Produced by Tony Engle;
Recorded by Tony Engle in Bolton in October 1974;
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

1. From the North (1.39)
2. The Parting (2.17)
3. Coal Picking (1.48)
4. The Three Foot Seam (2.33)
5. Mill Girl’s Lullaby (3.30)
6. King Cotton (2.43)
7. Auntie Ketyll (6.09)

Side 2

8. Cum t’ thi Tay (2.41)
9. The Cradle Song (4.11)
10. The Roving Navvy (2.08)
11. The Ship Canal Song, or, The Mary (1.48)
12. Hailey-Go (1.49)
13. Tuppence on the Rope (4.17)
14. A Bit of a Sing (3.14)

Track 1 words Cicely Fox Smith, music Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 2 words Cicely Fox Smith;
Tracks 3, 7 Gary and Vera Aspey;
Tracks 4, 11-12 trad., Gary and Vera 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., Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 14 words Edwin Waugh, music C.E. Rowley, Gary and Vera Aspey

Recorded and produced by Tony Engle;
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,
Notes by Gary and Vera Aspey;
Photograph by Harry Ogden;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Gary Aspey, vocals;
Vera Aspey, vocals, English concertina, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Eskdale and Ennerdale Hunt Song (3.13)
2. Weepin’ and Wailin’ Away (4.58)
3. The Shuttle Kissing Song (5.18)
4. Foddered Me Yowes (6.12)

Side 2

5. The Nightingale (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (4.22)
6. Don’t Get Married Girls (4.26)
7. Kids’ Songs (4.56)
8. The Coal Hole Cavalry (4.21)
9. 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

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

1. The Blackbird (Roud 18834; G/D 6:1171) (4.31)
2. Owd Betty Barlow (2.16)
3. Ladybird (5.25)
4. The Maypole Inn (Roud 23852) (1.09)
5. The Pit Brow Lassies (4.12)
6. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848) (2.40)

Side 2

7. Coal Black Faces (2.44)
8. The Highwayman (7.52)
9. Shule Agra (Roud 911) (3.47)
10. Aggie Bell (Roud 6154) (3.16)
11. Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3) (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

Produced by Tony Engle;
Recorded by Anthony David at Riverside Studios;
Photograph by Keith Morris;
Sleeve design by Tony Russell

Musicians

Gary Aspey: vocals;
Vera Aspey: vocals, English concertina, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. Seeing Double (3.24)
2. My Good-Looking Man (2.46)
3. Miss Tickle Toby (4.18)
4. The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (8.43)
5. The Cruise of the Calibar (Roud 1079; Henry H502) (3.48)

Side 2

6. Hounds and Horn Together (2.42)
7. The Bolinder Boatman (3.18)
8. The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (TYG 139) (4.38)
9. July Wakes (2.20)
10. Knocker-Upper Man (3.15)
11. The Price of Coal (4.05)
12. The Coal and Albert Berry (4.00)

Tracks 1, 6 trad., Gary and Vera Aspey;
Tracks 2-5 trad. arr Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 7 Gary and Vera Aspey, Woods;
Track 8 Frank Higgins;
Track 9 trad., Ellison, arr. Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 10 Mike Canavan arr. Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 11 Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 12 Ted Edwards

Produced by Roger Holt;
Track 3 recorded at Herga Folk Club;
Tracks 6, 12 from a live recording made for Radio 2;
Sleeve design by Kevin Collins

Musicians

Gary Aspey: vocals;
Vera Aspey: vocals, guitar, accordion;
Alan Barwise: drums [2];
George Roberts: electric guitar [4];
Mike Redway: piano [7];
Paul Jenkins: bass [7];
Dave Mattacks: drums [7];
Ian Blake: clarinet [4, 10], bass guitar [4, 10], saxophone [10], synthesiser [10]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Lanky’s Spoken ’Ere
2. Man on the Road
3. They Don’t Write ’Em Like That Anymore
4. Lady Take Your Time
5. Billy Cocked Hat
6. The Phantom Flasher

Side 2

7. I Wonder Why
8. Icy Acres
9. Room for Tears
10. Oban Harbour
11. Our Gracie
12. Slag Alice

Track 1 Dave Dutton, Bernard Wrigley;
Tracks 2, 9-12 Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 3 Pete Betts;
Track 4 Allan Taylor;
Track 5 Don Bilston;
Track 6 Clive Cliston;
Track 7 Mike Redway;
Track 8 Colin Wilkie

Produced by Dave Howard;
Artwork by Kevin Collins

Musicians

Gary Aspey: vocals;
Vera Aspey: vocals, guitar, accordion;
Dave Howard: guitar, mandolin;
Martin Ryan: acoustic and electric mandolin;
Tony Cliff: synthesiser;
Heather Whittaker: vocals, guitar [11]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Free and Easy
2. The Rosemary
3. The Night Shift Army
4. Jock Stewart (Roud 975)
5. Are We Mugs or Are We Men?
6. You Know That Christmas Is Here

Side 2

7. High Part of the Town
8. The Witch of Roughlee Hall
9. When I’m Cleaning Morals
10. The Keep Fit Fad Song
11. The Critic
12. I’ll Never Get Home

Track 1 trad. / Bernard Wrigley;
Track 2 Pete Dodds;
Tracks 2, 8 Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 4 trad.;
Track 5 Ted Edwards;
Track 6 B. Forkin, Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 7 Jez Lowe;
Track 9 Fred Cliffe, George Formby, Harry Gifford, new words J. Caven;
Track 10 trad. / Heather Whittaker;
Track 11 Pete Betts;
Track 12 trad. / Jez Lowe

Produced by Gary & Vera Aspey

Musicians

Gary Aspey: vocals;
Vera Aspey: vocals, guitar, accordion, concertina;
Greg Howard: guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo;
Jackie Burke: violin;
Suzannah Blackwell: keyboards;
Helen Howard: bodhrán

Tracks

1. Waiting for Me Pay Day (3.15)
2. Knock ’Em Down Dibnah (3.17)
3. Selection of Favourite Tunes: Archie’s Fancy / Lancashire Hornpipe / Dumbarton’s Measure (3.15)
4. Dog Fat (4.04)
5. I’m Glad I Was Born Over Here (3.11)
6. Over the Lancashire Hills (4.10)
7. They Don’t Do It Now (Roud 1401; G/D 7:1447) (3.36)
8. Wasting Time (4.16)
9. Song for Bowdoin (5.21)
10. Spinning Jenny (2.18)
11. Man on the Road (2.55)
12. River Run (3.56)
13. What Was the Price of Coal (4.11)

Track 1 Mike Harding;
Tracks 2, 5, 8, 10-11, 13 Gary and Vera Aspey;
Track 3a Billy Pigg;
Tracks 3bc, 7 trad.;
Track 4 words Jack Lee, music trad.;
Track 6 Stuart Marson;
Track 9 Larry Kaplan;
Track 12 James Keelaghan

Produced and mastered by John Kettle;
Recorded by Mike Johnson at 101 Recordings, Heswal, Wirral, by Dave Howard at Bury, and by John Kettle at The Old Court Studio, Wigan;
Sleeve design and artwork by Julian Watts

Musicians

Gary Aspey: vocals;
Vera Aspey: vocals [1-3, 5-12], acoustic guitar [4, 10, 12], piano accordion [1-3, 5-9], concertina [11], clogs [12];
Michael Giverin: mandolin [5, 7];
Jon Brindley: fiddle [3];
Brian Willoughby: acoustic guitar [4];
John Sandham: double bass [2];
Dave Howard: acoustic guitar [1, 7-9], mandolin [1, 12], bouzouki [12];
John Kettle: acoustic guitar [5-6, 10], bass [4-5], percussion [2, 6, 12]

Tracks

1. My County Palatine (3.19)
2. The Coal & Albert Berry (3.22)
3. The Nightingale (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34) (2.28)
4. Grey’s the New Blonde (3.33)
5. Lifes’ Leisure (2.47)
6. I’m Glad I Was Born Over Here (2.43)
7. The Computer Song (3.19)
8. Man on the Road (2.43)
9. The Banking Code (2.56)
10. The Critic (3.15)
11. Tuppence on the Rope (3.42)
12. Coal Black Faces (3.37)