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Tempest - Sunken Treasures 
1993
Firebird Records


Track Listings
1. Queen Of Argyll
2. Nottamun Town
3. Milligan's Fancy
4. When Tenskwatawa Sings
5. Black Jack Davy
6. The Creel: Celtic Society's Quickstep/The Drunken Piper
7. And Shall Trelawney Die?
8. Cat In The Corner
9. Heavy Nettles: Trip To Neenagh/Jenny Nettles
10. One Last Cold Kiss
11. Baladi
12. The Barrow Man
13. Winding Road
14. The Parting Glass 


1989 Sessions: (Tracks 1,3,5,8,9,10,12,13)
These tracks were first available as a self produced cassette titled Celtic Rock. 
Engineered by Paul Carsen. Recorded at Drone Studios, Redwood City, CA.
Band Members: Lief Sorbye, Rob Wullenjohn, Adolfo Lazo, Mark Showalter. 

1990 Sessions: (Track 6)
The missing track from the Bootleg record! Engineered by Doug Dayson. 
Recorded at the Music Annex, Menlo Park, Ca.
Band Members: Lief Sorbye, Rob Wullenjohn, Adolfo Lazo, Ian Butler.

1991 Sessions: (Tracks 4,7, 14)
These songs were recorded for Michael Longcor’s Drunken Angel album. 
Engineered by Mike Demmers. Recorded at Desitrek Studios, Portland, OR.
Band Members: Lief Sorbye, Rob Wullenjohn, Adolfo Lazo, Ian Butler.

1992 Sessions: (Tracks 2,11)
Recorded specially for Sunken Treasures - live digital recordings engineered by Mike Demmers. Recorded at Desitrek Studios, Portland, OR.
Band Members: Lief Sorbye, Rob Wullenjohn, Adolfo Lazo, Ian Butler, Michael Mullen.

Released by Firebird Arts and Music. 


[quote]Editorial Reviews

This collection chronicles the early years of Tempest from their modest and inconspicuous independent 1989 recordings through 1992, their more stable and results-oriented period. In the formative years Tempest employed a relatively fixed cast of musicians whose growth and maturity increased incrementally but it wasn't until fiddler Michael Mullen joined the band that they truly coalesced. His presence is definitely felt on the two new selections recorded specifically for this release -- "Nottamun Town" and "Baladi." Upon hearing singer Lief Sorbye's intense renderings of traditional and original folk-rock, it's understandable why he felt the desire to part ways with the acoustic Golden Bough in the mid eighties. Prior the Mullen's arrival, though, the most notable musician to this outfit was guitarist Rob Wullenjohn who excelled in acoustic folk as well as electric funk and blues-based playing. Although Sunken Treasures is an inconsistent offering it is an interesting and educational gander into who've since became perhaps the premier progressive Celtic-rock band of the late nineties and early 2000s. Dave Sleger, All Music Guide[/quote]