Recorded and produced by Seumas Ewens;
Illustration by John Crane;
Sleeve design and photography by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Peter Coe: vocals, melodeon, cittern;
Chris Coe: vocals, duet concertina, hammered dulcimer;
Dave Bland, Steve Ashley, Clive Woolf, Doug Sherriff: chorus [12]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Acting Song
2. The Banks of Red Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444)
3. Cheshire May Day Carol (Roud 305)
4. Lady Diamond (Roud 112; Child 269; G/D 6:1224)
5. False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3)
6. Joseph Baker

Side 2

7. The Wizard of Alderley Edge
8. The Wife of Usher’s Well (Roud 196; Child 79)
9. The Egloshayle Ringers (Roud 1163)
10. The Plains of Waterloo
11. Hugh of Lincoln (Roud 73; Child 155)
12. The Gay Fusilier

All tracks trad. arr. Peter & Chris Coe except
Track 4 trad., Peter Coe;
Tracks 6-7 Peter Coe;
Tracks 8, 11 trad. arr. Chris Coe;
Tracks 10 Ian Hall;
Track 12 Peter Coe, trad. arr. Chris Coe

Recorded by Bill Leader and John Gill at Leader Sound;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve design and photography by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, dulcimer, melodeon;
Chris Coe: vocals, duet concertina, hammered dulcimer, percussion

with
Lyn Dobson: alto saxophone, flute, chorus;
Terry Tucker: piano, chorus;
John Gill: fiddle, chorus;
Janet Kerr: banjo;
John Adams: trombone;
Mel Dean: Anglo concertina;
Dave Burland: bass guitar;
Tony Rose: chorus;
Bill Leader: triangle, razor blades, help, advice;
Helen Leader: teapot;
Riley Lucas: bones

Tracks

Side 1

1. The King’s Song
2. Young Benjie (Roud 3911; Child 86)
3. Gilsland Hornpipe / Linhope Lope
4. Farewell to the Brine
5. Bold Reynard Waltz / The Cunning Old Traitor
6. Bishop of Chester’s Jig

Side 2

7. Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213)
8. P & O Polka
9. Proud Lady Margaret (Roud 37; Child 47; G/D 2:336)
10. When This Old Hat Was New (Roud 1693; G/D 3:540)
11. Welcome Cold November

All tracks trad. arr. Pete & Chris Coe except
Track 6 Pete Coe;
Track 8 Procida Bucalossi

Recorded by John Gill at Leader Sound in March and April 1979;
Produced by John Gill;
Executive producer: John Zollman;
Cover design and artwork by John Crane

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, melodeon, cittern;
Chris Coe: vocals, duet concertina, hammered dulcimer

with
John Gill: fiddle [1b, 3];
Janet Kerr: fiddle and banjo [1b, 3]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Beggar / Gypsies Hornpipe (4.36)
2. The Drummer Boy for Waterloo (3.16)
3. Towhouse / Willy Taylor’s / Scotch Polka polkas (4.04)
4. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.03)
5. Broomfield Wager (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) / Direktors Waltz (4.07)

Side 2

6. The Game of All Fours (Roud 232) (4.41)
7. Catch Me If You Can (Roud 1028) (4.09)
8. The Roman Wall / Let the Hackles Rise / Rattle the Cash jigs (3.33)
9. The Factory Lad (4.21)
10. Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (3.07)

All tracks trad. arr. Pete & Chris Coe except
Track 8b Andrew Rankine;
Track 9 Colin Dryden

Recorded at Splash Studios, Liverpool;
Produced and engineered by Bob Thomas and Gordon Jones;
Sleeve design, artwork and photography by Doc Rowe

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, bouzouki, 5-string banjo, dulcimer, melodeon, bass guitar

with
John Adams: DX7 synthesiser, trombone;
Paul Roberts: border pipes;
Peadar Long: saxophone;
Colin Wood: cello, trombone;
Bob Thomas: lead guitar;
Clive Pownceby: congas;
Sefton Park Noon Chorus led by Gill Burns and Barb Preece: harmony vocals;
Mike Preece, Brian Jones, John Adams, Tim Moon and Clive Pownceby: chorus

Tracks

Side 1

1. It’s a Mean Old Scene (4.12)
2. The Alimony Run (4.15)
3. I Do Not Want to Lose You (6.03)
4. Wait Till the Clouds Roll By (Roud 9088) (5.01)

Side 2

5. Manchester Angel (Roud 2741) (3.40)
6. Down By the Waters Rolling (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.45)
7. Sick Parade (4.00)
8. Rolling Down the Ryburn (5.08)

Tracks 1-2, 8 Pete Coe;
Track 3 Terry Conway;
Track 4 words J.T. Wood, music H.J. Fulmer;
Tracks 5-6 trad. adapted Pete Coe;
Track 7 words Roger Woddis, tune Pete Coe

Produced by Red Shift;
Recorded by Tony Bonner at Off Beat Studios, Leeds, February/March 1987;
Mixed by John Gill;
Cover photo by Peter Hollings;
Sleeve and logos by Dave Pugh

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, bouzouki, banjo, dulcimer, melodeon;
John Adams: vocals, DX7 keyboards, fiddle;
George Faux: vocals, fiddle, mandolin;
Dave Shaw: vocals, Northumbrian pipes, melodeon

Tracks

Side 1

1. Valencia Harbour / Up the Walls of the World / Around the World for Sport (7.19)
2. The Waves of Tory (4.15)
3. No Cause, No Cause for Alarm (5.12)

Side 2

4. Sold Down the River Again (6.27)
5. The Lancashire Emigrant’s Farewell (4.03)
6. The Last Dance / The Lemonville / Stormy Weather / Tich’s Reel (8.46)

Tracks 1ac, 6c trad.;
Track 1b Martin Reese, Paul Thompson;
Tracks 2, 4 Pete Coe;
Track 3 Bill Prince;
Track 5 George Faux;
Track 6a Bob Pegg;
Track 6b Jack Hayes;
Track 6d Willie Taylor

Recorded at Ken Giles Studios, Wakefield;
Produced by Pete Coe and Tony Bonner;
Engineered by Tony Bonner;
Photos by Peter Hollings;
Sleeve design by Dave Pugh

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, bouzouki, 5-string banjo, dulcimer, melodeon

with Hooke’s Law (F = -kx):
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer, vocals;
Johnny Adams: keyboards, trombone;
Janet Kerr, Chris Partington: fiddle;
Mike Hockenhull: banjo

plus:
Dave Shaw: Northumbrian pipes;
Penny Callow: cello;
The Northern Discomfort Chorus (Jim Boyes, Helen Hockenhull, Chris Coe, John Adams, Sue Coe): vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Pennine Way (4.50)
2. Seven Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.44)
3. Whinham’s Jig / Morgan Rattler (4.00)
4. When the Red Rose Blooms Again (4.50)

Side 2

5. Poverty Knock (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (5.40)
6. Road to Ballysodare / Kirkgate Hornpipe (4.10)
7. The Jackdaw (4.17)
8. Sons of Freedom (Roud 9401) (3.10)
9. John Brown’s March (2.24)

Tracks 1, 4, 7 Pete Coe;
Track 2 trad. adapted Pete Coe;
Tracks 3, 6 trad.;
Track 5 Tom Daniel / trad. adapted Pete Coe;
Track 8 trad., additional words Pete Coe, Chris Coe;
Track 9 trad. adapted and arr. Hooke’s Law

Recorded at Sunnybanks Recording Studios, Mill Fold, Ripponden, West Yorkshire, January and February 1997;
Engineer Mike Briggs;
Produced by Mike Briggs and Pete Coe;
Artwork and design by Chris Sands;
All photos of The Long Company by Margaret Watts

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals [1-3, 5-14], melodeon [1, 3-4, 7, 9-10, 12-14], bouzouki [3, 6, 9, 13], banjo [8, 12], Appalachian dulcimer [2, 11], feet [3, 9, 14], bass balalaika [6, 8];
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer [4, 6, 15], side drum [1];
John Adams: fiddle [4, 15], keyboards [4], harmonium [15];
Chris Partington: fiddle [4, 15];
Nick Barber: French horn [1];
Sarah Barber: trumpet [1, 14];
Derek Barber: snare drum [1];
Chris Coe, Sue Coe, John Adams, Vic Gammon, Annie Dearman, Mary Humphries, Ian Slim, Steve Harrison, Nick Barber, Sarah Barber: chorus [1, 14]

Tracks

1. Bring the New Year In (4.00)
2. Across the Western Ocean (Roud 8234) (3.38)
3. The Fireman’s Song (4.58)
4. East Boldon / Ann Frazer Mackenzie (3.38)
5. The P.R. Man from Hell (5.46)
6. Juniper, Gentle and Rosemary (Roud 161; Child 1) (4.47)
7. What’s It Worth? (3.18)
8. William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (5.19)
9. As I Roved Out (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152) (4.17)
10. Kings and Queens of England (2.36)
11. I Courted a Wee Girl (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (5.15)
12. None So Steady (3.45)
13. The Barleycorn (4.10)
14. We’ll Have a May Day (3.31)
15. Bill Hall’s No. 1 & No. 2 (4.22)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1, 7, 12 Pete Coe;
Track 3 Don Bilston;
Track 5 Trevor Carter;
Track 10 Vic Gammon;
Track 14 Matt McGinn

Recorded at Sunnybanks Recording Studios, Mill Fold, Ripponden, West Yorkshire, April 2001;
Engineer Matt Bernard;
Produced by John Adams;
Artwork and design by Chris Sands, Images by Chris Coe;
Photography Janet Kerr

Musicians

Chris Coe: vocals [1-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15-17], hammered dulcimer [1, 5, 14, 16-17], Appalachian dulcimer [2, 10], duet concertina [3, 8, 11], bodhrán [9], feet [9];
John Adams: vocals [1], fiddle [1, 7, 16], harmonium [13, 17], keyboards [14];
Pete Coe: vocals [1], melodeon [1, 7], 5-stringed banjo [16];
Vic Gammon: bass guitar [17]

Tracks

1. Hind Horn (Roud 28; Child 17; G/D 5:1022) (4.18)
2. Young Leonard (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (3.47)
3. Lament for the Death of the Reverend Archie Beaton / Edward (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (5.32)
4. Harvest Song (from The Path) (2.41)
5. Pipe on the Hob / Wearmouth Lads / Jug o’ Punch jigs (3.30)
6. False Foodrage (Roud 57; Child 89; G/D 8:1930) (5.02)
7. Yon Green Valley (Roud 2125; G/D 6:1183) (4.08)
8. Limbo / The Morn Is Black (3.38)
9. Redesdale and Wise William (Roud 243; Child 246) (3.44)
10. Love Henry (Song of a Lost Hunter) (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.28)
11. Horga Mountain Tune / Waltz (3.21)
12. Fashioned of the Clay (2.25)
13. Poachers Song (Roud 1686) (3.26)
14. Peeler Creek Waltz / Dog in Difficulty (2.39)
15. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (4.14)
16. British Field March / Drummer Boy for Waterloo (4.18)
17. Longing (2.25)

All tracks trad. arr. Chris Coe except
Track 3a John Mason;
Tracks 4, 8a, 12, 17 Chris Coe;
Track 8b words trad., tune Chris Coe

Recorded at Sunnybanks Recording Studios, Mill Fold, Ripponden, West Yorkshire, in March 2004;
Engineer Steve Whitfield;
Produced by Pete Coe, Steve Whitfield, Chris Coe and John Adams;
Artwork and design by Chris Sands;
Cover illustration by Tony Hall

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, bouzouki, melodeon, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, feet;
Chris Coe: harmony vocals, duet concertina, hammered dulcimer;
John Adams: harmony vocals, fiddle, keyboards, trombone;
Ryburn 3 Step chorus (Vic Gammon, Annie Dearman, Alice Jones, Terry Whelan, Sue Burgess, Dave Bishop, Chris Manners, Gill Baldwin, Hazel Pigott, Pauline Jones, Sylvia Needham, Michael Beeke, Peter Rushworth, Sue Coe);
Pete Martin: duelling trumpets [1];
Backshift Brass (John Adams: trombone, baton; Jake Jones: cornet; Michael Beeke: tuba; Alice Jones: clarinet; Steve Harrison: saxophone) [15];

Tracks

1. Seven Warnings (5.29)
2. An Acre of Land (Roud 21093; TYG 23) (3.55)
3. I Only Spoke Portuguese (3.11)
4. Banks of Virgie (Roud 27; Child 14; G/D 2:199) (6.23)
5. Catch Me If You Can (Roud 1028) (4.12)
6. Judas (3.12)
7. Old Man’s Advice (Roud 1482) (3.49)
8. Oregon (3.10)
9. Penny for the Ploughboys (4.26)
10. Mermaid (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27) (4.10)
11. Tower of Babel (4.25)
12. Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (5.27)
13. Boston Burglar (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (4.47)
14. Northill May Song (Roud 305) (1.32)
15. Wassail Song (Roud 209; TYG 22) (2.57)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Pete Coe, Chris Coe;
Track 3 Bill Worsfold;
Track 8 Tucker Zimmerman;
Track 9 Colin Cater;
Track 11 Trevor Carter

This is a compilation of most of the tracks of the two LPs It’s a Mean Old Scene and A Right Song and Dance.

Tracks

1. It’s a Mean Old Scene (4.12)
2. The Alimony Run (4.15)
3. I Do Not Want to Lose You (6.03)
4. Wait Till the Clouds Roll By (Roud 9088) (5.01)
5. Manchester Angel (Roud 2741) (3.40)
6. Down By the Waters Rolling (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.45)
7. The Pennine Way (4.50)
8. Seven Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.44)
9. Whinham’s Jig / Morgan Rattler (4.00)
10. When the Red Rose Blooms Again (4.50)
11. Poverty Knock (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (5.40)
12. Road to Ballysodare / Kirkgate Hornpipe (4.10)
13. The Jackdaw (4.17)
14. Sons of Freedom (Roud 9401) (3.10)
15. John Brown’s March (2.24)
16. Rolling Down the Ryburn (live version) (6.51)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1-2, 7, 10, 13, 16 Pete Coe;
Track 3 Terry Conway;
Track 4 words J.T. Wood, music H.J. Fulmer

Recorded, produced and audio mastered by Joss Worthington at Ryburn Recording;
Design and art direction: Design By If

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, bouzouki, melodeon, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, feet;
Johnny Adams: fiddle, harmonium, trombone, harmony vocals, chorus, brass arrangements;
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer, concertina, harmony vocals, chorus;
Michael Beeke: tuba;
Kirsty Bromley: trumpet, chorus;
Alice Jones: clarinet, piano;
Hugh Bradley: double bass;
Chris Partington: fiddle;
Dan Eccles: percussion;
Annie Dearman, Jon Loomes: chorus

Tracks

1. Byker Hill (Roud 3488) (3.23)
2. Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Roud 253; Child 74; G/D 2:337) (5.03)
3. The Recruiting Officer / The Roman Wall jigs (3.28)
4. The Wife of Usher’s Well (Roud 196; Child 79) (4.44)
5. On a Monday Morning (3.12)
6. Flora, the Lily of the West (Roud 957; Laws P29; Henry H578) (5.38)
7. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60) (4.24)
8. The Sheffield Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71) (6.04)
9. The Blind Man He Can See (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6) (4.58)
10. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (6.28)
11. Gånglåt från Mockfjärd / Efterkälken (4.54)
12. Light from the Lighthouse (4.34)
13. Sound of Hohner (live bonus track) (4.53)

All tracks trad. except
Track 5 Cyril Tawney;
Track 11b Hjort Anders;
Track 12 Bob Zentz;
Track 13 Pete Coe

Recorded, produced and audio mastered by Joss Worthington at Ryburn Recording;
Illustrations by John Crane;
Layout design by Design By If

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, melodeon, banjo, bouzouki;
Choruses sung by Years 5 and 6 pupils from Rippanden J&I School;
Alice Jones: piano, clarinet, whistle, bubbles;
Michael Beeke: tuba, bagpipes, recorder;
Jon Loomes: hurdy-gurdy, fiddle, viola;
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer;
Lucy Wright: jew’s harp;
Dan Eccles: drums;
Johnny Adams: special effects

Tracks

1. Down in the Diving Bell (Roud 5013) (3.47)
2. Hop, Hop, Hop (2.54)
3. All God’s Critters (2.58)
4. Animals Beasts and Creatures (4.28)
5. Stanley the Rat (1.48)
6. Noah’s Ark Shanty (Roud 318) (1.57)
7. Herring’s Head (Roud 128; TYG 31) (4.02)
8. Daddy Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (3.40)
9. Froggie (Here’s to Cheshire) (5.23)
10. Three Little Pigs (3.22)
11. The Wizard of Alderley Edge (5.25)
12. Black, White, Yellow and Green (Roud 9212) (2.08)
13. The Crocodile (3.27)
14. Tree on the Hill (4.46)
15. There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig (2.39)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Alfred Lee;
Track 3 Bill Staines;
Tracks 4, 11 Pete Coe;
Track 5 Cyril Tawney;
Track 9 Leslie Haworth

The Search for Five Finger Frank is a double album celebrating the legacy of the great Frank Kidson; a man once revered by his peers but now, sadly overlooked by the folk movement of today. Pete Coe and Alice Jones present both classic and rare songs taken from the Frank Kidson collection and set to innovative and original arrangements, breathing fresh life into songs once left to gather dust. This recording features ballads, broadsides and dance tunes mainly from Yorkshire.

Engineered and recorded by Joss Worthington at Distant City Recording Studio, Ripponden, West Yorkshire;
Cover art by John Crane

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals [1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 14-15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26], bouzouki, melodeons, banjo, bansitar;
Alice Jones: vocals [2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25], harmonium, piano, whistles, clarinet, feet;
Johnny Adams: fiddle [5, 13, 23, 27], harmony vocals [1, 3, 11, 15];
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer [13, 22, 27], harmony vocals [1];
Michael Beeke: tuba [1, 26], harmony vocals [3, 11, 15], brass arrangements;
Julie Helliwell: trombone [1, 26];
Stephen McGowan: trumpet [1, 26];
Chris Partington: fiddle [5, 13, 22, 27];
Steve Harrison: mouth organ [5, 13, 22, 27];
Murray Grainger: harmony vocals [3, 11];
Gina Le Faux: fiddle [14], viola [14], bass fiddle [2, 16]

Tracks

CD 1

1. One Summer’s Morning (Roud 191; TT, FSNC) (4.56)
2. The Swans Swim So Bonny (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213; GEF, FSSJ 9) (5.26)
3. The Death of Bill Brown (Roud 609; TT, FKB) (3.23)
4. The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110; G/D 7:1465; TT, FSNC) (7.05)
5. The Kirkgate Hornpipes 1 & 2 (OECD) (2.59)
6. Captain Glen (Roud 478; Laws K22; G/D 2:191; GEF) (5.17)
7. The Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180; TT) (5.15)
8. The Highwayman Outwitted (Roud 2638; Laws L2; GEF, FSSJ 9) (2.22)
9. Turpin Hero (Roud 621; Laws L10; FSSJ 9) (2.40)
10. Shule Agra (Roud 911; FSSJ 9) (3.33)
11. Outward Bound (Roud 1104; TT, FSNC) (3.31)
12. My True Love Once He Courted Me (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; TT) (3.17)
13. Come Ashore Jolly Tar With Your Trousers On (OECD) (3.26)
14. Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329; TT) (4.07)

CD 2

15. Hares in the Old Plantation (Roud 363; TT, FSNC) (3.17)
16. Young Riley the Fisherman (Roud 270; Laws M8; G/D 1:22; GEF, FSSJ 5) (5.21)
17. All on Spurn Point (Roud 599; TYG 67; EPS, FSSJ 9, FKB) (2.39)
18. Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; EOS, FKB) (5.04)
19. The Bonny Bunch of Roses O (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155; FSSJ 9) (5.49)
20. I Designed to Say No But Mistook and Said Yes (Roud 1459; Henry H472; GEF) (2.49)
21. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249; TT, FSNC, FKB) (3.48)
22. The Trip to Knaresborough (ms) / The Ball (OECD) (3.27)
23. One Moonlit Night (Roud 17769; EP, FSSJ 9) (5.11)
24. The Bold Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47; GEF) (3.09)
25. Young Banker (Roud 3321; FSSJ) (3.59)
26. The Deserter (Roud 493; GEF, FSSJ 9, FKB) (5.03)
27. The Leeds Polka (OECD) (2.57)

TT	Frank Kidson, Traditional Tunes, Oxford: Chas. Taphouse, 1891
GEF	Frank Kidson, A Garland of English Folk-Songs, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1926
FSNC	Frank Kidson, Folk Songs From the North Countrie, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1927
EPS	Frank Kidson, English Peasant Songs, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1929
OECD	Frank Kidson, Old English Country Dances, London: William Reeves, 1890
FSSJ	Folk Song Society Journals
ms	Frank Kidson’s manuscripts
FKB	Frank Kidson’s broadside collection

Produced, recorded and mixed by David Crickmore at Splid Studios, Keighley;
Mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Photos by Bruce Fitzgerald;
Design by Lee Walsh;
Layout and admin by Sue Coe

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals, banjo, bouzouki, guitar, dulcimer, melodeon, foo percussion;
David Crickmore: lead guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser;
Andy Peacock: drums;
Johnny Adams, Chris Coe, Emma Crickmore, Annie Dearman, Alan Rose, Lynda Hardcastle, Helen & Mike Hockenhull, John Clough: chorus

Tracks

1. King Henry (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (4.51)
2. The Spanish Lady (Roud 542; G/D 4:746; Henry H532) (5.37)
3. The Banks of Red Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444) (5.10)
4. Joseph Baker (3.33)
5. Farewell to the Brine (4.29)
6. The Walls of Troy (6.00)
7. World of Misery (Shenandoah) (Roud 324) (4.40)
8. Jack Hall (Roud 369; Laws L5) (4.25)
9. The Footboy (Roud 3580) (6.12)
10. Ash and Alder (3.54)

All tracks trad. arr. Pete Coe except
Tracks 4-5 Pete Coe;
Track 6 Terry Conway, Ged Foley;
Track 10 Vic Gammon

The Road to Peterloo tells the story of one of the most notorious incidents in British labour history—the ‘Peterloo Massacre’ in Manchester in 1819—through some of the many broadside ballads that were printed around the time of the event. Three singers and musicians from North West England—Pete Coe, Brian Peters and Laura Smyth—trace the story from its roots in the poverty and hunger suffered by handloom weavers in the early 19th century. Their songs describe the terrible events of the day itself, when mounted soldiers charged a peaceful crowd demanding votes for all and killed or injured many men, women and children by their indiscriminate use of sabres, and tell of later political developments inspired by the carnage.

Pete Coe, Brian Peters & Laura Smyth—The Road to Peterloo by Simon Haines (The Living Tradition, issue 128)

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Brian Bedford, Park Head Studio, Birdsedge, Yorkshire;
Photos by Jim Ellam, Pear Mill, Stockport;
Album artwork and design by Laura Smyth (original linocut based on ‘Victory of Peterloo’ by George Cruikshank)

Musicians

Pete Coe: vocals [1-2, 8, 10, 13, 15], melodeon [2, 9, 12, 14], banjo [3], foot percussion [3, 10], bouzouki [4, 6-8, 10-11, 16];
Brian Peters: vocals [1, 4, 6, 12, 14-16], guitar [2, 9, 12, 14], fiddle [3, 7, 9, 11], melodeon [4, 6, 8, 10, 13], Anglo concertina [16];
Laura Smyth: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15], cello [2, 4, 7-10, 14, 16], English concertina [6, 11-12]

Tracks

1. The Triumph of Liberty (1.48)
2. Arise, You Sons of Freedom (3.30)
3. The Drummer Boy for Waterloo (Roud 1804; Laws J1; Henry H728) (3.07)
4. The Weaver’s Sweet Home (2.59)
5. Jone O’ Grinfield (Roud 937) (3.01)
6. The Cropper Lads (TYG 62) (2.22)
7. Tom Paine (2.17)
8. You Tyrants of England (4.20)
9. Spotted Borders / Rolling Bet (3.39)
10. With Henry Hunt We’ll Go (Roud 1117) (3.58)
11. Rise, Britons, Rise (3.10)
12. John Stafford’s Song (3.24)
13. St Ethelstone’s Day (1.58)
14. The Pride of Peterloo (3.33)
15. The Chartist Anthem (2.20)
16. Kersal Moor (Roud V33134) (3.59)

All songs trad., arr. Coe, Peters & Smyth, except
Tracks 1, 7, 11, 15 words trad., music Laura Smyth, arr. Coe, Peters & Smyth;
Tracks 4, 6, 12, 14, 16 words trad., music Brian Peters, arr. Coe, Peters & Smyth