> Folk Music > Records > Gary & Vera Aspey: From the North
Gary & Vera Aspey: From the North
From the North Topic Records 12TS255 (LP, UK, 1975) |
Recorded by Tony Engle in Bolton in October 1974;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Vera Aspey;
Photograph by Harry Ogden;
Sleeve design by Tony Russell
Musicians
Gary Aspey: vocals [1, 3-4, 6, 9-14];
Vera Aspey: vocals [1-2, 4-14],
English concertina [2, 4, 6, 10, 13],
guitar [5, 7-9, 12];
Bernard Wrigley: English concertina [4],
bass concertina [13],
chorus [10],
vocals [14];
Wilf Darlington: mandolin [5],
chorus [10],
vocals [14]
Tracks
Side 1
- From the North (1.39)
- The Parting (2.17)
- Coal Picking (1.48)
- The Three Foot Seam (2.33)
- Mill Girl’s Lullaby (3.30)
- King Cotton (2.43)
- Auntie Ketyll (6.09)
Side 2
- Cum t’ thi Tay (2.41)
- The Cradle Song (4.11)
- The Roving Navvy (2.08)
- The Ship Canal Song, or, The Mary (1.48)
- Hailey-Go (1.49)
- Tuppence on the Rope (4.17)
- A Bit of a Sing (3.14)
Track 1 words Cicely Fox Smith, music Aspey;
Track 2 words Cicely Fox Smith;
Tracks 3, 7 Aspey;
Tracks 4, 11-12 trad., Aspey;
Tracks 5, 13 words Paul Graney, music Gary & Vera Aspey;
Track 6 Mike Harding, Aspey;
Track 8 words Horace Slater, tune Gary & Vera Aspey;
Track 9 words Edwin Waugh, music C.E. Rowley;
Track 10 Ian Woods, trad., Aspey;
Track 14 words Edwin Waugh, music C.E. Rowley, Aspey
> Folk Music > Records > Gary & Vera Aspey: A Taste of Hotpot
Gary & Vera Aspey: A Taste of Hotpot
A Taste of Hotpot (Live) Topic Records 12TS299 (LP, UK, 1976) |
Recorded in performance at
the Scotgate Folk Club, Scotgate Inn, Stamford, Lincolnshire, March 1976;
the Chipping Sodbury Folk Xlub, The George, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, March 1976;
and the Lord Coniers, Kiveton, Yorkshire, May 1976,
Recorded and produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Gary & Vera Aspey;
Photograph by Harry Ogden;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Gary Aspey, vocals;
Vera Aspey, vocals, English concertina, guitar
Tracks
Side 1
- The Eskdale and Ennerdale Hunt Song (3.13)
- Weepin’ and Wailin’ Away (4.58)
- The Shuttle Kissing Song (5.18)
- Foddered Me Yowes (6.12)
Side 2
- The Nightingale (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (4.22)
- Don’t Get Married Girls (4.26)
- Kids’ Songs (4.56)
- The Coal Hole Cavalry (4.21)
- Morning Stands on Tiptoe (Roud 24896, 24897) (3.37)
All tracks arr. Gary and Vera Aspey except
Track 1 Dr W.S. Eaton of Ennerdale, tune trad.;
Tracks 2, 8 Ted Edwards;
Track 3 words Sam Fitton, tune Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 6 Leon Rosselson
> Folk Music > Records > Vera Aspey: The Blackbird
Vera Aspey: The Blackbird
The Blackbird Topic Records 12TS356 (LP, UK, 1977) |
Recorded by John Gill at Riverside Studios, June 1977;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Notes by Vera Aspey;
Photograph by Roy France;
Sleeve design by Tony Russell
Musicians
Vera Aspey: vocals, guitar, English concertina;
John Luce: guitar [2, 7],
bass [10];
Dave Gotlife: piano [10]
Tracks
Side 1
- The Blackbird (Roud 18834; G/D 6:1171) (4.31)
- Owd Betty Barlow (2.16)
- Ladybird (5.25)
- The Maypole Inn (Roud 23852) (1.09)
- The Pit Brow Lassies (4.12)
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848) (2.40)
Side 2
- Coal Black Faces (2.44)
- The Highwayman (7.52)
- Shule Agra (Roud 911) (3.47)
- Aggie Bell (Roud 6154) (3.16)
- Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.07)
Tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 11 trad.;
Track 3 Ted Edwards;
Track 5 trad. / Jimmy Jones;
Track 7 Gary & Vera Aspey;
Track 8 words Alfred Noyes, music Phil Ochs;
Track 10 Graham Cooper
> Folk Music > Records > Gary & Vera Aspey: Seeing Double
Gary & Vera Aspey: Seeing Double
Seeing Double Topic Records 12TS407 (LP, UK, 1979) |
Recorded at Riverside Studios by Anthony David;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Photograph by Keith Morris;
Sleeve design by Tony Russell
Musicians
Gary Aspey: vocals;
Vera Aspey: vocals, English concertina, guitar
Tracks
Side 1
- Seeing Double (3.24)
- My Good-Looking Man (2.46)
- Miss Tickle Toby (4.18)
- The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (8.43)
- The Cruise of the Calibar (Roud 1079; Henry H502) (3.48)
Side 2
- Hounds and Horn Together (2.42)
- The Bolinder Boatman (3.18)
- The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (TYG 139) (4.38)
- July Wakes (2.20)
- Knocker-Upper Man (3.15)
- The Price of Coal (4.05)
- The Coal and Albert Berry (4.00)
Tracks 1, 6 trad., Aspey, arr. Aspey;
Tracks 2-5 trad. arr Aspey;
Track 7 Aspey, Woods;
Track 8 Frank Higgins;
Track 9 trad., Ellison, arr. Aspey;
Track 10 Mike Canavan arr. Aspey;
Track 11 Aspey;
Track 12 Ted Edwards
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Other records with Gary & Vera Aspey
Bernard Wrigley, Rough & Wrigley, LP, Topic 12TS241, 1974
Jon Raven, The Bold Navigators, LP, Traditional Sound TSR 019, 1975
Various Artists, The Good Old Way, LP, Topic TPSS412, 1980