T. & The Brickbats play one track on this massive three CD compilation: 'Green Brooms'
You can hear a MP3 version of 'Green Brooms' which pre-dates the Fellside recording: Click Here
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Celtic Feelings - Sony Europe - SMC 504602-2 - Released 2001
A three CD set featuring a variety of Celtic artists including Davey Spillane and Clannad. Mark T. , Paul Hancock & Dave Maggs play on one track: 'The Sugar Loaf'.
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Celtic Stories Told by Patrick Lynch - COS322CAS -1998
Accompanied on some tracks by Dyleth Evans on Celtic Harp.
Recorded live at the Risning Sun Arts Centre, Reading. Executive producer: Mark T.
You can find out more about this recording
and order a copy by clicking here. 
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Class of 1987. This LP, on Cooking Vinyl, features one track from Brickbats 'Green Brooms' plus excellent stuff from Pressgang, Rory Macleod, Oysterband.
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