All three CDs were recorded at Sound Mine Studio in Perth, Western Australia. The studio engineer is Lee Buddle, who specializes in acoustic music.
For the Winter's Tale CD, we spent a while trying some new microphones and after much deliberation went back to the setup used on Night Fishing.
The setup is an X-Y stereo microphone pair, using a Sennheiser MKH-40 and a Neumann TLM-170. Each mic went through an analog Millenia STT-1 Origin pre-amp.
Night Fishing and In the Duck Shed were recorded with a Lowden O12 guitar, and A Winter's Tale was recorded with a Taylor 514ce.
Lee's skills extend to the producer role, as well as extra instrumentation and mastering. Perth really is lucky to have such a talent available.
Here are 4 full songs from each CD. These are Flash audio players, like you find on MySpace. If you have any problems, click on the medley sampler links instead.
Please note these are for personal use only and are copyrighted to Simon Fox. Enjoy !
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A Winter's Tale - Released 2006
The latest CD, all solo acoustic guitar compositions. This one has the most
guitar detail of the 3 CDs, with tunes ranging from ambient candle-burners, to
Celtic, a frail-picker tune and some bluegrass.
| Sampler Medley Track | 5. A Winter's Tale | 10. Ninety Mile Beach |
| 1. The Deep North | 6. Outpost | 11. Tromso |
| 2. Powderhorn | 7. Early Hours | 12. Off the Grid |
| 3. The Gathering Storm | 8. All at Sea | 13. The Nightwatchman |
| 4. A Month of Rain | 9. Any Day Now | 14. Kettle of Fish |
Night Fishing - Released 2003
The most produced CD of the three, with 8 tunes including accompaniment with some
ambient keyboard, violin and djembe. Features the pretty tunes Night Fishing and
The Fisherman.
| Sampler Medley Track | 5. Eleven Icebergs | 10. Murren |
| 1. The Ullapool Decision | 6. Purple Turtle | 11. Martingale |
| 2. Potato Van | 7. Inlander | 12. Topanga |
| 3. Smithy's Porridge | 8. Sleep | 13. Night Fishing |
| 4. Airwell | 9. The Fisherman | 14. Mapping the Paddocks |
In the Duck Shed - Released 2000
This first album is a bit of a sentimental favorite. Kind of has a nice innocence about it, a little more free-form than the others. A good red-wine CD.
| Sampler Medley Track | 5. Murren | 10. Chalk Farm |
| 1. Burlington | 6. More Ducks | 11. The Windemere Days |
| 2. Wintergreen | 7. Lonely Train | 12. House of Stairs |
| 3. Smithy's Porridge | 8. The Lazy Farmer | 13. The Bath People |
| 4. Wormwood Scrubs | 9. Lakes Entrance | 14. In the Duck Shed |