Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals, piano, guitars, drums, bass, keyboards, programming, percussion, orchestrations;
Randy Fontaine, Neville Fontaine, Germaine Fontaine, Frank Fontaine: backing vocals [1];
The Hareem (Ruth Angell, Naomi Bates, Debbie Chalmers, Sam Graper, Anna Picken, conducted by Iain L. Masson): strings [3, 6]

Tracks

1. Lemady (Roud 193) (3.04)
2. Poverty Knock (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (5.01)
3. As I Roved Out (5.07)
4. Fair Sally (Roud 180; Laws P9; G/D 6:1219; Henry H72) (3.57)
5. The Bonny Black Hare (Roud 1656; G/D 7:1427) (3.10)
6. Come With Me (5.00)

Tracks 1-2, 4-5 trad. arr. Jim Moray;
Tracks 3, 6 Jim Moray

Tracks 1-2 were included in 2010 on Jim Moray’s compilation CD A Beginner’s Guide.

Produced and recorded by Jim Moray;
Additional production on [5] by Simon Emmerson and Mass;
Mixed by Simon Emmerson, Mass and Jim Moray at Britannia Row, London;
Mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis

The anniversary reissue has a so-called “lenticular” cover which basically means it is blurred. Therefore I haven’t scanned the actual album cover but copied a picture from Jim Moray’s Bandcamp site.

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2004: Best album

Musicians

Tracks 1-11

Jim Moray: vocals, guitars, piano, pedal steel guitar, programming, drums, bass, everything else;
Robin Wilson: violin [1a];
Anna Picken: cello [1a];
Leo Alterelli: horn [4];
Jackie Oates: fiddles and sensitive wailing noises [5];
Ruth Angell, Debbie Chalmers, Anna Picken, Ian Power: strings [6];

Tracks 12-16

Jim Moray, guitar, piano, vocals;
Jonny Race, guitar, vocals;
Ryan Trebilcock, bass;
Laurence Hunt, drums

Tracks

Original CD

1. Early One Morning (Roud V9617) / Young Collins (4.32)
2. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (5.21)
3. Sweet England (Roud 272; G/D 4:831) (3.55)
4. Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.43)
5. April Morning (Roud 1546) (3.50)
6. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (4.37)
7. The Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (2.54)
8. The Suffolk Miracle (Roud 246; Child 272; Henry H217) (5.00)
9. Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (7.30)
10. Longing for Lucy (4.22)

10^th Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks

11. Early One Morning (Roud V9617) (2013 version) (3.55)

Live in Birmingham 2004

12. Early One Morning (Roud 1720) (3.46)
13. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (4.40)
14. Sweet England (Roud 272; G/D 4:831) (3.58)
15. Poverty Knock (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (5.01)
16. Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (7.31)

All tracks English and trad. arr. Jim Moray except
Track 6 trad. / Jim Moray;
Track 10 Jim Moray;
Track 1b arranged after the playing of Chris Wood

Produced and recorded by Jim Moray;
Mix and additional production on track 2 by Simon Emmerson and Mass;

Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals, guitars, piano, mellotron, programming, drums, bass;
Ryan Trebilcock: double bass [1];
Laurence Hunt: drums [1];
Jonny Race: additional guitar [1];
Robin Wilson, Anna Picken: strings [2];

Tracks

1. Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (4.27)
2. Early One Morning (4.32)
3. Fair and Tender Lovers (Roud 451) (4.45)

All tracks Jim Moray / trad. arr. Jim Moray

Produced and arranged by Jim Moray;
Recorded and mixed by Jim Moray at FLW; Bristol;
Additional engineering and encouragement by Grant Showbiz;
Mastered by Matt Colton at Optimum, Bristol

Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals, piano, guitars, drums, bass, keyboards, programming, percussion, orchestrations;
Rose Kemp: vocals [4]

Orchestra:
Andrew Alphabet, Nic O’Connor, Jason White, Josh Roberts, Simon Stafford, Niall Foster, Jon Bridges: strings;
Patric Fiergaard, Alexander Greville: brass;
Jackie Oates: recorders

Tracks

1. Prelude (0.54)
2. Lord Willoughby (Roud V18836) (3.53)
3. Dog and Gun (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (4.46)
4. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.52)
5. Nightvisiting (4.11)
6. Fair and Tender Lovers (Roud 451) (4.24)
7. My Sweet Rose (6.45)
8. Flow My Tears (4.15)
9. Gilderoy (Roud 1486) (4.13)
10. Who’s the Fool? (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703) (4.36)
11. Magic When You’re Near (5.11)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Moray except
Tracks 1, 7, 11 Jim Moray;
Track 8 John Dowland arr. Jim Moray

Musicians

see the above CD Jim Moray

Tracks

Side 1

1. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)

Side 2

2. This Is the Sound

All tracks Jim Moray / trad.

Recorded at home by Jim Moray;
Additional recording by Nick Cooke and James Delarre;
Chorus vocals on [4] recorded at the Bulverton campsite, Sidmouth Folk Week, and the Site Office, Towersey Folk Festival 2007

Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals, thumb piano [1], violin [1, 9], guitar [1-4, 6-7, 9-10], mandolin [2-4, 7], bass [1-2, 7], double bass [4, 6], drums [1-2, 4, 6-7], hi-hat [9], concertina [5], melodeon [4, 9], programming [5, 9], Hammond organ [7], vocal samples [8], treatments [8], found sound [10], air organ [10], mellotron brass [10];
Laurence Hunt: marimba [1], tambourine [1];
Dan Wilkins: kora [1];
Nick Cooke: melodeon [2-7, 9];
Martin Keates: hurdy-gurdy [2, 5, 9];
Dorian Sutton: double bass [2-3, 6];
Nick Wyke: violin [2, 9];
The Stringbeans Quartet: Bethany Porter: cello; Emma Hooper: viola; Sue Lord, Emily Travis: violins [3, 6];
James Delarre: violin [4, 7], viola [9];
Jackie Oates: violin [9];
Jim Cornick, Rob Williams: trumpet [4];
Dave Byett: trombone [4];
Fiona Bradshaw: English border bagpipes [5, 9];
Bubbz: MC [5];
Benjamin Brunel: tenor saxophone [8];
Roy Bailey, James Fagan, Tim van Eyken, Jim Causley, Matt Norman, Nancy Kerr, Jasper Future, James Delarre, Colin Oates: chorus [4]

Tracks

1. Leaving Australia (4.15)
2. Rufford Park Poachers (Roud 1759) (4.59)
3. Three Black Feathers (4.12)
4. All You Pretty Girls (4.12)
5. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (5.01)
6. Across the Western Ocean (Roud 8234) (3.22)
7. I’ll Go and List for a Sailor (Roud 1614) (3.04)
8. Fanny Blair (Roud 1394) (2.39)
9. Henry’s Downfall (Roud 221) (7.25)
10. Valentine (10.00)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Moray except
Track 3 Bella Hardy;
Track 4 Andy Partridge;
Track 5 additional lyrics Jim Moray / Bubbz;
Track 10 tune trad., lyrics Adrian Shaw

Musicians

see the above CD Low Culture

Tracks

1. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (clean radio edit) (4.10)
2. Inside the Wolf (4.01)

All tracks trad. / Jim Moray

Musicians

see the original CDs

Tracks

1. Early One Morning / Young Collins (Roud 1720) (4.32)
2. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (3.52)
3. Poverty Knock (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (5.01)
4. Leaving Australia (4.15)
5. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (4.37)
6. All You Pretty Girls (4.12)
7. Rufford Park Poachers (Roud 1759) (4.59)
8. Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (4.27)
9. Nightvisiting (4.11)
10. Lemady (Roud 193) (3.04)
11. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (5.19)
12. All You Pretty Girls (Video)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Moray except
Tracks 2, 5, 9 trad. / Jim Moray;
Track 8 Andy Partridge

Tracks 3, 10 are from I Am Jim Moray (NIBL002, 2001);
Tracks 1, 5, 11 are from Sweet England (NIBL003, 2003);
Track 8 is from Sprig of Thyme (NIBL004, 2004);
Tracks 2, 9 are from Jim Moray (NIBL005, 2006);
Tracks 4, 6-7 are from Low Culture (NIBL007, 2008)

Recorded at Leeders Farm, Norfolk, Opera North, Leeds, Riverside Studios, and at home September 2009-March 2010;
Recorded and mixed by Jim Moray and Andy Bell;
Produced by Jim Moray

Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals [1-10], drums [1-3, 5, 7, 9-10], bass [1-3, 5, 7-10], guitars [1-5, 7-10], piano [1-3, 5, 7, 10], synthesiser [1], mellotron [2], mandolin [3, 10], banjo [3, 10], hammond organ [3, 5], bouzouki [7], hurdy-gurdy [8], cittern [8-9];
Saul Rose: melodeon [1-2, 4, 8-9];
James DeLarre: hurdy-gurdy [1-2, 4, 8-9], violin [4, 9], guitars [8], bass [8], cittern [8];
Laurence Hunt: marimbas [1];
Hannah Peel: vocals [2];
Jackie Oates: vocals [3], viola [8];
Eliza Carthy: violin [4];
Clive Deamer: drums [4, 8];
Charlie Jones: bass [4];
Eddie Argos: vocals [5];
Nick Cooke: melodeon [8];
The Musicians of Opera North [4, 6-7]:
    David Greed, Peter Maslin: first violins,
    Katherine New, Maria Vericonte: second violins,
    Vivienne Campbell, Anne Trygstad: viola,
    Andy Fairley, Zoe Long: cello,
    Bob Ashworth: French horn,
    Michael Woodhead: trumpet,
    Robert Burtenshaw: trombone

Tracks

1. Bristol Harbour (6.16)
2. Jenny of the Moor (Roud 581; Laws N34; G/D 5:1050; Henry H107) (5.00)
3. Hard (4.07)
4. William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (5.22)
5. Spencer the Writer (3.29)
6. Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.41)
7. Silver Dagger (Roud 711; Laws G21) (3.45)
8. Cold Stone (3.57)
9. Long Lankin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (5.15)
10. Home Upon the Hill (3.50)

Tracks 1, 3, 8, 10 Jim Moray;
Tracks 2, 4, 6-7 trad. arr. Jim Moray;
Track 5 Jim Moray / Eddie Argos / trad.;
Track 9 words trad., tune Jim Moray

Recorded and produced by Jim Moray;
Additional recording by TJ Allen at J&J Studios, Bristol;
Photography by David Angel;
Sorrel the Fox trained by Emma Hills and supplied by A-Z Animals, Surrey

Musicians

Jim Moray: acoustic and electric guitars, piano, bass, drums, organ, keyboards, banjo, concertina, melodeon;
Daisy Palmer: drums [3, 9];
Tim Harries: double bass [1, 8-9], electric bass [3];
Nick Wyke: violin, viola [6];
Matt Downer: double bass [4];
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion [4];
B.J. Cole: pedal steel guitar [4];
Jake McMurchie: saxophone [1, 8, 10];
Pete Judge: trumpet [9-10];
Will Pound: harmonica [7];
Jackie Oates: backing vocals [2-4, 10], violin [2];
Neil Woolley, Phil Bassindale: chorus vocals [10];

Tracks

1. The Captain’s Apprentice (Roud 835) (3.42)
2. The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (4.55)
3. If It’s True (2.54)
4. Lord Douglas (Roud 23; Child 7; G/D 2:220) (7.16)
5. Horkstow Grange (Roud 1760) (2.54)
6. Hind Etin (Roud 33; Child 41; G/D 2:331) (4.22)
7. Big Love (3.06)
8. The Eighteenth of June (Roud 2539) (3.55)
9. Courting is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (5.32)
10. Seven Long Years (Roud 22567) (4.52)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Moray except
Track 3 Anaïs Mitchell;
Tracks 4,6 words trad. / Jim Moray, tune Jim Moray;
Track 7 Lindsey Buckingham

Produced by Jim Moray;
Recorded at FLW and Joe’s Garage, Bristol, and Real World, Box;
Mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering;
Drums recorded by Joe Garcia (Joe’s Garage) and Patrick Philips (Real World);
Photography by David Angel

Musicians

Jim Moray: acoustic and electric guitars, piano, electric bass, drums, vibraphone, ukulele, banjo, lute, organ, vocals;
Matt Downer: double bass;
Dave Smith: drums;
Paul James: English bagpipes;
Jo Silverston, Juliet McCarthy: cellos;
Anna Jenkins: violin, viola;
Roger Huckle: violin;
Tom Moore: viola;
Nick Malcolm: trumpet;
David Paget: B^♭ and bass clarinet;
Imogen Triner: oboe;
Liam Byrne: viola da gamba, lirone;
Jess Morgan: harmony vocals;
Maria Inês Santos: Portuguese translation and voice;
Chris Hillman: pedal steel guitar;
Sean Genockey: slide guitar;
Laurence Hunt: shekere, caxixi and handclaps

Tracks

1. Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Roud 253; Child 74; G/D 2:337) (5.27)
2. William of Barbary (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221) (3.52)
3. Another Man’s Wedding (Roud 567; Laws P31; G/D 6:1199; Henry H60ab) (6.06)
4. Edward of the Lowlands (Roud 182; Laws M34; G/D 2:189; Henry H113) (5.12)
5. Eppie Moray (Roud 2583; Child 223) (4.18)
6. The Straight Line and the Curve (4.24)
7. Sounds of Earth (6.43)
8. The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495) (3.19)
9. The Flying Cloud (Roud 1802; Laws K28; G/D 1:44) (6.52)
10. Lord Franklin (Roud 487; Laws K9; G/D 1:16; Henry H815) (3.05)

Bonus track

11. The Americans Have Stolen My True Love Away (Roud 587) (2.54)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Moray except
Track 1 words trad., tune Jim Moray;
Tracks 6-7 Jim Moray

Produced by Jim Moray;
Recorded by Jim Moray and Joe Garcia at Joe’s Garage and J&J studios, Bristol; Parr Street Studios, Liverpool; and Urchin Studios, London;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Photography by Elly Lucas

Folk Radio UK review by Thomas Blake

Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals, guitars, concertina, piano, minimoog;
Sam Sweeney: violin;
Josienne Clarke: harmony vocals [4];
Matt Downer: double bass;
Tom Moore: violin, viola;
Nick Hart: concertina, melodeon;
Jack Rutter: acoustic guitar, chorus vocals;
Suzi Gage: chorus vocals;
Rory Scamell: hurdy-gurdy

Tracks

1. Lord Ellenwater (Roud 89; Child 208) (4.21)
2. Bold Lovell (Roud 534; Laws L13B) (3.35)
3. When This Old Hat Was New (Roud 1693; G/D 3:540) (4.48)
4. Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (6.19)
5. The Bramble Briar (Roud 18; Laws M32) (6.03)
6. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (4.09)
7. The Isle of St Helena (Roud 349) (5.39)
8. Australia (Roud 1488) (2.39)
9. Jack Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40) (3.53)
10. The Leaving of Liverpool (Roud 9435) (5.17)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Moray

Video

Jim Moray performs Australia:

Produced by Jim Moray;
Recorded by Paul Pritchard at Abbey Road, London, and by Jim Moray at FLW, Liverpool;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Studio photograph by Jon Wilks

Tradfolk review by Gavin McNamara
At the Barrier album review by Mike Ainscoe

Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals [1-6, 8-12], acoustic guitar [3-12], electric guitar [2, 4-5, 8, 10-12], lap steel guitar [2, 9], banjo [3], bouzouki [3], bass [2, 7], double bass [3-6, 8-12], Prophet V synthesiser [2], piano [2], drones [12], Ride cymbal [4, 12], percussion [7-8], drum machine [10], samples [1]

with
Angeline Morrison: harmony vocals [6];
Jon Boden: fiddle [5, 7];
BJ Cole: pedal steel guitar [6];
Murat Savaş: ney and duduk [12];
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne: concertina [5, 7];
Archie Churchill-Moss: diatonic accordion [3-4, 6, 8, 11];
Tom Moore: violin [10], viola [3, 10];
Jamie Francis: five-string banjo [8];
Jude Rees: bagpipes [7];
Cormac Byrne: percussion [3]

Tracks

1. Lemady (Roud 193) (2.47)
2. Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Roud 253; Child 74; G/D 2:337) (5.34)
3. Tyne of Harrow (Roud 1553) (5.03)
4. Dog and Gun (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (3.56)
5. Hind Etin (Roud 33; Child 41; G/D 2:331) (4.14)
6. Lord Douglas (Roud 23; Child 7; G/D 2:220) (7.02)
7. The Vandals of Hammerwich / Ring of Bells (2.53)
8. Jim Jones in Botany Bay (Roud 5478) (3.36)
9. Sounds of Earth (6.18)
10. Lord Ellenwater (Roud 89; Child 208) (4.18)
11. Long Lankin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (5.06)
12. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (7.24)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Moray except
Tracks 5-6, 11 words trad., Jim Moray, tune Jim Moray;
Track 9 Jim Moray

Produced and mixed by Jim Moray;
Mastered by Stephen Kerrison

Tradfolk.co premiere of Spencer the Rover by Rachel Wilkinson

Musicians

Jim Moray: vocals, acoustic, electric and lap steel guitars, double bass, Rhodes and keyboards;
Steve Pretty: cornet, flugelhorn, tenor horn;
Barnaby Philpott: trombone;
Matt Stockham-Brown: drums

Tracks

1. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (6.18)

Track 1 trad.

Video

Jim Moray sings Spencer the Rover in this video made by him and Frankie Archer: