Recorded and produced by Bill Leader;
Print on front of sleeve by courtesy of Derby Borough Library;
Album designed by Janet Kerr

Musicians

John Tams: Anglo concertina, bouzouki, 5-string and tenor banjo, 2^nd fiddle, whistle;
Roger Watson: vocals, English concertina, melodeon, percussion;
Helen Watson: vocals, harmonium, piano, whistle, bouzouki

with
Philip Langham: fiddle, tenor banjo, percussion;
Graham Cooper: guitar, spoons

Tracks

Side 1

1. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) / Winster Processional Theme (3.18)
2. The Cruise of the Sun Glory (5.10)
3. Cathy Shore (2.55)
4. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60) (4.53)
5. Watercress-O (3.44)
6. Mrs Merry’s Ball / Polka: Winster Gallop (3.13)

Side 2

7. Cow i’ th’ Gate (3.36)
8. The Squire of Tamworth (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (5.02)
9. Fifty Years Ago (2.39)
10. Gilliver (3.46)
11. The Bone Lace Weaver / The Mallard (3.06)
12. Dumper / Pulling-Down Song (3.23)

Tracks 1, 4, 7-8 trad.;
Track 2 Gerald Short;
Tracks 3, 5 Roger Watson;
Track 6 Albert Fradley;
Track 9 Elizabeth Goodall;
Track 10 Roger Watson, Colin Cater;
Track 11 Leonard Wheatcroft, Roy Harris;
Track 12 John Tams

Recorded and produced by Bill Leader;
Album designed by Janet Kerr

Musicians

John Adams: vocals, fiddle [2, 4, 6, 8-11, 13, 17], banjo [2, 8], trombone [18];
Suzie Adams: vocals, drum [2, 10-11], whistle [17];
Helen Watson: vocals, harmonium [2, 4, 6, 8-10, 13, 17], whistle [8, 10-11], piano [18];
Roger Watson: vocals, concertina [2, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15], drum [4, 17], melodeon [10]

with
Bill Leader: triangle [8];
Sonia Jackson: cello [9];
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer [13];
Pete Coe: Appalachian dulcimer [17]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Muckram Wakes (0.31)
2. The Duchess of Hamilton’s Rant (1.11)
3. Bitter Withy (Roud 452) (2.28)
4. William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (4.35)
5. T’owd Brahn ’en (2.11)
6. Black Boy Polka (0.56)
7. The Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (3.15)
8. Black Boy Jig (1.08)
9. The Farmer’s Arms (Roud 1603) (4.51)
10. Winster Wakes (1.51)

Side 2

11. The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (3.46)
12. Twenty Pins (Roud 1144) (0.36)
13. Cromford Mills (2.33)
14. Stockinger (1.14)
15. The Meynell Pack (4.38)
16. Peg of Derby (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (2.09)
17. Hugh Stenson the Deserter (4.30)
18. Owd Joe Biggin (3.44)

All tracks trad. arr. John Adams, Roger Watson except
Track 1 Roger Watson, John Tams;
Track 5 Gerald Short;
Track 7 trad. coll. George Fradley;
Track 9 Eric Winter;
Track 11 trad. coll. W. Hallam;
Tracks 12, 14 anon., tune Roy Harris;
Track 13 trad. coll. Roy Harris;
Track 15 Frederick Cotton (1886);
Track 18 Frank Sutton

Recorded by John Gill at Riverside Studios, March 1978;
Produced by Tony Engle, John Adams and Peter Coe;
Photograph by Tony Fisher;
Sleeve design by John Crane

Musicians

Pete Coe: melodeon;
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer, duet concertina;
John Adams: trombone, fiddle, 2^nd melodeon, tenor banjo, snare drum, harmonium [9];
Suzie Adams: banjo (plectrum G);
Roger Watson: tuba, banjo, mouth organ;
Helen Watson: keyboards, whistles;
Ian Wordsworth: percussion;
Linda Wordsworth: tap dance (and chorus girl)

Tracks

Side 1

1. Harper’s Frolick / Bonny Kate polkas (2.30)
2. The Mountain Belle schottische (2.29)
3. You Can’t Take That on the Train (4.04)
4. Charles Lynch’s / Cajun Waltz / The Banks of the Dee waltzes (3.20)
5. Pretty Little Girl from Nowhere (3.34)
6. Nellie’s First Rag rag (2.03)

Side 2

7. Robbie Hobkirk’s / Father’s polkas (2.58)
8. Mrs Grace Bowie / The Hogmanay jigs (2.16)
9. Mamie May (3.04)
10. (I’m Gonna Get My) Moustache (Blacked As Soon As I Get There) / Corn Riggs polkas (2.28)
11. One More Dance and Then … march country dance (2.32)
12. Long, Long Trail (Roud 23525) (5.15)

CD bonus tracks: Live at Hoeillart, Belgium, July 1980

13. The Busby polka (4.27)
14. Looking for a Partner jig (4.04)
15. It Ain’t All Honey & It Ain’t All Jam (3.19)
16. Speed the Plough / Rochdale Coconut Dance / Britannia (Bacup) Coconut Dance polkas (4.42)
17. Ragged But Right (3.46)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Charles Kinkel;
Track 3 Roger Watson;
Track 5 E.W. Rogers, John Neat;
Track 6 Helen Watson;
Track 7a Robbie Hobkirk;
Track 8b Andrew Rankine;
Track 9 Hermann E. Darewski, Lester Barrat;
Track 12 Stoddart King, Alonzo Elliott;
Track 13 Cordon;
Track 14 James Braidwood;
Track 15 Murray, Everard;
Track 17 George Jones

Recorded and produced at Leader Sound by John Gill;
Executive producer: John Zollman;
Sleeve photo by Ian Anderson of Taunton;
Sleeve design by John Crane

Musicians

Roger Watson: vocals, tuba, euphonium, English concertina, melodeon, harmonica;
Helen Watson: vocals, harmonium, whistle, clarinet, piano;
Suzie Adams: vocals, banjo, tenor banjo, harmonium, triangle, drum;
John Adams: vocals, fiddle, trombone, harmonium, polymoog synthesiser

Tracks

Side 1

1. Little Red House in Cardiff / First of August (3.07)
2. Miner’s Prayer (Roud 7721) (3.10)
3. Mary Anne (Roud 5391) (2.48)
4. Palms of Victory (Roud 3540) (5.02)
5. L’Etoile (2.33)
6. Bannero (Reynardine) (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.02)

Side 2

7. Malthouse / Gammel Boon (3.36)
8. The Poor Old Weaver’s Daughter (Roud 1277; TYG 48) (3.15)
9. Song of the Pit (3.05)
10. Sheffield Park (Roud 860) (2.23)
11. I Would That the Wars Were All Over (Roud 2036) (2.52)
12. Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer (Roud 32497) (4.26)

All tracks trad. arr. Adams, Watson except
Track 3 Fred W. Leigh, George Bastow;
Track 5 Chas D. Rentgen;
Track 7a Roger Watson;
Track 9 Jack Cotterell, A. Watson;
Track 12 Jimmy McHugh, Frank Adamson, arr. Frederick Day

Recorded at Abbeydale Studios, Wembley by George Roberts;
Produced by Roger Holt;
Photography Roger Holt.

Musicians

Suzie Adams: vocals, triangle;
Helen Watson: vocals, piano, harmonium, electric organ, melodeon;
Geoff Harris: vocals, guitar;
Mike Hockenhull: vocals, banjo;
Laurie Harper: vocals, fiddle;
Andrew Cronshaw: electric zither

Tracks

Side 1

1. Bread and Roses
2. Songbird
3. Long Way From Home
4. The Eagle
5. Beulah Land (Roud 12376)

Side 2

6. Tomorrow Is a Long Time
7. Heavenly Aeroplane (Roud 7384)
8. Bone Lace Weaver
9. Barbarie Ellen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
10. Gypsy Davy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
11. Christmas Eve Can Kill You
12. Blues in ‘D’

Track 1 James Oppenheim;
Track 2 Jesse Winchester;
Track 3 trad. arr. Neil Adam;
Track 4 Geoff Harris;
Tracks 5, 7 trad. arr. Suzie Adams, Helen Watson;
Track 6 Bob Dylan;
Track 8 Roy Harris;
Tracks 9-10 trad. arr. Helen Watson;
Track 11 Dennis Linde;
Track 12 Kate McGarrigle