Before the Spring

I took the blog name Before the Spring from the Georgian folk song Tsintskaro, the lyrics are as follows

"Tsintskaro chamoviare, tsintskaro (...Tsintskaro chamoviare).
Tsin shemkhvda qali lamazi tsin shemkhvda (...koka rom edga ganzeda).
Sitkva vut'khar da itskina, sitkva vutkhari (...ganriskhda gadga ganzeda).
Tsintskaro chamoviare, tsintskaro (...tsintskaro chamoviare)."

"I walked by the spring; met a beautiful girl; the one holding a jar on her shoulder; i told her a word; she got angry with me and stood aside."

I first heard this song used to devestating effect in Herzog's Nosferatu in the "last supper" sequence toward the end of the film and was later reproduced on the track Hello Earth from Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love" album. I've never managed to find an affordable copy of Ensemble Gordela's version, but during my search I was introduced to Hamlet Gonashvili (more about him later) and the Rustavi Choir...so anyway, it's probably my favourite song by anybody and seemed like a good thing to use as a name.


I want to use this blog to post some of my favourite albums, and the odd playlist. I'm new to this, so am getting used to the format and what-not, so hints and tips (like how do I embed video from youtube) are welcome. I'm not sure how often I will get around to posting, but the first thing I will offer is a collection of songs that I've been enjoying recently. I will be posting some of the albums that feature these tracks over the coming weeks.

So here's the tracklisting

1. Orovela-Hamlet Gonashvili
2. God is Alive, Magic is Afoot-Buffy Sainte-Marie
3. Uamh An Oir-Martyn Bennett
4. Gently Johnny-Paul Giovanni
5. Mother Goose-Jethro Tull
6. Murder of Maria Marten-Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band
7. Ritournelle-Emmanuelle Parrenin
8. Lunaria Enters the Blue Lodge-Fursaxa
9. Between Two Mysteries-Mount Eerie
10. Puhuri-Paavoharju
11. Eternity Road-The Moody Blues
12. Idumæa [Clodagh Simonds]-Current 93
13. Fast Asleep-Hush Arbors
14. Earl Gray-Fleetwood Mac
15. A Sunday in Madrid-Robert Wyatt
16. Husks-Alexander Tucker
17. A Second Fall-Hala Strana
18. In The Moonlight and Fog/Amidst This Apocalyptic Twilight-The Illalogical Spoon

Enjoy!






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