Recorded and produced by Brian Horsfall

Musicians

Johnny Collins: vocals, harmony vocals, guitar;
The Cutlers (Ken Atkinson, Tony Irvine, Pete Garratt): vocal accompaniments;
Helen Wainwright (now Hockenhull): harmonium;
Roger Watson: melodeon, concertina;
John Tams: fiddle;
Bod Siddall: guitar, banjo, mandolin

Tracks

Side 1

1. Harvest Song (Roud 310) (1.41)
2. As Our Ship Was Sailing (Roud 492; Laws N4; G/D 1:180) (2.02)
3. The Cockerham Devil (2.45)
4. Unto My Love (2.54)
5. Jim the Carter Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171) (2.54)
6. Barley Rakings (Roud 1024; G/D 6:1154) (1.59)
7. According to the Act (Roud 8341) (2.31)
8. Bootblack’s Lament (2.31)

Side 2

9. The Bristol Mail (1.51)
10. Mars for Evermore (1.22)
11. The Blantyre Explosion (Roud 1014; Laws Q35) (2.10)
12. The Groggy Old Tailor (Roud 311; G/D 7:1463) (2.37)
13. The Oxplough Song (Roud 686) (3.14)
14. Willie’s Lyke Wake (Roud 30; Child 25; G/D 4:843) (4.49)
15. Cold Blow and a Rainy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (1.57)
16. Farewell Shanty (2.07)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Roger and Prow Edwards;
Track 4 Roger Watson;
Track 8 Dave Cutler;
Track 9 Keith Marsden;
Track 10 trad. adapt. and arr. A.L. Lloyd;
Track 14 trad. adapt. and anglicised by Roy Harris

Recorded and produced by Brian Horsfall

Musicians

Johnny Collins: vocals, guitar;
Bod Siddall: banjo, guitar, electric bass;
Roger Burridge: fiddle, mandolin;
Roger Watson: English concertina, melodeon, vocals;
Helen Watson (now Hockenhull): harmonium, vocals;
Ron Angel: tin whistle, vocals;
Stewart ‘Mac’ McFarlane: bodhrán;
Keith Lightowler: harmonica [14]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Peter’s Private Army (2.39)
2. Oxford & ’Ampton Railway (2.53)
3. The Gipsy Fiddler (3.52)
4. The Jovial Hunter (Roud 29; Child 18) (2.10)
5. The Shepherd’s Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110; G/D 7:1465) (2.59)
6. The Good Wood (2.52)
7. Bonny Hawthorn (Roud 9268; TYG 9) (2.22)
8. The Wind Witch (3.30)

Side 2

9. Jolly Waggoner (Roud 1088) (2.20)
10. Logs to Burn (RoudBS B198717) (2.44)
11. Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (3.06)
12. The Goblin’s Riddle (3.02)
13. Flowers of the Town (1.48)
14. D-Day Dodgers (Roud 10499) (3.18)
15. This Lousy War (2.55)
16. Harvest Home (3.12)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Martin Graebe;
Tracks 3, 6 Fred Rooke;
Track 4 trad. / Roy Harris;
Tracks 8, 12 Bernie Parry;
Track 10 trad. / Johnny Collins / Ian Graham;
Track 13 anon. / Roy Harris;
Track 14 Hamish Henderson;
Track 15 anon.;
Track 16 Henry Purcell / Roger Watson

Produced by Joe Stead;
Recorded by Alan Green at Mid Wales Sound Studios, Castle Caereinion, November 1978;
Mastered by Tony Bridge at Pye Studios, London;
Front cover drawing by Stan Hugill;
Back cover photograph by Dave Stockley

Musicians

Jim Mageean: vocals;
with
Peter Wood: concertina;
Phil Beer: fiddle;
Johnny Collins, Alan Fitzsimmons, Danny McLeod, Mick Pearce, Derek Schofield: chorus vocals

Tracks

Side 1: Of Ships…

1. The ‘Malarkey’
2. The ‘Gay Head’ (Roud 2008)
3. The ‘Royal Oak’ (Roud 951; G/D 1:40)
4. The ‘Albertina’
5. The ‘Amazon’
6. The ‘Ebenezer’ (Roud 8237)

Side 2: …and Men

7. Old Billy Riley (Roud 4701)
8. Andrew Rose (Roud 623; G/D 1:6)
9. John Smith A.B.
10. Ben Backstay (Roud 21256)
11. Whaling Johnny
12. Yer Old Shipmate (Roud V23285?)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Mageann except
Track 5 trad. arr. Moulden;
Track 8 trad. arr. Neil Colquhoun;
Track 10 trad. arr. Stan Hugill

Produced by Roger Holt and Jim Mageean;
Recorded by Allan Morrow;
Sleeve notes by Stan Hugill;
Front cover illustration by Blanche Goulden;
Photography by Roger Holt;

Musicians

Jim Mageean: lead vocals;
Johnny Collins, Alan Fitzsimmons, Kevin Lindley, Danny McLeod, Derek Schofield: chorus vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. I’m Bound Away (Roud 11254)
2. Mobile Bay (Roud 4696)
3. Yeller Gals (Roud 3221)
4. Essequibo River
5. Roll the Cotton Down (Roud 2627; G/D 1:3)
6. Cheer’ly Man (Roud 395)
7. Captain Nipper (Roud 10466)
8. Ja Ja Ja (Roud 8236)

Side 2

9. Hurrah Sing Fare Ye Well (Roud 320)
10. Come Roll Me Over (Roud 8294)
11. Roll the Woodpile Down (Roud 4443)
12. Ranzo Ray (Roud 2626)
13. The Capstan Bar (Roud 10445)
14. Serafina
15. One More Day (Roud 704)
16. Rolling Home (Roud 4766)

Recorded at Leader Sound, Halifax, November 1979;
Engineered by John Gill;
Produced by Joe Stead;
Mastered at Pye Studios, London, by Tony Bridge;
Cover photography: J. Barry Richardson

Musicians

Jim Mageean: vocals;
Johnny Collins: vocals, concertina;
with
Keith Pollard: vocals, dulcimer;
Geoff Anderson: vocals, guitar;
Anni Mageean, Nic Jones, Joe Stead, Alan Fitzsimmons: chorus vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Shanties: Randy Dandy (Roud 4702) / Rosabella (Roud 13252) (5.05)
2. Ye Mariners All (Roud 1191) (2.00)
3. London River (4.00)
4. Lavender Blue (Roud 3483) (3.10)
5. So Far From Home (1.40)
6. The Last Shanty (2.30)
7. All the Good Times (Roud 7421) (2.40)

Side 2

8. Shanties: Round the Corner (Roud 4697) / Old Moke (4.30)
9. Napoleon Bonaparte (Roud 1626) (2.50)
10. Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) (2.00)
11. Drinking Song (2.40)
12. Miner’s Lifeguard (Roud 3510) (2.55)
13. New Railroad (Roud 17886) (3.35)
14. Down Where the Drunkards Roll (2.15)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Rod Shearman;
Track 5 Tim Brooks;
Track 6 Tom Lewis;
Track 11 David Dodds;
Track 14 Richard Thompson

Recorded at The Herga Folk Club on Monday 8 February 1982;
Engineered by John Hassell;
Produced by Joe Stead;
Mastered at Pye Studios, London, by Tony Bridge;
Edited by Felicity Hassell and Joe Stead;
Photography by J. Barry Richardson;
Sleeve design by Chris Groom

Musicians

Jim Mageean: vocals;
Johnny Collins: vocals, concertina

Tracks

Side 1

1. Poor Old Man (Roud 3724) / Pay Me the Money Down (Roud 22263)
2. Admiral Benbow (Roud 3141)
3. Marching Inland
4. Sail Away
5. Northwest Passage
6. Marching

Side 2

7. While We Are Together
8. Silver in the Stubble
9. Diesel and Shale
10. The Big Fella
11. The Magpie
12. The Salpetre Shanty / Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) / Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b)

Tracks 1-2, 7, 12 trad. arr. Jim Mageean, Johnny Collins;
Track 3 Tom Lewis;
Tracks 4, 10 Rod Shearman;
Track 5 Stan Rogers;
Track 6 Alan Bell;
Track 8 Sydney Carter;
Track 9 Cyril Tawney;
Track 11 David Dodds

Recorded and produced by Brian Horsfall;
Sleeve design by Brian Horsfall;
Photography by Ken Hawoeth

Musicians

Johnny Collins: vocals, guitar;
Jim & Anni Mageean: vocals;
Regalia (Tom & Barbara Brown, Charley Yarwood), Pegleg Ferret (Geoff Anderson, Keith Pollard): vocals
with
Bob Sidall: mandolin, guitar

Tracks

Side 1

1. All Among the Barley (Roud 1283) (2.37)
2. Nelson’s Victory at Copenhagen (Roud V32698) (2.14)
3. Down in the Mine (2.28)
4. Sporting Dogs (1.41)
5. The Penny Wager (Roud 393) (2.15)
6. Thomas Hanley (2.01)
7. The Devil in York (TYG 110) (2.47)
8. Green Grows the Laurel (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab) (4.00)
9. Strike the Bell Landlord (3.42)

Side 2

10. I Can Hew (2.36)
11. The Leaf (Roud 848) (2.49)
12. Sheffield Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71) (2.56)
13. The Mare and the Foal (Roud 1477) (3.07)
14. Wind and the Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (3.14)
15. Old Brown’s Daughter (Roud 1426) (2.53)
16. Farewell to the Fields (2.52)
17. Free & Easy (Roud 1084) (2.10)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Colin Wilkie;
Tracks 4, 10 David Dodds;
Track 6 Roger Watson;
Track 7 Tim Brooks;
Track 9 Ron Shuttleworth;
Track 16 Bill Meek, John Connelly

Since 1973, every year in October, a week long festival for traditional Dutch sailing barges takes place in Workum, Friesland. The organiser Reid from Workum is trying to show that it is still possible for commercial vessels to use sails.

There are three main events during the week: the revival of a scheduled barge navigation between Workum and Amsterdam, fishing in the traditional way, and the ‘Strontrace’: This is a race lasting for several days, from Workum in Friesland to Warmond in South Holland and back again, and is based on the old voyages of Friesian sailors carrying ‘strong’ (cow dung) to the bulb fields in Holland. Nowadays bags of dried stront are used but in the old days it was loaded wet directly into the holds of the ships—a dangerous cargo because in sunny weather, wet strong rises like baking bread! Sailing barges of various types take place in the race, mostly skutsjes but also some klippers and tjalken.

On the eve of the race ‘Liereleit’ is organised—an event where Friesian folk musicians sing old and new songs of the sea. Since the start of this event in 1979, Jim Mageean and Johnny Collins have been invited every year, as special guests, to sing for the crews of the ships. This album is a live recording of one of these evenings.

Recorded by Bert Dopstra;
Photography on front cover: ‘Zeilvloot Stavoren’;
Sleeve notes by Jim Mageean (English) and Nanne Kalma (Friesian);
Sleeve design by Chris Groom

Musicians

Jim Mageean, Anni Mageean, Johnny Collins: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Randy Dandy (Roud 4702) capstan shanty (4.08)
2. Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624) halyard shanty (3.12)
3. Ranzo Ray (Roud 2626) halyard shanty (2.36)
4. Poor Old Man (Roud 3724) halyard shanty (3.08)
5. Roll the Old Chariot (Roud 3632) stamp ’n’ go shanty (4.34)
6. Serafina halyard shanty (3.22)

Side 2

7. Billy Boy (Roud 326) capstan shanty (3.00)
8. Roll the Cotton Down (Roud 2627; G/D 1:3) capstan shanty (4.10)
9. Chicken on a Raft modern sea song (3.36)
10. Ja, Ja, Ja (Roud 8236) pump shanty (2.26)
11. Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b) pump shanty /
    Rolling Home (Roud 4766) forebitter /
    The Farewell Song fishing song (10.10)

All tracks trad. arr. Jim Mageean, Johnny Collins except
Track 7 trad. arr. Anni Mageean;
Track 9 Cyril Tawney

Produced by Dave Webber;
Recorded by Martin Atkinson at M.A.R.S Chesham

Musicians

Johnny Collins: vocals, guitar;
Dave Thomas: violin, mandolin;
Mick Pearce: guitar;
Malc Gurnham: electric bass;
Mike Ruff: accordion;
Tom and Barbara Brown, Anni Fentiman, Dave Webber, Pete Watkinson, Cathie and Charlie Yarwood: harmony vocals

Tracks

1. When All Men Sing (5.08)
2. Diggery Venn the Raddle Man (2.56)
3. Cleveland Steel (The Steelmen) (2.55)
4. What Will Become of England? (Roud 1779) (3.37)
5. Knocking at the Door (5.56)
6. Go to Work on Monday (4.09)
7. The Key Above the Door (2.28)
8. Down the Road (2.27)
9. Tenting Tonight (3.18)
10. Watch and Chain (4.05)
11. Normandy Orchards (4.05)
12. The Touch of the Master’s Hand (4.01)
13. English Ale (3.23)
14. The Blacksmith’s Sons (2.58)
15. We Sing Hallelujah (2.17)
16. The Minstrel’s Song (5.12)

Track 1 Keith Scowcroft, Derek Gifford;
Track 2 Trevor Crozier, Pete Nalder;
Track 3 Ron Angel;
Track 4 trad. arr. Tom Brown;
Tracks 5, 11 Keith Marsden;
Track 6 Si Kahn;
Tracks 7, 16 Alan Bell;
Track 8 Bill Staines;
Track 9 Walter Kittredge;
Track 10 Dave Webber (1984);
Track 12 Myra Brook Welch, Sally Rogers (1979);
Track 13 Harvey Andrews;
Track 14 Jack Henderson (1986);
Track 15 Richard Thompson

Recorded live at the International Shanty Festival Workum 1992, 1993 and 1995

Musicians

Jim Mageean, Johnny Collins: vocals

Tracks

1. Rio Grande (Roud 317) (3.14)
2. Bold Riley (Roud 18160) (2.11)
3. General Taylor (Roud 216) (3.01)
4. Bully in the Alley (Roud 8287)y (2.58)
5. Hanging Johnny (Roud 2625) (2.44)
6. Johnson Girls (1.58)
7. Shawnee Town (2.44)
8. John Cherokee (Roud 4693) (2.23)
9. Roll Down (3.27)
10. Rolling Up, Rolling Down (3.31)
11. Herzogin Cecilie (2.39)
12. Clear the Track (Roud 810) (2.23)
13. Paddy Lay Back (Roud 653) (4.35)
14. Shantyman (4.51)
15. John Dead (3.12)
16. Haul Boys Haul (3.52)
17. Blackbird Get Up (2.20)
18. Julianna (Roud 2621) (2.04)
19. Whaling Johnny (1.50)
20. Stormalong (Roud 216) (3.04)
21. Rosianna (Roud 12380) (4.13)

All tracks trad. except
Track 9 Peter Bellamy;
Track 10 Jack Forbes;
Track 11 Ken Stephens;
Track 14 Bob Watson

Produced by Bob Barratt

Musicians

Johnny Collins, Dave Webber, Pete Watkinson: vocals

Tracks

1. Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624) halyard shanty (2.28)
2. Haul Boys Haul (Roud 1788) sea song (3.08)
3. Blood Red Roses (Roud 931) halyard shanty (1.58)
4. South Australia (Roud 325) pump shanty (2.21)
5. Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b) pump shanty (5.08)
6. Randy Dandy-O! (Roud 4702) capstan shanty (4.06)
7. Fire Marengo hauling shanty (1.47)
8. Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) halyard shanty (1.44)
9. Eliza Lee (The Bulgine Run) (Roud 810) capstan shanty (2.28)
10. Goodbye Fare Thee Well (Roud 927; G/D 1:5; Henry H53a) hauling shanty (2.12)
11. Maui (Roud 2005) sea song (5.06)
12. Old Billy Riley (Roud 4701) halyard shanty (1.39)
13. Bold Reilly-O halyard shanty (3.27)
14. Down the Bay to Juliana hauling shanty (1.35)
15. The Wild Goose (Roud 328) halyard shanty (2.04)
16. Hard on the Beach Oar riverboat song (2.33)
17. Roll the Wood Pile Down (Roud 4443) capstan shanty (2.46)
18. The Dogger Bank (Roud 18836) sea song (2.01)
19. Sailor’s Prayer sea song (3.48)
20. Farewell Shanty sea song (2.19)

All tracks trad. except
Track 16 Dillon Bustin;
Track 19 Tom Lewis

This is a compilation of songs from Johnny Collins’ three albums on the Traditional Sound Recordings label.

Recorded and produced by Brian Horsfall;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Johnny Collins: vocals, harmony vocals, guitar;
(see the original album for additional artists)

Tracks

1. All Among the Barley (Roud 1283) (2.37)
2. Unto My Love (2.54)
3. The Cockerham Devil (2.45)
4. The Devil in York (TYG 110) (2.47)
5. Down in the Mine (2.28)
6. The Penny Wager (Roud 393) (2.15)
7. Flowers of the Town (1.48)
8. Green Grows the Laurel (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab) (4.00)
9. The Gipsy Fiddler (3.52)
10. I Can Hew (2.36)
11. Jim the Carter Lad (Roud 1080; G/D 3:457; Henry H171) (2.54)
12. The Jovial Hunter (Roud 29; Child 18) (2.10)
13. Cold Blow and a Rainy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (1.57)
14. Logs to Burn (RoudBS B198717) (2.44)
15. The Mare and the Foal (Roud 1477) (3.07)
16. Mars for Evermore (1.22)
17. Nelson’s Victory at Copenhagen (2.14)
18. Old Brown’s Daughter (Roud 1426) (2.53)
19. Oxford & ’Ampton Railway (2.53)
20. The Oxplough Song (Roud 686) (3.14)
21. The Shepherd’s Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110; G/D 7:1465) (2.59)
22. Bonny Hawthorn (Roud 9268; TYG 9) (2.22)
23. Thomas Hanley (2.01)
24. Free & Easy (Roud 1084) (2.10)
25. Farewell Shanty (2.07)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2, 23 Roger Watson;
Track 3 Roger and Prow Edwards;
Track 4 Tim Brooks;
Track 5 Colin Wilkie;
Track 9 Fred Rooke;
Track 10 David Dodds;
Track 16 trad. adapt. and arr. A.L. Lloyd

Tracks 2-3, 11, 13, 16, 20, 25 are from The Traveller’s Rest;
Tracks 7, 9, 12, 14, 19, 21-22 are from Johnny’s Private Army;
Tracks 1, 4-6, 8, 10, 15, 17-18, 23-24 are from Free & Easy

Produced by Dave Webber and Old and New Tradition;
Racorded and mastered by Martin Atkinson at M.A.R.S, Bellingdon, Buckinghamshire;
Sleeve design by Joyce and Danny MacLeod;
Artwork by Joyce MacLeod od Old and New Tradition

Living Tradition review by David Kidman

Musicians

Johnny Collins: lead vocals, guitar;
Dave Thomas: violin, viola;
Bob Walser: banjo, concertina;
Malc Gurnham: electric bass;
Dave Webber: piano, chorus;
Dave Webber, Anni Fentiman, Pete Watkinson, Graeme Knights, Joyce Squires: chorus;
Liereliet (Addie Birkhoff, Gjalt Bosma, Nanne Kalma, Stephan Kraan, Ankie van der Meer, Egbert Menger, Gerard Nijborg, Charles van der Wal): chorus [5]

Tracks

1. Boys of Killybegs (3.39)
2. The Centurion (5.35)
3. Crossing the Water (2.41)
4. No More Fish (2.48)
5. She Stands on the Quay (3.33)
6. Too Far From She (4.12)
7. I’m Going Home to Georgia (3.00)
8. Jutland (4.43)
9. Martin Luther King (3.06)
10. Misty Mourne Shore (3.24)
11. The North Wall (4.34)
12. Parting Song (3.19)
13. Prince of Peace (3.28)
14. River Days (3.29)
15. Smuggler’s Song (Roud 25475; Henry H494) (4.03)
16. Sailor Town (3.48)

Track 1 Tommy Makem;
Track 2 Harvey Andrews;
Track 3 Bill Staines;
Track 4 Shelley Posen;
Track 5 Nanne Kalma, Joyce Squires;
Track 6 Ian Bruce;
Track 7 Lisa Null;
Track 8 Les Sullivan;
Track 9 Mike O’Connor;
Track 10 Tommy Sands;
Track 11 Dave Evardson;
Track 12 Dave Webber;
Track 13 Mick Ryan;
Track 14 Barry Temple;
Track 15 Ruyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy;
Track 16 Cicely Fox Smith, Dick Miles