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The Portway Pedlars: In Greenwood Shades

The Portway Pedlars: In Greenwood Shades (Greenwich Village GVR 229)

In Greenwood Shades
Songs of Oxfordshire collected by Alfred Williams
The Portway Pedlars (Len & Barbara Berry)

Greenwich Village Records GVR 229 (LP, UK, 1984)

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Produced by The Portway Pedlars;
Recorded by Nigel Mazlyn Jones at Isle of Light Studios, Cornwall in July 1984;
Mastered by Tony Bridge at P.R.T. Studios;
Front cover photography by Henry Taunt, the famous Oxford photographer (1914);
Sleeve design by Chris Groom

Musicians

Len Berry: vocals;
Barbara Berry: piano accordion, piano, vocals

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Gypsies’ Glee (Roud 1244) (2.28)
  2. We Are All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough (Roud 346; G/D 3:418) (3.06)
  3. Grandma’s Advice (Roud 282; Henry H208) (2.26)
  4. Blue-Eyed Nellie (Roud 2665) (2.30)
  5. Where the Cannons Loudly Roar (Roud 17801) (3.31)
  6. When I Was a Maid (Roud 24144) (1.56)
  7. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60) (2.24)

Side 2

  1. Girls of Oxfordshire (Roud 12727) (4.54)
  2. I Wandered By a Brookside (Roud 2418) (3.51)
  3. Maggie’s Secret (Roud 12886) (3.49)
  4. Long-Tailed Blue (Roud 1287) (3.50)
  5. Upon a Pleasant Hill I Stood (Roud 13452) (2.06)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 third verse Len Berry, tune Barbara Berry;
Tracks 4, 8, 10-11 tune Barbara Berry;
Track 6 music trad. (I Married a Wife, O Then!) adapted Barbara Berry;
Track 9 words Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Hougthon (1809-1885), music Barbara Berry;

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Bob & Gill Berry: BitterSweet

Bob & Gill Berry: BitterSweet (WildGoose WGS336CD)

BitterSweet
Bob & Gill Berry

WildGoose Studios WGS336CD (CD, UK, 2006)

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Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios

Musicians

Gill Berry: vocals;
Bob Berry: vocals, guitars, bouzouki, percussion;
Anahata: cello;
Pete Harris: bass guitar;
Keith Kendrick: concertinas;
Paul Sartin: fiddle, oboe;
Jo Veal: clarinet

Tracks

  1. England’s Glory (4.35)
  2. I Wandered By a Brookside (Roud 2418) (3.32)
  3. Suffer Little Children (2.17)
  4. Winter Man (2.29)
  5. Revels Day (3.55)
  6. Brown Girl (Roud 180; Child 295) (3.24)
  7. May Dew (2.41)
  8. Gay Green Gown (3.34)
  9. Tom’s Gone to Hilo (Roud 481; Henry H53d) (3.07)
  10. Fisher Lad of Whitby (Roud V35024) (3.21)
  11. Dockyard Wall (5.16)
  12. Fair Flora (Roud 948; Henry H30a) (3.12)
  13. Calum More (2.50)
  14. Song of Time (4.53)

Track 1 John Prosser;
Track 2 words Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Hougthon (1809-1885), music Barbara Berry;
Track 3 words Mary Foulkes, music Paul Flannery;
Track 4 Chris Leslie;
Track 5 John Pullen;
Tracks 6-7, 9-10, 12 trad.;
Track 8 probably Ruth L. Tongue;
Tracks 11 Shep Woolley;
Tracks 13 Andy Mitchel;
Tracks 14 Alan Bell

> Folk Music > Records > Bob & Gill Berry: Echoes of Alfred

Bob & Gill Berry: Echoes of Alfred

Bob & Gill Berry: Echoes of Alfred (WildGoose WGS427CD)

Echoes of Alfred
Bob & Gill Berry

WildGoose Studios WGS427CD (CD, UK, 2018)

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An album of songs collected by Alfred Williams in Oxfordshire.

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios

Musicians

Bob Berry: vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, coconuts;
Gill Berry: vocals;
Lewis Wood: fiddle, piano, mandolin;
Gill Redmond: cello;
Richard Rees: melodeon, vocals;
Nigel Owen, Christine Owen, Mick Hiscock: vocals

Tracks

  1. No Followers (Roud 25882) (2.39)
  2. My Jolly Waggoner Drive On (Roud 1302) (3.19)
  3. I’ll Weave Him a Garland (Roud 1247) (3.19)
  4. Chickens! (Roud 2552) (3.07)
  5. Sweet Queen of May (Roud 594) (4.12)
  6. My Old Wife’s a Good Old Cratur (Roud 1263) (1.57)
  7. Days of Summer (2.35)
  8. The Broken-Down Gentleman (Roud 383) (3.04)
  9. Deny No Man His Rights (Roud 21215) (2.29)
  10. Sarah Gale (Roud 22074) (3.03)
  11. Through the Groves (3.35)
  12. I Was Much Better Off in the Army (4.50)
  13. Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3) (2.59)
  14. Shearers’ Song (Roud 1226) (1.58)
  15. Salisbury Plain (Roud 21098) (2.40)
  16. Out With My Dog in the Morning (Roud 1847) (4.12)

Track 1 trad. / Gill Berry;
Track 2, 5, 14, 16 trad. / Bob Berry;
Track 3, 6, 9-10 trad. / Barbara Berry;
Track 4 James Allan Bland / Bob Berry;
Track 7 Miggy Campbell;
Track 8 trad. / Richard Rees / arr. Bob Berry;
Track 11, 13 trad. / arr. Bob Berry;
Track 12 Butler / Lubin / Gay / arr. Bob Berry;
Track 15 Barry Dransfield / Dave Howes / arr. Bob Berry;