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A Lancashire Lad
A Lancashire Lad Trailer Records LER 2039 (LP, UK, 1972) |
Recorded live at
The Ring o’ Bells, Middleton;
Manchester Sports Guild;
Wood St. Social Club, Middleton;
Crumpsall Cocoa Temperance Rooms;
and Old Bluebell, Warrington;
Recorded and produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve by Humphrey Weightman;
Photography by Dick Gaughan
Musicians
Mike Harding: vocals, banjo, mandolin, guitar, tenor concertina;
Bernard Wrigley: piano, bass and tenor concertinas
Tracks
Side 1
- The German Clockwinder (Roud 241)
- The Walls of Jericho
- The Lancashire Lads (Roud 588; G/D 1:89)
- Three Ha’pence a Foot
- The Hand Weaver and the Factory Maid (Roud 17771)
- The Keyhole in the Door (Roud 2099)
Side 2
- The Number 81 Bus
- The Cock and the Ass
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- July Wakes
- The Hattersley Lament
Tracks 1, 3, 5-6, 8 trad. arr. Mike Harding;
Tracks 2, 7, 9, 11 Mike Harding;
Track 4 Marriott Edgar;
Track 10 trad. arr. Stan Ellison
> Folk Music > Records > Mike Harding: Mike Harding’s Back!
Mike Harding’s Back!
Mike Harding’s Back! Rubber Records LER 2039 (LP, UK, 1977) |
Produced by Geoff Heslop;
Recorded by Mickey Sweeney;
Recorded by Impulse Studio Mobile at Preston, Crewe, Sheffield and Swinton;
Sleeve photo by Dougie McCalman
Musicians
Mike Harding: vocals, concertina
Tracks
Side 1
- Crabs & Lobsters (Introduction)
- Medley: Why Don’t Women Like Me? / The Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away (Roud 7322) / Side By Side / Silver Threads Among the Gold (Roud 6403)
- The Extra Eye
- Lobster Song
- The Parrot
- Whitsuntide Clothes
Side 2
- When I Drink, Everybody Drinks
- Boozing, Bloody Well Boozing (Roud 30064)
- The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away
- Bide Awhile
All tracks written by Mike Harding except
Track 2a Bud Bennett / George Formby / Jack Cottrell;
Track 2b Benjamin Hapgood Burt;
Track 2c Harry MacGregor Woods;
Track 2d trad.;
Track 6 trad. arr. Mike Harding;
Track 10 T. Yates