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The Great Green Harmonies - Laura Day 17

Time for another Laura classic, the beautiful ballad Emmie. There are many different versions of Laura singing this on YouTube - because apparently it's the one song that she sang in every live performance. So here are two Emmies - the original version from 1968's Eli & The Thirteenth Confession album, and a late version from 1994 in a live setting with just piano and vocal trio backing (prefaced by Trees of the Ages - those "great green harmonies"). In a way the recordings span a career and a lifetime - it's a gorgeous song both ways.


(The pic is part of the memorial window for Ivor Gurney in Gloucester Cathedral)



 
 
 

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Ruth Carless
Ruth Carless
18 de dez. de 2021

"Lock me in delight a while" a beautiful line..

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Ruth Carless
Ruth Carless
19 de dez. de 2021
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So I then go and lookup deceit and sleep quotes from Macbeth....

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Ruth Carless
Ruth Carless
18 de dez. de 2021

Hey Billy, you're just sending me off to sleep happy and relaxed after listening to you play your music and enjoying your gentle humour:)) Goodnight.

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Ruth Carless
Ruth Carless
18 de dez. de 2021

For no other reason other than the name ,I think of my friend Emily when I hear this loving song - American Emily. I then think about how she found Sierra Leone so beautiful compared to Conekry whered she was living, which leads me to think of Ayo...Music transports, carrys and lifts us in so many ways.

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Ruth Carless
Ruth Carless
19 de dez. de 2021
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Some interesting stories, I'm sure!

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Ruth Carless
Ruth Carless
18 de dez. de 2021

Absolutely beautiful stained glass windows! I didn't know about them or the poet... I think I will have to visit the Cathedral - and the Cotswolds make an appearance too! Oh I do love the colours and the detailed images.

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Amanda, Phil Hogg fanatic
Amanda, Phil Hogg fanatic
20 de dez. de 2021
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The Malvern Hills and music again :) I didn’t find the video about the windows, but one came up about Gloucester Cathedral as an on-location site for the Harry Potter movies, so that one will go over well at our house :)

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Amanda, Phil Hogg fanatic
Amanda, Phil Hogg fanatic
17 de dez. de 2021

I always like that “got the way to move me section.” Ornament, ornaments—that’s a good Christmas connection :) Did I wish you a happy holiday yet? Mmm, gorgeous—the window too! Ivor Gurney? I’ll investigate…

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philogguk
philogguk
18 de dez. de 2021
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Beautifully done :)

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Our latest playlist - did you hear it yet? Celebrating Laura Nyro and other eclectic voices - check it out here on Spotify! :)))
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2cCwSvW2nFTp3aQPQRpdz2?si=9abc067e4f7d4707

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