The Fiddle Collection
| The Fiddle Collection | ||||
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| Studio album by Phil Beer with various artists | ||||
| Released | 12 April 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
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| Label | Hands on Music | |||
| Producer | Phil Beer | |||
| Phil Beer with various artists chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Folk in Kent | (favourable) |
| Folk On | (favourable) |
| Folk on Tap | (favourable) |
| Folk Spins | (favourable) |
| The Ledge | (favourable) |
| Shreds & Patches | (favourable) |
The Fiddle Collection (subtitled Volume One) is a studio album with tracks from various British fiddle players produced by Phil Beer. Released in 1999, it was Beer's first solo project of the year during his temporary break from Show of Hands. Promoted with the tagline "this really is modern folk music", it featured fifteen different, original tracks by different UK violin-playing folk musicians, and was designed to represent the fiddle and folk scene in the United Kingdom.
It was released in April 1999 on the Hands on Music label which Beer co-founded. The album was critically acclaimed, with reviewers impressed by the eclectic array of musicians and sounds, the skill and the crossover appeal. It has since been considered a precursor to the acclaimed Feast of Fiddles compilation series. The album was re-released in late 2001 at the same time as when "Ridgeriders" In Concert was released. In February 2011, it was announced Phil Beer had remastered The Fiddle Collection and hoped to re-release it by the summer, however, as of October 2016, this release has not occurred.
Since Beer's collaboration with Steve Knightley, Show of Hands, became his musical priority in 1991, the duo had built up gradual but sure success throughout the rest of the decade. In 1996 they played a sold out performance at the Royal Albert Hall, later released as their best-selling album to date Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1996), and followed it with Dark Fields (1997) and a limited edition set of traditional folk music covers, Folk Music (1998). As a result of their busy schedule, the duo took some time apart in 1999 to undergo solo, side-projects before they would regroup in 2000. Knightley recorded his first solo album, Track of Words, whilst Beer recorded two different collaboration albums.
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