JOHN GOODLUCK
Suffolk folk-singer & musician
John Goodluck
first turned professional in March 1971 after having founded & run the
Ipswich Traditional Folk Music Club for many years. This led to his
successful solo career in Folk Clubs, Theatre, Radio & T.V and Recording
Studios. He went on to form the popular ceilidh band ‘Trunkles’ which toured
the UK & Europe.
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John’s L.P
records:- are now available
in CDformat,
digitally re-mastered ‘The Suffolk Miracle’
‘Monday’s Childe ’ £7 each OR Boxed Set : [All Four]£20 (includes p+p) 81 Carlford Close, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, IP5 3TA Click the HORSESHOE to e-mail John |
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THE SUFFOLK
MIRACLE
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Originally released 1974 . A selection of some of John’s favourite songs backed by two
resident musicians of the ITFMC AlanWalters,concertina &Dave
Pearce a versatile banjo / fiddle
player. Roy Harris guested on some
tracks lending his expert guidance to John’s first venture in the recording studio The original LP look has been maintained along with the track list & the songs have proved timeless as his current acoustic ‘medieval’ group ‘Trunkles Troupe’uses some of these in performance.. John was touring extensively around the Folk-clubs of U.K. at
the time & was voted ‘Best Male Singer,’75’ in NME on the strength of the
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This LP was the brain-child of Brian Horsfall of ‘Tradition’ records who asked John to come to the Studio & sing his favourite songs accompanied only by his trusty Martin guitar Released
in ’77 although recorded earlier,this album was John’s least favourite.LP
until digitally re-mastered in the form of this CD; he is now busy
re-visiting the tracks “ When I
sat down to listen to this CD I was struck by the quality of songs like’ Poor
Pat Must Emigrate’ & ‘ Monday Morning’ & just knew I had to start
singing them again.”he said The
picture shows John ‘selling Broadsheets’ in traditional garb, reflecting his club performances as a
‘Balladeer’ at the time. |
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First released in’76. A collection of Suffolk songs. The sleeve
was produced in ‘gate-fold’ format with printed lyrics & archive photos
depicting Suffolk life. The back-cover,shown here, was taken at a weekend
camp with his two children(Coralie,4 & Jerome,3).This album was very
popular as John was appearing as ‘Ham’ in the Ipswich Theatre’s long-running
production of ‘David Copperfield’ & songs from this LP were used in the
performance. He was also appearing regularly on T.V.& had his own Radio
show ‘Folk-al-pint’ with the title track as his intro music. |
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‘Trunkles’,Johns ceilidh band,ran from ’76 to ’83 & although doing hundreds of bookings across Europe this was their only venture onto disk. By re-visiting this LP we were able to include 4 extra tracks from live performances on stage & T.V. Out of the four CDs this is the only time we have added to the original but this was too good an opportunity to miss. Although
the band had many alterations to its line-up this CD gives us a chance to
hear the vocals of Paddy Butcher as well as the sheer brilliance of Jim Parr
(recorder) on ‘Greensleeves’. They were joined by the Hageneth Morris side
for some of the live tracks in a packed concert performance at the Ipswich
Corn Exchange(1978). |
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The above Box Set is now available which includes a booklet of background information & pictures Mail Order£20.00
(includes p+p) Please make Cheques payable to John Goodluck And send to:
81 Carlford Close, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, IP5 3TA. !Remember to include your own Name & Address! |
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