> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: An Acoustic Confusion
Steve Tilston: An Acoustic Confusion
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   An Acoustic Confusion Village Thing VTS5 (LP, UK, 1971);  | 
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LP recorded February-March 1971, produced by Ian A. Anderson and Gef Lucena;
CD bonus tracks 11-12 are studio demos recorded 1978;
Digital mastering and audio restauration by Jim Hemingway, Shuresbury, MA;
Original cover by Pete Jackson and Sam Wells;
Original graphics by Plastic Dog;
CD booklet and tray card design by Philip Price / ChickenMan Design, Easthampton, MA
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar
with
Dave Evans: guitar, vocals;
Keith Warmington: harmonica, vocals;
John Turner: finger-picked and bowed string bass;
Pete Finch: violin
Tracks
Side 1
- I Really Wanted You (3.54)
 - Simplicity (3.43)
 - Time Has Shown Me Your Face (3.44)
 - It’s Not My Place to Fall (3.59)
 - Train Time (3.33)
 
Side 2
- Sleepy Time on Peel Street (3.44)
 - Prospect of Love (2.24)
 - Green Toothed Gardener (3.22)
 - Normandy Day (3.05)
 - Rock & Roll Star (4.50)
 
CD Bonus Tracks
- The Price of Life (4.10)
 - Show a Little Kindness (5.00)
 
All lyrics and music written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Collection
Steve Tilston: Collection
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   Collection Transatlantic Records TRA 252 (LP, UK, 1972);  | 
Produced and arranged by Sam Charters;
Recorded at Sound Techniques;
Engineered by Roger Mayer;
Sleeve design and art direction by John Ashcroft;
Photography by Frobes of Farringdon
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica;
Hamish Stuart: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals;
Tom Parker: keyboards;
Rick Kemp: bass guitar;
Steve Cook: string bass [2];
Phil Chesterton: drums;
Lea Nicholson: concertina [4]
Tracks
Side 1
- Falling (3.24)
 - Mind How You Go (3.00)
 - City Life (3.30)
 - All in a Dream (4.17)
 - Highway (2.19)
 
Side 2
- One Man Band (3.21)
 - I’m Coming Home (2.34)
 - Reaching Out (5.45)
 - All in Her Time (3.21)
 - Don’t Let It Get You Down (3.54)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Songs From the Dress Rehearsal
Steve Tilston: Songs From the Dress Rehearsal
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   Songs From the Dress Rehearsal Cornucopia Records CR/1 (LP, UK, 1977);  | 
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LP recorded in the late summer of 1976 at Cottage Studios, Dorset;
Arranged and produced by Rupert Hine, Mike Giles, John G. Perry and Steve Tilston;
CD bonus tracks 12-17 produced by Stefan Grossmann in 1979 at Livingston Studios, London, England;
Engineered by Nick Kinsey
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar;
Rupert Hine: keyboards;
Mike Giles: drums, percussion;
John G. Perry: bass;
Keith Warmington: harmonica, backing vocals;
John Renbourn: second guitar [4]
Tracks
LP Side 1
- Coming into Love Again (3.28)
 - Face of a Friend (3.46)
 - Fairground Rock ’n’ Roll (6.05)
 - Do What You Please (Hey Girl) (3.45)
 - The Greening Wind (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (5.26)
 - Impressions (3.51)
 
LP Side 2
- Liberated Ladies
 - In the Light Tonight (2.49)
 - Make Time for Love (3.07)
 - She’s the Woman (3.20)
 - Rain All Around (3.51)
 - Help Yourself to This Song (3.05)
 
CD Tracks
- Do What You Please (Hey Girl) (3.45)
 - Face of a Friend (3.46)
 - She’s the Woman (3.20)
 - The Greening Wind (5.26)
 - Impressions (3.51)
 - In the Light Tonight (2.49)
 - Make Time for Love (3.07)
 - Coming into Love Again (3.28)
 - Fairground Rock ’n’ Roll (6.05)
 - Rain All Around (3.51)
 - Help Yourself to This Song (3.05)
 
CD Bonus Tracks
- In Limbo (3.35)
 - Man of Mystery (3.05)
 - Mr Dreamer (3.12)
 - Sing for Salvation (2.56)
 - Love’s an Illusion (2.55)
 - I’ll Be There (3.16)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: In for a Penny … In for a Pound
Steve Tilston: In for a Penny … In for a Pound
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   In for a Penny … In for a Pound T.W. Records PROP 4 (LP, UK, 1983)  | 
Tracks 1, 5, 7 recorded at Right Track, produced by Liam Hershall and Bill Birks;
Tracks 2-3 recorded at Regents Park, produced by Steve Tilston and Andy Davis;
Track 4 recorded at Right Track, produced by Liam Hershall;
Track 6 recorded at Polygram Studios, produced by Peter Bardens;
Tracks 8-9 recorded at Heath/Levy Studios, produced by Steve Tilston and Ian Hunt;
Track 10 recorded at Heath/Levy Studios, remixed at Lysander/Heath/Levy, produced by Bill Birks;
Mastered at Heath/Levy Studios and Lysander;
Executive producer Bill Birks;
Photograph by Sam Conolly;
Sleeve design by Sean Ryan, Studio 108
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals,
  backing vocals [7],
  guitar [2-3, 6-7],
  acoustic guitar [1, 5, 9-10],
  electric guitar [1, 4-5, 9-10],
  slide guitar [8];
Steve Paine: lead guitar [5],
  guitar solo [7],
  slide guitar [1, 4-5];
Nigel Portman-Smith: bass [1-3, 5, 7],
  organ [1, 3, 5, 7],
  piano [2, 5];
Bill Birks: drums [1, 5, 7];
Al Walker: saxophone [1];
Liam Henshall: tambourine [1];
Keith Warmington: backing vocals [1, 3, 5],
  harmonica [2],
  mouth harp [4];
Mike Silver: backing vocals [1, 5, 7];
Maggie Boyle: backing vocals [1, 5];
Peter Bardens: hammond organ [2],
  piano [3],
  keyboards [6];
Peter van Hooke: drums [2-3, 6];
Martin Sunley: backing vocals [3, 8-10];
Adam Sunley: backing vocals [3, 8-9];
Liam Hershall: bass [4],
  guitar [4];
Tony Hayes: drums [4];
Jerry Blythe: keyboards [4];
Joshua Moses: backing vocals [4];
Harry Hutchinson: backing vocals [4];
Stan Scrivenor: bass [6];
Raf Ravenscroft: saxophone [6];
Ian Hunt: lead guitar [8, 10],
  electric guitar [9];
Simon Edwards: bass [8-10];
Roy Dodds: drums [8-10],
  percussion [8];
Paul Colwill: piano [8];
Andy MacKay: saxophone [8]
Tracks
Side 1
- Easy Come, Easy Go
 - Stirring It Up
 - Who Is That Girl
 - Red Sky (4.00)
 - B Movie (5.20)
 
Side 2
- Don’t Look Down
 - Say No Again
 - New Disguise
 - One of These Days
 - Wounds of Love
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Life by Misadventure
Steve Tilston: Life by Misadventure
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   Life by Misadventure Run River Records RRA 001 (LP, UK, 1987)  | 
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   These Days / Lazy Tango Run River Records RRA S001 (single, UK, 1987)  | 
Recorded and produced by Michael Klein at Heartbeat Sound, London;
Digital production master at Tape 1 by Geoff Peschke and Michael Klein;
Design and photography by Gary Marsh, London;
Front cover photograph by Allan Tipping, Devon
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-4, 6-8, 10],
  guitar [1, 3-10],
  slide guitar [2];
Philip John Lee: guitar [1];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1, 3-4, 7-8, 10];
Chris Swithinbank: kalimbas [1],
  piano [3, 10];
Maggie Boyle: flute [2, 4],
  penny whistle [9];
Michael Klein: kalimbas [1, 9],
  percussion [7];
Alvin Christie: percussion [4, 7]
Tracks
Side 1
- These Days (6.20)
 - Nowhere to Hide (3.35)
 - Here Comes the Night (4.30)
 - I Call Your Name (4.15)
 - Lazy Tango (3.25)
 
Side 2
- Life by Misadventure (3.10)
 - Lovers and Dreamers (3.15)
 - Polonaise (5.20)
 - Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.35)
 - Sometimes in This Life (4.35)
 
CD Bonus Track
- Rhapsody
     (23.03)
     
from Swans at Coole, 1990 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools
John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools
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   John Renbourn’s Ship of Fools Run River Records RRA 009 (LP, UK, 1988)  | 
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Produced by Mitch Greenhill for Folklore Productions Inc.;
Recorded by Ian Dent at Daylight Studios, South Devon, England;
Additional recording and remix by David Edwards at Trax, West Los Angeles, California;
Original sleeve design and artwork by Eric von Schmidt;
CD reissue design and artwork by Hugh Jampton
Musicians
John Renbourn: vocals [2, 10],
  guitar [1-2, 5, 7-8],
  cittern [3, 6],
  lead guitar [9];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7-10],
  flute [4, 7, 9],
  whistle [1-3, 5-6, 8],
  bodhrán [1, 6];
Steve Tilston: vocals [3, 8, 10],
  guitar [1, 3, 8],
  Spanish guitar [7],
  rhythm guitar [9],
  mandolin [1, 6],
  arpeggione [5];
Tony Roberts: vocals [10],
  flute [1, 4, 7, 9],
  alto flute [1],
  clarinet [1, 5, 9],
  bass clarinet [1],
  Northumbrian pipes [3, 6, 8],
  recorders [6],
  racket [6],
  soprano saxophone [9];
with
Mitch Greenhill: percussion [6],
  cabasa [9];
Scott Breadman: hand drum [9],
  triangle [9];
Michael Tempo: talking drums [9]
Tracks
Side 1
- Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548) (3.41)
 - Sandwood Down to Kyle (3.55)
 - Bogey’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (3.55)
 - Lark in the Clear Air (2.59)
 - The Martinmass Wind (6.12)
 
Side 2
- Cobbler’s Jig / Maltese Brawls (3.27)
 - I Live Not Where I Love (Roud 593) (4.06)
 - The Verdant Braes of Skreen (Roud 419; Henry H593) (5.00)
 - Ship of Fools (6.44)
 - Travellers’ Prayer (2.38)
 
Track 1 trad. arr. John Renbourn, Maggie Boyle;
Track 2 Dave Goulder;
Tracks 3, 8 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 4 trad. arr. Maggie Boyle, Tony Roberts;
Tracks 5, 10 John Renbourn;
Tracks 6-7 trad. arr. John Renbourn, Maggie Boyle, Steve Tilston, Tony Roberts;
Track 9 John Renbourn, Maggie Boyle, Steve Tilston, Tony Roberts
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston, Peter Finger, Seth Austen: Silently the Snow Falls
Steve Tilston, Peter Finger, Seth Austen: Silently the Snow Falls
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   Silently the Snow Falls Shanachie Records 95007 (CD, USA, 1989)  | 
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 recorded at Heartbeat Sound, London, England, engineered by Michael Klein;
Tracks 2, 4, 11 recorded at Bias Studio, Springfield, VA, engineered by Bill McElroy;
Tracks 6-7, 9-10 recorded at Finger Studio, Osnabrück, Germany, engineered by Peter Finger;
Produced by Stefan Grossman
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitars, mandolin [1, 3, 5, 8];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1, 3, 5, 8];
Maggie Boyle: flute [1, 3, 5, 8];
Tommy Keane: uilleann pipes [1, 3, 5, 8];
Seth Austen: guitar [2, 4, 11];
Madeline MacNeil: hammered dulcimer [2];
Peter Finger: guitar [6-7, 9-10];
Roland Schmitt: saxophone, flute [6-7, 9-10]
Tracks
- [ST, TH, MB, TK] Christmas Eve (3.10)
 - [SA, MMacN] Angels on High (1.55)
 - [ST, TH, MB, TK] Silent Night (Roud 27088) (3.00)
 - [SA] Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (2.57)
 - [ST, TH, MB, TK] The Three Ships Suite (9.25)
 - [PF, RS] Between the Ox and the Little Donkey (2.40)
 - [PF, RS] Silently the Snow Falls (4.19)
 - [ST, TH, MB, TK] Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Roud 8337) (2.48)
 - [PF, RS] Early in the Morning (2.25)
 - [PF, RS] Through the Forest of Thorn (3.02)
 - [SA] O Holy Night (2.28)
 
Tracks 1, 5 Steve Tilston;
Track 2 Seth Austen, MacNeil;
Track 3 Franz-Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr;
Track 4 Seth Austen, Michael Praetorius, trad.;
Tracks 6-7, 9-10 Peter Finger;
Track 8 Mendelssohn, Wesley;
Track 11 Adam, Dwight
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Swans at Coole
Steve Tilston: Swans at Coole
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   Swans at Coole Run River Records RRA 011 (LP, UK, 1990);  | ![]()  | 
Recorded by Michael Klein;
Produced by Steve Tilston and Michael Klein;
Front cover painting by Binny Underhill;
Back cover photo by Fausto Dorelli;
Sleeve design by Paul Ansell and Gary Marsh
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitar [1-7],
  mandolin [1],
  arpeggione [4-6];
Maggie Boyle: flute [1, 5],
  whistle [1],
  percussion [1];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1];
Stuart Gordon: 1st violin [1],
  violin [2-3, 5];
Paul Boyle: 2nd violin [1];
Tommy Keane: uilleann pipes [1],
  whistle [];
Mike Taylor: bodhrán [1];
Kevin Boyle: banjo [2]
Tracks
Side 1
- Rhapsody (23.54)
 
Side 2
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley / The Ladies Pantalettes reels (2.36)
 - Planxty Corcoron (2.38)
 - Prelude (5.23)
 - Ernie Clarke’s Lament (3.20)
 - Lullaby (5.02)
 - The Monaghan Jig (3.05)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 2, 7 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 3 O’Carolan arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: Of Moor and Mesa
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: Of Moor and Mesa
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   Of Moor and Mesa Run River Records RRA CD 0018 (CD, UK, 1992)  | 
Recorded at Old Bridge Music, Ilkley, West Yorkshire;
Head engineer Chris Newman;
Prodoced and arranged by Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle;
Front cover painting by Binnie Underhill;
Photography and design by Alun Tipping
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14],
  harmony vocals [5],
  guitar [1, 4, 11],
  acoustic guitar [2-3, 6, 8-10, 12],
  Spanish guitar [5, 14],
  arpeggione [5, 7, 13],
  mandolin [12];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [2, 4-5, 7, 9, 11, 13],
  harmony vocals [1, 3, 12, 14],
  backing vocals [8, 10],
  flute [5, 7-8, 11, 13],
  whistles [2, 4, 6, 9],
  bodhrán [12];
Richard Curran: violin [1-4, 9-12, 14];
Olly Blanchflower: double bass [8, 12];
Chris Newman: bass [1-2, 5, 10, 14]
Tracks
- Another Place to Hide (5.31)
 - If I Were a Blackbird (Roud 387; Henry H79) (4.30)
 - Then You Remember (3.15)
 - Silver Dagger (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (4.32)
 - Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3) (2.50)
 - The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.52)
 - The Night Owl Homeward Turns (3.26)
 - These Sea Dreams (4.09)
 - The Lamentation of Hugh Reynolds (Roud 2395) (5.08)
 - Coronado and the Turk (9.19)
 - Banks of the Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (3.56)
 - The Naked Highwayman (4.06)
 - The Banks of Claudy (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (4.45)
 - Salvation Is Such a Long Way to Go (4.34)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 2, 4-5, 9, 11, 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston, Maggie Boyle
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston, Seth Austen, Angelo Eleuteri, Duck Baker: The Music of O’Carolan
Steve Tilston, Seth Austen, Angelo Eleuteri, Duck Baker: The Music of O’Carolan
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   The Music of O’Carolan Shanachie Records 95009 (LP, USA, 1987)  | 
Tracks 1, 5, 11 recorded at Heartbeat Sound, London, England, engineered by Michael Klein;
Tracks 2-3, 9, 12 recorded at Bias Studio, Springfield, VA, engineered by Bill McElroy;
Tracks 4, 6, 10, 14 recorded at Studio TM, Rome, Italy, engineered by Paolo Antonini;
Tracks 7-8, 13 recorded at Craighall Recording Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland, engineered by George Veal;
Produced by Stefan Grossman;
Front cover design and hand-lettering by Anita Karl;
Cover illustration: The Granger Collection, New York
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitar [1, 5, 11];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [1, 5, 11];
Maggie Boyle: flute [1, 5];
Seth Austen: guitar [2-3, 9, 12];
Madeline MacNeil: hammered dulcimer [3, 9];
Duck Baker: guitar [7-8, 13];
Alistair Anderson: concertina [7-8, 13];
Angelo Eleuteri: guitar [4, 6, 10, 14]
(Track numbers refer to the LP track order)
Tracks
LP Side 1
- [ST, TH, MB] Planxty Irvin (4.37)
 - [SA] Thomas Leixlip the Proud (2.22)
 - [SA, MMacN] Planxty Eleanor Plunkett (2.05)
 - [AE] Carolan’s Ramble to Cashel (2.40)
 - [ST, TH, MB] O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music (3.57)
 - [AE] Blind Mary (2.40)
 - [DB, AA] Bridget Cruise (2.24)
 
LP Side 2
- [DB, AA] O’Hara’s Cup (2.44)
 - [SA, MMacN] O’Carolan’s Concerto (1.46)
 - [AE] Squire Wood’s Lamentation on the Refusal of His Half Pence (5.15)
 - [ST, TH] Princess Royal (2.15)
 - [SA] Planxty George Brabazon (1.55)
 - [DB, AA] Hewlett (2.21)
 - [AE] Carolan’s Welcome (3.05)
 
CD Tracks
- [SA, MMacN] O’Carolan’s Concerto (1.46)
 - [ST, TH, MB] Planxty Irvin (4.37)
 - [DB, AA] O’Hara’s Cup (2.44)
 - [SA] Thomas Leixlip the Proud (2.22)
 - [AE] Carolan’s Ramble to Cashel (2.40)
 - [ST, TH, MB] O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music (3.57)
 - [ST, TH] Princess Royal (2.15)
 - [AE] Blind Mary (2.40)
 - [SA, MMacN] Planxty Eleanor Plunkett (2.05)
 - [DB, AA] Hewlett (2.21)
 - [AE] Squire Wood’s Lamentation on the Refusal of His Half Pence (5.15)
 - [SA] Planxty George Brabazon (1.55)
 - [DB, AA] Bridget Cruise (2.24)
 - [AE] Carolan’s Welcome (3.05)
 
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: And So It Goes…
Steve Tilston: And So It Goes…
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   And So It Goes… Hubris Records HRCD01 (CD, UK, 1995)  | 
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Produced and arranged by Steve Tilston and Chris Newman;
Recorded at Old Bridge Music, Ilkley, West Yorkshire;
Engineered by Chris Newman;
Digital editing and mastering by Warwick Pilmer at Beaumont Street Studios, Batley;
UK album over painting by Rachel Bray;
photography by Janet Kerr;
sleeve design and artwork by Bryan Ledgard;
US album photography by Bryan Ledgard,
design by Francisco Gonzalez;
Notes by Colin Harper
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-10, 13],
  Spanish guitar [1],
  acoustic guitar [2-13],
  harmonica [10, 13];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [4],
  bodhrán [1, 4, 9],
  harmonium [4],
  flute [5, 12];
Tony Hinnigan: charango [1],
  pan pipes [1],
  cello [4, 6, 8-9];
Chris Newman: guitar [1],
  acoustic bass [1, 3-4, 8],
  piano [3];
Richard Curran: violin [3-4, 6, 8-9, 12]
Tracks
- Soon Comes the Rain (3.30)
 - And So It Goes… (4.13)
 - Don’t Blame the Wind (4.23)
 - Hideaway (5.31)
 - Enter the Tooth Fairy (3.44)
 - Goodbye to the Snow (5.20)
 - Can’t Shake These Blues (3.03)
 - Is This the Same Boy? (4.31)
 - The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (4.33)
 - Back Where I Came From (3.52)
 - Skegness (2.24)
 - Blues for the Northwind (2.47)
 - Lilypond (2.22)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 7 Steve Tilston, Chris Smither;
Tracks 9 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: All Under the Sun
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: All Under the Sun
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   All Under the Sun Flying Fish CD FF 663 (CD, USA, 1996)  | 
Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael, Oxon, England;
Engineered by Mark Tucker;
Produced by Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle;
Photography by Bryan Ledgard;
Design by mooremoscowitz;
Notes by Mel Howley
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1, 3, 5, 9, 12],
  acoustic guitar [1-5, 7-10, 12],
  guitar [6, 11];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12],
  harmony vocals [3],
  bodhrán [1, 4-5],
  flute [2, 4, 6-7, 9-11];
Maartin Allcock: 12-string guitar [1],
  double bass [1, 4-5, 7],
  bouzar [3-5, 7],
  piano [4, 6],
  bass vocal [5];
Tony Hinnigan: charango [1],
  cello [3, 6, 8-9];
Mike Hockenhull: 5-string banjo [1, 4];
Richard Curran: violin [2-3, 9];
Dave Mattacks: drum [2-3, 12],
  percussion [2, 5];
Dave Pegg: acoustic bass guitar [2-3, 12]
Tracks
- Let Your Banjo Ring (4.21)
 - The Maid With the Bonny Brown Hair (Roud 3032; Henry H24) (4.56)
 - Here’s to Tom Paine (4.42)
 - Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (6.52)
 - Man Gone Down (Fred’s Song) (3.30)
 - Linden Lea (RoudBS B104645) (4.11)
 - The Cage (2.52)
 - The Navvy (3.25)
 - Dark Days of War (3.54)
 - Willie the Ploughboy (Roud 2938) (4.04)
 - The Threepenny Bit (2.20)
 - A Fool Such As I (3.00)
 
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 9 Steve Tilston;
Tracks 2, 4, 10 trad.;
Track 6 words William Barnes, music Ralph Vaughan Williams;
Track 7 James Hill;
Track 8 words Patrick MacGill, music Maggie Boyle;
Track 11 Maggie Boyle;
Track 12 William Trader
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Solorubato
Steve Tilston: Solorubato
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   Solorubato Fellside Recordings FECD134 (CD, UK, 1998)  | 
Recorded by Richard Adams and Paul Adams;
Produced by Steve Tilston and Paul Adams;
Photography and design by Bryan Ledgard;
Photography of Steve and arpeggione by Paul Adams;
Layout by Mary Blood
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar, arpeggione, harmonica;
Richard Adams: percussion
Tracks
- Living with the Blues (4.58)
 - Life Is Not Kind (to the Drinking Man) (4.57)
 - Blue Heron’s Eye (3.37)
 - Never Enough (4.31)
 - Turning of the Tides (4.31)
 - The Night Visiting Song (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (4.06)
 - These Grey Days Are Done (3.17)
 - Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (3.36)
 - The Turncoat (So Far Away) (11.20)
 - Down Falls the Day (3.54)
 - Rocky Road (3.26)
 - Ashes in His Hands (4.13)
 - Hold Fast to These Sights (3.35)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 6, 8 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > WAZ!: Fully Chromatic
WAZ!: Fully Chromatic
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   Fully Chromatic WAZ! WAZCD2 (CD, UK, 1998)  | 
Recorded and mixed by Mark Lee at Blue Moon Studio, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire in October/November 1998;
Mastered by Andy Seward at Sight and Sound, Rotherham;
Design and photography by Bryan Ledgard at Ledgard Jepson, Sheffield
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12-13],
  backing vocals [9],
  guitar [1-6, 8-12],
  nylon string guitar [13],
  arpeggione [1, 7],
  handclaps [13]
Pete Zorn: vocals [11],
  backing vocals [1-2, 4, 8-10, 12-13],
  sopranino saxophone [3, 6-7, 12],
  alto saxophone [2-3, 10],
  bass flute [3],
  piccolo [7],
  mandolin [8, 12-13],
  Rickenbacker bass guitar [5],
  bodhrán [1],
  shaker [2-3, 6, 10, 12-13],
  tambourine [1-3, 6, 10],
  triangle [2-3, 6],
  energy chime [3],
  clave [10],
  cowbell [13],
  big tom [13],
  handclaps [13]
Maartin Allcock: vocals [7, 9],
  backing vocals [4],
  bouzar [1, 3-4],
  mandolin [3],
  mandocello [1, 3],
  guitar [3, 7, 9, 11],
  Les Paul guitar [8],
  electric guitar [9-10],
  electric 12-string guitar [11],
  Rickenbacker bass guitar [2, 12],
  fretless bass guitar [6, 10],
  acoustic fretless bass guitar [13],
  accordion [4-5],
  piano [9],
  handclaps [13]
Tracks
- The Dewy Ones (4.10)
 - Dust from My Heels (3.40)
 - Right in the Balkans (4.31)
 - Salty Dog (4.28)
 - Only for You (2.46)
 - Time It Took Us By Surprise (4.01)
 - Bo Lamkin (4.42)
 - Foolish Me (3.18)
 - Look Before You Leap (4.11)
 - Don’t Let Go (3.29)
 - Doing the Best We Can (3.06)
 - Here Comes the Night (4.08)
 - I Will Return (5.35)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 3 trad. Bulgarian / Maartin Allcock;
Track 7 trad. rewritten Maartin Allcock;
Track 9 Brendan Hearty;
Track 11 Ben Bennion
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: The Greening Wind
Steve Tilston: The Greening Wind
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   The Greening Wind Hubris Records HRCD002 (CD, UK, 1999)  | 
Digital editing and mastering by Andy Seward, Sight & Sound Studio, Bolton on Dearne, South Yorkshire;
Design: Dan @ Ledgard Jepson
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-6, 8-14],
  acoustic guitar [1, 3-4, 6-10, 13-14],
  Spanish guitar [2, 5, 11-12, 15];
Maggie Boyle: whistles [1, 7],
  flute [6],
  tenor banjo [15],
  bodhrán [2-3],
  vocals [2-3],
  backing vocals [4];
Richard Curran: fiddle [2-4];
Chris Newman: bass [2, 4];
Ollie Blanchflower: string bass [3];
Phillip John Lee: Spanish guitar [5];
Tony Hinnigan: cello [5, 11-12];
Michael Klein: kalimba [5, 7],
  percussion [5];
John G. Perry: bass [8, 10, 13];
Rupert Hine: keyboard [8, 13];
John Renbourn: guitar [9];
Mike Giles: drums [10, 13];
Chris Swithinbank: piano [12];
Stuart Gordon: fiddle [15]
Tracks
- The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.00)
 - Another Place to Hide (5.31)
 - The Naked Highwayman (4.09)
 - Coronado and the Turk (9.25)
 - These Days (6.23)
 - Nowhere to Hide (3.43)
 - Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.55)
 - Face of a Friend (3.48)
 - The Greening Wind (5.25)
 - It’s a Straight Road (3.23)
 - Polonaise (1.58)
 - Sometimes in This Life (2.41)
 - Do What You Please (2.24)
 - Simplicity (2.57)
 - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
     (2.38)
The Ladies Pantalettes (3.40) 
All lyrics and music written by Steve Tilston except
Track 15 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
Tracks 1-4 are from Of Moor and Mesa;
Tracks 5-7, 11-12 are from Life by Misadventure;
Tracks 8-10, 13 are from Songs From the Dress Rehearsal;
Track 14 is from An Acoustic Confusion;
Track 15 is from Swans at Coole
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Live Hemistry
Steve Tilston: Live Hemistry
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   Live Hemistry Hubris Records HRCD03 (CD, UK, 2001)  | 
Australian recordings by Nigel Schofield, Peter Jackson and Paul Petran;
2001 recordings by Rob Braviner during Fairport Convention’s UK tour;
Mastered by Mike Hockenhull of Brook Row Studios, Oakworth
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar;
Fairport Convention (Dave Pegg: bass, vocals; Chris Leslie: mandolin;
Ric Sanders: fiddle; Simon Nicol: percussion, vocals; Gerry Conway: drums)
[15]
Tracks
- Let Your Banjo Ring (3.59)
 - Gymnopedie intro Here Comes the Night (4.40)
 - Old Cairo (5.29)
 - Anthony Believes (4.44)
 - Blue Heron’s Eye (3.32)
 - Naked Highwayman (4.34)
 - The Night Owl (4.07)
 - Here’s to Tom Paine (3.57)
 - Can’t Shake These Blues (4.00)
 - Man Gone Down (4.43)
 - Face of a Friend (4.02)
 - Salty Dog (5.03)
 - Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (3.56)
 - The Slip Jigs and Reels (6.05)
 - It’s Now or Never (4.19)
 
All tracks by Steve Tilston except
Track 9 Steve Tilston, Chris Smither;
Track 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 15 Guzman Morales
Tracks 6, 8-11, 13-14 East Brunswick Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, 21 September 1997;
Track 12 Southport Arts Centre, 7 February 2001;
Track 15 Birmingham Symphony Hall, 10 February 2001;
Tracks 2, 4 Alban Arena, St Albans, 15 February 2001;
Track 3 Swan Theatre, High Wycombe, 17 February 2001;
Tracks 1, 7 Pavillion Theatre, Worthing, 19 February 2001;
Track 5 Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 22 February 2001
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Such & Such
Steve Tilston: Such & Such
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   Such & Such Market Square MSMCD124 (CD, UK, 2003)  | 
Produced by Steve Tilston and John Waterhouse;
Recorded at Christchurch Studios, Clifton, Bristol, UK,
engineered by John Waterhouse;
Guitar/vocal tracks 9, 11 recorded at Brook Row Studios, Oakworth, West Yorkshire, UK,
engineered by Mike Hockenhull;
Art direction by Steve Tilston;
Photography by Janet Kerr Photography
Musicians
Steve Tilston: lead vocals [1-2, 4-13],
  backing vocals [7],
  acoustic guitar [1, 3-7, 9-13],
  Spanish guitar [2-3, 8],
  guitarini [2];
Maartin Allcock: fretless bass [1, 5, 7],
  acoustic bass [2-4, 6, 8, 10],
  double bass [9, 11],
  backing vocals [7];
Richard Curran: violin [1-2, 4, 7, 11],
  viola [1, 4];
Andy Sheppard: soprano saxophone [3, 6, 9],
  tenor saxophone [3, 8];
Anna Ryder: keyboards [1, 5-7, 10],
  accordion [8],
  French horns [13],
  backing vocals [1-2, 10, 13];
Roy Dodds: drums [1-2, 5-8, 10],
  percussion [3, 10];
Keith Warmington: harmonica [5];
John Waterhouse: synthesiser [9];
Maggie Boyle, Gavin Randle: flutes [10]
Tracks
- Rare Thing (4.13)
 - Some Kind of Sonnet (3.59)
 - Totterdown (5.04)
 - Anthony Believes (5.48)
 - I Need a Cup of Coffee (3.46)
 - Waterhole (Anasazi) (4.56)
 - Mirror Dance (6.42)
 - West End Samba (4.37)
 - The Sniper’s Tale (7.27)
 - Rolling Down the Roman Road (5.09)
 - There Is a Song (4.02)
 - Sweet Such & Such (2.40)
 - The Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (2.40)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Of Many Hands
Steve Tilston: Of Many Hands
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   Of Many Hands Ada Recordings ADA106CD (CD, UK, 2005)  | 
Produced by Steve Tilston and Mike Hockenhull
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Chris Parkinson: harmonica [1, 8, 11],
  accordion [3-5, 7, 9];
Martin Simpson: slide guitar [3, 5, 7];
Nancy Kerr: fiddle [1-2, 7-8],
  viola [5, 9];
James Fagan: piano [2],
  bouzouki [7, 9];
Maggie Boyle: flutes [4, 6];
Scott Devine: acoustic bass [6, 9];
Mike Hockenhull: banjo [10];
Tracks
- The Girl I Left Behind Me (Brighton Camp) (Roud 23929) (2.20)
 - One Night As I Lay on My Bed (Roud 672) (3.42)
 - Going to the West (Roud 5113) (3.18)
 - The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520) (4.02)
 - The Leaving of Liverpool (Roud 9435) (5.37)
 - The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (Roud 2124; Henry H32) (5.09)
 - Barbry Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (5.41)
 - Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (3.57)
 - Loving Hanna (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (5.03)
 - Captain Ward (Roud 224; Child 287; G/D 1:39) (3.33)
 - New York Gals (Roud 486) (2.47)
 - Willow Creek (3.42)
 
All tracks trad. except
Track 12 words Steve Tilston, music Chris Parkinson
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Guitar Maestros
Steve Tilston: Guitar Maestros
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   Guitar Maestros Sound Techniques GM004 (DVD, UK, 2006)  | 
Steve Tilston in conversation with Trevor Dann
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, guitar
with special guest
Chris Parkinson: accordion
Tracks
Main Feature
Interview by Trevor Dann with interspersed songs:
- Here Comes the Night (3.16)
 - Sometimes in This Life (4.24)
 - Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.29)
 - Archipegalo (3.20)
 - Tom Paine (3.31)
 - And So It Goes (3.51)
 - The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520) (3.32)
 - The Rambling Comber (Roud 1473) (3.14)
 
Additional Tracks
- Rare Thing (3.43)
 - Cup of Coffee (3.16)
 - Going to the West (Roud 5113) (2.58)
 - Willow Creek (3.17)
 - Naked Highwayman (4.02)
 - The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.05)
 - The Leaving of Liverpool (Roud 9435) (5.00)
 - West End Samba (4.01)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 12 Steve Tilston, Chris Parkinson;
Tracks 7-8, 11, 15 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Reaching Back
Steve Tilston: Reaching Back
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   Reaching Back Free Reed FRQCD 70 (4+1 CD, UK, July 2007)  | 
Tracks
CD 1: Who Made Up the Rules? (FRCD 71)
- Introduction: Lifescape with Guitar
     (3.50)
     
new recording, 2006 - And So It Goes…
     (4.10)
     
new recording, 2006; originally released on And So It Goes…, 1996 - Time Has Shown Me Your Face (3.46)
 - Simplicity (3.43)
 - Normandy Day
     (3.08)
     
all three from An Acoustic Confusion, 1971 - All In a Dream
     (4.16)
     
from Collection, 1972 - I’m Reaching Out
     (4.02)
     
new recording, 2006; originally released on Collection, 1972 - Rock Salmon Suite
     (2.40)
     
from Guitar Workshop Vol. 1, 1972 - Impressions (3.50)
 - Face of a Friend
     (3.54)
     
both from Songs From the Dress Rehearsal, 1977 - Time It Took Us By Surprise
     (4.02)
     
from WAZ!: Fully Chromatic, 1998 - Show a Little Kindness
     (4.11)
     
from lost album, 1978; released as bonus track on the CD reissue of An Acoustic Confusion, 1971 - B Movie (5.20)
 - Red Sky
     (4.00)
     
both from In for a Penny … In for a Pound, 1983 - Tsetse Fly Shuffle (2.52)
 - Some Times in This Life
     (4.46)
     
both from Life by Misadventure, 1987 - The Verdant Braes of Skreen
     (Roud 419; Henry H593)
     (4.56)
     
from Ship of Fools, 1988 - These Sea Dreams
     (4.09)
     
from Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - Life By Misadventure
     (3.14)
     
from Life by Misadventure, 1987 
CD 2: He Took Most Delight… (FRCD 72)
- The Naked Highwayman
     (4.05)
     
from Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - The Slip Jigs and Reels
     (5.27)
     
new recording, 2006; originally released on Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - Here Comes the Night
     (4.21)
     
new recording, 2006; originally released on Life by Misadventure, 1987 - Coronado and the Turk
     (9.22)
     
from Of Moor and Mesa, 1992 - Enter the Tooth Fairy (3.43)
 - Goodbye to the Snow (5.14)
 - Soon Comes the Rain
     (3.32)
     
all three from And So It Goes…, 1996 - Here’s to Tom Paine
     (4.16)
     
live recording from the “Fairport Supporters“ tour, 2002; originally from All Under the Sun, 1995 - Let Your Banjo Ring
     (3.57)
     
unreleased studio version, 2001; originally from All Under the Sun, 1995 - Man Gone Down (Fred’s Song)
     (3.26)
     
from Live Hemistry, 2001 - Foolish Me (3.17)
 - Dust From My Heels (3.40)
 - Salty Dog
     (5.06)
     
all three from WAZ!: Fully Chromatic, 1998 - Turning of the Tides (4.34)
 - The Turncoat
     (11.24)
     
both from Solorubato, 1998 
CD 3: Staring at Time (FRCD 73)
- The Dewy Ones
     (4.11)
     
from WAZ!: Fully Chromatic, 1998 - Blue Heron’s Eye (3.37)
 - Living With the Blues
     (4.58)
     
both from Solorubato, 1998 - Anthony Believes
     (4.37)
     
previously unreleased version, 2001; originally from Live Hemistry, 2001 - The Night Owl Homeward Turns
     (4.07)
     
from Live Hemistry, 2001 - To Bits and Back (Black Dog)
     (3.56)
     
unreleased demo - Old New World
     (4.21)
     
unreleased demo, 2000 - Mirror Dance
     (6.40)
     
from Such & Such, 2003 - Rare Thing
     (4.10)
     
new recording, 2002; originally from Such & Such, 2003 - Old Cairo
     (5.50)
     
new recording, 2006; originally from Live Hemistry, 2001 - Rolling Down This Roman Road
     (5.05)
     
previously unreleased radio broadcast, 2005; originally from Such & Such, 2003 - I Need a Cup of Coffee
     (4.15)
     
live recording with Brooks Williams, 2005; originally from Such & Such, 2003 - Totterdown
     (4.56)
     
from Such & Such, 2003 - Willow Creek
     (3.44)
     
from Of Many Hands, 2005 - Archipelago
     (3.28)
     
new recording, 2006 - Over the Next Hill
     (3.54)
     
demo recording, with Dave Pegg, 2004 - Polonaise
     (5.23)
     
from Life by Misadventure, 1987 
CD 4: Do What You Please (FRCD 74)
- The Leaving of Liverpool
     (Roud 9435)
     (5.39)
     
from Of Many Hands, 2005 - Blue Skies (2.20)
 - Crying Waiting Hoping (2.14)
 - Big Bill’s Been Here and Gone (3.04)
 - Trying to Get to You (2.10)
 - Blues Run the Game (3.08)
 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (3.47)
 - Summer Girls
     (4.15)
     
all seven new recordings - Constant Lovers
     (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244)
     (4.34)
     
from Such & Such, 2003 - The Still and Silent Ocean
     (5.00)
     
from The Transports Silver Edition, 2004 - War Horse Town
     (3.21)
     
from The Mrs Ackroyd Band: The Wings of Butterflies, 1999 - A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
     (7.11)
     
new recording, 2007 - Dipsticks and Seals
     (5.24)
     
from The Mrs Ackroyd Band: Yelp, 2003 - Rhapsody
     (23.01)
     
from Swans at Coole, 1990 
Bonus CD 5: Bringing in the Steves: Cover Versions (FRCD 75)
- Wizz Jones: Do What You Please (5.24)
 - Ralph McTell, Maart Allcock: Is This the Same Boy? (4.08)
 - Steve Gillett, Cindy Mageson: Waterhole (3.56)
 - Greg Anderson, Sarah Milonovich: Goodbye to the Snow (3.36)
 - Hamish Stuart, Matt Irving: Living with the Blues (4.39)
 - Jez Lowe: All in a Dream (4.00)
 - Bob Fox: Life Is Not Kind (3.59)
 - Pete Morton, Laura Hockenhull: These Days (5.03)
 - Chris Smither: Can’t Shake These Blues (3.47)
 - John Kirkpatrick, Chris Parkinson: Willow Creek (3.25)
 - Fairport Convention: The Naked Highwayman (4.59)
 - Tom McConville: Rocky Road (3.06)
 - Darryl Purpose: Sonnet (3.52)
 - Brooks Williams: Here Comes the Night (3.09)
 - Lunaseeds featuring Oddur: Do What You Please (4.04)
 - Martha Tilston with Steve Tilston: I Really Wanted You (3.58)
 - Grace Notes: Down Falls the Day
     (5.38)
     
from Down Falls the Day, 2003 - Dolores Keane: The Night Owl (3.41)
 - Robin and Bina Williamson: The Proud Man (5.07)
 
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Ziggurat
Steve Tilston: Ziggurat
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   Ziggurat Hubris Records HRCD 004 (CD, UK, 2008)  | 
Produced by Steve Tilston and Ron Angus;
Engineered by Ron Angus at Studio One, Houghton Le Spring;
Bass recorded by Andy Seward;
Maggie Boyle recorded by Mike Hockenhull;
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-14],
  guitar [1, 3-8, 12-13],
  6 string guitar [2, 9],
  12 string guitar [2, 11],
  slide guitar [9],
  resonator slide guitar [10],
  acoustic guitar [14];
Chris Parkinson: accordion [4, 6, 11, 13],
  piano [1, 10],
  organ [12];
Richard Curran: violin [1, 4-7, 11],
  viola [1, 3, 6-7];
Dave Bowie: double bass [1-2, 5-12];
Fin McArdle: percussion [2, 8, 11];
Maggie Boyle: harmony vocals [7];
Adam Featherstone: percussion [9-10]
Tracks
- The Road When I Was Young (4.55)
 - A Pretty Penny (3.44)
 - The King of the Coiners (5.49)
 - The Rambling Comber (Roud 1473) (3.36)
 - Speaking in Tongues (4.32)
 - After Summer Rain (3.52)
 - In-Between Years (2.51)
 - The Spoils of War (6.49)
 - Madame Muse (5.05)
 - Fairweather Love (3.30)
 - Jacaranda (3.47)
 - The Devil May Care (4.18)
 - The Fisher Lad of Whitby (Roud V35024) (4.32)
 - Archipelago (3.28)
 
All songs composed by Steve Tilston except
Tracks 4, 13 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: The Reckoning
Steve Tilston: The Reckoning
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   The Reckoning Hubris Records HUB006 (CD, UK, 25 July 2011)  | 
Recorded at Splid Studios, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Produced by David Crickmore
Musicians
Steve Tilston: guitar [1-12],
  vocals [1-8, 10-11],
  backing vocals [5];
Hugh Bradley: double bass [1, 3],
  tampara [7];
Richard Curran: violin [1],
  viola [1];
The Richard Curran Strings [6, 10];
Gus Taylor:
  accordion [4-5, 7],
  shaker [1, 6, 10],
  djembe [6-7, 10],
  backing vocals [5];
The wild birds of Oxenhope: dawn chorus [1];
Ruth Wilde: double bass [2];
Mark Boyce: drums [2, 5],
  bell tree [6],
  backing vocals [5];
Keith Warmington: harmonica [2];
David Crickmore: mandolin [2],
  acoustic bass [5],
  5 sting bass [5],
  shaker [5],
  tambour [7],
  backing vocals [5];
Robin Tyndale-Biscoe: oboe [3];
Lee Walsh, Emma Crickmore: backing vocals [5]
Tracks
- This Is the Dawn (5.30)
 - Notamun Town Return (3.29)
 - The Reckoning (3.19)
 - Pennine Spring (4.50)
 - Oil and Water (4.22)
 - Memory Lane (8.30)
 - Sovereign of Tides (4.52)
 - Doubting Thomas (4.34)
 - Davy Lamp / Fruit Fly (4.38)
 - Rio de la Miel (4.55)
 - Weeping Willow Replanted (4.02)
 - Ijna (Davy Ji) (4.51)
 
All songs composed by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles: The Oxenhope EP
Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles: The Oxenhope EP
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   The Oxenhope EP Splid Records CD009 (EP, UK, 19 March 2012)  | 
Recorded at Splid Studios, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Produced and engineered by David P. Crickmore;
Sleeve design by Lee Walsh
Musicians
Steve Tilston: acoustic guitar, vocals;
Lee Walsh: 12 string guitar, vocals;
David Crickmore: electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals;
Marc Boyce: drums, backing vocals;
Gus Taylor: accordion, backing vocals;
Ruth Wilde: double bass, bass guitar
Tracks
- Oil and Water (4.22)
 - Same Boy (4.33)
 - There She Blows (3.14)
 - Drinking Man (5.14)
 - Jackaranda (3.36)
 
Tracks 1-2, 4-5 Steve Tilston;
Track 3 Mark Boyce, David Crickmore, Lee Walsh
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston Trio: Happenstance
Steve Tilston Trio: Happenstance
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   Happenstance Hubris Records HUB07 (CD, UK, 2 September 2013)  | 
Recorded in Bristol, Devon and Hebden Bridge;
Produced by Stuart Gordon and Steve Tilston;
Digital mastering by Paul Whittington, The Longhouse, North Somerset;
Cover painting by Sophie Tilston;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jerome Dineen
Musicians
Steve Tilston: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, 8-string guitar (octar),
  bowed guitar (arpeggione);
Stuart Gordon: violin, vocals, viola, mandolin, soprano, baritone and bass
  ukuleles, harmonium, piano, various percussion;
Keith Warmington: harmonica, vocals
Tracks
- Beulah Road (3.57)
 - Blues for the North Wind (4.30)
 - Courting Is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (5.14)
 - Far Side of the World (3.58)
 - Song of the Wandering Aengus (4.06)
 - Sometimes in This Life (5.18)
 - Rocky Road (4.00)
 - Martin Said to His Man (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703) (3.59)
 - Jimmy’s Train (6.08)
 - Jam Tomorrow (2.46)
 - Let’s Face the Music and Dance (2.06)
 - Sentimental (3.34)
 - Little Norris (2.18)
 
Tracks 1-2, 4- 6-7, 10 Steve Tilston;
Tracks 3, 8 trad. arr. Steve Tilston;
Track 5 poem W.B. Yeats, music Steve Tilston;
Track 9 Jimmy Guiffre, Steve Tilston;
Track 11 Irving Berlin;
Track 12 Keith Warmington;
Track 13 Stuart Gordon
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Truth to Tell
Steve Tilston: Truth to Tell
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   Truth to Tell Hubris Records HUB008 (CD, UK, 20 July 2015)  | 
Recorded at Splid Studios, Haworth, West Yorkshire;
Produced by David Crickmore;
Mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jerome Dineen
Musicians
Steve Tilston: 10-string acoustic guitar [1, 3, 5],
  acoustic guitar [1-2, 4, 6-13],
  Spanish guitar [1, 5],
  electric guitar [2, 10],
  arpeggione [5],
  vocals [1-7, 9-13];
David Crickmore: electric double bass [1, 10],
  autoharp [1],
  percussion [1, 3, 6, 10, 13],
  melodeon [2, 5],
  pedal steel guitar [6, 9, 11],
  piano [9, 13];
Hugh Bradley: double bass [2-3, 5-6, 9, 11, 13]
Tracks
- Grass Days (4.01)
 - The Way It Was (3.04)
 - Cup and Lip (4.58)
 - Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1170; Henry H683) (3.38)
 - Yo Me Voy (4.37)
 - Pick up Your Heart (3.55)
 - The Riverman Has Gone (3.55)
 - Pecket’s Well (4.55)
 - Bygone Lands (4.46)
 - Lasting Love (4.13)
 - Running out of Road (3.28)
 - All Around This World (3.52)
 - Ways of a Man (3.11)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 4 trad. arr. Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe: The Janus Game
Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe: The Janus Game
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   The Janus Game Tantobie Records TTRCD115 (CD, UK, 24 November 2016)  | 
Produced and recorded by David Crickmore;
Mastered by David de la Haye;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jermome Dineen
Musicians
Jez Lowe: vocals [1, 3-9,11],
  harmonica [1, 6],
  bouzouki [1, 5, 7, 10],
  dulcimer [2, 8],
  accordion [2, 4, 7],
  mandolin [3-4, 6, 9, 11],
  harmonium [8];
Steve Tilston: vocals [1-11],
  guitar [1-11],
  arpeggione [2],
  10-string guitar [10-11],
  slide guitar [11];
David Crickmore: bass [1],
  Fender Rhodes [2],
  percussion [1, 3-4, 11],
Mark Boyce: drums [1, 5-6];
Hugh Bradley: double bass [2-7, 10-11];
Kate Bramley: fiddle [3-4, 11]
Tracks
- The Janus Game (3.16)
 - Lucky Sami (4.40)
 - The Wagga Moon (4.40)
 - Leaving for Spain (4.02)
 - Crosses, Crescents and Stars (4.05)
 - The Strings That Wizz One Strummed (3.14)
 - Shiney Row (3.33)
 - Tatteres and Torn (4.25)
 - Mrs Einstein (3.26)
 - On Beacon Hill (5.00)
 - Goodbye Johnny D’s / Hey Frankie (4.02)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Distant Days
Steve Tilston: Distant Days
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   Distant Days Riverboat Records TUGCD1117 (CD, UK, 27 July 2018)  | 
Produced and recorded by David Crickmore;
Mastered by Ben Turner, Finesplice;
Sleeve design by Steve Tilston;
Front cover photograph by Shay Rowan;
Design by Brad Haynes
Musicians
Steve Tilston: acoustic guitar, vocals, banjo
Tracks
- The Road When I Was Young (4.58)
 - Rare Thing (4.18)
 - Time Has Shown Me Your Face (3.34)
 - Let Your Banjo Ring (4.53)
 - All in a Dream (4.17)
 - I Really Wanted You (3.59)
 - Is This the Same Boy? (4.41)
 - Shinjuku (3.59)
 - It’s Not My Place to Fail (3.07)
 - Pretty Penny (3.57)
 - Castaway (5.11)
 - Southernhay Avenue (0.37)
 - Here Comes the Night (4.27)
 - Goodbye to the Snow (5.13)
 - Life is Not Kind to the Drinking Man (4.04)
 - Slow Air in Dropped D (1.41)
 - King of the Coiners (5.30)
 - Waterhole (4.22)
 - The Slip Jigs and Reels (5.42)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Such Times
Steve Tilston: Such Times
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   Such Times Riverboat Records TUGCD1128 (CD, UK, 29 January 2021)  | 
Produced by David Crickmore;
Recorded by David Crickmore, assisted by James Crickmore, at Splid Studios, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Additional recording by Kurt Wood at Corner House Studio, Keighley, West Yorkshire;
Photos by Peter Lilley;
Design by Tamsin Davies;
Sleeve notes by Steve Tilston;
Coordinated by Neil Record
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo;
Hugh Bradley: double bass, flute;
David Crickmore: piano, percussion, drums, autoharp, dobro slide
Tracks
- Daylight Rising (4.22)
 - The Satellites Decree (4.27)
 - This Is Living With the Blues (4.08)
 - It’s a Crying Shame (4.53)
 - A Million Miles Away (3.12)
 - Such Times (4.24)
 - 12/8 Pull Off (4.09)
 - Dust From My Heels (4.45)
 - Where Your Mark Remains (3.33)
 - Waters of March (3.57)
 - There’s a Man (5.31)
 - Nothing to See Here (2.16)
 - Four Corners (5.56)
 - My Mystery Train (4.22)
 - Little Flame (3.31)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston: Last Call
Steve Tilston: Last Call
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   Last Call Talking Elephant TECD504 (CD, UK, 14 March 2025)  | 
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Richard Woodcock at Slaw Moor Studio, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire;
Special thanks to Phil Simpson and Richard Woodcock;
Cover image by Simon Manfield;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jerome Dineen
Folking.com review by Jean Camp
Musicians
Steve Tilston: vocals, acoustic guitar,
 Spanish guitar [9];
Richard Curran: string quartet [1, 5, 11],
 fiddle [4];
Hugh Bradley: flute [1],
 double bass [2, 4-5, 7, 9];
Martin McGroarty: electric guitar [2, 7];
Keith Warmington: harmonica [2, 4, 7];
Tony Orrell: percussion [2];
Steve Woodcock: backing vocals [2, 7];
Richard Woodcock: backing vocals [2, 5, 7];
Johnny Fewings: banjo [3];
Alan Cook: pedal steel guitar [3, 6, 9];
Steve Andrews: piano [5-6, 9-10]
Tracks
- Apple Tree Town (4.46)
 - Biding Time (3.54)
 - As Night Follows Day (3.00)
 - One More Day (3.38)
 - Never Could Have Asked for More (5.13)
 - Time and Tide (4.28)
 - Hard Cheese (3.36)
 - Last Call (5.29)
 - No Tears to Spare (4.22)
 - Go Away From My Door (4.01)
 - Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (3.34)
 
All tracks written by Steve Tilston except
Track 11 trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Steve Tilston
Other records with Steve Tilston
Various Artists:
Guitar Workshop Vol. 1,
2 LP, Transatlantic TRAD 271, 1973
Maggie Boyle:
Reaching Out,
CD, Run River RRA 003, 1987
Peter Bellamy:
Soldiers Three,
cassette, private issue, 1990
Bert Jansch:
The Ornament Tree,
CD, Run River D2-71365, 1990
Grace Notes:
Down Falls the Day,
CD, Grace Notes GNCD1, 1993
Incantation:
Sergeant Early’s Dream,
CD, Cookin Vinyl COOK CD 069, 1994
Ian Giles:
The Amber Triangle,
CD, WildGoose WGS287CD, 1997
John Drury:
Michael Is Leaving Las Vegas,
CD, Yewtree YTCD 001, 1998
John McCormick:
Between Our Hearts,
CD, Phantom PH012, 1998
Peter Bellamy:
Wake the Vaulted Echoes,
3 CD, Free Reed FRTCD 14, 1999
Various Artists:
The Wings of Butterflies: Songs by Les Barker,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 013, 1999
Damien Barber:
The Furrowed Field,
CD, DJC Records DJC011, 2000
Various Artists:
People on the Highway: A Bert Jansch Encomium,
2 CD, Market Square MSMCD106, 2000
Various Artists:
Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001),
2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001
The Mrs Ackroyd Band:
Yelp!,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 017, 2003
Folk for Peace:
Rumours of Rain,
CD single, Hypertension HYP 4231, 2004
Various Artists:
Someone Was Calling: “Folk on the Pier” Celebrates 200 Years of Cromer's Lifeboats,
2 CD, Symposium SIUM 1347/48, 2004
Various Artists:
The Transports—2004,
2 CD, Free Reed FRDCD2122, 2004
Various Artists:
Missing Persians File
(Guide Cats for the Blind Vol. 2),
2 CD, Osmosys OSMO CD 032, 2005
Various Artists:
Midwinter,
4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006
Various Artists:
Twilight of the Dogs: Songs of Les Barker,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 019, 2006
Various Artists:
Trades Roots Live,
CD, Trades Roots TR001, 2009
Various Artists:
Ghosts From the Basement,
CD, Weekend Beatnik WEBE 9046, 2010
Maggie Boyle:
Won't You Come Away,
CD, WildGoose WGS390CD, 2012
Janet Russell:
Love Songs and Fighting Talk,
CD, Harbourtown HARCD 052, 2012
Various Artists:
Harbour of Songs,
CD, The Stables CD001, 2012
Martha Tilston:
The Sea,
CD, Squiggly SQRCD08, 2014
Various Artists:
The Great White Dap,
CD, Ghosts From the Basement GFTB 7055, 2020



































