Recorded by Keith Angel at Wavelength Studios;
Additional recording by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Produced by Fay Hield and Jon Boden;
Photograph by David Angel;
Design by David Suff

Musicians

Fay Hield: vocals;
Jess Arrowsmith: vocals [1-2, 9, 11], bells [2];
Jon Boden: fiddle [1, 3, 11], percussion [1], concertina [2, 4, 9], guitar [7], feet [11];
Sam Sweeney: fiddle [1-2, 4, 7, 11], viola [3, 9], nyckelharpa [5-6, 8];
Keith Angel: percussion [3];
Hannah James: clogs [11]

Tracks

CD

1. The Huntsman (5.58)
2. Mad Family (Roud 19704) (2.29)
3. Two Brothers (Roud 38; Child 49) (3.51)
4. The Looking Glass (3.20)
5. Little Yellow Roses (3.41)
6. The Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (2.36)
7. Kemp Owen (Roud 3912; Child 34) (7.25)
8. Sheepcrook and Black Dog (Roud 948; Henry H30a) (3.57)
9. Grey Goose and Gander (Roud 1094) (4.02)
10. The Shepherd’s Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110; G/D 7:1465) (2.40)
11. King Henry (Roud 4203; G/D 8:1571; TYG 128) (2.34)

All tracks trad. adapted and arranged by Fay Hield and Jon Boden; additional arrangement by Sam Sweeney, except
Track 2 tune Jon Boden;
Track 4 text Rudyard Kipling, tune Peter Bellamy;
Track 5 Trevor Peacock

Advance EP

1. Two Brothers (Roud 38; Child 49) (3.51)
2. Mad Family (2.29)
3. Little Yellow Roses (3.41)
4. The Huntsman (5.58)

Produced by Fay Hield, Jon Boden and Andy Bell;
Recorded by Andy Bell at Underbank Studios, Sheffield;
Mastering by Andy Seward;
Photography by David Angel;
Design by David Suff

Musicians

Fay Hield: vocals;
Jon Boden: fiddle, guitar, percussion, double bass, mandolin, additional banjo, vocals;
Andy Cutting: button accordion, melodeon;
Robert Harbron: English concertina, fiddle, vocals;
Sam Sweeney: fiddle, viola, cello, nyckelharpa, vocals;
with
Martin Simpson: banjo, guitar

Tracks

1. The Lover’s Ghost (Roud 179; Child 248) (4.15)
2. The Wicked Serpent (Roud 431; Laws G16) (2.46)
3. The Parson’s Gate (Roud 217; G/D 4:727) (2.26)
4. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (5.44)
5. Pretty Nancy (Roud 407) (3.01)
6. Sir Orfeo (Roud 136; Child 19) (7.28)
7. The Old ’Arris Mill (2.46)
8. The Weaver’s Daughter (Roud 1277; TYG 48) (3.26)
9. Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (2.20)
10. Henry (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (4.45)
11. Naughty Baby (Roud 20649) (4.36)

Tracks 1, 4, 7, 9 trad.;
Tracks 2, 8 trad., Jon Boden;
Track 3 trad., Mrs. Bellamy, Rob Harbron;
Tracks 5-6 trad., Fay Hield, Jon Boden;
Tracks 10-11 trad., Fay Hield

Promo Video

Reviews

• Folk Radio review (18 May, by Mike Wilson)
• The Guardian review (27 May, by Neil Spencer)
• Bright Young Folk review (28 May, by Mark Dishman)
• BBC review (7 June, by Jeannette Leech)
• De krenten uit de pop review (16 June, by Erwin Zijleman, The Netherlands)
Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party - Orfeo
• The Telegraph review (24 June, by Martin Chilton)

The Full English is a groundbreaking project sponsored by the English Folk Dance and Song Society that draws together for the first time the early 20^th century folksong collections of Harry Albino, Lucy Broadwood, Clive Carey, Percy Grainger, Maud Karpeles, Frank Kidson, Thomas Fairman Ordish, Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Alfred Williams. The result is the most comprehensive searchable database of British folk songs, tunes, dances and customs in the world.

And to mark the launch of the project, folksong scholar and acclaimed singer Fay Hield has assembled The Full English Tour, pulling together half a dozen of the top talents on the English folk music circuit for an evening of songs drawn from these unique collections, and for this CD.

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014: Best Album, Best Group

Produced by Andy Bell and The Full English;
Recorded and mixed by Andy Bell at Real World Studios, Bath, and Underbank Studios, Sheffield;
Mastered by Dean Honert;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Graphic design by Jamie McClennan and White Fall Design

Musicians

Seth Lakeman: vocals, fiddle, viola, bouzouki;
Martin Simpson: vocals, guitar;
Fay Hield: vocals;
Nancy Kerr: vocals, fiddle, viola;
Ben Nicholls: vocals, double bass, concertina;
Rob Harbron: vocals, concertina, fiddle;
Sam Sweeney: vocals, fiddle, cello, nyckelharpa, percussion

Tracks

1. Awake Awake (Roud 22620; Laws M4) (3.11)
2. Stand By Your Guns (Roud V396) (3.32)
3. William and Nancy Cotswold Morris tune (3.34)
4. Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (4.37)
5. Arthur O’Bradley (Roud 365) (3.57)
6. Portrait of My Wife (Roud V14031) (3.51)
7. Fol the Day-O (3.54)
8. Brigg Fair (Roud 1083) (3.42)
9. Rounding the Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (4.26)
10. The Servant Man (Roud 539; Laws M15; G/D 5:1003; Henry H668) (3.52)
11. Man in the Moon (Roud 21397) (4.05)
12. Linden Lea (RoudBS B104645) (4.19)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 words and music trad. / Fay Hield;
Tracks 2, 6 words trad. / Seth Lakeman; music Seth Lakeman;
Track 7 Nancy Kerr;
Track 10 words trad., music Nancy Kerr;
Track 12 words William Barnes, music Ralph Vaughan Williams

Videos

Fay Hield introduces the Full English:

Two videos from 31 October 2013 at Cecil Sharp House: Willow Glen (Roud V1634), a song not on the CD:

I Sowed the Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180), another song not on the CD:

The Full English Quartet at the AHRC Connected Communities Festival 2014 on 2 July 2014 at St David’s Hotel, Cardiff:

Reviews

• The Guardian preview (25 July 2013, by Alexis Petridis)
• The Guardian review (25 October 2013, by Alfred Hickling)
• Folk Radio UK review (7 October 2013, by Simon Holland)
• Review by Raul Rawcliffe (8 October 2013)

Produced by Andy Bell;
Recorded at Real World Studios except [6] recorded at Old Pig Farm Studios;
Mastered by Dean Honer;
Photography by Sally Lockey and James Lockey;
Illustrations by Nick Hayes;
Design by Robin Beatty

• Folkradio UK review (1 February 2016, by Helen Gregory)

Musicians

Fay Hield: vocals;
Sam Sweeney: fiddle;
Rob Harbron: English concertina;
Roger Wilson: guitar, fiddle;
Ben Nicholls: bass;
Toby Kearney: percussion

with
Jon Boden: guitar, fiddle;
Martin Simpson: guitar

Tracks

CD

1. Green Gravel (Roud 1368; Henry H48b) (2.37)
   source: Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland Vol. 1
2. Raggle Taggle Gypsy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.18)
   source: Jean Ritchie via Helen Hockenhull and Suzy Adams, Songbird
3. Katie Catch (Roud 12967; G/D 8:1575) (3.13)
   sources: Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland Vol. 2, Iona and Peter Opie, Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
4. Old Adam (Roud 12887) (4.38)
   source: Elizabeth A. Bond, Farningdon, collected by Alfred Williams
5. The Hag in the Beck (3.07)
   source: George H. Cowling in F.W. Moorman, Yorkshire Dialect Poems 1673-1915
6. Willow Glen (Roud V1634) (3.30)
   source: Lucy Broadwood Manuscript Collection
7. Queen Eleanor’s Confession (Roud 74; Child 156; G/D 2:208) (4.35)
   source: Tim Hart & Maddy Prior, Folk Songs of Old England Vol. 2
8. The Hornet and the Beetle (Roud 12624) (2.19)
   source: W.H. Daws, collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams
9. Jack Orion (Roud 145; Child 67) (4.46)
   source: A.L. Lloyd, First Person
10. Long Time Ago (Roud 318) (3.44)
    source: Swan Arcade on Voices
11. Go From My Window (Roud 966) (4.20)
    source: Ian Giles in an Oxford pub
12. Anchor Song (2.21)
    source: Peter Bellamy, Keep on Kipling
13. The Briar and the Rose (3.59)
    source: Tom Waits, Black Rider
14. Old Adam (instrumental) (2.22)
    source: William Adrews, Sheepstor, collected by Sabine Baring-Gould

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 words trad., music Fay Hield;
Tracks 2, 7, 9-11, 14 trad;
Tracks 4 words trad., music Jon Boden;
Tracks 6 words trad., music Jon Boden, Fay Hield;
Track 12 words Rudyard Kipling, music Peter Bellamy;
Track 13 Tom Waits

Advance EP

1. Green Gravel (Roud 1368; Henry H48b) (2.38)
2. Willow Glen (Roud V1634) (3.31)
3. The Hunt’s Up (Roud V18819) (4.54)
4. Raggle Taggle Gypsy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.16)

Tracks 1 words trad., music Fay Hield;
Tracks 2 words trad., music Jon Boden, Fay Hield;
Track 3 poem by William Gray, music trad.;
Track 4 trad.

Videos

Old Adam album sampler:

Fay Hield discusses Old Adam:

Fay Hield sings Green Gravel:

Acknowledgements

Thank you very much to Fay for a copy of the Old Adam Advance EP.

Exploring the space between the otherworld of fairies, ghosts and talking animals and our own, Wrackline includes traditional stories with new responses to the ideas they raise.

More info on the album’s history at Fay’s blog

Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake

Produced by Andy Bell;
Recorded and produced by Andy Bell at Giant Wafer and Hudson Studio;
Mastered by Dean Honer;
Photography by Claire Stephenson of Olive Branch Visuals;
Artwork by Borg;
Design by Eva Zoe Taylor

Musicians

Fay Hield: vocals, banjo, shruti box, percussion;
Rob Harbron: English concertina, guitar, harmonium, percussion, vocals;
Sam Sweeney: fiddle, viola, nyckelharpa, percussion, vocals;
Ben Nicholls: double bass, vocals;
Ewan MacPherson: guitar, jew’s harp

Tracks

1. Hare Spell (3.19)
2. Jenny Wren (2.58)
3. Night Journey (3.31)
4. Swirling Eddies (3.49)
5. Call the Storm (3.00)
6. Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.52)
7. The Old Grey Goose (Roud 3346) (3.42)
8. Sir Launfal (7.18)
9. Pig Song (Roud 7322) (2.28)
10. Sweet William’s Ghost (Roud 50; Child 77) (6.36)
11. Wing Flash (3.02)
12. When She Comes (3.20)

Tracks 1, 6-8 trad., Fay Hield;
Tracks 2, 4-5, 11 Fay Hield;
Track 3 poem by Terri Windling, music Fay Hield;
Track 9 Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Fay Hield;
Track 10 trad.;
Track 12 words Sarah Hesketh, music Fay Hield

Video

Fay Hield introducex Wrackline:

Fay Hield sings the Hare Spell:

Fay Hield at the Hudson Records Listening Club on 20 September 2020: