Produced by Dave Foister and Pyewackett;
Recorded by Bill Leader at Leadersound, Halifax, and Allan Marrow, London;
Photography by Roy Stephens;
Sleeve design by Neil Ross

Musicians

Ian Blake: clarinet, recorders, soprano saxophone, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals;
Rosie Cross: bassoon, tambourine, vocals;
Mark Emerson: violin, viola, keyboards, drum, vocals;
Laurie Harper: violin, mandolin, mandola, bass guitar, vocals;
Bill Martin: guitar, accordion, keyboards, vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Halfe Hannikin
2. Harry the Tailor (Roud 1465)
3. The Weary Cutters (Roud 8772)
4. The Bonny Hawthorn (Roud 9268; TYG 9)
5. Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213)
6. Peppers Black / Tomorrow the Fox Will Come to Town

Side 2

7. Kettle Drum / Goddesses / Parsons Farewell
8. Hey Then Up Go We / Jack-a-Lent
9. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333)
10. We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye
11. Aunt Hessy’s White Horse

All tracks trad. arr. Pyewackett except
Tracks 1, 6a, 7abc, 8a anon., from John Playford’s English Dancing Master;
Track 10 Harry Woods

Produced by Pyewackett and Andrew Cronshaw;
Recorded by Colin Peter at Wickham Recording Studios, Croydon, in November 1982;
Photography by Andrew Cronshaw;
Sleeve from The Phases of the Night by Max Ernst;
Design by Neil Ross

Musicians

Ian Blake: vocals [2, 6, 9], recorders [1, 3, 8, 11], clarinet [2, 6], bass clarinet [2, 6], soprano saxophone [3-4, 7-8], bass guitar [5, 11], synthesiser [6, 8, 10], whistle [6], piano [8, 10];
Rosie Cross: vocals [2, 5-7, 9, 10], bassoon [1, 3-4, 7-8], hammered dulcimer [6, 11], tambourine [8];
Mark Emerson: vocals [2, 9], violin [1, 3-5, 7-8, 11], viola [5, 8], old grey whistle [2];
Bill Martin: vocals [2-3, 5-6, 9], synthesiser [1, 3-4, 6-8, 11], piano [2-3], prepared piano [3, 5], guitar [5], accordion [8]

with
Micky Barker: drums [5, 8, 11]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Amoroso (2.26)
2. Hey We to the Other World (2.35)
3. Bedlam City (Roud 968) (3.47)
4. Grays Inn Maske (2.24)
5. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (5.19)
6. The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (1.52)

Side 2

7. Ce Mois de Mai (2.33)
8. The B de B / Borborygmi / The Bear Dance (5.45)
9. The Well Below the Valley (Roud 2335; Child 21) (3.01)
10. The Grey Cock (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.02)
11. Dan and the Wombat (3.49)

Track 1 anon. arr. Ian Blake;
Track 2 William Lawes arr. Pyewackett;
Tracks 3-4, 9 trad. arr. Bill Martin;
Track 5 trad. / Bill Martin;
Track 6 Friend, Franklin;
Track 7 Clement Janequin (early 16^th century) arr. Bill Martin;
Tracks 8a 16^th century branle, from the Attaingnant collection, anon. arr. Pyewackett;
Tracks 8b 16^th century branle, from the Attaingnant collection, anon. arr. Ian Blake;
Tracks 8c trad. Belgian tune, arr. Pyewackett;
Track 10 trad. arr. Ian Blake, Rosie Cross;
Track 11 trad. arr. Pyewackett

Produced by Bill Martin and Ian Blake;
Recorded by Colin Peter at Wickham Recording Studios, Croydon;
Sleeve design: front by Bob Linney of X3 Posters, back by Neil Ross

Musicians

Ian Blake: recorders, saxophones, bass clarinet, whistle, bass guitar;
Rosie Cross: bassoon, hammered dulcimer, vocals;
Mark Emerson: violin, viola, accordion;
Bill Martin: Yahama CX7 and OSCar keyboards, piano, accordion;
Micky Barker: drums

Tracks

Side 1

1. Ten Cents a Dance (3.00)
2. Moll Pately (4.00)
3. Portsmouth (3.32)
4. Rufty Tufty (1.45)
5. The Limousine (3.32)
6. Woodicock / An Old Man Is a Bed Full of Bones (4.03)

Side 2

7. Bransle du Chien (5.34)
8. Cuckolds All a Row (1.15)
9. Mount Hills (5.52)
10. Winter’s Night Schottische (2.37)
11. Nonesuch (4.06)

Most of the dance tunes come from a series of Dancing Masters by John Playford in 1651;
Track 1 lyrics Lorenz Hart, music Richard Rogers;
Tracks 2 trad. arr. Bill Martin, Ian Blake;
Tracks 3, 6, 9, 11 trad. arr. Pyewackett;
Track 4, 8 trad. arr. Ian Blake;
Track 5 Mark Emerson arr. Pyewackett, based on a French fiddle tune;
Track 7 Bill Martin arr. Pyewackett;
Tracks 10 trad. arr. Pyewackett, from Kerr’s Collection of Merry Melodies for the Violin, 1875

Recorded and digitally mastered by John O’Connor and Brian O’Shaughnessy at Bark Studio, Walthamstow;
Photography by Doc Rowe;
Sleeve design by Neil Ross from “Phases of the Night” by Max Ernst

Musicians

Ian Blake: bass, clarinets, saxophones, bass recorder, ocarina;
Rosie Cross: vocals, hammered dulcimer, bassoon;
Mark Emerson: violin, viola, accordion;
Bill Martin: Yamaha synthesisers, piano, drum, sequence programmes;
Ralph Salmins: drums

Tracks

Side 1

1. For Saheli (7.33)
2. Christmas Day in the Morning (4.11)
3. Love Me or Leave Me (5.56)
4. Homes for Heroes (4.23)

Side 2

5. Ek Se Ou Windhoek Toe Nou (4.14)
6. Myoho / Resting Place (5.09)
7. Illusions (5.21)
8. Fever (5.18)

Track 1 Rosie Cross, Bill Martin;
Track 2 trad. Shetland fiddle tune;
Track 3 Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn;
Track 4 Cathy Lesurf, Phil Beer;
Track 5 Abdullah Ibrahim;
Track 6a Newman;
Track 6b Bill Martin;
Track 7 Friedrich Holländer;
Track 8 John Davenport, Eddie Cooley