> Folk Music > Records > Fiddler’s Dram: To See the Play
Fiddler’s Dram: To See the Play
To See the Play Dingle’s Records DIN 304 (LP, UK, 1978) Day Trip to Bangor /
The Flash Lad Dingle’s Records SID 211 (single, UK, 1979) |
Produced by David Foister;
Recorded by Alan Morrow
Musicians
Cathy Lesurf: vocals, bodhrán, bells;
Chris Taylor: mandola, banjo, bouzouki;
Alan Prosser: guitar, bass, harmonium, bones, dulcimer;
Ian Telfer: violin, bowed psaltery, English concertina
with
John Jones: melodeon, chorus;
John Taylor: chorus;
Will Ward: bassoon
Tracks
Side 1
- Jack in London City (Roud 511; Laws K40) (4.17)
- Song of Victory / Song of the Blackbird tunes (3.46)
- Day Trip to Bangor (4.34)
- The Flash Lad (Roud 30101) (3.52)
- Ythanside (Roud 3783; G/D 5:951) (5.33)
- Keyhole in the Door tune (1.16)
Side 2
- Youankis / Skraperez / Guerz Ar Gechantez tune (3.40)
- Wa’ney Island Cockfight (Roud 211; TYG 81) (3.12)
- The Two Brothers (Roud 38; Child 49) (4.38)
- Peel the Tatties / The Pig in the Kitchen / The Barony Jig tunes (3.04)
- False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3) (5.22)
- Nottingham Goose Fair (Roud V3585) (3.25)
All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Debbie Cook;
Tracks 10ab Chris Taylor
> Folk Music > Records > Fiddler’s Dram: Fiddler’s Dram
Fiddler’s Dram: Fiddler’s Dram
Fiddler’s Dram Dingle’s Records DID 711 (LP, UK, 1980) |
Produced by David Foister;
Recorded by Alan Morrow
Musicians
Cathy Lesurf: vocals;
Alan Prosser: guitars, bass, bones, vocals;
Chris Taylor: bouzouki, harmonica, mandolin, tenor banjo;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, viola;
Will Ward: bassoon, crumhorn
with
Tom Fenner: kit drums, percussion, cardboard bass;
David Foister: synthesisers;
John Jones: melodeon
Tracks
Side 1
- Thirteen Pence a Day (Roud V4289) (3.25)
- Darley’s Jig tune (2.44)
- The Flash Lad (Roud 30101) (3.51)
- Fedora (2.04)
- The Farmer’s Cursed Wife (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (2.55)
- Sloe Gin tune (3.52)
- Mamma’s Ill (2.31)
Side 2
- Johnny John (1.58)
- Beercart Lane (2.28)
- The Bad Girl (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (4.35)
- Whiskey (4.41)
- Stick Morris tune (3.44)
- Day Trip to Bangor (2.54)
All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Chris Taylor;
Track 4 adapted Cathy Lesurf;
Tracks 6-7, 12 Alan Prosser;
Track 9 Cathy Lesurf;
Track 11 Ian Telfer;
Track 13 Debbie Cook
> Folk Music > Records > Oyster Ceilidh Band: Jack’s Alive
Oyster Ceilidh Band: Jack’s Alive
Jack’s Alive Dingle’s Records DIN 309 (LP, UK, 1980) |
Produced by David Foister;
Musicians
Cathy Lesurf: vocals;
John Jones: melodeon, vocals;
Alan Prosser: guitars, violin;
Chris Taylor: guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, one-row melodeon, mandola;
Ian Telfer: violin, English concertina, saxophone;
Chris Wood: bass guitar;
Will Ward: bassoon, recorders, crumhorn, keyboards
Tracks
Side 1
- The Blean Hoodening Song / The City Branle (3.41)
- Hunting the Hare / The Clog (3.37)
- Schottische D’Auvergne / Belle Rosinne (3.19)
- Oyster River Hornpipe / Herne Bay Dance / The Curlyheaded Ploughboy (3.54)
- Marche Due Fin Du Bal / The Committee Jig (3.07)
- Lakes of Cool Flynn (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (4.09)
Side 2
- The Rambling Sailor (Roud 518; G/D 7:1477) (3.58)
- Brandy (1.56)
- The Shaalds of Foula jig (2.56)
- The Lawyer (Mowing the Barley) (Roud 922) (3.08)
- News of the Victory / The One-Horned Sheep (3.22)
- Limbo (Roud 969) (3.01)
- Boscastle Breakdown (3.00)
> Folk Music > Records > Oyster Band: English Rock ’n’ Roll: The Early Years 1800-1850
Oyster Band: English Rock ’n’ Roll
English Rock ’n’ Roll: The Early Years 1800-1850 Pukka Records YOP 01 (LP, UK, 1983) |
Produced by the Oyster Band and Mike Warren;
Recorded by Barry Gibbons at Beach House, Deal;
Mixed by Alan Prosser and Mike Warren;
Artwork by Laurie Martin and Mark Duncan
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Ian Kearey: bass, 12-string guitar, epinette, autoharp;
Alan Prosser: acoustic and electric guitars, Roland GR800, bones;
Chris Taylor: bouzouki, harmonica, bodhrán, acoustic guitar;
Ian Telfer: violin, viola, alto and tenor saxophones
with
Cathy Lesurf: vocals [3, 7, 11]
Tracks
Side 1
- The Prentice Boy (Roud 263; Laws P35; G/D 2:200) (4.53)
- Rufford Park Poachers (Roud 1759) / Bobbing Joe (6.38)
- Sons of Freedom (Roud 9401) (4.23)
- A Longport Hymn (2.00)
- Annan Water (Roud 6562) (3.47)
Side 2
- Abroad As I Was Walking (Roud 564; Laws P18; G/D 6:1188) (4.08)
- Bold Wolfe (Roud 961; Laws A1) (4.38)
- Old Molly Oxford (1.33)
- Slippin’ and Slidin’: Mad Moll / John Appleby (Roud 1292) / The Bishop of Chester’s Jig (2.47)
- The Dockyard Gate (Roud 1739) (3.27)
- Holligrave / Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339) (5.22)
All tracks trad. arr. Oyster Band except
Track 4 Alan Prosser;
Track 11a Ian Kearey
> Folk Music > Records > The Oyster Band: Lie Back and Think of England
The Oyster Band: Lie Back and Think of England
Lie Back and Think of England Pukka Records YOP 04 (LP, UK, 1983) |
Produced by The Oyster Band;
Recorded by Mike Warren;
Mixed by Mike Warren and Alan Prosser;
Cover idea and artwork by Laurie Martin
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Ian Kearey: bass, acoustic and slide guitar;
Alan Prosser: electric and acoustic guitar, Roland guitar synthesiser, vocals;
Chris Taylor: harmonica, guitar, bouzouki, one-row melodeon;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, viola, concertina, organ
with
Claire Hewlett: drums [11]
Tracks
Side 1
- Waiting on Glory (3.18)
- Gallop Hey (3.12)
- The Furze Field (Roud 1037) (2.51)
- My Young Man (Roud 8212) (3.41)
- La Valse Du Conchon Noir / Port Arthur Stomp (4.04)
- The Green Bed (Roud 276; Laws K36; G/D 1:48; Henry H779) (3.54)
Side 2
- Fanny Blair (Roud 1393) (6.31)
- Stonecutter Boy (Roud 971) (1.50)
- The Sheepstealer (Roud 1667) (2.53)
- William Hall (Roud 400; Laws N30) (3.48)
- Think of England (4.09)
- Michael Turner’s Waltz (2.46)
All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Ian Kearey;
Track 5a Chris Taylor;
Track 11 Ian Telfer
> Folk Music > Records > Oyster Band: 20 Golden Tie Slackeners
Oyster Band: 20 Golden Tie Slackeners
20 Golden Tie Slackeners Pukka Records YOP 06 (LP, UK, 1984) |
Produced by The Oyster Band;
Recorded and mixed by Mike Warren;
Front cover by Ian Kearey;
Notes by John Jones and Ian Telfer
Musicians
John Jones: melodeon;
Ian Kearey: bass, acoustic and slide guitar, autoharp;
Alan Prosser: electric guitar, Roland guitar synthesiser, fiddle;
Chris Taylor: harmonica, guitar, bouzouki, one-row melodeon;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, saxophone
Tracks
Side 1
- Kentish Cricketers / Galopede (3.44)
- The Belfast Almanac / Folkestone for the Day (3.11)
- Three Jolly Sheepskins / Speed the Plough (5.14)
- Mrs Forster’s / The First of May (4.06)
- Dumbarton Castle / ’Twas Within a Mile (5.18)
- Not the Fiery Clockface (3.55)
Side 2
- P’s / J’s (4.30)
- Jack’s Alive / The Clare Jig (3.16)
- Go and Enlist (3.16)
- Spaghetti Junction / Dixie’s / Stack Ryan’s (3.50)
- The Redowa Polka (4.16)
- La Morisque (5.32)
Track 4a Chris Wood;
Track 7a Alan Prosser;
Track 10a Chris Taylor;
Track 10b Ian Telfer
> Folk Music > Records > Oyster Band: Liberty Hall
Oyster Band: Liberty Hall
Liberty Hall Pukka Records YOP 07 (LP, UK, 1985) |
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Ian Kearey: vocals, bass;
Alan Prosser: vocals, guitars;
Ian Telfer: violin, saxophone, keyboards
with
Rod Franks: trumpet [1];
Chris Taylor: harmonica [4, 10];
Ron Elliott: Northumbrian pipes [5];
Martin Brinsford: percussion [11]
Tracks
Side 1
- Arise, Arise (3.45)
- Bonnie Suzie Clelland (Roud 45; Child 65) (5.31)
- The Breaking of Our Lord’s Birthday (Roud 1078) (2.18)
- Liberty Hall (4.11)
- Euston Station (6.36)
Side 2
- Cropper Lads (TYG 62) (4.11)
- Steal for Joy (5.21)
- Banstead Downs (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (3.40)
- St Peter’s Tea Gardens (2.50)
- Six Grey Men (3.46)
- Drink, Again (Drowning Ballad #142) (3.21)
> Folk Music > Records > The Oyster Band: Step Outside
The Oyster Band: Step Outside
Step Outside Cooking Vinyl COOK 001 / COOKCD001 (LP / CD, UK, 1986) |
Produced by Clive Gregson;
Recorded by Charlie Llewellin at Cold Storage, Brixton, London;
Mastered by Clive Gregson and Charlie Llewellin;
Photography by Mark Lovermore;
Design by John Llepins
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, melodeon;
Ian Kearey: vocals, bass, 12 string guitar;
Russell Lax: drums;
Alan Prosser: vocals, guitars;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, tenor saxophone, keyboards
with
Clive Gregson: additional keyboards
Tracks
LP Side 1
- Hal-an-Tow (Roud 1520) (4.21)
- Flatlands (5.42)
- Another Quiet Night in England (4.08)
- Molly Bond (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (3.42)
LP Side 2
- Bully in the Alley (3.59)
- The Day That the Ship Goes Down (4.28)
- Gaol Song (Roud 1077) (3.39)
- The Old Dance (4.20)
- Bold Riley (Roud 18160) (4.14)
CD Bonus Track
- Liberty Hall (3.27)
Tracks 1, 5, 8, 10 trad. arr. The Oyster Band;
Track 2, 9 Ian Telfer;
Track 3 John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 4 Ian Telfer, Ian kearney, Alan Prosser;
Tracks 6-7, 11 Ian Telfer, John Jones
> Folk Music > Records > The Oyster Band: Wide Blue Yonder
The Oyster Band: Wide Blue Yonder
Wide Blue Yonder Cooking Vinyl COOK 006 / COOKCD006 (LP / CD, UK, 1988) |
Produced by Clive Gregson;
Recorded by Charlie Llewellin at Cold Storage, Brixton, London;
Mastered by Clive Gregson and Charlie Llewellin;
Band photo by Elke Borkowski;
Background photo by Axel Mosler;
Cover design by Ulrike Kuberka
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, melodeon;
Ian Kearey: bass, 12 string guitar;
Russell Lax: drums, percussion;
Alan Prosser: guitars, vocals;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, tenor saxophone, concertina, keyboards
with
Clive Gregson: additional keyboards;
Kathryn Tickell: Northumbrian pipes [5];
Christine Collister: vocals [3]
Tracks
LP Side 1
- The Generals Are Born Again (4.08)
- Pigsty Billy (3.38)
- The Oxford Girl (4.08)
- Following in Father’s Footsteps (4.06)
- The Lost and Found (4.28)
LP Side 2
- Coal Creek Mine (4.03)
- The Rose of England (3.15)
- A Careless Life (3.45)
- The Early Days of a Better Nation (3.17)
- The Lakes of Cold Flynn (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (4.15)
- Between the Wars (3.15)
CD
- The Generals Are Born Again (4.08)
- The Early Days of a Better Nation (3.18)
- Pigsty Billy (3.32)
- The Oxford Girl (4.09)
- The Rose of England (3.19)
- Hal-an-Tow (Roud 1520) (4.22)
- Flatlands (5.41)
- The Lost and Found (4.27)
- Another Quiet Night in England (4.06)
- Coal Creek Mine (3.16)
- Between the Wars (3.19)
- The Lakes of Cold Flynn (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (4.15)
- Following in Father’s Footsteps (4.03)
- A Careless Life (3.48)
Tracks 1, 8, 14 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Track 2 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Track 9 Ian Telfer, John Jones;
Tracks 4, 9 John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 5 Nick Lowe;
Tracks 6, 12 trad. arr. The Oyster Band;
Track 7 Ian Telfer;
Track 10 Green Bailey;
Track 11 Billy Bragg;
Track 13 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Ride
Oysterband: Ride
Ride Cooking Vinyl COOK 020 / COOKCD006 (LP / CD, UK, 1989) |
Produced by Dave Young;
Recorded and mixed at The Church, Crouch Hill, London;
Live sound Alan Greenwood;
Photography by Andy Cleal;
Lettering by Paul Cleal;
Design by Anna Metcalfe
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, alto saxophone, organ;
Alan Prosser: guitars, vocals, bones;
Russell Lax: drums;
Chopper: bass guitar, electric cello, vocals
Tracks
LP Side 1
- New York Girls (Roud 486) (3.02)
- Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore) (4.24)
- Take Me Down (3.50)
- Cheekbone City (5.03)
- Love Vigilantes (3.58)
LP Side 2
- Too Late Now (4.05)
- Polish Plain (3.54)
- Heaven to Calcutta (4.06)
- Tincans (3.30)
- This Year, Next Year (4.31)
CD
- New York Girls (Roud 486) (3.02)
- Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore) (4.24)
- Polish Plain (3.54)
- Too Late Now (4.05)
- Tincans (3.30)
- Heaven to Calcutta (4.06)
- This Year, Next Year (4.31)
- My Dog (Knows Where the Bones Are Hid) (3.07)
- The Sins of the Family (4.24)
- Take Me Down (3.50)
- Cheekbone City (5.03)
- Love Vigilantes (3.58)
Track 1 trad. arr. Oysterband;
Tracks 2-3, 11 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Track 4 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones, Ian Kearey;
Tracks 5, 9 Ian Telfer, John Jones;
Tracks 6, 8, 10 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones;
Track 7 Ian Telfer;
Track 12 Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert (New Order)
> June Tabor > Records > June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain
June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain
Freedom and Rain Cooking Vinyl COOK031 / COOKCD031 (LP / CD, UK, September 1990) |
Produced by the Oyster Band;
Recorded at The Yard, Southall, London;
Engineered and mixed by John Ravenhall;
Mixed at Gooseberry Studios, Brixton, London;
Mixing engineer Trevor Hallesy
Musicians
June Tabor: vocals;
Alan Prosser: guitar, mandolin, psaltery, vocals;
Russell Lax: drums, percussion;
Chopper: bass, cello;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, viola, concertina, organ;
John Jones: melodeon, accordion, vocals
Brass by Metal Fatigue:
Gavin Sharp: tenor saxophone;
John Hart: bass trombone;
Neil Yates: trumpet
Tracks
Side 1
- Mississippi Summer (3.18)
- Lullaby of London (2.45)
- Night Comes In (4.54)
- Valentine’s Day Is Over (3.26)
- All Tomorrow’s Parties (3.47)
Side 2
- Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (4.18)
- Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (4.15)
- Pain or Paradise (3.13)
- Susie Clelland (Roud 45; Child 65) (5.16)
- Finisterre (3.35)
All tracks trad. arr. The Oyster Band except
Track 1 Si Kahn;
Track 2 Shane McGowan;
Track 3 Richard Thompson;
Track 4 Billy Bragg;
Track 5 Lou Reed;
Track 8 John Tams;
Track 10 Ian Telfer
> Folk Music > Records > Oyster Band: Little Rock to Leipzig
Oyster Band: Little Rock to Leipzig
Little Rock to Leipzig Cooking Vinyl COOK 032 / COOKCD032 (LP / CD, UK, 1990) |
Tracks 1-4 recorded in October 1989 and January 1990 at Yard Studios, Southall, London;
Track 5 recorded at the Church, Crouch End, London in January 1989;
Tracks 6-9 recorded live on The Zipper Mobile at The Hackney Empire, London on 31 December 1989;
Track 10 recorded on The Zipper Mobile at Westgate Hall, Canterbury on 16 December 1989;
Mastered by Noel Somerville at Utopia Studios, London;
Sleeve design by Martin Brown for Rodeo design
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, melodeon;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass, cello, vocals;
Russell Lax: drums, percussion;
Alan Prosser: guitars, vocals;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, tenor saxophone, concertina, keyboards
Tracks
Side 1
- Jail Song Two (4.03)
- The Oxford Girl (4.21)
- Gonna Do What I Have to Do (3.15)
- Too Late Now (2.17)
- Galopede (3.00)
Side 2
- Red Barn Stomp (4.47)
- I Fought the Law (4.05)
- Coal Not Dole (2.10)
- New York Girls (Roud 486) (5.28)
- Johnny Mickey Barry’s / Salmon Tails Down the Water (5.37)
Track 1 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Track 2 John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 3 Phil Ochs;
Track 4 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones, Ian Kearey;
Tracks 5, 9-10 trad. arr. Oyster Band;
Track 6 Oyster Band;
Track 7 Sonny Curtis;
Track 8 Kay Sutcliffe
> June Tabor > Records > June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain Tour ’91 Sampler
June Tabor and the Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain Tour ’91 Sampler
Freedom and Rain Tour ’91 Sampler Rykodisk RCD PRO 9012 (promotional CD, USA, 1991) |
Tracks
- Mississippi Summer (3.18)
- Night Comes In (4.54)
- All Tomorrow’s Parties (3.47)
- New York Girls (Roud 486) (5.28)
- The Oxford Girl (4.21)
- I Fought the Law (4.05)
- White Rabbit (2.52)
- All Along the Watchtower (3.16)
Tracks 1-3 from June Tabor and The Oyster Band: Freedom and Rain;
Tracks 3-6 from Oyster Band: Little Rock to Leipzig;
Tracks 7-8 recorded on 27 November 1990 for the BBC Radio One “John Peel Sessions”;
later also released on June Tabor: On Air
> Folk Music > Records > Oyster Band: Deserters
Oyster Band: Deserters
Deserters Cooking Vinyl COOK041/COOKCD041 (LP/CD, UK, 1992) |
Produced by John Ravenhall;
Recorded by John Ravenhall at Red Fort Studios, London;
Mixed by Trevor Hallesy at Gooseberry Studios, London;
Photographs by Sylvia Sass;
Cover by Ken Parr
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, melodeon;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass, cello, tiple vocals;
Alan Prosser: guitars, banjo, vocals;
Lee Partis: bodhrán, percussion;
Ian Telfer: fiddle, concertina
with
Tomás Lynch: whistle [6],
uilleann pipes [8];
Rory McLeod: harmonica [3]
Tracks
Side 1
- All That Way for This (4.19)
- The Deserter (5.09)
- Angels of the River (5.08)
- We Could Leave Right Now (3.22)
- Elena’s Shoes (4.56)
- Granite Years (4.20)
Side 2
- Diamond for a Dime (4.07)
- Never Left (3.46)
- Ship Sets Sail (3.27)
- Fiddle or a Gun (4.09)
- Bells of Rhymney (4.39)
Tracks 1, 3, 6, 9-10 Ian Telfer, John Jones;
Tracks 2, 7 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Track 4 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Track 5 Elena Burgess, Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Track 8 Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 11 Idris Davies, Pete Seeger
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Holy Bandits
Oysterband: Holy Bandits
Holy Bandits Cooking Vinyl COOKCD058 (CD, UK, 1993) |
Produced by Al Scott;
Engineered by Tim Porter;
Recorded and mixed at The Windings, Clwyd, Wales;
Additional recording and remixing at The Roundhouse Studios, London;
Mastered at Chop’ em Out;
Photography by Joe Bangay;
Insert illustrations by Ben Stone
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Alan Prosser: guitars, mandolin, banjo, viola, vocals;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass, cello, tiple, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, bodhrán, vocals, banging and shouting;
Ian Telfer: violin, viola
with
Sarah Allen: whistles [2];
Jackie Sheridan: second vocals [9]
Tracks
- When I’m Up I Can’t Get Down (3.30)
- The Road to Santiago (3.28)
- I Look for You (4.02)
- Gone West (4.02)
- We Shall Come Home (4.17)
- Cry, Cry (3.33)
- Here’s to You (3.12)
- Moving On (3.45)
- Rambling Irishman (Roud 12937) (5.02)
- A Fire Is Burning (3.18)
- Blood Wedding (4.03)
Tracks 1-2, 4, 7-8, 10-11 Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 3, 6 John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 5 Ian Telfer;
Track 9 trad. arr. Oyster Band
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: The Shouting End of Life
Oysterband: The Shouting End of Life
The Shouting End of Life Cooking Vinyl COOKCD091 (CD, UK, 1995) |
Produced by Pat Collier;
Recorded by Kelvin Tonner at Angelshare, Ewloe, Clwyd, Wales;
Mixed at The Greenhouse, London;
Track 12 recorded at Aosis, London by Alaric Neville, Engineer: Robin Hyman;
Colour photography by Bleddyn Butcher
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, accordion, melodeon, piano;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass guitar, cello, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, percussion, hammer, vocals;
Alan Prosser: guitars, banjo, mandolin, violin, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, viola, tenor concertina
with
Sarah Allen: whistle;
Kathryn Tickell: Northumbrian pipes;
Chris Batchelor and Expensive Mustapha: trumpets;
Linda Duggan: second vocals [11]
Tracks
- We’ll Be There (3.22)
- Blood-Red Roses (4.06)
- Jam Tomorrow (4.10)
- By Northern Light (3.47)
- The Shouting End of Life (3.26)
- Long Dark Street (3.48)
- Our Lady of the Bottles (3.07)
- Everywhere I Go (3.48)
- Put Out the Lights (3.34)
- Voices (4.42)
- Don’t Slit Your Wrists for Me (3.36)
- The World Turned Upside Down (3.03)
Tracks 1, 3, 5-8, 11 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Tracks 2, 9 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Track 4, 10 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ray Cooper;
Track 12 Leon Rosselson
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Deep Dark Ocean
Oysterband: Deep Dark Ocean
Deep Dark Ocean Cooking Vinyl COOKCD128 (CD, UK, 1997) |
Recorded by Alaric Neville and Mike Roberts at Esselle Beat Co, Brighton,
and by Martin Wilding, assisted by Jason Roberts, at The Windings, Ffrwd Valley, Clwyd;
Mixed at The Metway, Brighton;
Photography by James Lewis;
Package design by Jali Roll Martian
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass guitar, cello, mandolin, harmonica,
acoustic guitar, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, vocals;
Alan Prosser: acoustic guitar, Stratocaster, GR-1, violin, octave mandola,
vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina, Korkenzieher
with
Alan Scott: 12-string guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, octave mandola,
percussion
Tracks
- Sail On By (3.29)
- Little Brother (3.08)
- Only When You Call (3.38)
- Native Son (4.38)
- Not Like Jordan (3.53)
- North Star (1.26)
- Milford Haven (3.42)
- The Story (4.21)
- Be My Luck (2.43)
- No Reason To Cry (4.45)
- Drunkard’s Waltz (3.16)
Tracks 1-4, 7, 10 John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 5, 8-9 Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 6 Chopper, Alan Prosser;
Track 11 Rev Hammer
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Here I Stand
Oysterband: Here I Stand
Here I Stand Running Man Records RUNMAN CD101 (CD, UK, 1999); |
Produced by Oysterband and Alaric Neville;
Recorded by Jake Rousham, Phil Elliott and Neil Ferguson at
Metway, Brighton; 811, Cowfold; The Old Dairy, York;
Dr Quanzize’s Clinic, Altofts;
various front rooms, back rooms, hotel rooms, sheds, dog houses etc.;
Mixed by Alaric Neville [3-4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13],
Alan Scott [1-2, 5, 8],
Alan Prosser [10, 16],
Alan Prosser and Jake Rousham [15],
Alan Prosser, Phil Elliott and Alaric Neville [15],
Alan Prosser, Jake Rousham and Alaric Neville [12];
Photographs by Jak Kilby;
Drawings by Geoff Read;
Package design by Jali Roll Martian
Musicians
Ian Telfer: fiddle, concertina, rainstick, glass harmonica;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass guitar, cello, kantele, vocals,
harmonica, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, percussion, glass harmonica;
John Jones: lead vocals, melodeon;
Lee Partis: drums, vocals, percussion, sublimal piano;
Alan Prosser: acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals, electric guitars, mandolin,
fiddle, percussion
with
Alaric Neville: electric guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, bouzouki,
percussion, melodeon, vocals;
Chumbawamba: vocals, trumpet, shouting [2];
Great Big Sea: vocals [7, 16],
bodhrán [13],
whistle [15];
Rowan Gödel: vocals [4];
Steáfán Hannigan: whistle [15];
Yulia Kusta: vocals [5];
Gino Lupari: bodhrán [3];
Wild Slim Mustapha: bouzouki [3],
boogaliser [15]
Tracks
- On the Edge (4.23)
- This Is the Voice (4.53)
- In Your Eyes (4.16)
- Street of Dreams (4.44)
- Ways of Holding On (5.04)
- A Time of Her Own (2.47)
- After Rain (4.18)
- I Know It’s Mine (4.03)
- Someone You Might Have Been (4.09)
- Kantele (0.53)
- She’s Moved On (3.27)
- And As for You (3.40)
- Cello Drop (2.24)
- Jump Through the Fire (3.40)
- This Town (3.51)
- A Last Glass (2.01)
Track 1 music John Jones, Alan Prosser, words Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 2, 8 music Chopper, John Jones, Alan Prosser, words John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 3 music Chopper, John Jones, Alaric Neville, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, words Ian Telfer;
Tracks 4, 14 music John Jones, Alan Prosser, words John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 5 music Chopper, John Jones, Alaric Neville, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, words Chopper, Ian Telfer;
Track 6 music John Jones, Alan Prosser, words John Jones;
Track 7 music John Jones, Alan Prosser, words John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 9 music Chopper, John Jones, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer, words Ian Telfer;
Track 10 music Chopper, Alan Prosser;
Track 11 music John Jones, words John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 12 music John Jones, Alan Prosser, words Ian Telfer;
Track 13 music Gustav Holst arr. Chopper, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser;
Track 15 music Chopper, Alan Prosser, words Chopper, Ian Telfer;
Track 16 music Chopper, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Granite Years
Oysterband: Granite Years
Granite Years Cooking Vinyl COOKCD196 (CD, UK, 2000) |
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, melodeon, accordion, piano;
Alan Prosser: guitars, mandolin, banjo, violin, vocals;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass, cello, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina
with
June Tabor: vocals [10]
Tracks
CD 1
- When I’m Up I Can’t Get Down (3.32)
- The Road to Santiago (3.32)
- Native Son (4.43)
- By Northern Light (3.50)
- We Could Leave Right Now (5.38)
- Rambling Irishman (Roud 12937) (5.06)
- Be My Luck (2.47)
- The Shouting End of Life (3.28)
- We’ll Be There (3.24)
- Mississippi Summer (3.21)
- The Deserter (5.13)
- Love Vigilantes (4.08)
- We Shall Come Home (4.21)
- Hal-an-Tow (Roud 1520) (4.28)
- Molly Bond (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (4.31)
CD 2
- Granite Years (4.22)
- Everywhere I Go (3.51)
- One Green Hill (3.17)
- Another Quiet Night in England (1994) (3.25)
- Put Out the Lights (3.37)
- Voices (4.47)
- Here’s to You (3.17)
- Blood Wedding (4.06)
- Milford Haven (3.45)
- Jam Tomorrow (4.11)
- The Sailor’s Bonnet (2.23)
- 20th of April (3.40)
- All That Way for This (4.23)
- The Oxford Girl (4.11)
- Coal Not Dole / Bells of Rhymney (7.12)
Tracks 1, 8-9, 11, 17, 25 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Tracks 2, 23 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones;
Tracks 3, 24 John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 4, 21 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser, Chopper;
Tracks 5, 18, 20 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Tracks 6, 14-15, 26 trad. arr. Oysterband;
Track 7 Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 10 Si Kahn;
Track 12 New Order;
Track 13 Ian Telfer;
Tracks 16, 28 Ian Telfer, John Jones;
Tracks 19, 29 John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 22 words Ian Telfer, music John Jones, Alan Prosser, and trad. arr. Oysterband;
Track 27 Jesus H. Cifuentes, Ignacio Martin, translation Ian Telfer;
Track 30a Kay Sutcliffe;
Track 30b, Idris Davies, Pete Seeger
Track 29 are from Wide Blue Yonder (COOKCD006, 1988);
Track 10 is from Freedom & Rain (COOKCD031, 1990);
Tracks 11, 28 are from Deserters (COOKCD041, 1992);
Tracks 1-2, 6, 13, 22-23 are from Holy Bandits (COOKCD058, 1993);
Tracks 5, 16, 18-19, 27, 30 are from Trawler (COOKCD078, 1994);
Track 26 is the B-side of the single Long Dark Street (1995);
Tracks 4, 8-9, 17, 20-21, 25 are from The Shouting End of Life (COOKCD091, 1995);
Tracks 3, 7, 24 are from Deep Dark Ocean (COOKCD128, 1997)
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Ways of Holding On
Oysterband: Ways of Holding On
Ways of Holding On Running Man Records RUNMAN EP102 (CD EP, UK, 2000) |
Produced by Oysterband and Alaric Neville;
Track 1 vocals recorded and remixed by Al Scott at Medway, Brighton, December 1999
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, melodeon;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: acoustic and bass guitar, cello, harmonica, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, percussion, piano, vocals;
Alan Prosser: guitars, banjo, mandolin, violin, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, viola, tenor concertina
with
Emma Härdelin: vocals [1]
Tracks
- Ways of Holding On (Waiting for the Sun) (3.54)
- On the Edge (single edit) (3.39)
- Ways of Holding On (album mix) (5.05)
- Someone You Might Have Been (album mix) (4.09)
Tracks 3-4 are from the album Here I Stand (1999)
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Rise Above
Oysterband: Rise Above
Rise Above Omnium Records OMM2032 (CD, USA, 2002); |
Produced by Alan Scott;
Recorded by Jake Rousham at The Metway, Brighton;
Photographs by Jean François Brière;
Artwork by Oysterband
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Alan Prosser: guitars, guitar synthesiser, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: cello, bass instruments, kantele, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina
with
Nuala Friedman: accordion;
Rowan Gödel: vocals;
Benji Kirkpatrick: bouzouki, guitar;
James O’Grady: uilleann pipes, whistles;
Matt Savage: keyboards
Tracks
- The Soul’s Electric (3.42)
- Uncommercial Song (3.40)
- If You Can’t Be Good (3.45)
- Everybody’s Leaving Home (4.27)
- My Mouth (4.14)
- Shouting About Jerusalem (3.30)
- Blackwaterside (Roud 312; Laws O1; Henry H811) (3.41)
- Rise Above (3.42)
- Wayfaring (4.30)
- Bright Morning Star (Roud 18268) (3.45)
Tracks 1-6, 8-9 Chopper, John Jones, Lee Portis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 7, 10 trad. arr. Oysterband
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: The Big Session Volume 1
Oysterband: The Big Session Volume 1
The Big Session Volume 1 Westpark Music 87105 (CD, Germany, 2004) |
Recorded live on 18-20 May 2004 with a small audience
at Bush Hall, London, by The Blue Mobile;
Engineers: Jim Hurst and Andrew Tulloch;
Produced by Rob Keyloch;
Mixed by Rob Keyloch at Church Walk Studios, London, except
track 10 mixed by Jim Moray;
Mastered at Sound Mastering, London;
Photographs and package design by David Angel and David Newton
Musicians
Phil Beer (Show of Hands): mandolin, violin, vocals;
Eliza Carthy: violin, vocals;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper (Oysterband): bass guitar, cello, vocals;
Ben Ivitsky: 5-string viola, vocals;
John Jones (Oysterband): vocals, melodeon;
Steve Knightley (Show of Hands): vocals, mandocello, quattro;
Jim Moray: vocals, piano, guitar;
James O’Grady: uilleann pipes, whistles, violin, vocals;
Lee Partis (Oysterband): drums, vocals;
Alan Prosser (Oysterband): guitars, kantele, vocals;
Brett Sparks (Handsome Family): vocals, guitar;
Rennie Sparks (Handsome Family): vocals, banjo;
June Tabor: vocals;
Ian Telfer (Oysterband): violin, viola, vocals;
Rose Kemp: background vocals [5-6, 15]
Tracks
- John Barleycorn
(Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
(3.42)
lead vocals: John Jones, Steve Knightley, June Tabor - Whitehaven
(2.46)
lead vocals: Brett Sparks, John Jones - Lowlands
(Roud 681; Henry H469)
(4.02)
lead vocals: June Tabor - Country Life
(5.11)
lead vocals: Steve Knightley - Fuse
(4.31)
lead vocals: Eliza Carthy - Ten Thousand Miles
(Roud 422) /
Hungarian March
(5.33)
lead vocals: Eliza Carthy - The New Jerusalem
(2.21)
lead vocals: everyone - When That Helicopter Comes
(2.55)
lead vocals: Brett Sparks - The House Carpenter
(Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332)
(3.20)
lead vocals: Brett and Rennie Sparks - The Cuckoo’s Nest
(Roud 1506 / 5407)
(5.15)
lead vocals: Jim Moray - We Shall Come Home
(4.33)
lead vocals: John Jones - Love Will Tear Us Apart
(3.22)
lead vocals: June Tabor, John Jones - Factory Girl
(Roud 1659)
(6.19)
lead vocals: June Tabor, John Jones - Country Life (I Like to Rise)
(Roud 1752)
(4.35)
lead vocals: Eliza Carthy - The Cornish Farewell Shanty
(2.17)
lead vocals: John Jones and everyone
Tracks 1, 3, 6, 9-10, 13-15 trad.;
Tracks 2, 8 Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks;
Track 4 Steve Knightley;
Track 5 Eliza Carthy;
Track 7 Sacred Harp;
Track 11 Ian Telfer;
Track 12 Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (Joy Division)
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: The 25th Anniversary Concert
Oysterband: The 25th Anniversary Concert
The 25th Anniversary Concert Westpark Music 87111 (DVD, Germany, 2005) |
Recorded live on 12 December 2003 at The Forum, London;
A film by Al Scott, made under licence from Running Man Records, London;
New York Girls video under exclusive licence from Cooking Vinyl
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Alan Prosser: guitars, vocals;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: bass guitar, cello, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, vocals
with
June Tabor: vocals [7-8, 17-18];
Chumbawamba: vocals [12, 17-18];
James O’Grady: uilleann pipes, violin, whistles, vocals
Tracks
- Native Son
- Uncommercial Song
- If You Can’t Be Good
- The Lost and Found
- The Bishop of Chester’s Gig / The Peacock Followed the Hen
- Molly Bond (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114)
- Mississippi Summer
- White Rabbit
- 20th of April
- Everywhere I Go
- Blackwater Side (Roud 312; Laws O1; Henry H811)
- This Is the Voice
- When I’m Up I Can’t Get Down
- The Road to Santiago
- Blood Wedding
- The Shouting End of Life
- Put Out the Lights
- Bright Morning Star (Roud 18268)
Track 1 John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 2-3 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones, Ray Cooper, Lee Partis;
Tracks 4, 17 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Tracks 10, 13-16 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones;
Tracks 5, 11, 18 trad. arr. Oysterband;
Track 6 trad. arr. Alan Prosser, John Jones, Lee Partis, Ray Cooper;
Track 7 Si Kahn;
Track 8 Grace Slick;
Track 9 Jesus H. Cifuentes, Ignacio Martin, translated by Ian Telfer;
Track 12 John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ray Cooper, Ian Telfer
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Meet You There
Oysterband: Meet You There
Meet You There Westpark Music 87141 (CD, Germany, 2007) |
Produced by Alan Scott;
Recorded by Alan Scott at Titley Valley Hall, Herefordshire (assisted by Tim Porter);
The Premises, London; The Metway, Brighton;
Harmonium on track 5 and solo cello on track 10 recorded at
Love Shack, Malmköping;
Photographs by Judith Burrows;
Graphic design by Neomania Design
Musicians
John Jones: vocals [1-11],
accordion [4, 9];
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper:
cello [1, 3-4, 8, 10-11],
acoustic guitar [8],
electric guitar [7, 9],
bass guitar [5-7, 9-10],
harmonica [2],
bass harmonica [4],
mandolin [3],
keyboards [11],
harmonium [5, 11],
mbira [1],
tiple [6],
vocals [1-3, 5-10];
Lee Partis: drums [1-11],
found percussion [1, 7, 9],
vocals [1, 3, 7, 9-10];
Alan Prosser: Nonis guitar [1, 4, 6-7, 9-10],
acoustic guitar [6],
acoustic 12-string guitar [2, 4],
Variax 12-string guitar [3],
12-string guitar [7-10],
electric guitar [5],
bass guitar [12],
Variax banjo [9],
accordion [1-2],
violin [1, 7],
organ [6],
vocals [1-3, 5, 7, 9-10];
Ian Telfer: violins [1, 3-5, 7-8, 10]
with
Alan Scott: acoustic guitar [5],
electric guitar [6],
pedal steel guitar [11],
tambourine [5],
piano [11],
mandolin [11];
Genevieve Applebee: vocals [8];
Kirsty Martin: vocals and chral arrangement [11];
Hullabaloo Community Quire: vocals [11];
The Marine Parade Marching Band: snare drums [11]
Tracks
- Over the Water (5.39)
- Here Comes the Flood (3.56)
- Where the World Divides (3.35)
- Walking Down the Road With You (4.02)
- Bury Me Standing (4.04)
- Everything Must Go (3.13)
- Control (3.44)
- The Boy’s Still Running (4.05)
- Someone Somewhere (4.31)
- Just One Life (3.44)
- Dancing As Fast As I Can (5.40)
All tracks Chopper, John Jones, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: The Oxford Girl and Other Stories
Oysterband: The Oxford Girl and Other Stories
The Oxford Girl and Other Stories Running Man Records RMCD6 (CD, UK, 2008) |
All-new acoustic recordings to celebrate Oysterband’s 30th anniversary
Produced by Al Scott for Running Man Records;
Recorded at The Metway, Brighton, and 811 Studios, Cowfold, West Sussex;
Recorded and mastered by Al Scott;
Graphic design by Marc Duncan
Musicians
John Jones: vocals;
Alan Prosser: acoustic guitars, banjo, bass, accordion, violin, kantele vocals;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: cello, electric double bass, keyboards, harmonica, mbira, mandolin, bouzouki, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina;
Lee Partis: percussions, vocals;
Dil Davies: drums, percussion
with
Al Scott, acoustic guitar, bass, accordion, bouzouki
Tracks
- The Early Days of a Better Nation (4.08)
- When I’m Up I Can’t Get Down (3.37)
- By Northern Light (4.23)
- Blood-Red Roses (2.36)
- The Soul’s Electric (2.47)
- The Oxford Girl (4.05)
- Little Brother (3.30)
- What Wondrous Love Is This? (Roud 5089) (2.08)
- Angels of the River (4.29)
- After Rain (4.08)
- Shouting About Jerusalem (3.12)
- The Lakes of Cold Flynn (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (3.36)
- The False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3) (3.59)
- Put Out the Lights (5.06)
Track 1 Ian Telfer, John Jones;
Track 2 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones;
Track 3 Ian Telfer, John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ray Cooper;
Track 4 Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 5, 11 Ray Cooper, John Jones, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 6, 9 John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 7 Alan Prosser, John Jones, Ian Telfer;
Track 8 Sacred Harp;
Track 10 John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 12-13 trad. arr. John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ray Cooper;
Track 14 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser
> Folk Music > Records > John Jones: Rising Road
John Jones: Rising Road
Rising Road Westpark Music 87179 (CD, Germany, 27 July 2009) |
Produced by Al Scott for Westpark Music;
Recorded and mixed by Al Scott in Al’s studio and at Metway Studios, Brighton;
Photography by Al Ramsey;
Artwork by Neomania Design
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals,
backing vocals [2-3, 11];
Al Scott: keyboards [1],
drums [2, 11],
percussion [2, 9],
electric guitar [3, 5-6, 9-11],
acoustic guitar [5, 8, 11],
piano [5],
hammond organ [6, 8],
bass guitar [6, 10-11],
mandola [6, 9, 12],
cello [8],
vibes [11],
group vocals [9];
Alan Prosser: acoustic guitar [1, 3],
electric guitar [1];
Dil Davies: drums [2, 5-6],
percussion [2, 7-10],
tambourine [3];
Ian Kearey: banjo [3],
dulcimer [3];
Seth Lakeman: acoustic guitar [4],
violin [4, 7, 9],
viola [7],
backing vocals [4, 11],
group vocals [9];
Benji Kirkpatrick: acoustic guitar [4, 7],
bozouki [9, 11],
piano [12],
group vocals [9];
Rowan Gödel: lead vocals [6, 11];
François Deville: pedal steel guitar [8];
a Brighton metal band: group vocals [9];
Sophie Walsh: harp [10]
Tracks
- Let Me Fall (2.29)
- Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (4.13)
- Walking Through Ithonside (3.55)
- Rocks of Bawn (Roud 3024; Henry H139) (5.47)
- Litten Tree (3.16)
- Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548) (3.45)
- One Morning in the Spring (Roud 152; Laws M1; G/D 1:51) (4.12)
- Henry Martin (3.38)
- Fire Marengo (2.51)
- One Night As I Lay on My Bed (Roud 672) (3.02)
- Boy in the Window (3.42)
- Newlyn Town (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260) (3.09)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 John Jones;
Tracks 2, 6, 9-10, 12 trad. arr. John Jones, Al Scott;
Tracks 4, 7 trad. arr. John Jones, Seth Lakeman, Benji Kirkpatrick;
Track 11 John Jones, Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Cooper: Tales of Love War & Death by Hanging
Ray Cooper: Tales of Love War & Death by Hanging
Tales of Love War & Death by Hanging Westpark Music 87188 (CD, Germany, 24 May 2010) |
Produced and recorded by Ray Cooper at The Love Shack, Malmköping;
Executive producing and mixing by Al Scott at Brighton Mastering;
String arrangements Patrik Anderson and Ray Cooper
Musicians
Ray Cooper: vocals, guitar, cello, harmonica, harmonium, mandolin, mandola, kantele;
Patrik Anderson: violin, viola, Hardanger fiddle;
Dil Davies: tom tom drum;
Olle Linder: pandeiro, tambourine;
Rowan Gödel: backing vocals
Tracks
- The Puritan (4.51)
- The Dark Days Are Over (4.35)
- Border Widow’s Lament (Roud 199; Child 106; G/D 1:163) (4.20)
- MacPherson’s Rant (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (5.16)
- I Kiss the Night / Jämtland Bridal March (4.34)
- The Grey Goose Wing (5.37)
- In Your Sweet Arms (4.00)
- The Highwayman (3.38)
- My Compass Points to North (4.10)
- Ye Jacobites by Name (Roud 5517) / Sir Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch (6.10)
All tracks written by Ray Cooper except
Track 1 words Ray Cooper, music Ray Cooper / trad., based on an old Swedish hymn;
Tracks 3-4 trad. arr. Ray Cooper;
Track 5 words Ray Cooper, music Ray Cooper / trad. Jämtland bridal march;
Track 6 words Ray Cooper, music Ray Cooper / trad., incorporating elements of the original anonymous Agincourt carol;
Track 7 words Ray Cooper, music Alan Prosser, Ray Cooper;
Track 8 Jimmy Webb;
Track 10 words Robert Burns, music trad. arr. Ray Cooper
> June Tabor > Records > June Tabor & Oysterband: Ragged Kingdom
June Tabor & Oysterband: Ragged Kingdom
Ragged Kingdom Topic Records TSCD585 (CD, UK, 19 September 2011) |
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Love Will Tear Us Apart /
Fountains Flowing Topic Records STOP2012 (7" single, UK Record Store Day, 21 April 2012) |
Produced and recorded by Al Scott;
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire and Metway Studios, Brighton,
February-April 2011;
Package concept and photography: Judith Burrows;
Photographic assistant: Sam Peacock;
Design: Jali Roll Martian
Single A-Side remixed by Al Scott, 29 February 2012;
Single B-Side recorded by Smooth Operations for the
BBC Folk Awards 2012
on BBC Radio 2 on 8 February 2012;
produced by John Leonard
Musicians
June Tabor: vocals;
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Ray Cooper: cello, mandolin, bass guitar, harmonium, vocals;
Dil Davies: drums;
Alan Prosser: guitars, kantele, fiddle, vocals;
Ian Telfer: fiddle;
Al Scott: bass guitar, mandola
Tracks
LP Side 1
- The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (4.59)
- That Was My Veil (2.55)
- My Son David (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.51)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (3.28)
- (When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen (Roud 5138) (3.03)
- Judas (Was a Red-Headed Man) (4.13)
LP Side 2
- If My Love Loves Me (Roud 30; Child 25; G/D 4:843) (4.58)
- The Hills of Shiloh (4.32)
- Fountains Flowing (Roud 602) (3.51)
- The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (3.35)
- Seven Curses (3.29)
- The Dark End of the Street (2.51)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 9-10 trad.;
Track 2 John Parish, Polly Jean Harvey;
Track 4 Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (Joy Division);
Track 8 Shel Silverstein, Jim Friedman;
Track 11 Bob Dylan;
Track 12 Chips Moman, Dan Penn
Promo Video
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Diamonds on the Water
Oysterband: Diamonds on the Water
Diamonds on the Water Navigator Records NAVIGATOR087 (CD, UK, 17 February 2014) |
Produced by Al Scott;
Recorded at The Metway, Brighton;
Recorded and mixed by Al Scott;
Graphic design by Neomania Design;
Stock photos by K. Romanov & Simotion
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Alan Prosser: guitars, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina, vocals;
Dil Davies: drums, percussion;
Al Scott: bass, mandolin
with
Adrian Oxaal: cello;
Rowan Gödel: vocals;
Lindsey Oliver: double bass;
Peter Davison: brass arrangements, trumper;
Eira Owen: French horn;
Sarah Leeves: euphonium;
Lee Partis: vocals
Tracks
- A Clown’s Heart (3.52)
- A River Runs (4.33)
- Spirit of Dust (4.38)
- Lay Your Dreams Down Gently (3.33)
- Diamonds on the Water (3.00)
- The Wilderness (3.33)
- Palace of Memory (3.38)
- Once I Had a Sweetheart (Roud 170) (4.25)
- No Ordinary Girl (3.20)
- Call You Friend (2.52)
- Steal Away (4.33)
- Like a Swimmer in the Ocean (2.24)
Track 1 John Jones, Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Track 2 John Jones, Ray Cooper, Alan Prosser;
Tracks 3, 9 John Jones;
Tracks 4, 10 Alan Prosser;
Tracks 5-6 Ian Telfer, John Jones;
Track 7 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones, Ray Cooper;
Track 8 trad. arr. Alan Prosser;
Track 11 John Jones, Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Track 12 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones
> Folk Music > Records > Ray Cooper: Palace of Tears
Ray Cooper: Palace of Tears
Palace of Tears Westpark Music 87267 (CD, Germany, 29 September 2014) |
Produced and recorded by Ray Cooper at The Love Shack, Malmköping;
Song file tranfers Studio Ambassaden Eskiltuna, engineer Patrick Taunu;
Executive producing and mixing by Al Scott at the Metway Brighton;
Photography by Volker Neumann and Judith Burrows;
Cover artwork by Neomania Design
Musicians
Ray Cooper: vocals, cello, guitar, kantele, harmonicas, mandolin,
mandola, sion, harmonium, bass guitar;
Gustav Andersson: piano, organ, harmonium,
string arrangements [3];
Rowan Gödel: harmony vocals;
Jenny Tidman, Patrik Anderson: violins
Tracks
- A Line in the Sand (3.11)
- Mountainside (4.23)
- Palace of Tears (5.28)
- Sleeping Giant (4.49)
- Destroying Angel (4.37)
- The King’s Birthday (Maarit’s Waltz) (5.34)
- The Tears of Isis (5.13)
- Calling of the Dove (4.09)
- This Foolish Dream (3.56)
- When the Curtain Falls (6.04)
All tracks written by Ray Cooper except
Track 10 music Grinds Hans, trad. jässpödspolka från Rättvik efter Börjes Olle
> Folk Music > Records > John Jones: Never Stop Moving
John Jones: Never Stop Moving
Never Stop Moving Westpark Music 87277 (CD, Germany, 4 September 2015) |
Produced, mixed and mastered by Al Scott for Westpark Music;
Cover artwork and design by Neomania Design
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals,
backing vocals [4-7, 9-10];
Al Scott: guitar [1-2, 4-6, 8-9],
tambourine [1],
drums [1, 7-9],
strings [2, 11],
bouzouki [3, 8, 10-11],
bass [5, 8],
piano [5],
percussion [7],
backing vocals [4, 9, 10];
Benji Kirkpatrick: bozouki [1, 4-5, 7, 10],
guitar [11],
backing vocals [3, 5, 7, 10];
Lindsey Oliver: bass [1-3, 5, 9-11],
stand-up bass [6];
Rowan Gödel: shared lead vocals [3, 7, 9],
harmony vocals [1-2, 10],
backing vocals [1, 6-10];
Tim Cotterell: fiddle [2-6, 9-10];
Adrian Oxaal: cello [2, 9];
Alan Prosser: guitar [3],
backing vocals [3];
Boff Whalley: backing vocals [3-4, 7-8, 10];
Dil Davies: drums [4, 10];
François Deville: pedal steel guitar [8];
Sophie Walsh: harp [11];
Tracks
- Down by the Lake (4.27)
- Ferryman (3.34)
- The Wanderer (3.48)
- She Wrote Her Name Today (3.36)
- Jim Jones (Roud 5478) (3.49)
- Black and White Bird (4.19)
- Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (4.00)
- Never Stop Moving (3.40)
- Pierrepoint’s Farewell (3.30)
- Ghosts of the Village (4.56)
- Rambling Boys of Pleasure (Roud 386) (4.16)
All tracks by John Jones except
Track 5 trad. arr. John Jones, Benji Kirkpatrick, Seth Lakeman;
Tracks 7, 11 trad. arr. John Jones, Benji Kirkpatrick
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: This House Will Stand
Oysterband: This House Will Stand
This House Will Stand Navigator Records NAVIGATOR095 (2 CD, UK, 27 May 2016) |
Compilation mastered by Al Scott;
Packaging design by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous Music
Musicians
John Jones: vocals, melodeon, accordion, piano;
Alan Prosser: vocals, guitars, violin, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, accordion,
kantele;
Ian Telfer: violin, concertina, keyboards, vocals;
Al Scott: bass guitar, guitars, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, percussion,
keyboards, vocals;
Dil Davies: drums;
Adrian Oxaal: cello;
Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper: cello, bass guitar, acoustic guitar,
kantele, harmonicas, mandolin, keyboards, harmonium, vocals;
Lee Partis: drums, percussion, vocals;
June Tabor: vocals [8];
Emma Härdelin,
Yulia Kuszta: vocals [17];
Rowan Gondel: vocals [3, 6, 11-13];
James O’Grady: uilleann pipes, whistles;
Alaric Neville: guitars, vocals;
Benji Kirkpatrick: bouzouki
Tracks
CD 1: This House Will Stand
- The Soul’s Electric (3.45)
- Where the World Divides (3.35)
- Spirit of Dust (4.40)
- Uncommercial Song (3.43)
- Blackwaterside (Roud 312; Laws O1; Henry H811) (3.43)
- Street of Dreams (4.46)
- Walking Down the Road With You (3.58)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (3.30)
- Dancing As Fast As I Can (single edit) (3.56)
- Here Comes the Flood (4.23)
- A Clown’s Heart (3.56)
- Rise Above (3.52)
- A River Runs (3.43)
- On the Edge (4.25)
- Bright Morning Star (Roud 18268) (3.17)
CD 2: The Work of My Own Two Hands
- I Built This House (3.34)
- Ways of Holding On (single edit) (3.56)
- Jail Song Two (live) (4.15)
- Never Left (alt. version) (3.17)
- Hangman Cry (3.56)
- And As for You (alt. version) (3.09)
- The Sailor’s Bonnet (2.24)
- Mississippi Summer (alt. version) (4.29)
- Scattergun (1.32)
- Bold Riley (Roud 18160) (alt. version) (4.29)
- I Once Loved a Lass (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (4.29)
- She’s Moved On (demo) (3.13)
- Long Dark Street (alt. version) (3.58)
- The Cornish Farewell Shanty (demo) (1.59)
Tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10, 12 Ray Cooper, John Jones, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 3 John Jones;
Tracks 5, 15 trad. arr. Ray Cooper, John Jones, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 6, 11, 16, 18, 21, 27-28 John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 7 Alan Prosser;
Track 8 Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (Joy Division);
Track 13 Ray Cooper, John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Track 14 John Jones, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 17 Ray Cooper, John Jones, Alaric Neville, Lee Partis, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 19 Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 20 Ray Cooper, John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Tracks 22, 25 trad. arr. John Jones, Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer;
Track 23 Si Kahn;
Track 24 John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Tracks 26, 29 trad. arr. John Jones, Alan Prosser
Track 20 is the B-side of the single Cry Cry (1994);
Track 22 is the B-side of the single Long Dark Street (1995);
Track 26 is from the fRoots Magazine compilation#w, with issue 151/152 (1996);
Tracks 6, 14 are from Here I Stand (1999);
Track 17 is from Ways of Holding On (2002);
Tracks 1, 4-5, 12, 15 are from Rise Above (2002);
Tracks 2, 7, 9-10 are from Meet You There (2007);
Track 8 is from Ragged Kingdom (2011);
Tracks 3, 11, 13 are from Diamonds on the Water (2014)
> June Tabor > Records > June Tabor & Oysterband: Fire & Fleet
June Tabor & Oysterband: Fire & Fleet
Fire & Fleet Running Man Records RMCD7 (CD, UK, 24 October 2019) |
Produced, mixed and mastered by Al Scott;
Tracks 1-3, 10 recorded at Rockfield Studios;
Design by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous Music;
June Tabor photography by Judith Burrows;
Oysterband photography by Volker Neumann
Musicians
June Tabor: vocals;
John Jones: vocals, melodeon;
Alan Prosser: guitars, vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin, keyboard, vocals;
Dil Davies: drums;
Al Scott: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Adrian Oxaal: cello, guitar, vocals
Tracks
- False True Love (Roud 419) (3.52)
- I’ll Show You Wonders (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (4.40)
- Lyke Wake Dirge (Roud 8194; TYG 85) (4.25)
- On One April Morning (Roud 1546) (live) (4.17)
- The Dark End of the Street (live) (2.58)
- Roseville Fair (live) (3.04)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (live) (3.41)
- (When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen (Roud 5138) (3.17)
- White Rabbit (live) (3.15)
- Molly Bond (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (4.17)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 9-10 trad. arr.;
Track 5 Moman, Penn;
Track 6 Bill Staines, Les Barker;
Track 7 Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (Joy Division);
Track 9 Grace Slick
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband: Read the Sky
Oysterband: Read the Sky
Read the Sky Running Man Records RMCD8 (CD, UK, 4 March 2022) |
Produced, mixed and mastered by Al Scott for Running Man Records
except track 7 produced and mixed by Alan Prosser;
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, and Metway Studio, Brighton;
Front cover based on a photograph by Zoltan Tasi at Unsplash;
Design by Martin Rowsell at Simply Marvellous Music
Musicians
John Jones: lead vocals, meledeon,
backing vocals [3];
Alan Prosser: lead vocals [7],
guitars, violin, organ, bass, drum programming, backing vocals;
Ian Telfer: violin,
backing vocals [3];
Al Scott: bass, mandolin, guitar,
percussion [6],
backing vocals;
Adrian Oxaal: telecaster, cello,
backing vocals [3];
Sean Randle: drums,
percussion [2],
backing vocals [3];
Pete Flood: percussion [4]
Tracks
- Born Under the Same Sun (3.43)
- The Corner of the Room (3.45)
- Roll Away (3.50)
- Wonders Are Passing (4.24)
- Fly or Fall (3.34)
- My Son (3.35)
- Hungry for That Water (3.28)
- Star of the Sea (3.31)
- Streams of Innocence (3.59)
- The Time Is Now (4.17)
Tracks 1-2, 5 John Jones, Alan Prosser;
Track 3 Davy Knowles;
Track 4 Ian Telfer, John Jones;
Tracks 6, 9 John Jones, Al Scott;
Tracks 7, 10 Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser;
Track 8 Ian Telfer
> Folk Music > Records > Oysterband
Other records with Oysterband
Various Artists: Buttons and Bows Volume 2: A Further Celebration of British Tunes, 2 LP, Dambuster DAM 006, 1985
Sandra Kerr: We Were There, LP, Pukka YOP 08, 1987
Leon Rosselson: Ballad of a Spycatcher, single, Upside Down UPDO 007, 1987
Roy Bailey, Leon Rosselson: I Didn’t Mean It, LP, Fuse CF392, 1988
Various Artists: Square Roots: An Unlikely Selection From the Pages of Folk Roots Magazine, LP, Folk Roots FROOT 001, 1987
Various Artists: Heimatklänge / Heartbeats: Native Sounds from the Hearts of Europe, LP, Piranha PIR 17, 1989, Special Delivery SPD 1029, 1990
Various Artists: 3.06: A Roots Album for Liverpool, LP, Hillsborough Disaster Fund HILL 306, 1989
June Tabor: Aspects, CD, Conifer CDRR 501, 1990
June Tabor: Anthology, CD, Music Club MCCD 126, 1993
Various Artists: Cooking Vinyl Sampler Vol. 1, CD, Cooking Vinyl GRILLCD004, 1993
Various Artists: Cooking Vinyl Sampler Vol. 2, CD, Cooking Vinyl GRILLCD005, 1993
Various Artists: Giving People Choices, CD, Actionaid AA CD 1001 S, 1993
Various Artists: Medium Rare, CD, Rykodisk VRCD001, 1993
Various Artists: The Cooking Vinyl Sampler for Mid and Budget Titles at a Special Price, CD, Cooking Vinyl GRILLCD006, 1994
Various Artists: Cooking Vinyl Sampler Vol. 3, CD, Cooking Vinyl GRILLCD007, 1994
Various Artists: Cooking Vinyl Sampler Vol. 4, CD, Cooking Vinyl GRILLCD008, 1995
Various Artists: The Disagreement of the People, CD, Cooking Vinyl COOKCD078, 1995
Various Artists: Best of British Folk Rock, CD, Park PRK CD36, 1996
Leon Rosselson: Perspectives, CD, Fuse CFCD006, 1997
June Tabor: On Air, CD, Strange Fruit SFRSCD074, 1998
Various Artists: Seka [“Sister”], CD, Teah! 113, 1998
June Tabor: Always, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4003, 2005
Leon Rosselson: The World Turned Upside Down, 4 CD, PM Press PMA 014-2 / Fuse CFCD077, 2011
Various Artists: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK12, 2012
Various Artists: Cambridge Folk Festival: Celebrating 50 Years, DL, Delphonic DELPH100, 2014
Various Artists: Resound: A Musical Tribute to Alan Surtees, CD, Alan Surtees Trust, 2017
Various Artists: Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records, 2 CD/2 LP, Topic TXCD597, 2019
Various Artists: The Electric Muse Revisited: The Story of Folk into Rock and Beyond, 4 CD, Good Deeds Music GDM060, 2021