Recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios, April/May 1978;
Produced by John Kirkpatrick;
Sleeve design and photography by Bryan Ledgard, R&B Art

Musicians

Sue Harris: vocals [2, 4-6, 8-10], hammered dulcimer [1-3, 7], piano [8];
Tufty Swift: one-row 4-stop melodeon [1, 5, 9-10];
Martin Brinsford: mouth organ [1, 7, 10], tambourine [1, 10], skulls bass [5];
Alan Harris: tenor banjo [1, 5-6, 9], guitar [7], double bass [2, 10];
John Kirkpatrick: two row melodeon [1], button accordion [4], Anglo concertina [5];
Jenny Harris: vocals [3], harmony vocals [9-10]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Perry Gutter / All Asiden (5.23)
2. The Donkey’s Death (2.50)
3. Old Man in a Wood / Gay Ladies’ Polka (4.30)
4. McCaffery (Roud 1148) (5.30)
5. Put On Your Ta-Ta, Little Girl (Roud V31321) (3.10)

Side 2

6. Just Watch the Ivy (3.05)
7. Pottings Polka (2.29)
8. In the Midst of Night (4.34)
9. Green Grow the Laurels (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab, H624) (3.46)
10. All the Months of the Year / All the Year Round (7.30)

All tracks trad. arr. Sue Harris except
Track 1, 7, 10b Sue Harris;
Track 5 Fred Leigh;
Track 6 A.J. Mills, Harry Castling

Produced by Tom Colvin;
Photos by Alex Ramsay

Musicians

Sue Harris: vocals [2, 7], hammered dulcimer

Tracks

Side 1

1. O’Carolan’s Cup / In the Shadow of the King’s Hill (5.05)
2. Fair Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (4.41)
3. Parson’s Farewell / Indian Queen (3.32)
4. John’s Jaunt (3.33)
5. Caractacus Medley: Caractacus theme / Lament / Jenny Pluck Pears / Flaxley Green Dance (8.37)
6. Pastorela (3.10)
7. Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3) (4.30)
8. The Whetstone / McColl’s Jig (3.14)
9. Gypsies Lullaby / Billy Pigg’s Hornpipe (3.44)
10. Lamento di Tristan (4.40)
11. Scott Skinner Tunes: Lullaby / Inverness Gathering (7.15)
12. Bill Charlton’s Hornpipe (2.33)

All tracks trad. arr. Sue Harris except
Track 1b Benji Kirkpatrick;
Tracks 3ab, 5c from the John Playford collection;
Track 4 James Alexander;
Tracks 5ab, 8ab Sue Harris;
Tracks 9ab Billy Pigg;
Track 10 14^th century Italian;
Tracks 11ab from Scott Skinner: The Scottish Violinist

This is (shortened) compilation CD reissue of two Free Reed LPs: Tufty Swift’s How to Make a Bakewell Tart and Sue Harris’ Hammers & Tongues. Some of the missing tracks can be found on the Free Reed anthology This Label Is Not Removable.

Tracks

Hammers & Tongues

1. Perry Gutter / All Asiden (5.23)
2. Old Man in a Wood / Gay Ladies’ Polka (4.30)
3. Put On Your Ta-Ta, Little Girl (3.10)
4. Just Watch the Ivy (3.05)
5. Pottings Polka (2.29)
6. In the Midst of Night (4.34)
7. Green Grow the Laurels (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab, H624) (3.46)
8. All the Months of the Year / All the Year Round (7.30)

How to Make a Bakewell Tart

9. Winster Processional / Blue-Eyed Stranger No. 2 (3.06)
10. Kit White’s Square Eight (2.14)
11. Father’s Whiskers (3.27)
12. Mr Gubbin’s Bicycle (2.06)
13. The Officer’s Polka (2.16)
14. Sam Steel’s Waltz and Schottische (2.10)
15. Buttered Pease / Mulberry Bush (2.41)
16. Boatman’s Dance (2.30)
17. Rig-a-Jig (2.36)
18. Old Mother Casey (2.29)
19. Herbert Smith’s Four-Hand Reel (2.29)
20. Swedish Tune (2.10)
21. Gaspé Reel (3.15)
22. Tip-Top Polka (2.25)
23. Waltz Me, Willy (2.38)
24. Brass Nuts (2.22)
25. Winster Morris Gallop / The Miner’s Standard (2.53)