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Meeting Is A Pleasure

by Marlais

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“Meeting Is A Pleasure” is an incredibly popular traditional song found on both sides of the Atlantic. It goes by different names, different melodies and different texts. It’s a shapeshifter, like so many songs. What lies at the heart of these various versions is that it’s a love song. A song of unrequited love; the moment you realise your lover has eyes for someone else. Then there’s the part of bottle sharing. Is this song about drowning your sorrows? Perhaps it’s a parting gift, perhaps it’s poison.

The version found on Nic Jones’ Penguin Eggs has accompanied me through many moody moments in my life but the raw a capella version of the Watersons sisters Norma and Lal singing it on the compilation “River Of Song”, has influenced this recording the most. A very special moment can be heard where Margaret Barry and Jean Ritchie compare versions on a recording session in London made by Alan Lomax in 1953.

“Meeting Is A Pleasure” trad. arr. Marlais
Recorded, produced and mixed by Marlais.
Mastering: Enyang Rubriks
Cover art: Franz Böhlke

Released with Treibender Teppich Records

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released September 17, 2020

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