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Modern Studies: Swell To Great - VINYL LPTitle: Swell To Great Artist: Modern Studies Label: Fire Records Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 809236150233 Genre: Comedy Release Date: 2017 11 03 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD 'There is a calmness in it's melancholy, a beauty in it's blues. These are songs that see the mystical beyond the material, abstracted folk ballads awash in memory' *MOJO Forming out of a recording project via Scotland and Lancashire, the band first
Title: Swell To GreatArtist: Modern Studies
Label: Fire Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 809236150233
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2017-11-03
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD
'There is a calmness in it's melancholy, a beauty in it's blues. These are songs that see the mystical beyond the material, abstracted folk ballads awash in memory' *MOJO Forming out of a recording project via Scotland and Lancashire, the band first came together in 2015; 'I played in his band and he played in mine' composer and singer Emily Scott says of Rob St John. A natural move saw her similarly recruit Pete Harvey (King Creosote, The Leg) and Joe Smillie (Call To Mind, boss of Glasgow's Glad Cafe). Inspired by an antique Victorian harmonium that eventually found it's way from Northern Ireland to Scotland, Modern Studies' debut album 'Swell To Great', aptly named after an organ stop, was unusually written with the malfunctioning instrument at the centre of their songwriting. A stimulating approach that melds the old and new through their instruments, delicate harmonies and rich compositions that are steeped in traditional and contemporary folk music. The restrictive process even had their wheezy founding member, the harmonium, controlling the pitch as the intrepid band members tuned their tools accordingly. Recorded in Harvey's studio, Pumpkinfield in the rural surroundings of Perthshire, the quartet's songs are embedded in the sea and the landscape of the shoreline. Emily Scott's tender lead vocals soar over the sweeping cello, bellowing harmonium and gentle percussive crashes on 'Black Street', 'Bottle Green' and 'Sleep', while hidden in it's depths Rob St John, whose distinctive vocals recall David Thomas Broughton, experiments with tape loops that are buried within the layers of their orchestral arrangements. St John, known for his field recordings and art-science projects, cites as his guiding inspiration Brian Eno's experimentalism and pop sensibilities.1. Supercool 2. Black Street 3. Father Is A Craftsman 4. Bottle Green 5. Bold Fisherman 6. Today's Regrets 7. Dive-bombing 8. The Sea Horizon 9. Sleep 10. Everybody's Saying 11. Ten White Horses 12. Swimming Bonus Tracks (LP Download Only) 1. Harry Rag 2. Kurlew (From 'Avocet Revisited').
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Perfect book!
Format: Hardcover
Great book! I used it for a co-op lesson about the flag and kids ages 5-11 enjoyed it. Good history, I liked that they cover the proper ways to respect a flag at the end.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2025
★★★★★ 4
The Flag, Joe Biden, President Trump?
Format: Hardcover
“Our Flag,” is a great find from Little Golden Books, but unfortunately not the LIttle Golden Books of today.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022
★★★★★ 5
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Great kids book!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Sweet book
Format: Hardcover
This is my 21 month old daughter's current favorite book! Richard Scarry's illustrations are so delightful and I like the content of this book teaching important concepts of good manners. We now refer back to this book often and make up new concepts like "The Polite Elephant knows we use our inside voices inside!" I sort of wish the book emphasized some different things, like apologies, asking permission, tidying up etc but it's a great starting place. Some other reviews mentioned the manners in this book are obsolete but other than "tipping one's hat" I don't really agree that that's the case.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2020
★★★★★ 5
4 Great Grandson’s loved it
Format: Hardcover
In covering the topic of manners my granddaughter said her boys especially loved this one. The 4 boys are aged 3 to 11 and my granddaughter is trying to civilize them. (Or, in other words, teach them to be gentlemen). Books by Richard Scarry are always a big hit and this one was helpful.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023