Aqaba (album)

"Aqaba" is a folk album by June Tabor released in 1988 on Topic Records, catalogue number TSCD 449.

The album was produced and engineered by Andrew Cronshaw at Ideal Sound Recorders, London.

Notable for its spare, almost minimalist arrangements, the album includes a mixture of traditional and non-traditional songs, in particular two from Tabor favourite Bill Caddick.

Track listing

# The Old Man's Song (Don Quixote) (B Caddick/J Tams)
#Searching For Lambs (Trad Arr Tabor)
#The Banks Of Red Roses (Trad Arr Tabor/Sanders)
#Where Are You Tonight, I Wonder? (A M Stewart)
#Aqaba (B Caddick)
#Bogie's Bonnie Belle (Trad Arr Tabor)
#The Reaper (Trad Arr Tabor)
#Verdi Cries (N Merchant)
#The Grazier's Daughter (Trad Arr Tabor)
#Seven Summers (D Goulder)
#Mayn Rue Plats (Trad Arr Tabor/Sanders)
#The King Of Rome (D Sudbury)

Personnel

*June Tabor - vocals
*Huw Warren - piano
*Ric Sanders - violin
*Martin Simpson - guitar
*Dave Bristow - synthesizer
*Ian Blake - bass clarinet