Recorded by Tony Engle at South Tawton, Devon, July 1975;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Sleeve design and notes by Tony Engle

Musicians

Bob Cann: melodeon

Tracks

Side 1

1. Uncle George’s (The Cliff) / Tommy Roberts’ hornpipes (3.47)
2. Hot Punch / Uncle’s Jig jigs (4.00)
3. Uncle George’s Waltz / Uncle Jim’s Waltz (3.06)
4. The Primrose Polka (2.50)
5. Dorsetshire Hornpipe (1.55)
6. The Kester Rocky Waltz (2.33)
7. Family Jig / Uncle George’s jigs (4.05)

Side 2

8. Woodland Flowers / Uncle Jim’s barn dances (4.09)
9. Ford Farm Reel / Cornish quickstep reels (4.04)
10. Harry Gidley’s Waltz (2.58)
11. When its Night-Time in Italy (It’s Wednesday Over Here) / Climbin’ up de Golden Stairs (4.07)
12. Lyrinka old-fashioned waltz (3.05)
13. Schottische Hornpipe / Cokey Hornpipe hornpipes (3.33)

All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Robert Brown;
Tracks 6, 9a Bob Cann;
Track 8a Felix Burns;
Track 11a James Kendis, Lew Brown;

Produced and designed by John Howson;
Tracks 1-4 recorded by Peter Kennedy for the BBC at South Zeal, Devon, in 1952;
Tracks 5-6 recorded by Peter Kennedy for the BBC at Sticklepath, Devon, in 1955;
Tracks 7-10 recorded by Simon Evans for BBC Radio Kent at Catford Folk Club in 1978;
Tracks 11-19 recorded by John Howson at South Tawton, Devon, in 1988;
Tracks 20-24 recorded by Tony Engle at South Tawton, Devon, in July 1975, from the Topic album West Country Melodeon;
Tracks 25-26 recorded by the EDFSS at the Albert Hall, London, in 1975

Musicians

Bob Cann: melodeon, Oscar Woods: melodeon [25];
Marc Bazeley: concertina [11-12, 14, 1], melodeon [13, 15, 18-19];
Jim Small: mouth organ [26];
Ray Andrews: banjo [26];
Charlie Bate: piano accordion [27-28]

Tracks

1. Schottische Hornpipe (0.40) / Schottische (0.37)
2. Heel & Toe Polka (0.46) / Seven Step Polka (1.03) / Uncle Jim’s Polka (0.50)
3. Stepdance tunes: Uncle George’s Hornpipe / Schottische Hornpipe / Tommy Roberts’ Hornpipe (3.08)
4. Harry Chubb’s Hornpipe / The Cokey Hornpipe (3.08)
5. Cross Hands Country Dance (0.56) / Uncle George’s Jig (1.02) / Uncle Jim’s Waltz / Kestor Rock (2.33)
6. Polka: Climbing up the Golden Stairs (1.21)
7. Woodland Flowers / Uncle Jim’s Barndance (2.56)
8. Lyrinka (2.22)
9. Ford Farm Reel / Cornish Quickstep (2.09)
10. Smash the Windows / New Rigged Ship (2.32)
11. The Stein Song (2.56)
12. Morpeth Rant (2.04)
13. Irish Waltzes (2.52)
14. Ripple of the Teign (3.04)
15. To-Tore (1.58)
16. Uncle Jim’s (When Daylight Shines) (1.31)
17. Barn Dance (4.48)
18. Family Waltzes (3.04)
19. Stepdance to Uncle George’s Hornpipe (2.42)
20. The Primrose Polka (2.50)
21. Family Jig (2.00)
22. Harry Gidley’s Waltz (2.58)
23. Dorsetshire Hornpipe (1.55)
24. Hot Punch /Uncle’s Jig (4.00)
25. Uncle George’s Hornpipe (1.28)
26. Manchester Hornpipe (1.02)
27. Uncle George’s Waltz (1.20)
28. Dartmoor stepdancing (1.08)

All tracks trad. except
Track 4d Bob Cann;
Track 20 Robert Brown;
Track 22 Harry Gidley