Produced by Bob Thomas and Gordon Jones;
Engineered by Dave Kenney;
Photograph by Paul Sidebotham

Musicians

Roger Wilson: vocals, guitar, fiddle;
Karen Tweed: piano accordion;
Pete Townsend: double bass;
Jan Jodelko: drums

Tracks

Side 1

1. John Henry (Roud 290; Laws L11; Henry H705) (5.16)
2. John Hilt’s / Richmond / The Peg in the Hole (3.54)
3. Mother’s Day (4.57)
4. Ramble Away (Roud 171; G/D 7:1485) (4.50)
5. The Unlikely Trip / The Gumble Waltz (3.46)

Side 2

6. Jack Frazer and Lucy Brown (4.00)
7. Don’t You Go (4.52)
8. The Cotton Reel / The Trip to Windsor / McKerron’s (3.22)
9. Sleepy-Eyed John (2.38)
10. The Great Titanic (4.02)
11. My Laddie Sits Ower Late Up (Roud 3181) (2.56)

Tracks 1, 2ab, 4, 8b, 9-10 trad.;
Tracks 2c, 5b, 6b, 8a Roger Wilson;
Track 3 Pete Morton;
Track 5a Karen Tweed;
Tracks 6, 11 trad. / Roger Wilson;
Track 7 John Martyn;
Track 8c anon.

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’

13. Running Outta Lovin’ (3.41)
14. When You See Those Flying Saucers (3.01)
15. Little Musgrave (Roud 52; Child 81) (7.25)
16. Goodbye My Love (4.04)
17. The Belly Boys (3.22)
18. Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506) (5.16)
19. O’Reilly (3.25)
20. Swimming Song (3.07)
21. None So Fair (3.41)
22. Love Hurts (3.32)
23. Derwentwater’s Farewell (Roud 2616) (4.12)
24. 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

Recorded at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay;
Engineered and mastered by Oliver Knight;
Photography by Andy Williams;
Sleeve design by Bryan Ledgard

Musicians

Martin Carthy: vocals [1-2, 5, 8-9], guitar [1, 3-6, 8-12];
Roger Wilson: vocals [2, 7-8, 12], violin [3-4, 6-7, 10, 12], viola [9], mandolin [1,3, 8], guitar [2], djembe [5];
Chris Wood: vocals [3-4, 8, 11], violin [1, 3, 5-10], viola [5, 12], guitar [4, 11]

Tracks

1. Six Jovial Welshman (Roud 283; G/D 2:283) (4.03)
2. Ultrasound (5.32)
3. Turtle Dove (Roud 422) (6.46)
4. You Must Unload (Roud 22511) (3.07)
5. Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (4.12)
6. Glorishears (4.32)
7. Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (4.13)
8. The Taoist Tale (4.49)
9. Billy Boy (Roud 326) (4.03)
10. Young Collins (5.28)
11. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (6.47)
12. Indian Tea (4.47)

Tracks 1, 3, 5-7, 9-11 trad.;
Track 2 Roger Wilson;
Track 4 John B. Vaughan, Chris Wood;
Track 8 Tucker Zimmerman;
Track 12 Roger Wilson after Robert Frost

Produced by Roger Wilson, Keith Angel and Joel Evans;
Mastered by Judd at Sight and Sound;
Illustration and design by Sanna Virtanen;
Layout by The Bezzas

Musicians

Roger Wilson: vocals, guitar, fiddle, bass, percussion;
Joel Evans: backing vocals [1, 3, 6-7, 10], bass [1, 3, 6-7], guitar [1], electric guitar [7], keyboards [1, 3], synthesiser [1], triangle [6];
Keith Angel: drums [1, 3, 6-7], snare drum [4], percussion [10];
Chris Wood: viola [2];
Martin Carthy: guitar [2];
Ian Carr: guitar [3, 6, 10];
Richard Latham: talking drum [5];
Andy Sewart: keyboards [6];
Martin Green: accordion [8], piano [9-10];
Pete Kubryk Townsend: double bass [8]

Tracks

1. Wellies (3.30)
2. Little Dog (4.32)
3. Bad Hair Day (3.04)
4. Holy Blue (4.19)
5. Little Miss Muse (4.25)
6. Rockface Wall (5.19)
7. My Planet (3.23)
8. Birthday Song (4.08)
9. The Man in the Moon (2.54)
10. Bob’s Building a Boat (6.11)

All tracks written by Roger Wilson