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The Copper Family: Chronological Discography
This is a listing of just my Copper Family albums with additional information on the BBC archive recordings from the 1950s gathered from the Roud Index and the Copper Family website. For a full discography, see the Copper Family’s own list of books and recordings and their complete discography (PDF file). I compiled the list of BBC archive recordings from the Copper’s discography and the Roud Folksong Index.
With the revamping of the Copper Family’s website in December 2017, unfortunately all details about their albums (including tracklists) and songs (including lyrics) seem to have gone. You’ll find details on most albums including links to song pages below. And, as a stopgap, Garry Gillard has reactivated his old Copper Family pages including the Copper Family songs. 15 years ago, these pages were the base of the now lost content of the pre-revamp Copper Family website.
1951-1957
1955
Various Artists:
Folk Song Today,
LP, HMV DLP 1143, 1955
Various Artists:
The Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music - Volume III: England,
LP, Columbia SL-206, 1955
1960
Various Artists:
A Jug of Punch: Broadside Ballads Old and New,
LP, HMV CLP 1327, 1960
Various Artists:
A Pinch of Salt: British Sea Songs Old and New,
LP, HMV CLP 1362, 1960
1961
Various Artists:
Songs of Courtship
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1),
LP, Caedmon TC1142, 1961; Topic 12T157, 1968
Various Artists:
Jack of All Trades
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 3),
LP, Caedmon TC1144, 1961; Topic 12T159, 1968
Various Artists:
The Child Ballads 1
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 4),
LP, Caedmon TC1145, 1961; Topic 12T160, 1968;
CD, Rounder 1775, 2000
Various Artists:
Sailormen and Servingmaids
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 6),
LP, Caedmon TC1162, 1961; Topic 12T194, 1970
Various Artists:
Songs of Ceremony
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 9),
LP, Caedmon TC1224, 1961; Topic 12T197, 1970
1963
Bob and Ron Copper,
Traditional Songs From Rottingdean,
LP, EFDSS LP 1002, 1963
1964
Bob and Ron Copper,
English Shepherd & Farming Songs,
LP, Folk-Legacy FSB-19, 1964
1965
Various Artists:
Folksound of Britain,
LP, HMV CLP 1910, 1965
1971
The Copper Family,
A Song for Every Season,
4 LP, Leader LEAB 404 (LEA 4046-4049), 1971
The Copper Family,
A Song for Every Season,
LP, Leader LED 2067, 1971
1975
Various Artists:
The Brave Ploughboy,
LP, Transatlantic XTRS 1150, 1975
Various Artists:
The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock,
4 LP, Island/Transatlantic Folk 1001, 1975
1977
Bob Copper,
Sweet Rose in June,
LP, Topic 12TS328, 1977
1987
The Holme Valley Tradition, Will’s Barn, cassette, EFDSS VWML 002, 1987
Various Artists:
Square Roots: An Unlikely Selection From the Pages of Folk Roots Magazine,
LP, Folk Roots FROOT 001, 1987
1988
The Copper Family,
Coppersongs,
LP, Vaughan William Memorial Library VWML 004, 1988
1994
Various Artists:
Sea Songs and Shanties,
CD, Saydisc CD-SDL-405, 1994
1995
The Copper Family,
Coppersongs 2,
CD, Coppersongs CD2, 1995
Bob and John Copper, Louie Fuller, Gordon Hall, Bob Lewis, Ron Spicer,
When the May Is All in Bloom ,
CD, Veteran VT131CD, 1995
1996
Various Artists:
Hidden English: A Celebration of English Traditional Music,
CD, Topic TSCD600, 1996
Various Artists:
New Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock,
3 CD, Castle Music ESB CD 416, 1996
1998
The Copper Family,
Coppersongs 3,
CD, Coppersongs CD3, 1998 / 2004
Various Artists:
A Century of Song,
CD, EFDSS CD02, 1998
Various Artists:
World Library of Folk and Primitive Music - Volume 1: England,
CD, Rounder CD 1741, 1998
2001
The Copper Family,
Come Write Me Down,
CD, Topic TSCD534, 2001
Various Artists:
The Folk Awards,
CD, Topic TSCD850, 2001
2002
The English Country Blues Band:
Unruly,
CD, Weekend Beatnik WEBE 9040, 2002
2003
Various Artists:
Dark Was the Night: A Tribute to the Music of Blind Willie Johnson,
CD, Deep Sea SeaD 8002, 2003
Various Artists:
Song Links: A Celebration of English Traditional Songs and Their Australian Variants,
2 CD, Fellside FECD176D, 2003
2005
Various Artists:
Song Links 2: A Celebration of English Traditional Songs and Their American Variants,
2 CD, Fellside FECD190D, 2005
2006
Bob and Ron Copper,
English Shepherd & Farming Songs,
CD, Folk-Legacy CD-19, 2006
Various Artists:
Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978,
4 CD, Castle Music CMXBX1030, 2006
Various Artists:
Midwinter,
4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006
2007
The Copper Family,
Coppers at Christmas,
CD, Coppersongs, no issue number, 2007
Various Artists,
The Imagined Village,
CD, Real World CDRW 147, 2007
2008
Peter Bellamy,
The Ballads of Peter Bellamy,
CD, Free Reed FRRR 16, 2008
Young Coppers,
Passing Out,
CD, Coppersongs CD4, 2008
2009
Various Artists:
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
2011
Various Artists:
The Rough Guide to English Folk,
2 CD, World Music RGNET 1261 CD, 2011
2012
Various Artists:
You Never Heard So Sweet
(The Voice of the People Vol. 21),
CD, Topic TSCD671, 2012
Various Artists:
Good People, Take Warning
(The Voice of the People Vol. 23),
3 CD, Topic TSCD673T, 2012
2014
Bob Copper,
Prostrate With Dismal,
EP, Ghosts From the Basement GFTB 7048, 2014
2015
Bob and Ron Copper,
Traditional Songs From Rottingdean,
CD/LP, Fledg’ling FLED/FLLP 3097, 2015
2017
Bob Lewis & Bob Copper,
The Two Bobs’ Worth,
CD, Musical Traditions MTCD374, 2017