{"id":3700,"date":"2017-03-23T22:17:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T22:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2020-09-21T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:31:00","slug":"first-look-first-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/first-look-first-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look, First Listen&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3701 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover illustration\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024-768x686.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SSA_Cover_WithText_1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Here it is, the wonderful cover illustration that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tombower.co.uk\/\">Tom Bower<\/a> has created for Scythe, Sword and Anchor. (Click on the image for the full-sized version.) Compare it to the back-cover photo posted last month &#8211; see what we did there?<\/p>\n<p>Also, here are excerpts from three of the songs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re only low-resolution MP3 files, but they should give you an idea of what to expect from the full, uncompressed loveliness of the finished CD. Click on the arrow on the left to play. (Let Mark know if this doesn&#8217;t work for you.)<\/p>\n<p>John Barleycorn (1st verse) &#8211; trad. arr. Three Pressed Men:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3700-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/01-John-Barleycorn-Start.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/01-John-Barleycorn-Start.mp3\">https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/01-John-Barleycorn-Start.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Cold, Haily, Windy Night (1st verse) &#8211; trad. arr. Three Pressed Men:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3700-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/02-Cold-Haily-Windy-Night-Start.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/02-Cold-Haily-Windy-Night-Start.mp3\">https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/02-Cold-Haily-Windy-Night-Start.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The Half Century (last 16 bars) &#8211; Mark Fry, arr. Three Pressed Men:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3700-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/04-The-Half-Century-End.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/04-The-Half-Century-End.mp3\">https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/04-The-Half-Century-End.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?p=3628\">sheet music for The Half Century<\/a> is available under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?page_id=3534\">Music For Friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here it is, the wonderful cover illustration that Tom Bower has created for Scythe, Sword and Anchor. (Click on the image for the full-sized version.) Compare it to the back-cover photo posted last month &#8211; see what we did there? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/first-look-first-listen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3pm_records","category-3pm_ssa","category-3pm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3700"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3868,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700\/revisions\/3868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}