Introducing

from the Murf Lable

The  Quality  of  Murphy

 As anyone who ever saw Noel during his forty-plus years of gleeful gallivanting

across the folk scene will confirm, an evening with Murphy was an undiluted pleasure.

As is this double CD, which (of course) opens with 'The Folker', before plunging into

a further forty cracking tracks.

All the old favourites are present and incorrect, including the original version of

'The Bricks'; the deliriously comical 'The Vicar and The Frog'; and (yippee!) 'Dinny

Burns'. But there has always been a more reflective , side to Murf, with the 'The Old

Man's Tale', 'From Clare To Here' and 'The Tinkerman's Daughter' being definitive

versions of much-covered songs. It's this ability to handle darker and more

challenging pieces that nicely complements Noel's justifiably legendary comic material.

                      ------------------------------------

Most of the tracks on the album were recorded live between 1966 and 2002,  however

Noel and his team have done a brilliant job of making a record that sounds like one

marathon session. Also excellent is a 16-page booklet with some cracking photos and

tributes from a few of the many artists and others who hold Noel in such high esteem.

                              -----------------------------------

'The Quality of Murphy'

Available from

'The Murf Lable'

P.O. Box 57

Helston

Cornwall

£16-00 (incl P&P)