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Helen Schneyer: Ballads, Broadsides and Hymns

Helen Schneyer: Ballads, Broadsides and Hymns (Folk-Legacy FSI-50)

Ballads, Broadsides and Hymns
Helen Schneyer (10.01.1921-16.07.2005)

Folk-Legacy Records FSI-50 (LP, USA, 1974)
Folk-Legacy Records CD-50 (CD, USA, 2002)

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Recorded by Sandy Patomn in 1974;
CD remastered by David Paton in 2002;
Liner notes by Helen Schneyer;
Cover photo by Suzanne Szasz;
Graphics by Sandy Paton

Folk-Legacy album booklet

Musicians

Helen Schneyer: vocals, chorus [10];
Riki Schneyer: chorus [1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10];
Lee Sills: lead vocals [10], chorus [1-2, 5];
Jonathan Eberhart: chorus [1, 4-5, 7-8];
Genny Haley: chorus [1, 5];
John Roberts: chorus [1, 5, 7];
Tony Barrand: chorus [1, 5, 7];
Jay Ungar: fiddle [2];
Ed Trickett: chorus [2, 4];
Andy Wallace: chorus [8];
Gordon Bok: chorus [8]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Wayworn Traveler (Palms of Victory) (Roud 3540) (4.41)
  2. The Shoofly (Roud 7720) (7.20)
  3. Avondale Mine Disaster (Roud 3250) (5.13)
  4. Miner’s Prayer (Roud 7721) (4.32)
  5. Dwelling in Beulahland (3.13)

Side 2

  1. The ‘Flying Cloud’ (Roud 1802; Laws K28; G/D 1:44) (4.35)
  2. Roll the Woodpile Down (Roud 4443) (2.13)
  3. Bully in the Alley (Roud 8287) (1.37)
  4. The ‘Nightingale’ (Roud 1093; Laws M37; G/D 1:18; Henry H75a) (4.27)
  5. I Will Guide Thee (3.36)
  6. Sheath and Knife (Roud 3960; Child 16) (8.51)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 John B. Matthias;
Track 5 Charles Austin Miles (1911)

> Folk Music > Records > Helen Bonchek Schneyer: On the Hallelujah Line

Helen Bonchek Schneyer: On the Hallelujah Line

Helen Bonchek Schneyer: On the Hallelujah Line (Folk-Legacy FSI-85)

On the Hallelujah Line
Helen Bonchek Schneyer (10.01.1921-16.07.2005)

Folk-Legacy Records FSI-85 (LP, USA, 1981)
Folk-Legacy Records CD-85 (CD, USA, 2002)

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Notes by Helen Bonchek Schneyer;
Recorded by Mike Rivers and Sandy Paton;
Photograph by Sandy Paton;
Jacket·design by Swede Plaut

Folk-Legacy album booklet

Musicians

Helen Bonchek Schneyer: vocals, piano;
Cathy Fink: banjo, vocals [1, 4-5, 7, 11-12];
Kathy Hickerson: cello, vocals [4-5, 11];
Jay Ungar: fiddle;
Jonathan Eberhart: 2nd piano [1], vocals [1-6, 8-9];
Riki Schneyer: vocals [2-3, 6, 8-10];
Joe Hickerson: vocals [4-5, 7, 11-12];
Lisa Neustadt, Sarah Newcomb, Jim McDade: vocals [4-5, 11];
John and Ginny Dildine, Sandy McDade, Stan Mattson, Dave Parker, Caroline Paton: vocals [11];

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Meeting in the Air (Roud 17315) (2.29)
  2. On the Hallelujah Line (3.26)
  3. Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight (Roud 9823) (4.31)
  4. Shout in the Camp (2.06)
  5. My Father, How Long (Roud 12048) (6.12)
  6. Shine for Jesus (3.36)

Side 2

  1. He Set Me Free (Roud 29474) (2.10)
  2. The Sweetest Words He Ever Said (2.48)
  3. Jerusalem, My Happy Home (Roud 5053) (3.02)
  4. There Is a Land (I’ll Be There) (Roud V8179) (3.05)
  5. I Know Moonlight (Roud 11939) (4.19)
  6. Fountain Filled With Blood (6.04)

Track 1 A.P. Carter;
Track 2 Rev. J.M. Hobbs, John R. Sweeney;
Track 3 Rev. R. Lowry;
Track 4 Charles Austin Miles;
Tracks 5, 11 trad.;
Track 6 Julian Alford;
Track 7 A.E. Bromley;
Track 8 Joel Hemphill;
Track 9 E.O. Excell;
Track 10 words Isaac Watts, music George F. Root, 1849;
Track 12 Joan Boyd

> Folk Music > Records > Helen Bonchek Schneyer: Somber, Sacred and Silly

Helen Bonchek Schneyer: Somber, Sacred and Silly

Helen Bonchek Schneyer: Somber, Sacred and Silly (Straight Arrow SAR 9104)

Somber, Sacred and Silly
Helen Bonchek Schneyer (10.01.1921-16.07.2005)

Straight Arrow Recordins SAR 9104 (CD, USA, 1992)

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Musicians

Helen Bonchek Schneyer: vocals, piano;
Lisa Neustadt, Dick Swain: harmony vocals;
Kathy Westra: harmony vocals, cello

Tracks

  1. Mary on the Wild Moor (Roud 155; Laws P21; G/D 6:1175) (4.54)
  2. Soon One Morning (Roud 10069) (3.52)
  3. Lonesome Robin (5.04)
  4. The Long-Lost Gold Mine (2.50)
  5. Over There (Roud 4455?) (4.54)
  6. My Flower, My Companion (Lost Love) (Roud 16555) (3.54)
  7. The Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170; G/D 3:693) (2.48)
  8. Don’t Marry a Man If He Drinks (Roud 27784)
  9. The Nurse Pinched the Baby (Roud 5337)
  10. Old and Gray and Only in the Way (Roud 6440) (2.22)
  11. Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl (Roud V6974) (3.44)
  12. He Turned the Water Into Wine (3.05)
  13. Only Remembered (Roud 7557) (3.41)
  14. This Old World (2.02)
  15. Are All Your Matches Sold Yet, Tom? (6.21)
  16. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.14)
  17. Seek and You Shall Find (Roud 15286?) (3.20)
  18. Better Home (When I Get Home) (4.09)

Track 3 Bob Coltman;
Track 6 J.H. Brown, James Power;
Track 12 Franke;
Track 13 Horatius Bonar, Ira D. Sankey

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