Folk Used Vinyl 221 Items

Vinyl is Close to VG+. With insert.

Copy close to NM

Original inner sleeve. close to NM

Picture disc

Critically-acclaimed, criminally-overachieving Glasgow-based singer and guitarist Alasdair Roberts is known as a superlative original songwriter as well as an interpreter of traditional songs from Scotland and beyond. For the past twenty years, his recordings have alternated between these two complimentary poles, with "pop" records such as The Amber Gatherers and A Wonder Working Stone nestling in his expansive back catalogue alongside "folk" albums such as No Earthly Man and What News (with Amble Skuse and David McGuinness). Additionally, all of these records possess a further dimension, derived from their collation of songs together into one album-length statement. This is part of Alasdair"s great achievement in his career - for him, this thing of music and song hasn"t come the eons it"s travelled to simply entertain.These impulses fully present and well honed, Alasdair returns to his roots with Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall, his fifth full-length collection of traditional song. Recorded live in the studio, it is an entirely solo collection of twelve traditional ballads and songs sparsely arranged for acoustic guitar, piano and voice. The majority of the songs originate in Alasdair"s homeland of Scotland, with a couple from Ireland and one from Prince Edward Island on Canada"s eastern seaboard too.The record takes its title from a line in the final verse of one of its songs, "The Baron o" Brackley" - a ballad of feuding clans and matrimonial betrayal from the north-east of Scotland. Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall: it"s a title which goes some way towards encapsulating many of the record"s themes. Collectively the songs treat of various conflicts and tensions - those of gender; of class, status and position; and of geography and tribal belonging - and the roles and responsibilities expected at the various intersections of these constructs. That we should never forget!As with many of Alasdair"s recordings, Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall contains ballads aplenty...

Red Vinyl Edition.

A6 has a small bump that causes several clicks, but does not skip. Rest is NM.

Cover close to NM

Yellow vinyl. Limited edition. Tiny wear.

Original inner sleeve. Vinyl is close to NM.

close to NM

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

Clear vinyl!

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018 on clear vinyl!

Limited edition numbered reissue from 2018. Tiny wear.

Still sealed with hype sticker.

Clear Vinyl Edition.
Cover as new with a dented corner.

With inserts. Limited edition

Transparent Blue and green vinyl.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Records are close to VG+

slight stains on box

Vinyl is close to NM. With insert.

tiny wear

CD comes in a soft case, instead of the original crystal case. All booklets included.

White vinyl.

UK original.