Produced by Tim Laycock;
Recorded by John Gill at Leader Sound in May 1980;
Mastered at Pye by Tony Bridge;
Sleeve design by Mike Walsh

Musicians

Tim Laycock: vocals, duet concertina, percussion, handbells;
Peter Bond: clarinet;
Bill Caddick: National steel guitar;
Bill Horne: tenor banjo

Tracks

Side 1

1. New Year Song / La Guignolee (3.34)
2. The Man Who Broke The Bank at Monte Carlo (2.54)
3. A Trampwoman’s Song (5.25)
4. The Light of the Moon (Roud 21234) (3.45)
5. Gavioli Capers (5.31)

Side 2

6. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (4.44)
7. How Zamel Got Upsides Wi’ Camel Clock (4.07)
8. Six Dukes Went A-Hunting (Roud 78) / Munster Cloak (4.18)
9. Morrissey and the Russian Sailor (Roud 2150; Laws H18) (4.16)
10. Row On (Roud 2084) (3.30)

Track 1a Tim Laycock, Peter Bond;
Tracks 1b, 4, 6, 8ab, 9-10 trad. arr. Tim Laycock;
Track 2 F. Gilbert;
Track 3 words Thomas Hardy, music Tim Laycock;
Track 5 Tim Laycock;
Track 7 Copyright Control;

Arranged and produced by Peter Bond, Bill Caddick and Tim Laycock;
Recorded by John Gill at Leadersound;
Executive producer John Zollmann;
Photography by Janet Kerr;
Sleeve design by John Crane

Musicians

Peter Bond: vocals, guitar, clarinet, harmonica, temple block, bass drum;
Bill Caddick: 12 string guitar, bongos, harmonica, tirangle, high hat, damper;
Tim Laycock: vocals, duet concertina, banjolele, acme siren, cymbal, bells

Tracks

Side 1

1. Winter Quarters (4.30)
2. Walk Up, Walk Up (4.12)
3. Fiery Hoops (3.30)
4. Three Brass Balls (4.27)
5. The Waldemars (3.30)
6. Captain Valiant (4.21)

Side 2

7. Sideshows (4.50)
8. See Me Up, See Me Down (2.25)
9. The Clown’s Anatomy (3.21)
10. Jack Pudding (3.33)
11. Little Billee on Parade (4.36)
12. Circus Lullaby (5.18)

Tracks 1, 5, 7 Peter Bond, Bill Caddick;
Tracks 2, 11-12 Tim Laycock;
Track 3, 8 Peter Bond;
Track 4 Peter Bond, Bill Caddick, Tim Laycock;
Track 9 trad. with additional words by Peter Bond, Bill Caddick, Tim Laycock;
Tracks 6, 10 Bill Caddick

Produced by Will Ward

Musicians

Tim Laycock: vocals, duet concertinas, club accordion, harmonicas, percussion;
Rory Allam: bass, B^♭ and A clarinets, piano, synthesisers;
Robin Jeffrey: guitar, lute, cittern, banjo, mandolin;
Roddy Skeaping: violin, baroque violin, bowed psaltery;
Will Ward: 3-hole pipe [7], bassoon [8]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Bold Lovell (Roud 534; Laws L13B)
2. Valentine’s Chant (Roud 1142)
3. 10,000 Miles Away (Roud 1778; G/D 6:1102)
4. Nine Burning Barrels
5. Leo
6. Sizewell ABC

Side 2

7. Giant at Cerne / Devil Amongst the Tailors
8. Men of Tolpuddle
9. I Live Not Where I Love (Roud 593)
10. Singing the Travels (Roud 873)
11. Voices of Things Growing in a Graveyard
12. Dorset Militia Song (Roud 2634) / Organist’s Polka

Tracks 1-3, 7b, 9-10, 12ab trad. arr. Tim Laycock;
Tracks 4-5, 7a, 8 Tim Laycock;
Track 6 words Tim Laycock, music trad.;
Track 11 words Thomas Hardy, music Tim Laycock

The Cerne Abbas Giant

According to the May 2021 article National Trust archaeologists surprised by likely age of Cerne Abbas Giant, the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset is probably of late Anglo-Saxon origin in 700-1100 AD.

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey and Paul Sartin at WildGoose Studios, Wherwell, Hampshire;
Front cover design by Hedingham Fair;
Back cover by Karen Cater

Musicians

Tim Laycock: vocals [1-3, 5-10, 12-13], duet concertinas [1-5, 8-13], melodeon [12], hurdy-gurdy [1], harmonica [5], percussion [10];
Colin Thompson: fiddle [2, 4, 8, 10-11, 13], viola [11];
Robin Jeffrey: banjo [5], theorbo [7], vocals [1], percussion [1], mandolin [5];
Robert A. White: whistles [1], recorders [10], bansuri (bass Indian flute) [13];
Brian Gulland: oboe [1], piano [5], vocals [1], percussion [1];
Andy Baker: double bass [8, 11]

Tracks

1. The Horseman (4.22)
2. Jack Robinson (Roud 1794) (3.39)
3. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.35)
4. Shrewsbury Lasses / Over the Hills to Glory (3.45)
5. Wounded Soldier / Sing Me to Sleep (6.58)
6. The Peace Tree (3.49)
7. Florence Wyndham (4.23)
8. Billy Johnsons Ball (Roud V1240) / Cadham Wood (3.42)
9. Hanley Church Bells (3.53)
10. Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford (Roud 2338; Child 144) (4.48)
11. The Village Club Waltz (4.34)
12. Stormalong (6.02)
13. Comfrey (4.53)

All tracks trad. except
Track 6, 12-13 Tim Laycock;
Track 7 Phil Hewett;
Track 9 poem by Noah Heath of Sneyd Green;
Track 11 Percy Spencer

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios;
Sleeve notes by Tim Laycock;
Flotsam and design by Lal Hitchcock;
Photography and design by George Wright;
Booklet photographs of Tim by George Laycock

Musicians

Tim Laycock: vocals, duet concertina, melodeon, harmonica, percussion;
Robin Jeffrey: vocals, Victorian guitar, alto guitar, mandolin, laouto, percussion;
Gabriel Laycock: 12-string guitar;
Colin Thompson: fiddle, viola

Tracks

1. The Bold Granadee (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) / Jack’s Alive (4.50)
2. The Night of Trafalgar [Boatman’s Song] (4.05)
3. Ricketty Robin / Tipsy Bob tunes (2.56)
4. Husbandman and Servantman (Roud 873) (4.58)
5. The Turtle Dove (Roud 422) (3.28)
6. Write Me Down (Roud 381; G/D 5:980) (3.34)
7. A Glimpse of a Green Land tune (4.02)
8. The Old Smith (5.15)
9. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.56)
10. Cider and Brandy / A Trip to Bagshot tunes (2.50)
11. The Bwoat (3.56)
12. Death in the Nut (8.10)
13. The Broadoak Wassail (4.28)
14. Blackbeard’s Diamond slip jig (3.01)
15. Farewell She (Roud 803; Henry H504) (4.31)

Tracks 1, 4-6, 9, 15 trad.;
Track 2 words Thomas Hardy (part of The Dynasts), music Tim Laycock;
Tracks 3ab Benjamin Rose (1796-1877);
Tracks 7, 12-13 Tim Laycock;
Track 8 Fred Rooke;
Tracks 10ab anon.;
Track 11 poem by William Barnes, music Tim Laycock;
Track 14 John Meade Faulkner