> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Frivolous Love

Pete Morton: Frivolous Love

Pete Morton: Frivolous Love (Harbourtown HARCD 001)

Frivolous Love
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HAR/HARCD 001 (LP/CD, UK, 1987)

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Produced and recorded by Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas;
Digitally mastered at Charlotte Street Studios, Wakefile, West Yorkshire;
Photography by David Harrold;
Art direction and design by Jim Hutcheson

Musicians

Pete Morton: guitar, vocals

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Sloth and the Greed (3.00)
  2. Mother’s Day (4.02)
  3. The Last God of England (3.27)
  4. Time (2.47)
  5. Tamlyn (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (8.17)

Side 2

  1. A Babe of the World (4.16)
  2. Without Thinking Love (4.15)
  3. The Backward King (2.52)
  4. Frivolous Love (3.04)
  5. Rachel (6.16)
  6. Just Like John Barleycorn (3.25)

All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Track 5 trad. arr. Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: One Big Joke

Pete Morton: One Big Joke

Pete Morton: One Big Joke (Harbourtown HARCD 004)

One Big Joke
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HAR/HARCD 004 (LP/CD, UK, 1988)

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Produced by Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas;
Recorded by Richard Robinson at Pace Studios, Milton Keynes;
Photography by David Harrold;
Art direction and design by Jim Hutcheson

Musicians

Pete Morton: acoustic guitar, vocals;
Roger Wilson: fiddle, viola, mandolin, backing vocals;
Simon Edwards: button accordion, pianomandolin, backing vocals;
Mickey Firebird: electric guitar;
Hester Goodman: ukulele

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Prisoner (3.27)
  2. Simple Love (2.42)
  3. Water from the Houses of Our Fathers (3.30)
  4. The First Day (3.01)
  5. The Little Boy’s Room (3.42)
  6. Another Train (3.15)

Side 2

  1. Lucy (3.00)
  2. The Old Grey Moon (3.00)
  3. One Big Joke (2.23)
  4. Girls Like You (2.15)
  5. River of Love (3.17)
  6. Somewhere in Love (3.40)
  7. Live Your Life (3.16)

All tracks written by Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Mad World Blues

Pete Morton: Mad World Blues

Pete Morton: Mad World Blues (Harbourtown HARCD 018)

Mad World Blues
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HARCD 018 (CD, UK, 1992)

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Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner and mixed at Charlotte Street Studios, Wakefile;
Photography by David Morton;
Design and artwork by Jim Hutcheson

Musicians

Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Simon Styrene: bass, backing vocals;
Simon Skevington: guitar, backing vocals;
Alan Flanders: drums, percussion;
Sally Barker: backing vocals [2];
The Wilson Family: vocals [6]

Tracks

  1. Mad World Blues (3.21)
  2. Song Bird (4.37)
  3. Kurdistan (3.30)
  4. it Is What It Is (3.48)
  5. Down to Earth (4.03)
  6. John Barleycorn (Intro) (0.14)
  7. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (4.20)
  8. Patriotic Claptrap (2.21)
  9. Malnutrition at Standing Rock (5.47)
  10. Keys to Love (2.49)
  11. Crazy Man (3.21)
  12. Katie (3.27)

All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Track 6 trad. arr. The Wilson Family

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Courage, Love and Grace

Pete Morton: Courage, Love and Grace

Pete Morton: Courage, Love and Grace (Harbourtown HARCD 029)

Courage, Love and Grace
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HARCD 029 (CD, UK, 1995)

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Produced by Gordon Jones and Pete Morton;
Recorded at Beaumont Street Studios, Batley;
Engineered by Tony Bonner;
Illustrations by Bent Linley;
Photography by Tony Redmond;
Design and artwork by Hemisphere

Musicians

Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Vaughan Phelps: bass [2-4, 7, 9-13];
Mike Willoughby: harmonica [4-5, 10-11, 13];
Karen Tweed: piano accordion [3-4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13];
Sally Barker: vocals [1-3, 6, 9-10, 13];
Tom McConville: fiddle [2, 8, 14];
Roger Wilson: fiddle [4, 9, 13];
Jez Luton: guitar [10, 14]

Tracks

  1. Change (5.06)
  2. Heartland (4.04)
  3. On Your Side (3.52)
  4. Family Tree (3.28)
  5. Through It All (2.34)
  6. Learning of a Miracle (3.05)
  7. From Ireland (3.01)
  8. One Truth (2.19)
  9. Courage, Love and Grace (5.04)
  10. Cheating Man (3.32)
  11. Love Me in Eden (3.49)
  12. The Lion and the Lamb (4.03)
  13. The Harrowing of Pride (6.31)
  14. Eternity (4.24)

All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Tracks 7, 9-10, 13 Pete Kenny;
Track 5 Pete Kenny, Pete Cooke;
Track 12 TV Smith

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton, Roger Wilson, Simon Edwards: Urban Folk Vol. II

Pete Morton, Roger Wilson, Simon Edwards: Urban Folk Vol. II

Pete Morton, Roger Wilson, Simon Edwards: Urban Folk Vol. II (Harbourtown HARCD023)

Urban Folk Vol. I
Pete Morton, Roger Wilson, Simon Edwards

Harbourtown Records HARC 016 (cass., UK, 1991)

Urban Folk Vol. II
‘Self Destructive Fools’
Pete Morton, Roger Wilson, Simon Edwards

Harbourtown Records HARCD 023 (2 CD, UK, 1997, including Vol. I)

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Produced by Gordon Jones;
Photography by Detlef Lütje;
Illustration by John Hodkinson;
Layout and design by Chloe Rush at HOT Publicity, Milton Keynes

CD 1 (Urban Folk Vol. I) recorded by Tony Bonner at Charlotte Street Studios, Wakefield;
CD mastering by Warwick Pilmer;
CD 2 (Urban Folk Vol. II: ‘Self Destrictive Fools’) recorded by Warwick Pilmer at Beaumont Street Studios, Batley

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, guitar;
Roger Wilson: vocals, guitar, electric guitar [CD 2], mandolin [CD 2], fiddle;
Simon Edwars: vocals, accordion;
Doc Marten: percussion [CD 1]

Tracks

CD 1: Urban Folk Vol. I

  1. Love’s Trainee (Part. 1) (3.56)
  2. The Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (2.22)
  3. Hey Joe (5.05)
  4. Lord Randall (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (7.17)
  5. Absent Love (3.22)
  6. Old Joe Clark (Roud 3594) / The Louisiana Two Step (3.00)
  7. Delia (Roud 3264) (4.14)
  8. Bleak Mist (3.08)
  9. Rambleaway (Roud 171; G/D 7:1485) (4.28)
  10. False Bride (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (4.20)
  11. Shadow of an Absent Friend (3.20)
  12. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (4.20)

CD 2: Urban Folk Vol. II ‘Self Destructive Fools’

  1. Running Outta Lovin’ (3.41)
  2. When You See Those Flying Saucers (3.01)
  3. Little Musgrave (Roud 52; Child 81) (7.25)
  4. Goodbye My Love (4.04)
  5. The Belly Boys (3.22)
  6. Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506, 5407) (5.16)
  7. O’Reilly (3.25)
  8. Swimming Song (3.07)
  9. None So Fair (3.41)
  10. Love Hurts (3.32)
  11. Derwentwater’s Farewell (Roud 2616) (4.12)
  12. Jack o’ Diamonds (2.44)

Tracks 1, 5, 6b, 8 Simon Edwards;
Tracks 2, 4 trad. arr. Pete Morton;
Tracks 3, 6a, 7, 10 trad. arr. Roger Wilson;
Tracks 9, 18, 23 trad.;
Track 11 John Saich;
Tracks 12, 19 Bob Dylan;
Track 13 Chris Thompson;
Track 14 Buchanan Brothers;
Track 16 Barrie Morgan;
Track 17 first verse trad., other verses Roger Wilson;
Track 20 Loudon Wainwright III;
Track 21 Pete Kenny;
Track 22 Felice & Boudleaux Bryant;
Track 24 Bob Dylan, Ben Carruthers

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Trespass

Pete Morton: Trespass

Pete Morton: Trespass (Harbourtown HARCD 037)

Trespass
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HARCD 037 (CD, UK, 1998)

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Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner at Low Fold Audio, Lancaster;
Mastered by Tony Bonner at Clipstore, Leeds;
Photography by Philip Gamble;
Design by Chloë Rush, HOZ Publicity, Milton Keynes

Musicians

Pete Morton: acoustic guitar, vocals

Tracks

  1. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.39)
  2. The Gay Goshawk (Roud 61; Child 96) (7.56)
  3. Sylvia (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35) (2.02)
  4. The Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (5.26)
  5. A Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (4.18)
  6. The Mower and the Dairymaid (Roud 833) (3.13)
  7. The Lincolnshire Poacher (Roud 299) (2.29)
  8. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Roud 52; Child 81) (6.52)
  9. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.31)
  10. Dick Turpin (Roud 621; Laws L10) (3.12)
  11. The Banks of the Sweet Dundee (Roud 148; Laws M25; G/D 2:224) (5.46)
  12. The Rose in June (6.38)
  13. Night Visiting (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (4.35)

All tracks trad. arr. Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Hunting the Heart

Pete Morton: Hunting the Heart

Pete Morton: Hunting the Heart (Harbourtown HARCD 040)

Hunting the Heart
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HARCD 040 (CD, UK, 2000)

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Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner at The Barn, Dent, Cumbria;
Mixed and mastered by Tony Bonner at Clipstore, Leeds;
Illustration and photography by Bob Bridgewater

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Andy Cutting: accordion;
Julie Murphy: additional vocals;
Tom McConville: fiddle

Tracks

  1. Drink to Me Only (5.15)
  2. Hunting the Heart (9.25)
  3. Twitching Net Curtains (4.17)
  4. Forgiveness Hill (5.02)
  5. Constant Motion (5.49)
  6. Madam or Sir (3.22)
  7. Battle of Trafalgar (4.04)
  8. Maybe Nothing’s Spoken (4.43)
  9. Deep Blue Sea (3.25)
  10. The Desert (3.45)
  11. Thanksgiving (4.10)

All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Track 1 words Ben Jonson, tune anon, arr. Pete Morton;
Track 4 Bing Lyle, Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Another Train

Pete Morton: Another Train

Pete Morton: Another Train (Harbourtown HARCD 041)

Another Train
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HARCD 041 (CD, UK, 2002)

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A compilation of songs recorded between 1987 and 2001

Musicians

Pete Morton: guitar, vocals

Tracks

  1. Family Tree (3.33)
  2. The First Day (3.12)
  3. Tamlyn (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (8.35)
  4. Water from the Houses of Our Fathers (3.38)
  5. Without Thinking Love (4.36)
  6. The Prisoner (3.42)
  7. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.42)
  8. Songbird (4.37)
  9. The Gay Goshawk (Roud 61; Child 96) (7.59)
  10. The Battle of Trafalgar (4.04)
  11. Another Train (3.30)
  12. Constant Motion (5.49)
  13. Drink to Me Only (5.15)
  14. Kate (3.27)

Tracks 3, 5 are from Frivolous Love (HAR 001, 1987);
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 11 are from One Big Joke (HAR 004, 1988);
Tracks 8, 14 are from Mad World Blues (HARC/HARCD 018, 1992);
Track 1 is from Courage, Love and Grace (HARCD 029, 1995);
Tracks 7, 9 are from Trespass (HARCD 037);
Tracks 10, 12-13 are from Hunting the Heart (HARCD 040)

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Swarthmoor

Pete Morton: Swarthmoor

Pete Morton: Swarthmoor (Harbourtown HARCD 044)

Swarthmoor
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HARCD 044 (CD, UK, 2003)

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Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Mark Warden at Foel Studios, Llanfair Caereinion;
Mastered and manufactured at Clipstore Ltd, Leeds;
Photography by Bob Bridgewater;
Design by Joe Pieczenko

Musicians

Pete Morton: guitar, vocals

Tracks

  1. The Two Brothers (4.13)
  2. The Luckiest Man (4.52)
  3. Simplicity (3.36)
  4. Goodbye to Oil (4.04)
  5. Listening to My Boots (4.31)
  6. Love Stood in My Way (3.45)
  7. Naseby Field (3.31)
  8. The Shepherd’s Song (3.53)
  9. The Government Wall (3.32)
  10. Six Billion Eccentrics (4.18)
  11. St George Slew the Dragon (4.50)

All tracks written by Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Flying an Unknown Flag

Pete Morton: Flying an Unknown Flag

Pete Morton: Flying an Unknown Flag (Harbourtown HARCD 048)

Flying an Unknown Flag
Pete Morton

Harbourtown Records HARCD 048 (CD, UK, 2005)

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Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner at Shireshead Studio, Lancashire in August 2005;
Mastered and manufactured at Clipstore Ltd, Leeds;
Photography by Gordon Jones;
Front cover art by John Hall;
Design by Mike Garden, Birnam CD

Musicians

Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Roger Wilson: fiddle, mandolin, guitar;
Neil Segrott: bass;
Chris Parkinson: accordion, harmonica

Tracks

  1. Harvest (4.19)
  2. The Shores of Italy (6.09)
  3. Great Gold Sun (5.19)
  4. Further (6.14)
  5. The Busker’s Song (5.21)
  6. In Another Life (4.46)
  7. Corruption Country (5.07)
  8. I’m in Love With Emily Dickinson (4.40)
  9. A Love That I Don’t Understand (4.07)
  10. The Post Office Queue (5.00)
  11. Another Train (4.52)

All tracks written by Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Casa Abierta

Pete Morton: Casa Abierta

Pete Morton: Casa Abierta (Further 002)

Casa Abierta
Ten Songs in Different Tongues—Volume One
Pete Morton

Further Records 002 (CD, UK, 2008)

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Produced by Pete Morton and Simon Squire;
Recorded by Simon Squire at the Barn, Yeovil, Hobnob Cottage, Crewkerne, The Little Backroom, Leicester, and Car Colston, Notts;
Engineered and mixed by Annie the cat;
Mastered by Mike Hockenhull at Brook Row Studios, Oakworth;
Photography by Alan Hassall;
Painting by Mary Jules Clark;
Layout and design by Joe Pieczenko

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, guitars, keyboards, glockenspiel;
Bazira Ward Davies: vocals;
Jon Brindley: guitars;
Roger Wilson: fiddle, guitars;
James Budden: double bass;
Chris Handcock: percussion;
Jo Freya: tenor and soprano saxophones;
Chris Parkinson: accordion

Tracks

  1. Casa Abierta (5.20)
  2. Tá mé ’mo shuí (I am Sitting) (4.13)
  3. Dilbar (My Love) (4.15)
  4. Dat du mien Leevsten büst (2.22)
  5. La Corrida (The Bullfight) (4.10)
  6. Malaika (Angel) (6.15)
  7. Avond (Evening) (4.21)
  8. Trên Arall (Another Train) (4.20)
  9. Karwan (The Convoy) (4.55)
  10. Arirang (5.31)

Track 1 Salvador Cardenal;
Tracks 2, 4, 10 trad.;
Track 3 writer unknown;
Track 5 Francis Cabrel;
Track 6 Fadhili Williams / trad.;
Track 7 Lenneart Nijgh, Boudewijn De Groot;
Track 8 Frances Jones, Les Barker, Pete Morton;
Track 9 Xosnav Tello

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Economy

Pete Morton: Economy

Pete Morton: Economy (Annson ANSCD100)

Economy
Pete Morton

Annson Records ANSCD100 (CD, UK, 2010)

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Produced by Dawson Smith;
Recorded by Kevin ‘Reverb’ Bayliss at Lytton Studio, Leicester;
Mastered at Deadline Studio, Leicester;
Layout and design by Joe Pieczenko

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, guitar;
Roger Wilson: fiddle;
Lisa Banks: vocals, flute, melodeon;
Caroline O’Donnell: accordion;
Dawson Smith: electric bass;
Steve Cooke: fretless bass;
Paddy Hdgkinson: mandolin, mandola, double bass;
James Lynch: keyboards

Tracks

  1. The Sock on the Line (5.02)
  2. Bigger Than Life (5.04)
  3. Related to Me (3.49)
  4. Disobedience (4.40)
  5. The Café Song (5.09)
  6. India (4.08)
  7. The Nightmare of the Sons (3.44)
  8. Good Enough for Me (3.16)
  9. When We Sing Together (4.06)
  10. In the Days When Time Was Different (9.45)

All tracks written by Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton

The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton

Pete Morton: The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton (Fellside FECD261)

The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton
Pete Morton

Fellside Recordings FECD261 (CD, UK, 10 February 2014)

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Produced by Pete Morton and Paul Adams;
Recorded by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Front cover photo by Joe Dilworth;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, guitar, harmonica;
Maggie Boyle: vocals, flute;
Chris Parkinson: melodeon, piano accordion, vocals;
Jon Brindley: fiddle, guitar;
James Budden: bass, vocals;
Linda Adams: chorus vocals

Tracks

  1. Farmer’s Boy Frap (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (3.56)
  2. Heart of the Land (4.51)
  3. Rambling Though Old England (6.19)
  4. The Love of You (4.30)
  5. The Manchester Rambler Frap (5.35)
  6. A-Begging I Will Go Frap (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (4.49)
  7. The Journeyman (5.30)
  8. Ghost of a Sailor, including All for Me Grog (Roud 475; G/D 3:580) (3.46)
  9. Corporatocracy (3.36)
  10. Bedside Song (4.00)

All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Tracks 1, 6, 8 Pete Morton / trad.;
Track 5 Pete Morton / Ewan MacColl

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: The Land of Time

The Land of Time

Pete Morton: The Land of Time (Fellside FECD269)

The Land of Time
Pete Morton

Fellside Recordings FECD269 (CD, UK, 9 October 2015)

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Produced by Paul Adams and Pete Morton;
Recorded by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Photographs by Pete Morton;
Photograph of Pete Morton by Claudia Hopman;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, guitar;
Jon Brindley: guitar;
Chris Parkinson: melodeon, accordion, harmonica, piano, chorus vocals;
Ciaran Algar: fiddle, bouzouki, banjo, mandolin, chorus vocals;
James Budden: double bass, bass harmony vocals;
Linda Adams: harmony vocals

Tracks

  1. The Herefordshire Pilgrim (6.21)
  2. Bloomsbury Boy (5.17)
  3. Poverty Frap (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (5.03)
  4. All the Life Before (5.45)
  5. Lucky (4.24)
  6. One Hundred Years Ago (5.33)
  7. Slave to the Game (Roud 868; G/D 2:299) (5.05)
  8. The Land of Time (3.57)
  9. Old Boston Town (4.25)
  10. Oh, What Little Lives We Lead (4.20)

All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Tracks 3, 7 trad. adapted Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton with Full House: Game of Life

Game of Life

Pete Morton with Full House: Game of Life (Fellside FECD271)

Game of Life
Pete Morton with Full House

Fellside Recordings FECD271 (CD, UK, 6 February 2016)

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Pete Morton re-recorded some of his most popular songs as bis early albums are either deleted or not easy to obtain.

Produced by Paul Adams and Pete Morton;
Recorded by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photographs by Paul Adams (front cover) and Claudia Hopman (inside)

Musicians

Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Full House:
    Ian Jones: melodeon, flute, vocals;
    Chris Lee: fretless bass guitar, double bass, mandolin, electric guitar, vocals;
    Clare ‘Fluff’ Smith: fiddle, vocals;
    Nick Mitchell: guitar, vocals;
    Mark Woolley: percussion, low whistle, vocals

Tracks

  1. Another Train (5.39)
  2. Shepherd’s Song (5.00)
  3. Disobedience (4.43)
  4. Related to Me (4.34)
  5. Shores of Italy (7.38)
  6. The Luckiest Man (6.10)
  7. Corruption Country (4.08)
  8. Bigger Than Life (4.38)
  9. Battle of Trafalgar (4.03)
  10. Further (4.56)
  11. Listening to My Boots (4.09)
  12. Two Brothers (4.59)
  13. Sock on the Line (4.58)
  14. When We Sing Together (4.33)
  15. 7 Billion Eccentrics (3.38)

All songs written by Pete Morton

> Folk Music > Records > Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, Pete Morton: The Magical Christmas Tree

The Magical Christmas Tree

Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, Pete Morton: The Magical Christmas Tree (Fellside FECD279)

The Magical Christmas Tree
Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, Pete Morton

Fellside Recordings FECD279 (CD, UK, 25 November 2016)

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Produced by Gaz;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photographs by Paul Adams

Musicians

Emily Sanders: vocals, fiddle;
Pete Morton: vocals, guitar;
Chris Parkinson: vocals, accordion, melodeo

Tracks

  1. House of the Rising Sun (2.05)
  2. Mountain Road / Christmas Eve (3.31)
  3. Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327) (3.52)
  4. O, Come All Ye Faithful / Mayden Lane (2.56)
  5. The Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) (4.11)
  6. A-Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (2.14)
  7. Midnight on the Water waltz (2.31)
  8. In the Bleak Midwinter (Roud 46421) (4.51)
  9. The Beggar (Roud 1573) (2.56)
  10. What Is This Fragrance? (3.45)
  11. The King (Roud 19109) (1.51)
  12. The Snows of Winter Fall (5.38)
  13. Moldovan Tune (3.14)
  14. Follow That Star (3.45)
  15. Seven Billion Eccentrics (Christmas edition) (3.12)
  16. Bonus Track: O, Little Town of Bethlehem (Roud 24752) (4.22)

All tracks trad. arr. Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, Pete Morton except
Track 1 trad. / words Phillips Brooks / tune Lewis H. Redner;
Track 7 Luke Thomasson;
Track 8 Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst;
Track 12 Graeme Miles;
Track 14 Gary Boyle;
Track 15 Pete Morton;
Track 16 tune Lewis H. Redner / words Phillips Brooks / trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: A Golden Thread

Pete Morton: A Golden Thread

Pete Morton: A Golden Thread (Further FURTHER003)

A Golden Thread
Pete Morton

Further Records FURTHER003 (CD, UK, 1 April 2020)

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Produced by Benjamin MacDhui;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Paul Yarrow at Field Street Recording Studios, Leek;
Photography by Poppy Cockburn;
Cover painting by Kat Blockley;
Design and layout by Breed Media

Folking.com review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, guitars;
Sarah Matthews: fiddle;
Matt Quinn: mandolin, banjo, concertina;
Justin Twigg: double bass;
George Sansome: guitar, euphonium;
Mark Woolley: djembe, bodhrán, cajon, low whistle;
Alice Jones: piano, clarinet;
Julie Wigley: vocals [6];
Jude Rees: vocals [8]

Tracks

  1. A Golden Thread (4.13)
  2. Immigrant Child (5.14)
  3. Barbry Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (5.44)
  4. Yemini Moon (5.48)
  5. We Are the Trees (4.57)
  6. I Live Your Love (4.31)
  7. Universal Basic Income (3.38)
  8. Emily Dickenson (6.16)
  9. Grenfall Carol (5.07)
  10. Metropolitan Safari (3.48)
  11. Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (4.31)

Probably all tracks by Pete Morton except
Track 1 Pete Seeger, additional verses Pete Morton;
Tracks 3, 11 trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Fair Freedom

Pete Morton: Fair Freedom

Pete Morton: Fair Freedom (Further FURTHER004)

Fair Freedom
Pete Morton

Further Records FURTHER004 (CD, UK, 11 March 2024)

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Recorded, mixed and mastered by Paul Yarrow ad Maude Music, Leek, England, in 2024;
Cover art: ‘Freedom’ by Charlie Gavin;
Design and layout by Ella Khafaji

Musicians

Pete Morton: vocals, guitars;
Matt Quinn: mandolin, vocals;
Sarah Matthews: fiddle, viola, vocals;
Justin Twigg: bass;
George Sansome: guitar;
Mark Woolley: percussion, low whistle;
Paul Yarrow: keyboards;
St Mary’s Catholic Academy Leek Choir: vocals [1]

Tracks

  1. The Rivers of the Isle (4.30)
  2. You’re the One I Care About the Most (2.58)
  3. The Genuine You (5.47)
  4. Sharing the Land (3.33)
  5. Birdsong and Green (3.33)
  6. Lives We Lead (3.23)
  7. Newton’s Parakeet (5.51)
  8. Die for Love (4.10)
  9. The Ghost of a Sailor (7.57)
  10. Forevermore (5.08)

All songs by Pete Morton except chorus of Sing John Ball by Sydney Carter

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3.06: A Roots Album for Liverpool (Hillsborough Disaster Fund HILL 306) Various Artists: 3.06: A Roots Album for Liverpool, LP, Hillsborough Disaster Fund HILL 306, 1989

All Through the Year (Hokey Pokey HPR 2002.2) All Through the Year (Hypertension HYCD 200 117) Various Artists: All Through the Year, CD, Hokey Pokey HPR 2002.2, 1991

Some Love: Songs by Les Barker (Mrs Ackroyd DOG 009) Les Barker, Some Love, CD, Mrs Ackroyd Records DOG 009, 1992

Ashley Hutchings et al: Street Cries (Topic TSCD535) Ashley Hutchings: Street Cries, CD, Topic TSCD535, 2001

The Acoustic Folk Box (Topic TSFCD 4001) Various Artists: The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002

Ashley Hutchings: Human Nature (Talking Elephant TECD053) Ashley Hutchings: Human Nature, CD, Talking Elephant TECD053, 2003

The Mrs Ackroyd Band: Yelp! (Mrs Ackroyd DOG 017) The Mrs Ackroyd Band, Yelp, CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 017, 2003

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The Transports (Free Reed FRDCD 2122) Various Artists: The Transports—2004, 2 CD, Free Reed FRDCD 2122, 2004

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