Recorded live;
Photography by John Millard and Eddie Bailey;
Design by Michael Bailey

Musicians

Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe

Tracks

1. These Coal Town Days (2.56)
2. The Devil’s Ground (4.11)
3. Stanley Market (3.57)
4. The Row Between the Cages (Roud V35950) (3.07)
5. Shiftin’ to the Toon (4.27)
6. The Pitman’s Dream (5.43)
7. South Medomsley Strike (Roud V40590) (7.36)
8. Just One Spark (1.42)
9. The Ex-Pitmen’s Potholing Pub Quiz Team (5.40)
10. Blackleg Mining Man (3.37)
11. The Collier Laddie’s Wife (3.17)
12. Sheel Raw Flood / Off to California (4.55)
13. Wor Nanny’s a Maizor (4.16)
14. Judas Bus (4.18)
15. Farewell Johnny Miner (5.51)
16. The Miner’s Lifeguard (Roud 3510) (5.30)
17. Bonus Track: The Pitmen Poets (4.10)

Tracks 1, 9, 14, 17 Jez Lowe;
Tracks 2, 5 Billy Mitchell;
Tracks 3-4, 12a, 13 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 6 Alexander Barrass;
Track 7 Tommy Armstrong, Johnny Handle;
Track 8 Benny Graham;
Track 10 Jock Purdon;
Track 11 Billy Mitchell, Jane Wade;
Tracks 12b, 16 trad. arr. The Pitmen Poets;
Track 15 Ed Pickford

Recorded round the kitchen table at Boomchang;
Inner sleeve photography by Daniel Graham;
Package design by Michael Bailey

Musicians

Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe

Tracks

1. Black Diamonds (3.53)
2. Schooldays Over (1.53)
3. The Birth of the Lad (4.02)
4. Celebrated Working Man (Roud 3486) (3.24)
5. Last of the Widows (3.07)
6. Go to Work on Monday (2.58)
7. I Wish Pay Friday Wad Come (3.57)
8. The Collier’s Way (3.49)
9. Coughin’ Well / 1915-1972 (4.30)
10. Big Meeting Day (4.59)
11. Going to the Mine (3.11)
12. Ordinary Copper (3.32)
13. Coal Mountain (4.12)
14. When Geordie Thoo and I was Young (4.34)
15. Lord George (2.56)

Tracks 1, 5, 10, 13 Jez Lowe;
Track 2 Ewan MacColl;
Track 3 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 4 trad. arr. Bob Fox;
Track 6 Si Kahn;
Track 7 James Anderson;
Track 8 Dacy Steele;
Track 9 Billy Mitchell;
Track 11 Johnny Handle;
Track 12 Ray Hearne;
Track 14 Alexander Barrass, Benny Graham;
Track 15 trad. arr. Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox

Recorded live by Ali Reay at Queens Hall and Blue Attic Studios, Hexham, Northumberland;
East Durham Massed Brass Bands recorded by Peter Boyle;
Photography Geoff Elliott;
Sleeve design by Michael Bailes;
Album title suggested by Brian Fagg

Musicians

Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe

with
East Durham Massed Brass Bands [14a];
Ellie Fox: clog dancing [17]

Tracks

1. Ee Aye Aa Could Hew (0.59)
2. Black Diamonds (3.45)
3. Guard Your Man Well (2.25)
4. Birth of the Lad Intro (1.30)
5. Birth of the Lad (4.21)
6. Schooldays Over (1.58)
7. Oakey’s Strike Evictions (Roud V35760) (2.27)
8. Mr. Roberts (2.50)
9. Pitman and the Blackin’ Intro (2.10)
10. Pitman and the Blackin’ (2.48)
11. Trimdon Grange Explosion Intro (1.28)
12. Trimdon Grange Explosion [Tommy Armstrong] (Roud 3189) (2.14)
13. The Boys of Belly Row (4.24)
14. Gresford / Geordieland ’68 (2.34)
15. The Last of the Widows Intro (1.00)
16. The Last of the Widows (3.11)
17. Off To Kefalonia (1.48)
18. Coal Mountain Intro (0.37)
19. Coal Mountain (4.06)
20. Leather Cap and Trap Lad (2.45)

Track 1 Ed Pickford;
Tracks 2, 13, 15-16, 19-20 Jez Lowe;
Track 3 Johnny Handle;
Track 4 Benny Graham;
Tracks 5, 7, 12 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 6 Ewan MacColl;
Track 8 anon. / Johnny Handle;
Track 9 Billy Mitchell;
Track 10 Bobby Nunn / Billy Mitchell;
Track 11, 18 Bob Fox;
Track 14 Bob Davenport;
Track 17 trad. arr. Bob Fox

Recorded at Poets Corrage, Hexham, Northumberland:
Mixed by Ali Reay;
Sleeve by Billy Mitchell

Musicians

Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe

with
Ali Reay: sampled bass, bass drum

Tracks

1. Byker Hill (and Walker Shore) (Roud 3488) (3.13)
2. Bare Knuckle (3.14)
3. Marshal Riley’s Army (3.18)
4. The Driver (2.56)
5. Bells of Rhymney (3.12)
6. The Checkout Queue (4.26)
7. Sailing to Philadelphia (3.58)
8. A Very Funny Thing (2.52)
9. Factory / Working Man (2.42)
10. The Workers’ Song (2.08)
11. Joe Hill Blues (3.19)

Track 1 trad.;
Tracks 2, 6 Jez Lowe;
Track 3 Alan Hull;
Track 4 Alexander Barrass;
Track 5 words Idris Davies, music Pete Seeger;
Track 7 Mark Knopfler;
Track 8 ‘Uncle’ Reece Elliott;
Track 9a Bruce Springsteen;
Track 9b Rita McNeil;
Track 10 Ed Pickford;
Track 11 Jock Purdon

Recorded at Poets Corrage, Hexham, Northumberland:
Mixed by Ali Reay at Bloe Attic Studio;
Sleeve design by Billy Mitchell from an idea by Bob Fox

Musicians

Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe

with
Ali Reay: sampled bass, bass drum

Tracks

1. If They Come for You in the morning
2. Lie La Lie
3. Dark As a Dungeon [Merle Travis] (Roud 6392)
4. Barry and the Anthracites
5. Land of Three Rivers
6. Hoping Mr. Loach
7. No Banker Left Behind
8. The Coal Owner and the Pitman’s Wife (Roud 44465)
9. Part of the Union
10. Long Walk Home

Track 1 Ed Pickford;
Track 2 Tom Reid;
Track 3 Merle Travis;
Tracks 4, 6, 10 Jez Lowe;
Track 5 Vin Garbutt;
Track 7 Ry Cooder;
Track 8 William Hornsby;
Track 9 Richard Hudson, John Ford