Produced by Alan Green;
Recorded by Alan Green at Mid Wales Sound Studios in April 1977;
Mastered by George Peckham at The Master Room, London;
Artwork and lithography by Norman Lees

Musicians

Pat Ryan: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Paul Downes: acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo, backing vocals;
Phil Beer: acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola, bass, backing vocals;
Chris Parkinson: accordion, melodeon, concertina, whistles, backing vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Shipyard Apprentice (3.06)
2. The Snows They Melt the Soonest (Roud 3154) (3.17)
3. Ploughman Lads (Roud 3448) (3.57)
4. Cock of the North (Roud 3554) (3.14)
5. Cathy Shaw (4.56)
6. False Lover Won Back (Roud 201; Child 218; G/D 5:974) (3.31)

Side 2

7. The Miner’s Lad (Roud 2599) (2.56)
8. Flowers of the Town (2.21)
9. Village Fool (3.32)
10. Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (3.30)
11. Man of the Earth (5.15)
12. Leaboy’s Lassie (Roud 1645; G/D 4:725) (3.53)

Probably all tracks trad. arr. Pat Ryan except
Track 1 Archie Fisher, Norman Buchan;
Track 4 words Dorothy Hewett;
Track 5 Roger Watson;
Track 8 anon., Roy Harris;
Tracks 9, 11 Bernie Parry

Recorded and produced by Brian Horsfall

Musicians

Pat Ryan: guitar, vocals;
Chris Pollington: piano, synthesisers, tenor horn, alto saxophone, flugelhorn;
Chris Parkinson: backing vocals, fiddle, flageolet, accordion, bass accordion

Tracks

Side 1

1. Merrie England
2. Jinny Bobbin
3. Glasgow Lullaby
4. Banks of the Lea (Roud 6857)
5. The Lost Sailor (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
6. Ripple Away

Side 2

7. Wives’ Song
8. No Use for Him
9. Polly Parker (Roud V7863)
10. Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 221)
11. The Sun and the Moon
12. The Low Road

Track 1 Archie Fisher;
Track 2 Mike Harding;
Tracks 3, 8 Eric Bogle;
Tracks 4-5, 9-10 trad.;
Track 6 Paul Metsers;
Track 7 Ewan MacColl;
Track 11 Bill Lowndes;
Track 12 Kieran Halpin

Thanks to Alistair Banfield for the album picture and tracklist via 45worlds.com