> Folk Music > Records > Rosie Upton: Basket of Oysters
Rosie Upton: Basket of Oysters
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Basket of Oysters Village Pump PUMP010 (CD, UK, 2014) |
Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Cover design by Doug Bailey
Musicians
Rosie Upton: vocals;
Pete MacGregor: guitar [1-2, 4-11, 13-14];
Verity Sharp: cello, fiddle [2, 7];
Andrew Bazeley: guitar [5, 9, 14];
Stash Huckrak: electric double bass [5, 9-10, 14];
The Free Range Hens: Bryony McGinty and Lindsey Huckrak: backing vocals [4-5, 9, 14]
Tracks
- Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (3.00)
- The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524) (4.51)
- The Oyster Girl (Roud 875; Laws Q13; G/D 2:304; Henry H725) (2.14)
- Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1169, 6:1170; Henry H683) (2.59)
- Deep and Careless Love (Roud 422) (4.52)
- The False Bride (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (3.41)
- Isle of Germany (Roud 904; G/D 1:96) (2.07)
- The Butcher Boy (Roud 263; Laws P35; G/D 2:200) (3.45)
- St James Infirmary (Roud 2; G/D 7:1404) (4.23)
- The Factory Girl (Roud 1659; Henry H127) (3.13)
- Sally My Dear / Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329) (3.01)
- Monday Morning (Roud 579) (2.28)
- The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.48)
- Blackleg Miner (Roud 3193) / Solidarity Forever (2.47)
All tracks trad. arr. Pete MacGregor, Rosie Upton except
Track 14b Ralph Chaplin
Acknowledgements
Thank you very much to Rosie Upton for sending me a copy of her lovely CD.
> Folk Music > Records > Rosie Upton: Threads and Yarns
Rosie Upton: Threads and Yarns
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Threads and Yarns WildGoose Studios WGS449CD (CD, UK, 27 February 2026) |
Recorded and mastered by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios, May Cottage, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Cover design by Doug Bailey
Musicians
Rosie Upton: vocals;
Jeff Gillett: guitar [1, 3, 5-6, 8, 11-14];
Steven Faux: fiddle [1, 3, 12];
Jill Redmond: cello [1, 3-4, 6, 8, 12];
Bryony McGinty: vocal harmonies [1, 3, 13-14];
Joe Sartin: guitar [9, 15]
Tracks
- The Shearman
- Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
- Why
- The Bloody Gardener (Roud 1700)
- Men Bugger Off
- Myrtle
- Needle and Thread
- Queen of Hearts (Roud 3195)
- The Game of All Fours (Roud 232)
- Sarah Collins
- St. James Infirmary (Roud 2; G/D 7:1404)
- Banks of Green Willow (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225)
- Carriden
- The Desert Rat
- Bread and Roses
Track 1 words Mick Ryan, tune trad.;
Tracks 2, 4, 8-9, 11-12 trad.,
Track 3 Mick Ryan, from The Innocent;
Tracks 5-6 Mike Danver Scott;
Track 7 Henry Clements;
Track 10 from Henderson’s Victorian Street Ballads, tune trad.;
Track 13-14 Pete MacGregor;
Track 15 James Oppenheim

