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Swan Arcade
Swan Arcade Trailer Records LER 2032 (LP, UK, 1973) |
Recorded by Bill Leader at Haworth, Yorkshire, and Leader Sound Studios, London;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve photo by Denis Flatt;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Dave Brady, Heather Brady: vocals;
Jim Boyes: vocals,
rhythm guitar [10]
with
Alasdair Cameron,
Dave Farrer,
Jimmy Hutchison,
Frank Toward: chorus [5];
Dave Burland: chorus [5],
guitar [10];
Rab Noakes: lead guitar [10];
Dixie Kidd: bass [10]
Tracks
Side 1
- The Bright Shining Morning (Roud 21097) (3.58)
- Anti-Gallican Privateer (Roud 3169) (3.10)
- The Battle of Sowerby Bridge (3.18)
- Admiral Benbow (Roud 3141) (3.16)
- Roll Alabama Roll (Roud 4710) (2.57)
Side 2
- Last Valentine’s Day (Roud 6475) (2.51)
- Lord Willoughby (Roud V18836) (4.21)
- The Hunt Is Up (Roud V18819) (2.20)
- Peat Bog Soldiers (3.04)
- All the Good Times (Roud 7421) (3.29)
All tracks trad. arr. Swan Arcade except
Track 8 words William Gray;
Track 9 words Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhaff; music Rudi Goguel adapt. Hanns Eisler, Ernst Busch
> Folk Music > Records > Swan Arcade: Matchless
Swan Arcade: Matchless
Matchless Stoof Records MU 7428 (LP, NL, 1976) |
Recorded at Fendal Studio, Loenen, and Leader Sound, Greetland in September 1976;
Engineered by Jan Kranendonk;
Brass engineered by Bill Leader;
Produced by Job Zomer;
Sleeve design by Linda and Tony Swindale
Musicians
Jim Boyes: vocals, guitar;
Heather Brady: vocals;
Dave Brady: vocals, concertina, synthesiser
with
Jack French: guitar, vocals;
Kevin Hingston: bass, vocals;
René Zwakhoven: percussion, vocals;
Elly Zwakhoven: vocals;
Jan van Peer: fiddle, vocals;
Job Zomer: clarinet;
David Brock, Murray Slater, Tony Brock: cornet;
Rodney Kirkham: horn;
Maurice Hunt: trombone;
Alf Willemann: euphonium;
Brian Earl: tuba;
Brass directed by Stan Roocroft
Tracks
Side 1
- Babylon (Roud 13968) (2.23)
- The Great Valerio (4.50)
- Foster’s Mill (TYG 63) (1.28)
- Further Along (4.49)
- The Rainbow (Roud 492; Laws N4; G/D 1:180) (2.37)
- Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252) (5.22)
Side 2
- Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) (5.42)
- Mercedes Benz (1.43)
- Little Maiden (Roud 899; G/D 7:1493) (2.25)
- Baron of Brackley (Roud 4017; Child 203; G/D 2:234) (5.40)
- Down in the Valley to Pray (Roud 4928) (2.48)
- Trimdon Grange Explosion (Roud 3189) (3.42)
All tracks trad. arr. Swan Arcade except
Track 2 Richard Thompson;
Track 8 Janis Joplin;
Track 12 Tommy Armstrong
> Folk Music > Records > Swan Arcade: Together Forever
Swan Arcade: Together Forever
Together Forever Fellside Recordings FE037 (LP, UK, 1984) |
Recorded and produced by Paul Adams in October 1983.
Sleeve photograph by Chris Steele;
Artwork by Mary Blood
Musicians
Jim Boyes: vocals, guitar [5, 11];
Dave Brady, Heather Brady: vocals
with
Paul Adams: percussion [2]
Tracks
Side 1
- For the Sake of Days Gone By (3.57)
- Georgie on a Spree (3.06)
- Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (4.11)
- Paperback Writer (2.03)
- Goodnight Loving Trail (3.31)
Side 2
- Mighty Rocky Road (Roud 12078) (2.55)
- Go From My Window (Roud 966) (2.44)
- Together Forever (2.27)
- Lola (4.02)
- Boomer’s Story (Roud 24085) (2.58)
- Keep the Faith (3.22)
Track 1 Jimmie Rodgers;
Track 2 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 3, 6, 7, 10 trad. arr. Swan Arcade;
Track 4 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 5 Bruce “Utah” Philips;
Track 8 Rab Noakes;
Track 9 Ray Davies;
Track 11 B. Nelson
> Folk Music > Records > Swan Arcade: Diving for Pearls
Swan Arcade: Diving for Pearls
Diving for dear life when we could be … Fellside Recordings FE054 (LP, UK, 1986) |
All tracks recorded and produced by Paul Adams.
Musicians
Dave Brady, Heather Brady, Jim Boyes: vocals;
Paul Adams: percussion [7];
Sam Smith: electric guitar [4, 7, 12];
Michael Chapman: electric guitar [12];
Rick Kemp: bass [7, 12];
Maddy Prior, Linda Adams, Georgina Boyes, Colin Davidson: vocals [6, 12];
Gordon Snaith: soprano sax [7];
Tommy Telford: C-melody sax [7];
Tommy Tweedle: banjo [7]
Tracks
Side 1
- Raise Your Banner (2.19)
- Black Seam (4.22)
- Donibristle Mine Disaster (Roud 3509) (2.57)
- Bitch Fox (Roud 1658) (3.12)
- Four Green Fields (3.41)
- Dwelling in Beulahland (3.12)
Side 2
- Hounds of the Meynall (4.13)
- Shipbuilding (2.17)
- Weary Whaling Grounds (Roud 2011) (4.05)
- Brilliant Mistake (3.03)
- Peat Bog Soldiers (2.50)
- Only Remembered (Roud 7557) (5.47)
Track 1 John Tams;
Track 2 Sting;
Tracks 3-4, 9 trad. arr. Swan Arcade;
Track 5 Tommy Makem;
Track 6 Charles Austin Miles (1911);
Track 7 Frederick Cotton (1886);
Track 8 Clive Langer, Elvis Costello;
Track 10 Elvis Costello;
Track 11 words Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhaff; music Rudi Goguel adapt. Hanns Eisler, Ernst Busch;
Track 12 Horatius Bonar, Ira D. Sankey
> Folk Music > Records > Swan Arcade: … Nothing Blue
Swan Arcade: … Nothing Blue
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Sygnet Records SY01 (cass., UK, 1988) |
Recorded by Rick Kemp in May 1988 at Starling Studios;
Photograph by Georgina Boyes;
Artwork by John Rudkin and Ian Holmes;
Sygnet Records is a subsidiary of Blue Murder Co-operative
Musicians
Dave Brady, Heather Brady, Jim Boyes: vocals;
Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Georgina Boyes, The New Crasada Trio: chorus
Tracks
Side 1
- Babylon (Roud 13968) (2.07)
- Children’s Crusade (3.06)
- Bitter Fruit (2.52)
- Roll Alabama Roll (Roud 4710) (3.10)
- Little Maiden (Roud 899; G/D 7:1493) (2.39)
- The Bright Shining Morning (Roud 21097) (3.17)
- Foster’s Mill (TYG 63) (1.40)
- Rolling Home (4.11)
Side 2
- Palms of Victory (Roud 3540) (3.15)
- The Rainbow (Roud 492; Laws N4; G/D 1:180) (2.50)
- The Grey Funnel Line (3.36)
- Last Valentine’s Day (Roud 6475) (2.45)
- Further Along (4.42)
- The Battle of Sowerby Bridge (3.49)
- Mercedes Benz (1.50)
All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Sting;
Track 3 Little Steven (Steve Van Zandt);
Track 8 John Tams;
Track 11 Cyril Tawney;
Track 15 Janis Joplin, Michael McClure
> Folk Music > Records > Swan Arcade: Full Circle
Swan Arcade: Full Circle
Full Circle Sygnet Records SY02 (CD, UK, 1990) |
Recorded by Stewart Field and Jo Meakin
at Meadow Farm Studio, Lower Hartshay, Derbyshire in January 1990;
Produced by Rick Kemp;
Artwork by Ian Holmes and John Rudkin
Musicians
Jim Boyes: guitar, vocals;
Dave Brady, Heather Brady: vocals
Tracks
- The Verdant Braes of Skreen (Roud 419; Henry H593) (3.16)
- A Sailor’s Life (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (2.33)
- Shule Agra (Roud 911) (3.31)
- William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (2.38)
- The Banks of the Roses (Roud 603; G/D 7:1444) (2.39)
- The Old Triangle (2.40)
- Sliav Gallion Braes (Roud 1420) (2.44)
- Four Loom Weaver (Roud 937) (3.06)
- The Doffing Mistress (Roud 2133) (1.40)
- Lowlands Away (Roud 681; Henry H469) (2.41)
- Blood Red Roses (Roud 931) (3.42)
- Wild Mountain Thyme (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (3.19)
All tracks trad. arr. Swan Arcade except
Track 6 Dick Shannon
> Folk Music > Records > Swan Arcade: Round Again
Swan Arcade: Round Again
Round Again Fellside Recordings FECD160 (CD, UK, 2001) |
This is a compilation of Swan Arcade’s Fellside recordings.
All tracks recorded and produced by Paul Adams.
Musicians
Jim Boyes: vocals, guitar [5, 11];
Dave Brady, Heather Brady: vocals
with
Paul Adams: percussion [2, 17];
Sam Smith: electric guitar [17, 23];
Michael Chapman: electric guitar [23];
Rick Kemp: bass [17, 23];
Maddy Prior, Linda Adams, Georgina Boyes, Colin Davidson: vocals [16, 23];
Gordon Snaith: soprano sax [17];
Tommy Telford: C-melody sax [17];
Tommy Tweedle: banjo [17]
Tracks
From Together Forever
- For the Sake of Days Gone By (3.57)
- Georgie on a Spree (3.06)
- Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (4.11)
- Paperback Writer (2.03)
- Goodnight Loving Trail (3.31)
- Mighty Rocky Road (Roud 12078) (2.55)
- Go From My Window (Roud 966) (2.44)
- Together Forever (2.27)
- Lola (4.02)
- Boomer’s Story (Roud 24085) (2.58)
- Keep the Faith (3.22)
From Diving for Pearls and Square Roots
- Raise Your Banner (2.19)
- Black Seam (4.22)
- Donibristle Mine Disaster (Roud 3509) (2.57)
- Four Green Fields (3.41)
- Dwelling in Beulahland (3.12)
- Hounds of the Meynall (4.13)
- Shipbuilding (2.17)
- Weary Whaling Grounds (Roud 2011) (4.05)
- Brilliant Mistake (3.03)
- Peat Bog Soldiers (2.50)
- Children’s Crusade (3.12)
- Only Remembered (Roud 7557) (5.47)
Track 1 Jimmie Rodgers;
Track 2 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 3, 6-7, 10, 14, 19 trad. arr. Swan Arcade;
Track 4 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Track 5 Bruce “Utah” Philips;
Track 8 Rab Noakes;
Track 9 Ray Davies;
Track 11 B. Nelson;
Track 12 John Tams;
Track 13, 22 Sting;
Track 15 Tommy Makem;
Track 16 Charles Austin Miles (1911);
Track 17 Frederick Cotton (1886);
Track 18 Clive Langer, Elvis Costello;
Track 20 Elvis Costello;
Track 21 words Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhaff; music Rudi Goguel adapt. Hanns Eisler, Ernst Busch;
Track 23 Horatius Bonar, Ira D. Sankey
Tracks 1-11 are from Together Forever;
Tracks 12-21 and 23 are all but one track from Diving for Pearls;
Track 22 is from Square Roots (1987),
a compilation LP for Folk Roots Magazine.
> Folk Music > Records > Swan Arcade
Other records with Swan Arcade
Various Artists: Flash Company: A Celebration of the First 10 Years of Fellside Records, LP, Fellside FE050, 1986
Iain MacGillivray: Rolling Home, LP, Fellside FE053, 1986
Various Artists: Square Roots: An Unlikely Selection From the Pages of Folk Roots Magazine, LP, Folk Roots FROOT 001, 1987
Albion Band ’89, Give Me a Saddle, I’ll Trade You a Car, CD, Topic TSCD454, 1989
Various Artists: Circle Dance: The Hokey Pokey Charity Compilation, CD, Hokey Pokey ConeD, 1990
Various Artists: Voices: English Traditional Songs, CD, Fellside FECD87, 1992
Various Artists: Banklands: The Story of Fellside Records, CD, Fellside FECB100, 1994
Martin Carthy: The Carthy Chronicles, 4+1 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 60, 2001
Various Artists: Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001), 2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001
Various Artists: Voices in Harmony: English Traditional Songs, CD, Fellside FECD158, 2001
Various Artists: The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
The Watersons, Mighty River of Songs, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4002, 2004
Various Artists: Landmarks: 25 Years of a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD203, 2006
Various Artists: The Journey Continues: Fellside at 40, 3 CD, Fellside FECD272, 2016
Various Artists: Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018