Produced by Jon Moore;
Recorded by David Kenny at Ideal Sound Recorders, London, in November 1990-June 1991;
Photography by Dave Peabody;
Designed and set by Ian A. Anderson

Musicians

Rod Stradling: melodeon

with
Feckless [1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13]:
    Phil Bird: electric guitar;
    Steve Crickett: drums;
    John Eastaugh: electric bass;
    Tony Engle: C melody saxophone;
    Alan Lamb: viola d’amore, melodeon, cello, whistle [also 2, 6, 8];
    Danny Stradling: percussion;
Jon Moore: electric and acoustic guitars [2, 6-8, 10-11];
Ron Kavana: guitar, bouzouki, slide guitar, bones, drums [3, 12]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Shameless Glutton (4.18)
2. The Sportsman’s Hornpipe (4.20)
3. Bonaparte’s Retreat (3.24)
4. The Star Above the Garter / Polesana (4.33)
5. Highland Mary / Old Tom of Oxford (3.06)
6. Valsivien Di Imo / Masurca Uaciacalpians / The Boys of Balisadare (4.37)
7. The Caswell Coconut Dance / Polstead Road (6.17)

Side 2

8. Lewis James’ Quadrille / La Peronista (3.13)
9. The Sweetness of Mary (3.19)
10. Enrico / Ashling (4.12)
11. Rock the Cradle, Joe / Norton Greens (4.25)
12. The Kerry Mills Barndance / Brimfield (5.37)
13. The Arkansas Schottische / The Weavers’ March (4.26)
14. The Trip We Took Over the Mountains / Pive (5.32)

All tracks trad. arr. Rod Stradling except
Track 1 Rod & B.J. Stradling;
Track 6b Enzo Conti;
Tracks 7a, 11b Alan Lamb;
Track 7b Rod Stradling

Compiled by Ian A. Anderson and Rod Stradling;
Mastered for CD by Peter Philipson;
Front illustration by Lynn Breeze;
Package by Jali Roll Martian

Musicians

Rod Stadling: melodeons

with
Ian A Anderson: slide guitar [2, 9, 15, 21];
Phil Bird: electric guitar [4, 14];
Kevin Bown: piano, double bass [3, 19];
Martin Brinsford: mouthorgans, drums, percussion [1, 3, 7, 10-11, 13, 17];
Jane Burgess: fiddle [10];
Paul Burgess: fiddle, piano [1, 10-11, 17];
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer [2, 15, 21];
Dion Cochrane: tenor banjo [12];
Steve Cricket: drums [14];
John Eastaugh: bass [14];
Tony Engle: anglo concertina, saxophone [6, 14, 18];
Ron Field: auto-harp, banjo [7, 13];
Fi Fraser: fiddle, hammered dulcimer, clarinet [1, 7, 11, 13, 17];
Jo Fraser: whistles, saxophone [1, 7, 11, 13, 17];
Flos Headford: fiddle [1, 10, 11, 17];
Dave Haines: one-row melodeon [5, 12, 16];
Maggie Holland: bass, banjo [2, 9, 15, 21];
Johnny Gill: bass [5, 12, 16];
Tom Greenhalgh: skank guitar [5, 16];
Steve Goulding: drums [5, 16];
Steve Harrison: mouthorgans [19];
Alan Lamb: viola d’amore, melodeon, ’cello [4, 14];
John Maxwell: drums [2, 9, 15, 21];
Jon Moore: lead guitar [2, 5, 9, 16, 21];
Mike Pinder: fiddle, banjo mandolin [3, 19];
Barnaby Stradling: rhythm guitar [5, 16];
Danny Stradling: tambourine, bass drum, cabasa [1, 5-7, 11-14, 16-18];
Richard Valentine: piano [1, 11, 17];
Fran Wade: fiddle [3, 19];
Peta Webb: fiddle [6, 18]

Tracks

1. [OSB] The Sloe (2.31)
2. [TM] Speed the Plough (2.59)
3. [P] Scan Tester’s Stepdances Nos 1 & 2 / Sweet Nell (4.19)
4. The Sportsman’s Hornpipe (4.23)
5. [EII] Bourrée a Gaston Pommier (3.14)
6. [O] Scan’s Polkas Nos 1 & 2 (live) (2.15)
7. [OSB] Walter Bulwer’s Polkas Nos 2 & 1 (2.52)
8. Highland Mary / Old Tom of Oxford (3.07)
9. [TM] Polka Volta (2.50)
10. [ECDB] Jack Robinson / Steamboat / The Swiss Boy (4.29)
11. [OSB] Gloucester Hornpipe / Polly Put the Kettle On (4.11)
12. [EII] Redower Polka (3.55)
13. [OSB] Curley Headed Ploughboy / The Quaker / 3 Around 3 (4.11)
14. The Star Above the Garter / Polesana (4.33)
15. [ECBB] The Italian Job / Lodge Road (3.26)
16. [EII] Cliffe Hornpipe (4.53)
17. [OSB] Give Us Some Treacle & Bread / Mrs Claxton’s Polka (3.47)
18. [O] See Me Dance The Polka / Oh Joe (live) (2.30)
19. [P] Mike’s Barn Dance / Dances At Kinvarra (3.01)
20. The Trip We Took Over the Mountains / Pive (5.35)
21. [TM] The Digital Watch (3.29)

Tracks 1, 11, 17 are from Old Swan Band: Gamesters, Pickpockets and Harlots (Dingle’s DIN 322, 1981);
Track 2 is from Tiger Moth: Speed the Plough (Rogue FMSL 2006, 1983);
Track 3 is from Phoenix: After the Fire (Firebird FBR 001, 2006);
Tracks 4, 8, 14, 20 are from Rhythms of the Wold (Rogue FMSD 3021, 1991);
Track 5 and 17 are from Edward II and the Red Hot Polkas: Ethos (EII, 1986);
Tracks 6, 18 is from Oak: Country Songs and Music (Musical Traditions MTCD327/8, 2007);
Tracks 7, 13 are from Old Swan Band: No Reels (Free Reed FRR 011, 1977);
Track 9 is from Tiger Moth: Howling Moth (Rogue FMSL 2012, 1988);
Track 10 is from The English Country Dance Band: Barn Dance (Snatch’d From Oblivion, 2001);
Track 12 is from Edward II and the Red Hot Polkas: Demos (EII, 1985);
Track 15 is from The English Country Blues Band: Home and Deranged (Rogue FMSL 2004, 1983);
Track 19 is from Phoenix Dance Band: All Fired Up (Firebird FBR 005, 2016);
Track 21 is from Tiger Moth: Tiger Moth (Rogue FMSL 2006, 1988)