Recorded on board the Cutty Sark on the evening of 11 June 1979 during, and by courtesy of the Greenwich Festival, director: Denis White;
Produced by Joe Stead;
Recorded by John Hassell;
Mastered by Tony Brodge at Pye Studios;
Sleeve design by Mike Walsh

Musicians

Stan Hugill: vocals;
Jim Mageean: introduction [1], vocals [7-8];
Johnny Collins: vocals [7-8]

Tracks

1. Introduction by Jim Mageean (0.23)
2. Life before the mast (2.44)
3. Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624) (3.09)
4. Hoisting the sails (4.39)
5. Calling on Jim and Johnny (1.14)
6. The origins of ‘Town Ho!’ (2.28)
7. Boston Town Ho! (2.38)
8. New York Girls (Roud 486) (4.13)
9. Davy Jones and Fiddlers Green (2.03)
10. John Masefield (3.43)
11. Pubs along the ‘Highway’ (2.34)
12. Ratcliffe Highway (Roud 2432) (4.55)
13. Origins of the forebitter (2.08)
14. Smelling a ship and bagging a bunk (2.12)
15. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469) (3.36)
16. Keeping your position as a shanty man (2.39)
17. Getting the stop knot on the capstan (2.16)
18. Shenandoah (Roud 324) (1.33)
19. Santy Anna (Roud 207; Henry H496) (4.44)
20. Leaving Customs (4.44)
21. Carving food (1.57)
22. Liverpool Pantiles (1.51)
23. Carving tobacco (1.29)
24. Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her (Roud 354; Henry H53b) (6.15)

Produced by John Stead;
Recorded by John Hassell at The Herga Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Wealdstone, Middlesex, on 9 April 1979;
Mastered by Tony Bridge at Pye Studios London;
Cover photograph by Hugo Brittain at Aberdovey;
Sleeve design by Mike Walsh

Musicians

Stan Hugill: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Larry Marr (The Five-Gallon Jar) (Roud 9412) (9.46)
2. Roll, Bullies, Roll (Liverpool Judies) (Roud 928) (4.07)
3. Bounty Was a Packet Ship (Roud 8235) (5.19)
4. Strike the Bell (Roud 4190) (4.39)
5. Fire Down Below (Roud 813) (4.01)

Side 2

6. A Long Time Ago (Roud 319) (2.36)
7. Hilo Come Down Below (Roud 8291) (3.45)
8. John Cherokee (Roud 4693) (2.40)
9. Shiny-O (2.42)
10. John Kanaka (Roud 8238) (4.54)
11. Sacramento (Hoodah, Day) (Roud 319) (7.04)
12. Rolling Down to Old Maui (Roud 2005) (6.32)

All tracks trad. arr. Stan Hugill

Produced and recorded by Stan Ambrose in 1989

Musicians

Stan Hugill: vocals;
Stormalong John: vocals

Tracks

1. Where Am I to Go (1.39)
2. The Girls of Dublin Town (Roud 7989) (3.07)
3. Running Down to Cuba (Roud 8820) (1.21)
4. Old Moke Pickin’ on a Banjo (Roud 8862) (2.32)
5. Eight Bells (2.12)
6. Roll, Boys, Roll (1.46)
7. Pilots of Tiger Bay (3.53)
8. The Gals of Chile (Roud 3222) (3.08)
9. The Golden Vanitee (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (4.46)
10. Heave Away, Boys, Heave Away (1.39)
11. The Campanero (Roud 3094) (5.32)
12. Jack All Alone (Roud 1902; Laws K42) (1.44)
13. Pull Down Below (Roud 486) (3.06)
14. On Board the Kangaroo (Roud 925; G/D 6:1211) (3.13)
15. Haul Away Boys (1.55)
16. The Anglesey (Roud 351) (3.22)

Recorded live by Marc Gironce and Alain Gatel at “Douarnenez 88” [1, 3, 6, 10];
Recorded live by Bob Leouarn at “Fêtes du chant de marin”, Paimpol 1989 [22] and 1991 [5, 16];
Recorded live by Eric Gourong at “Fêtes du chant de marin”, Paimpol 1991 [2, 4, 7-9, 11-15, 17-21];
Mixed at Studio Amadeus-Brest;
Concept and realisation by Michel Colleu and Bernard Cadoret, Le Chasse-Marée

Musicians

Stan Hugill: vocals;
Stormalong John (Shay Black, Jack Coutts, Arthur Garnett, Harry Lowney, Frank McCall, Dave McLung, Tony Molyneux, Keith Price, Charlie Scott): vocals;
John Wright: vocals [8]

Tracks

1. Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624) (2.27)
2. The Balaena (Roud 285) (3.40)
3. South Australia (Roud 325) (2.35)
4. Santyana (Roud 207; Henry H496) (4.09)
5. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469) (2.58)
6. John Kanaka (Roud 8238) (2.29)
7. Serafina (2.06)
8. Admiral Benbow (Roud 227) (2.10)
9. Rolling Down to Old Maui (Roud 2005) (5.24)
10. Let the Bulgine Run (Roud 810) (2.17)
11. Goodbye Fare Ye Well (Roud 927; G/D 1:5; Henry H53a) (2.06)
12. The Girls of Dublin Town (Roud 7989) (3.32)
13. Sam’s Gone Away (2.41)
14. The Drunken Sailor (Roud 322; G/D 1:4) (2.47)
15. Strike the Bell (Roud 4190) (3.13)
16. Roll the Old Chariot (Roud 3632) (2.42)
17. Hieland Laddie (Roud 4691) (2.53)
18. Bulley in the Alley (Roud 8287) (2.27)
19. The Black Ball Line (Roud 2623) (1.53)
20. Randy Dandy O (Roud 4702) (3.12)
21. Paddy Lay Back (Roud 653) (5.29)
22. Rio Grande (Roud 317) (4.37)

These recordings were made in the lounge of a small boarding house in Stan’s home village of Aberdovey, during an informal session as part of a celebration of Stan’s 85^th birthday, in the company of his friends and regular chorus, Stormalong John from Liverpool.

Produced and recorded by Stan Ambrose

Musicians

Stan Hugill: vocals;
Stormalong John: vocals

Tracks

1. A-Rolling Down the River (Roud 8343) (3.02)
2. Way Down in Dixie (Roud V37164) (1.36)
3. Whaling Johnny (2.12)
4. Round the Bay of Mexico (Roud 207; Henry H496) (1.28)
5. Shenandoah (Roud 324) (3.38)
6. Ratcliffe Highway (Roud 2432) (3.22)
7. We’re All Bound to Go (Roud 616) (3.50)
8. The Fireship (Roud 4841) (4.22)
9. The Indian Lass (Roud 2326) (2.36)
10. The Leaky Ship (Roud 22373) (1.39)
11. Ratcliffe Highway (Roud 598) (2.39)
12. Bosun’s Alphabet (Roud 21100) (4.34)
13. Sacramento (Roud 319) (3.43)

Recorded live at Mystic Seaport in 1988

Musicians

Stan Hugill: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Hardi les Gars Vire au Guindeau (1.51)
2. A Sailor Stood (poem) (0.50)
3. 80 Years Old and Somewhat (poem) (1.44)
4. Rum Yarns (talk) (3.08)
5. Santiano (Roud 207; Henry H496) (3.35)
6. South Australia (Roud 325) (2.52)
7. Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624) (3.21)
8. Black Ball Line (Roud 2623) (5.45)

Side 2

1. Shanghaiing (talk) (2.18)
2. Larry Marr (The Five-Gallon Jar) (Roud 9412) (4.12)
3. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469) (4.39)
4. John Kanaka (Roud 8238) (4.37)
5. The Arabella (Roud 8343) (2.45)
6. Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b) (4.35)