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These gentle troubadours, precursors of folk-rock band Stone Angel, almost formed by accident when, 
in 1972, guitarists Paul Corrick and Ken Saul got together to rehearse a gig for a Great Yarmouth folk 
club Christmas party. They asked singer Jill Child to join in and the three soon became a close-knit 
formation with a mutual love for all things folk. They performed at clubs and festivals for a couple of 
years and by 1973, had accumulated enough material to record a demo tape. After a while, however, 
Gill decided to quit and the band broke up following a farewell concert in 1974. Guitarists Corrick and 
Saul then went on to form Stone Angel along with a couple of guest musicians who had participated in 
the demo, namely percussionist Mick Burroughers and bassist Dick Cadbury. Twenty years later, guitarist 
Saul was rummaging in his attic and chanced upon the master tapes of Midwinter's old demo; with 
the preserved material, the band's only album was released for the first time in 1993 by English label 
Kissing Spell. Titled The Waters of Sweet Sorrow, the CD is made up of fragile, dreamy folk full of 
mystical wonder with an emphasis on the ethereal vocals of Gill Child. It features an assortment of 
electric and particularly acoustic instruments such as Jews harp, recorder, autoharp, dulcimer, banjo, 
acoustic guitar and violin among others. There are no drums, so the sound is soft and gentle, and the 
asmosphere truly rustic; it is so redolent of old England past that someone once said it sounded as if 
the album had been done in 1650. Overall, it features some nice early 70's, hippy-ish psych folk.

Tracks
01. Sanctuary Stone 4:17
02. To Find A Reason 3:50
03. The Skater 3:24
04. Scarbrough Fair 2:12
05. The Oak Tree Grove 2:23
06. Dirge 1:48
07. Maids And Gentleman 4:30
08. The Waters Of Sweet Sorrow 3:08
09. All Things Are Quite Silent 2:32
10. The Two Sisters 4:29
11. Winter Song 3:59

Musicians
Jill Child - vocals, recorders, autoharp
Paul Corrick - guitars, recorders, mandolin, vocals
Ken Saul - vocals, guitar, banjo, dulcimer
With:
Mick Burroughers - percussion, Jews harp
Dick Cadbury - bass