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Sailors’ Songs & Sea Shanties

Sailors’ Songs & Sea Shanties (Highpoint HPO6007)

Sailors’ Songs & Sea Shanties
Various Artists

Highpoint Recordings HPO6007 (CD, UK, 2004)

Note: This album is titled Sailor’s Songs & Sea Shanties on the front cover but Sailors’ Songs & Sea Shanties on the spine and the back. I prefer the plural form here.

Musicians

A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Stan Kelly, The Watersons, Ian Campbell, Peter Bellamy, Roy Harris

Tracks

  1. A.L. Lloyd & chorus: Blood Red Roses (Roud 931) (2.03)
  2. Ewan MacColl: The Dreadnought (Roud 924; Laws D13; Henry H194) (2.35)
  3. A.L. Lloyd: The Cruel Ship’s Captain (Roud 835) (1.52)
  4. Ewan MacColl: Row Bullies Row (Roud 928) (3.36)
  5. A.L. Lloyd & chorus: Santy Anna (Roud 207; Henry H496) (1.27)
  6. Stan Kelly: Lowlands Away (Roud 681; Henry H469) (2.40)
  7. The Watersons: Boston Harbour (Roud 613) (2.03)
  8. A.L. Lloyd: Do Me Ama (Roud 511; Laws K40) (3.48)
  9. Ewan MacColl: The Handsome Cabin Boy (Roud 239; Laws N13; G/D 1:181) (3.01)
  10. Ian Campbell: Poor Old Horse (Roud 3724) (0.53)
  11. A.L. Lloyd & chorus: The Sailboat Malarkey (2.16)
  12. Stan Kelly: Away, Haul Away (Roud 809) (1.54)
  13. A.L. Lloyd: The Coast of Peru (Roud 1997; Laws D26) (3.27)
  14. Ewan MacColl: The Gauger (Roud 2343; G/D 5:1015) (3.09)
  15. Stan Kelly: Andrew Rose (Roud 623; G/D 1:6) (3.09)
  16. A.L. Lloyd and chorus: A Hundred Years Ago (Roud 926) (1.16)
  17. Peter Bellamy: The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (3.50)
  18. A.L. Lloyd and chorus: Reuben Ranzo (Roud 3282) (1.28)
  19. Ewan MacColl: The Flying Cloud (Roud 1802; Laws K28; G/D 1:44) (5.43)
  20. A.L. Lloyd: Lord Franklin (Roud 487; Laws K9; G/D 1:16; Henry H815) (3.11)
  21. A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl: Paddy Doyle (Roud 4695; Henry H53c) (0.46)
  22. A.L. Lloyd & chorus: Sally Racket (Roud 395) (1.01)
  23. Ewan MacColl: The Ship in Distress (Roud 807) (3.09)
  24. A.L. Lloyd & chorus: Haul on the Bowline (Roud 652; G/D 1:1) (0.46)
  25. Ewan MacColl & chorus: Stormalong (Roud 216) (1.26)
  26. Roy Harris: Bring ’em Down (1.35)

Tracks 1-5, 13, 19-21, and 23-24 are from Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd, Harry H. Corbett: The Singing Sailor (TRL3, 1956)
Tracks 6, 12, and 15 are from Stan Kelly with Leon Rosselson and Geoff Rose: Liverpool Packet (TOP27, 1958)
Track 7 is from The Watersons et al.: New Voices (12T125, 1965)
Tracks 8-9, 14, 16, 18, 22, and 25 are from A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl: The Black Ball Line: Sea Songs and Shanties (8T8, 1957)
Track 10 is from Farewell Nancy: Sea Songs and Shanties (12T110, 1964)
Tracks 11, and 26 are from A.L. Lloyd et al.: Sea Shanties (12TS234, 1974)
Track 17 is from Peter Bellamy: Both Sides Then (12TS400, 1979)

Note: As there are no track sources listed in the CD sleeve notes, I got the most probable sources from the wonderful Complete Topic Records Discography by Mike Brocken, Alistair Banfield & Rod Stradling. In cases of doubt I took the oldest recording I could find. Of course, all remaining errors are mine.