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Life and Times: Strawplait and Bonelace

Life and Times: Strawplait and Bonelace (Fellside FE043)

Strawplait and Bonelace
A portrait in song of the life and times of the people of the county of Bedfordshire
Life and Times

Fellside Recordings FE043 (LP, UK, 1984)

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Recorded and produced by Paul Adams;
Recorded in October 1984;
Sleeve concept by Graeme Meek

Musicians

Graeme Meek: vocals, guitar;
Barry Goodman: melodeon, vocals, drum, spoons;
Greg Lindsay: flute, piccolo, vocals, whistle

Tracks

Side 1

  1. One Man’s Morris
  2. The Markyate Highwayman
  3. Brickmaking
  4. The Scots of the Davis Gas Stove Company
  5. Straw Plait
  6. Let’s Go to The Grand

Side 2

  1. Blockers’ Seaside
  2. The Bonelace Weaver
  3. Bonelace
  4. Bedfordshire Ale
  5. Easter Song
  6. Tell Old Charlie Irons
  7. Why Axe Ye

All tracks written by Graeme Meek and arranged by Life and Times

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Life and Times: Shropshire Iron

Life and Times: Shropshire Iron (Fellside FE071)

Shropshire Iron
Songs of the Industrial Revolution in 18th Century Shropshire
Life and Times

Fellside Recordings FE071 (LP, UK, 1989)

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Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, October 1988;
Sleeve design by Graeme Meek;
Layout by Mary Blood;
Detail from “Coalbrookdale by Night” by Philip James de Louthenburg, 1801

Musicians

Graeme Meek: vocals, guitar;
Barry Goodman: melodeon, vocals;
Greg Lindsay: flute, whistle, vocals;
with
Paul Adams: drums

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Most Extraordinary District in the World
  2. Shropshire Iron
  3. Abraham Darby
  4. The Simple Life of a Quaker
  5. Success to All These Learned Men
  6. Lament for Darby
  7. Boys of Bedlam / Bedlam Jig

Side 2

  1. John Wilkinson
  2. A Furnaceman’s Life
  3. A Bridge of Iron / The Bridge of Iron
  4. Colebrook Dale
  5. The Pride of Englishmen / Contemplate Good Fortune

All tracks written by Graeme Meek exceopt
Track 1 C. Hubert;
Track 8 trad.