> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: Northumberland For Ever
The High Level Ranters: Northumberland For Ever
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Northumberland For Ever Topic Records 12T186 (mono LP, UK, 1968) |
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Northumberland Forever Topic Records TSCD483 (CD, UK, 1997) |
Recorded by Bill Leader in Newcastle, 1968;
Notes by Tom Gilfellon and A.L. Lloyd;
Cover design by Ken Lees;
Front cover photograph by Barnaby Picture Library;
Back cover photograph by John Harrison
Musicians
Tom Gilfellon, vocals [7, 10, 14], guitar;
Forster Charlton, fiddle, Northumbrian pipes;
Colin Ross, fiddle, whistle, Northumbrian pipes, jew's harp;
Johnny Handle, vocals [2, 4, 16], accordion, guitar, piano;
Alistair Anderson, English concertina
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: The Lads of Northumbria
The High Level Ranters: The Lads of Northumbria
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The Lads of Northumbria Trailer Records LER 2007 (LP, UK, 1969) |
Recorded and produced by Bill Leader in Newcastle;
Front photograph by Bill Leader;
Back woodcut of Mr Kinloch's Ball by Thomas Bewich
Musicians
Tom Gilfellon, vocals [5, 12], guitar;
Colin Ross, fiddle,
flute, [4],
Northumbrian pipes [9];
Johnny Handle, vocals [3, 10],
guitar [4], acordion;
Alistair Anderson, English concertina, concertina solo [2]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Johnny Handle
> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinnie
The High Level Ranters: Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinnie
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Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinnie Trailer Records LER 2020 (LP, UK, 1970) |
Recorded at Balmbaras Music Hall and produced by Bill Leader;
Production master by Nic Kinsey,
Front photograph by Bill Leader;
Sleeve design Ed Berry
Musicians
Johnny Handle, Tom Gilfellon, vocals
accompanied by The High Level Ranters Orchestra:
Colin Ross, Foster Charlton, fiddles;
Alistair Anderson, English concertina;
Colin Beal, clarinet, saxophone;
Clem Avery, trumpet;
Ronald McLean, trombone;
Albert Gelson, percussion;
Tom Waugh, bass;
Johnny Handle, piano
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 4 Joe Wilson;
Track 2 J.P. Robson;
Track 3 C.M. Leumaine;
Track 5 Rowlan Harrison;
Tracks 6, 11 trad.;
Tracks 7, 12 George Ridley;
Track 8 James Weams;
Track 9 Thomas Armstrong;
Track 10 Thomas Wilson
> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: High Level
The High Level Ranters: High Level
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High Level Trailer Records LER 2030 (LP, UK, 1971) |
Recorded by Nic Kinsey, Livingston Studios;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Tom Gilfellon, vocals, guitar;
Johnny Handle, vocals, accordion, Northumbrian pipes, banjo;
Alistair Anderson, English concertina;
Colin Ross, fiddle, flute, Northumbrian pipes
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. High Level Ranters except
Track 5 Johnny Handle;
Track 8 Cyril Tawney;
Track 12 James Hill arr. High Level Ranters
> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: A Mile to Ride
The High Level Ranters: A Mile to Ride
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A Mile to Ride Trailer Records LER 2037 (LP, UK, 1973) |
Recorded and produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve design by Colin Ross;
Photographs by Alistair and Liz Anderson;
Front cover: The top road to Elsdon;
Back cover: The gibbet at Elsdon
Musicians
Alistair Anderson, English concertina;
Tom Gilfellon, vocals, guitar;
Johnny Handle, vocals, accordion, piano, guitar;
Colin Ross, Northumbrian small pipes, fiddle, tin whistle
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > Johnny Handle: The Collier Lad
Johnny Handle: The Collier Lad
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The Collier Lad Topic Records 12TS270 (LP, UK, 1975) |
Recorded by Tony Engle in Newcastle in April 1975;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Johnny Handle;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle;
Photographs by Tom Gilfellon
Musicians
Johnny Handle, vocals, guitar, accordion, piano;
Alistair Anderson, English concertina [1, 7, 14],
chorus vocals [11];
Tommy Gilfellon, guitar [1, 7, 14];
Colin Ross, fiddle [1, 7, 14]
Tracks
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All tracks written by Johnny Handle in 1958-74
> Folk Music > Records > The Bonnie Pit Laddie
The Bonnie Pit Laddie
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The Bonnie Pit Laddie Topic Records 2-12TS271/2 (2 LP, UK, 1975) |
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Recorded by Tony Engle in Newcastle in April 1975;
Produced by Tony Engle and the High Level Ranters
Musicians
The High Level Ranters:
Alistair Anderson, English concertina [1, 5-8, 13-17, 19, 24-25],
chorus [1, 9, 11];
Johnny Handle, vocals [2, 6-8, 10, 16, 20, 23, 25],
chorus [1, 9, 11, 13],
melodeon [1, 4],
guitar [10, 20, 23],
accordion [13-14, 16, 19];
Tom Gilfellon, vocals [1, 3-4, 9, 11-12, 14-15, 17, 19, 21],
chorus [13],
guitar [14, 25];
Colin Ross, fiddle [1, 13-14, 17, 19],
whistle [4, 7-8, 11, 16, 23],
jew's harp [6],
mouth organ [10, 25],
Northumbrian small pipes [15, 17, 24]
with
Harry Boardman, vocals [13, 18],
Anglo concertina [18];
Dick Gaughan, vocals [5, 22]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. High Level Ranters except
Tracks 1, 8 Barras;
Track 3 Ed Pickford;
Track 6 Hamilton;
Tracks 7, 10, 20 Johnny Handle;
Track 11 Hornsby;
Track 14 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 17 Jack Robson
> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: Ranting Lads
The High Level Ranters: Ranting Lads
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Ranting Lads Topic Records 12TS297 (LP, UK, 1976) |
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Dance to Your Daddy /
The Lass Doon on the Quay Topic STOP7003 (single, UK, 1976) |
Recorded in Stanley and Newcastle, December 1975 and March-April 1976;
Recorded and produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by The High Level Ranters;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle;
Front sleeve: reproduction of W.B. Scott, “Wallington—Industry on the Tyne”,by courtesy of The National Trust
Musicians
Tom Gilfellon, vocals [3, 6, 9, 11],
chorus [4, 8];
cittern [1, 7-8],
guitar [2, 5, 8, 10, 12];
Colin Ross, fiddle [1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 12],
Hardanger fiddle [2],
Northumbrian pipes [1, 6-7, 9-10],
gew-gaw [2],
whistle [11],
chorus [4, 8];
Johnny Handle, vocals [2, 4, 8],
chorus [3, 9, 11];
accordion [1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 10, 12],
piano [3, 11],
Northumbrian pipes [7];
Alistair Anderson, English concertina [1-2, 5-12],
chorus [4]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. High Level Ranters except
Track 4 William Armstrong / trad.;
Track 5b Bily Pigg;
Track 11 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 12c Hill
Tracks 7 and 10 were included in 1996 on the compilation CD
The Northumbrian Small Pipes;
Tracks 2-4, 8 and 11 were included in 1998 on the compilation CD
Along the Coaly Tyne
(which also reused the LP's cover picture).
> Martyn Wyndham-Read > Records > English Sporting Ballads
English Sporting Ballads
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English Sporting Ballads Broadside Records BRO 128 (LP, UK, 1977) |
Musicians
- The High Level Ranters [1-2, 5, 8-9, 11]:
- Alistair Anderson, English concertina,
Tom Gilfellon, vocals [1, 9, 11], guitar,
Johnny Handle, vocals [2, 5, 8], accordion,
Colin Ross, Northumbrian small-pipes, fiddle, whistle, mouth organ, jew's harp; - Martyn Wyndham-Read, vocals, guitar [3-4, 6-7, 10, 12]
- with Nic Jones, fiddle, guitar, mouth organ, dulcimer
Tracks
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> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: Four in a Bar
The High Level Ranters: Four in a Bar
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Four in a Bar Topic Records 12TS388 (LP, UK, 1979) |
Recorded by Mickey Sweeney at Impulse Studios in July 1978;
Production and design by Tony Engle;
Photography by Terry Harvey;
Notes by Colin Ross
Musicians
Colin Ross, fiddle [1-3, 6-7, 9, 11-12],
pipes [1, 4, 9];
Alistair Anderson, concertina [1, 3, 6-9, 11-12],
pipes [4];
Johnny Handle, accordion [1, 3, 6-7, 9-10],
piano [2, 4, 8, 11],
4-string guitar [5, 12];
Tom Gilfellon, guitar [1, 3-7, 9-11],
cittern [12]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. except
Track 1a Robert Whinham;
Tracks 4a, 6b Billy Pigg;
Track 6a Forster Charlton;
Track 10 Johnny Handle
> Folk Music > Records > The New High Level Ranters
The New High Level Ranters
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The New High Level Ranters Topic Records 12TS425 (LP, UK, 1982) |
Recorded by Keith Nichol at Impulse Studios, Newcastle;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Colin Ross, fiddle [1-4, 6-12];
Johnny Handle, vocals [2, 5],
accordion [1-5, 8-12],
piano [6-7];
Jim Hall, Northumbrian small pipes [1-4, 6-12];
Peter Wood, vocals [4, 6, 8, 11],
concertina [1, 7, 9, 12],
guitar [3]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. except
Tracks 3a, 7b Billy Pigg;
Track 3b Tom Clough;
Tracks 5, 10 Johnny Handle;
Track 9 D. MacDonald;
Track 12a James Scott Skinner
> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: Border Spirit
The High Level Ranters: Border Spirit
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Border Spirit Topic Records 12TS434 (LP, UK, 1983) |
Recorded and produced by Tony Engle at Ideal Sound Recorders, London;
Photography by Ken Henderson;
Design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Colin Ross, fiddle, whistle;
Johnny Handle, vocals, accordion, piano;
Jim Hall, Northumbrian small pipes
Tracks
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All tracks by Northumbrian piper Billy Pigg except
Tracks 2, 4 trad. arr. High Level Ranters;
Tracks 8, 10 Johnny Handle;
Track 9a Nathaniel Gow
Tracks 1, 7, 9, 11 were included in 1996 on the compilation CD The Northumbrian Small Pipes
> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters: Gateshead Revisited
The High Level Ranters: Gateshead Revisited
Gateshead Revisited
The High Level RantersCommon Ground Records CGR/CGRCD 005 (LP/CD, UK, 1987)
> Folk Music > Records > The High Level Ranters
Other records with The High Level Ranters or their members
Louis Killen, Johnny Handle, Colin Ross,
The Colliers' Rant,
EP, TOP74, 1962
Louis Killen, Colin Ross, Johnny Handle,
Northumbrian Garland,
EP, TOP75, 1962
Johnny Handle,
Stottin' Doon the Waall,
EP, TOP78, 1962
Louis Killen, Tom Gilfellon, Johnny Handle, Maureen Craik, Colin Ross,
Tommy Armstrong of Tyneside,
LP, 12T122, 1965
Louis Killen, Johnny Handle, Colin Ross,
Along the Coaly Tyne,
LP, 12T189, 1968
Various Artists,
The Folk Trailer,
LP, Trailer LER 2019, 1970
Various,
Rosin the Bow: An Introduction to the World of Fiddle Music,
LP, Transatlantic XTRA 1171, 1971
Alistair Anderson,
Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina,
LP, Trailer LER 2074, 1972
Tom Gilfellon,
Loving Mad Tom,
LP, Trailer LER 2079, 1972
Various Artists,
English Garland,
Topic Sampler No 8,
LP, TPSS221, 1972
Various Artists,
Welcome to Caffe Lena,
LP, Biograph BLP-12046, 1972
Various Artists,
Our Folk Music Heritage,
LP, Trailer LETSAM 2087, 1974
Alistair Anderson,
Concertina Workshop,
LP, Topic 12TFRS501, 1975
Alistair Anderson, Anthony and Carole Robb, Colin Ross, Jim Hall,
Cut and Dry Dolly: Northumberland Small Pipes,
LP, Topic 12TS278, 1976
Tom Gilfellon,
In the Middle of the Tune,
LP, Topic 12TS282, 1976
Alistair Anderson,
Steel Skies,
LP, 12TS427, 1982
Various Artists,
The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music,
CD, TSCD465, 1993
Various Artists,
The Northumbrian Smallpipes,
CD, TSCD487, 1996
Louis Killen, Tom Gilfellon, Johnny Handle, Maureen Craik, Colin Ross,
Tommy Armstrong of Tyneside,
CD, TSCD484, 1997
Louis Killen, Johnny Handle, Colin Ross,
Along the Coaly Tyne,
CD, TSCD498, 1998
Various Artists,
And We'll All Have Tea,
2 CD, TSCD707/8, 1999
Various Artists,
The Folk Collection,
2 CD, TSCD707/8, 1999
Various Artists,
The Wind in the Reeds: The Northumbrian Small Pipes,
CD, TSCD529, 2001
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009











