Recorded and produced at South Hill Park Recording Studio;
Engineered by Doug Gleave;
Produced by Paul Dunderdale;
Sleeve art: “Rough Music” by John Crane;
Cover design: Derek Matthews

Musicians

Bill Caddick: 12-string guitar [1-2, 5-6, 10], English guitar [3, 7, 11], National steel guitar [4], triangle [8], vocals;
Jeannie: harmonium [7], drum [8];
Sam: Castrol GTX tin [8];
Taffy: “fender” grate, fireplace, spoons, wastebin [8];
Mike: trumpet in cupboard [8];
Dave: spoons [8];
Dave: anglepoise [8];
John & Sue Kirkpatrick: oboe, drum, chorus [10]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Donkey Jack Donkey
2. Poor Pig
3. Waiting for the Lark
4. Memphis Yo-Yo Blues
5. Narrow Lock Gates
6. Unicorns

Side 2

7. King Sun
8. Rough Band
9. Oller Boller
10. Winter Fair
11. John O’Dreams

All tracks written by Bill Caddick

Recorded and produced at Leader Sound and on location by Bill Leader;
Sleeve by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Bill Caddick: vocals, guitar;
Helen Watson: piano [10]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Sunny Memories
2. Father’s Little Black Box
3. Military Man
4. P-tarmigan and Groaty Dick
5. Gibson Girl

Side 2

6. Sitting All Alone
7. Cinderella
8. The Tango Bleriot
9. Diabolo Rag
10. All the King’s Ladies
11. The Writing of Tipperary / It’s a Long Way to Tipperary

All tracks written by Bill Caddick except
Track 11b Jack Judge, Harry Williams

Produced by Bill Leader

Musicians

Bill Caddick: vocals, 12-string, English and national steel guitars, 6-string banjo, triangle, piano, harmonica, kazoo;
Helen Watson: piano [5, 8];
M. Jean Adames: accordion [4];
M. Gillaume Guide: waiter [4];
John Adams: acoustic wah-wah [10];
Bill Leader: jew’s harp [1], vocals [8];
New Victory Band (Pete & Chris Coe, Roger & Helen Watson, John Adams): vocals [5]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Holdens Goldens
2. Reasons Briefly Set Downe by th’Author, to Perswade Euery One to Sing
3. Gawain & Ragnell
4. Tous Les Lendamains
5. Fiery Cross

Side 2

6. Blackbirds
7. I Love Her for Her Personality
8. Cut & Thrust
9. Uncle Ben & the Pirates
10. Creole Love Call
11. Reach for Jesus

All tracks written by Bill Caddick except
Track 10 Ellington, Miley, Jackson

Arranged and produced by Peter Bond, Bill Caddick and Tim Laycock;
Recorded by John Gill at Leadersound;
Executive producer John Zollmann;
Photography by Janet Kerr;
Sleeve design by John Crane

Musicians

Peter Bond: vocals, guitar, clarinet, harmonica, temple block, bass drum;
Bill Caddick: 12 string guitar, bongos, harmonica, tirangle, high hat, damper;
Tim Laycock: vocals, duet concertina, banjolele, acme siren, cymbal, bells

Tracks

Side 1

1. Winter Quarters (4.30)
2. Walk Up, Walk Up (4.12)
3. Fiery Hoops (3.30)
4. Three Brass Balls (4.27)
5. The Waldemars (3.30)
6. Captain Valiant (4.21)

Side 2

7. Sideshows (4.50)
8. See Me Up, See Me Down (2.25)
9. The Clown’s Anatomy (3.21)
10. Jack Pudding (3.33)
11. Little Billee on Parade (4.36)
12. Circus Lullaby (5.18)

Tracks 1, 5, 7 Peter Bond, Bill Caddick;
Tracks 2, 11-12 Tim Laycock;
Track 3, 8 Peter Bond;
Track 4 Peter Bond, Bill Caddick, Tim Laycock;
Track 9 trad. with additional words by Peter Bond, Bill Caddick, Tim Laycock;
Tracks 6, 10 Bill Caddick

Produced and engineered by Andrew Cronshaw at Ideal Sound Recorders, London
Sleeve photos and design by Andrew Cronshaw

Musicians

Bill Caddick: lead vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, harmonica;
Miriam Stockley: backing vocals [1-3, 8];
Phil Nicholl: backing vocals [1-5, 8];
John Tams: backing vocals [5];
June Tabor: backing vocals [9];
Steve Richardson: bass guitar, emulator, rhythm programming;
Micky Barker: drums;
Steve Newman: Spanish guitar;
Phil Langham: button accordion;
Rick Sanders: electric violin;
Howard Evans: trumpet

Tracks

Side 1

1. Superman (4.32)
2. Spanish Nights (4.50)
3. Fork-Lift Truck (4.10)
4. Moses (Smooth Talking) (4.13)
5. Two-Fisted Heroes (4.21)

Side 2

6. Forgotten the Blues (5.05)
7. Dance to the Music of Time (2.42)
8. Stay on the Line (5.48)
9. Eights and Aces (2.11)
10. The Wild West (5.20)

All tracks written by Bill Caddick

Recorded at White Rabbit Studios, Bridgnorth, Shropshire in March 1995;
Engineered by Keith Dilworth;
Produced by Bill Caddick and the band;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Porky’s, London;
Recording financed by West Midland Arts;
Cover painting by Katherine Soutar;
Photographs by Dave Jones;
CD package design by Fledg’ling, London

Musicians

Bill Caddick: vocals, 12-string & National steel guitar

with
All Blacked Up:
    Dave Baker: 6-string guitar, keyboards, mandolin, slide guitar;
    Nick Beck: drums, percussion;
    Alistair Gillies: hammered dulcimer, soprano and tenor saxophones;
    Paul Havill: melodeon;
    Barry Parkes: harmonica;
    Squirrel: electric bass

Adele Rawlinson: cello;
Alan Rawlinson: sousaphone, trumpet, trombone;
Paul Saunders: Northumbrian pipes, English bagpipes

Tracks

1. Home (4.43)
2. Songs of Praise (4.08)
3. Slipping Away (5.31)
4. Jesus on the Window Ledge (3.44)
5. Winter Singers (2.32)
6. No One Told Annie (3.47)
7. Suenos (Dreams) (2.44)
8. Another Broken Promise (4.50)
9. Dupree (3.21)
10. Winter With Flowers (3.21)
11. The Lovers’ Rose (3.10)
12. Waiting (2.41)
13. King Beer (3.30)
14. Constant / Constant Billy (2.59)
15. Home Again (2.52)

All tracks written by Bill Caddick except
Track 14b trad. Morris tune

New recordings of 30 of Bill Caddick’s songs from earlier albums and 6 songs previously unrecorded by him.

Recorded and produced by Mike Dolan in June 2002;
Paintings by Katherine Caddick;
Photos by Dave Jones;
Design and layout by Paul Saunders and Rockford Graphics

Musicians

Bill Caddick: vocals, guitar

Tracks

CD 1

1. Donkey Jack (2.39)
2. Waiting for the Lark (4.13)
3. Oller Boller (4.28)
4. Winter Fair (3.38)
5. Poor Pig (3.32)
6. Narrow Lock Gates (2.08)
7. King Sun (4.58)
8. Unicorns (3.34)
9. John O’Dreams (4.13)
10. Jack Pudding (3.10)
11. One Hand on the Radio (3.22)
12. Born a Dog (2.44)
13. Rainbow Waistcoat (2.26)
14. Letter to Syracuse (3.05)
15. Sunny Memories (5.14)
16. Gibson Girl (4.38)
17. The Reaper (1.12)
18. The Writing of Tipperary (6.34)

CD 2

19. Eights and Aces (1.52)
20. Wild West Show (4.26)
21. Two-Fisted Heroes (3.30)
22. The Day They Busted Superman (3.50)
23. Spanish Nights (4.24)
24. A Dance to the Music of Time (2.09)
25. Stay on the Line (4.08)
26. Chaconne (2.33)
27. Won’t Say When (3.09)
28. Lili Marlene Walks Away (3.04)
29. The Barmaid’s Song (She Moves Among Men) (2.54)
30. Down in the South (3.48)
31. Can’t Blame a Man (2.58)
32. Reach for Jesus (2.29)
33. Flat Earth (1.15)
34. Aqaba (3.00)
35. Quixote (The Old Man’s Song) (2.12)
36. The Last Damn Song (3.47)

All tracks written by Bill Caddick except
Track 9 tune Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky;
Track 11 Peter Bond, Bill Caddick;
Track 14 Bill Caddick, Dave Cartwright;
Track 35 Bill Caddick, John Tams

Tracks 1-9 originally from Rough Music (1976);
Tracks 15-18 originally from Sunny Memories (1977);
Track 32 originally from Reasons Briefly Set Down … (1979);
Track 10 originally from A Duck on His Head (1980);
Tracks 26, 29 originally from The Home Service (1984);
Tracks 19-25 originally from The Wild West Show (1986);
Tracks 27-28, 30-31, 33, 36 originally from Urban Legend (1991);
Tracks 11-14, 34-35 previously unrecorded