Recorded and produced by Bill Leader at Leader Sound;
Photography by Lindsay McGregor;
Cover drawing by Gordon Tyrrall

Musicians

Gordon Tyrrall: vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, piccolo, tin whistles;
Kathy Fendyke: bodhrán [2, 4, 8];
John Gillard: fiddle [2, 8bc]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232)
2. Fahey’s Reels
3. The Rantin’ Laddie (Roud 103; Child 240; G/D 5:976)
4. Skipton Road / The Crag polkas
5. The Seven Gipsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
6. An Druimfhionn Donn Dilis

Side 2

7. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180)
8. Trim the Velvet / The Gravel Walk / The Glass of Beer reels
9. Molly Ban Lavery (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114)
10. The High Level Hornpipe
11. The Banks of the Moorlough Shore (Roud 2946; Henry H34b)
12. Don’t Come Again

All tracks trad. except
Track 10 James Hill;
Track 11 Rita and Sarah Keane

Recorded by Ray Williams at Panda Studios in May 1993;
Hebden Bridge painting by Gordon Tyrrall;
Design and artwork by Bryan Ledgard

Musicians

Gordon Tyrrall: vocals, guitar, piccolo flute, whistle

Tracks

1. The Clattering of the Clyde Water (Roud 91; Child 216; G/D 6:1231) (2.57)
2. Song (4.41)
3. Tom Ward’s Downfall tunes (3.16)
4. The Factory Girl (Roud 1659; Henry H127) (3.25)
5. The Steam Arm (Roud 4817) (3.32)
6. Getting Upstairs / Over the Hills to Glory Morris dance tunes (2.05)
7. Broken Statues (4.07)
8. When I Was a Little Boy (Roud 1706; G/D 8:1701) (2.26)
9. The Lantern of the North air / Alan Macpherson of Mosspark / Bernera Bridge jigs (4.36)
10. The Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (5.58)
11. Les Poules Huppées bourrée / Mazurka De Servant / Mazurka Limousin French tunes (4.09)
12. Our Captain Cried All Hands (Roud 602) (2.46)
13. Curly Williams (Roud 21231) (2.45)
14. Between the Doors / The Bridge Flows reels (2.37)

All tracks trad. arr. Gordon Tyrrall except
Track 2 words John Clare, music Gordon Tyrrall;
Tracks 7, 14 Gordon Tyrrall

Recorded at Beaumont Studios, Batley, May 1995;
Engineered by Tony Bonner;
Sadie Operator: Warwick Pilmer;
Produced by Gordon Jones;
Photography by Tony Redmond;
Layout and design by Reminder Printing Co. Ltd

Musicians

Brian Peters: guitar, melodeon, Anglo concertina, vocals;
Gordon Tyrrall: guitar, flute, vocals

Tracks

1. Skipton Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (2.07)
2. Daniel Wright’s Hornpipe / The Pearl Wedding / The Old Grey Cat (4.45)
3. Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (6.20)
4. Where Do I Fit In? (3.00)
5. Throw the Wood, Laddie (Roud 8641) / The Catching of Fleas / Buxton Races (5.52)
6. Roads to Ruin (4.10)
7. The Musical Priest / The Green Fields of America (Roud 2290) (3.16)
8. Farewell My Dearest Dear (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (5.45)
9. The Trip to the Toilet / The Random Jig / Fair Jenny (3.58)
10. The Ship in Distress (Roud 807) (4.32)
11. Blow the Winds I-O (Roud 1778; G/D 6:1102) (5.30)
12. Almost Satisfied (3.14)
13. Colm O’Donnell’s / The Humours of Lissadel / The Hunter’s Purse (3.30)
14. Bonnie George Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210) (4.18)
15. Roaring Mary / Cleaning Windows (5.07)
16. Swansea Town (Roud 1416) (5.48)

Track 2b Willie Taylor;
Tracks 4, 12 Gordon Tyrrall;
Tracks 6, 9a, 11bc Brian Peters;
Track 9c Peter Barnes;
Track 15b Van Morrison

Recorded by Paul Adams in 1998;
Produced by Paul Adams and Gordon Tyrrall;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photograph by Bryan Ledgard;
Illustration by Gordon Tyrrall;
Cover painting: “The Ploughed Field” by John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), courtesy of Leeds City Art Gallery

Musicians

Gordon Tyrrall: vocals, guitar, whistles, flute, cello;
Brian Peters: Anglo concertina, melodeon, vocals;
Geoff Bowen, Robin Shepherd: fiddle;
Maggie Boyle: bodhrán, vocals;
Lynda Hardcastle: vocals;
Helen Hockenhull: vocals

Tracks

1. My Early Home (2.16)
2. England’s Glory / The Dusty Miller / Morgan Rattler (3.58)
3. Break of Day (1.24)
4. Song (The Rain Is Come) (4.19)
5. The Roodalum Irish / The Grinders (2.45)
6. The Poor Soldier / The Quiet Mind (4.03)
7. The Gipsey Song (3.25)
8. The Wounded Huzzar (4.07)
9. Sally Green (5.46)
10. Verses (Tho Winter Comes Dreary) (2.45)
11. The Storm (2.11)
12. Ballad (The Roseys Red) (1.43)
13. Autumn (The Thistlesdown’s Flying) Lovely Nancy / La Bel Jean / Swiss Alemand (2.31)
14. Lovely Nancy / La Bel Jean / Swiss Allemand (3.14)
15. I Am (2.26)
16. Moll I’ the Wad / Mrs Casey (2.21)
17. The Woodcutter’s Night Song (4.27)
18. Hornpipe / The Red Lyon Hornpipe (2.45)
19. Autumn (I Love the Fitful Gust) (2.08)
20. Ballad (Where Is the Heart) (4.16)

All tracks words John Clare, music Gordon Tyrrall except
Tracks 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18 trad. arr. Gordon Tyrrall

Recorded by Rob van Sante at RVS Studio, Leeds;
Produced by Rob van Sante, Brian Peters and Gordon Tyrrall;
Cover design by Brian Peters;
Original artwork by Gordon Tyrrall;
Photography by Caroline Whithead and John Hamer

Musicians

Brian Peters: lead and backing vocals, melodeo, Anglo concertina, guitar [3, 8];
Gordon Tyrrall: lead and backing vocals, guitar, flute

Tracks

1. High Barbary (Roud 134; Child 285; Laws K33; G/D 1:38) (3.23)
2. The Santa Fe Trail (Roud 5096) (4.22)
3. The Price of a Pig / Troy’s Wedding / The Sound of Sleat (3.19)
4. Long A-Growing (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (4.59)
5. Getting the Hang of It All (3.10)
6. The Moving Moon (4.42)
7. The Green Willow Tree (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (5.33)
8. Earth (3.29)
9. Iron Legs / What You Will / Manage the Miser (4.39)
10. The Crockery Ware (Roud 1490) (2.16)
11. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (4.27)
12. Trip to the Pantheon / Bell in Flag / The Surrender of Calais (3.12)
13. It’s Not Dark Yet (5.03)
14. The Kirkgate Hornpipe / Come Ashore Jolly Tar With Your Trousers On (3.50)
15. The Last Time (2.50)

All tracks trad. arr. Brian Peters, Gordon Tyrrall except
Track 3 Colin Magee;
Track 5 Gordon Tyrrall;
Track 6 Jon Stoppard;
Track 8 words Les Barker, music Brian Peters;
Track 13 Bob Dylan;
Track 15 Mick Jagger, Keith Richards