Recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios;
Produced by Neil Wayne;
Sleeve design by Sue Dransfield

Musicians

Tony Hall: melodeon, vocals;
Nic Jones: fiddle, guitar;
Johnny Moynihan: mandolin, bouzouki, whistle;
Keith Pearshouse, Ian McCoy: chorus vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Tripping Upstairs (2.38)
2. Wooden-Ended Reel (2.27)
3. Trumpet Hornpipe (2.23)
4. Holmfirth Anthem (Roud 1046; TYG 55) (3.46)
5. The Banks of the Seine (3.32)
6. Andrew Rose (Roud 623; G/D 1:6) (4.21)
7. Gerry’s Slow Tune (2.31)
8. Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (5.02)
9. Bantry Bay (2.38)

Side 2

10. Peeler Creek (2.02)
11. The Trim-Rig Doxie (Roud 1901; Laws K41) (4.04)
12. Bottom of the Punchbowl (1.59)
13. The Weavers’ March / The Quaker (7.02)
14. The Rounding of Cape Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (4.53)
15. The Major-Minor Tune (2.28)
16. Just as the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (6.10)
17. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Roud 2994) (2.46)

2008 CD bonus tracks (recording session out-takes)

18. Donkey Riding (Roud 4540) (2.54)
19. Ten Thousand Miles Away (Roud 1778; G/D 6:1102) (3.21)
20. One More Day (Roud 704) (2.40)
21. Yeller Girls (Roud 3221) (2.41)
22. General Taylor (Roud 216) (4.35)
23. Heave Away, Me Johnny Boys (Roud 616) (4.35)
24. Lord of Dunblane (2.55)

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey at WildGoose Studios

Musicians

Tony Hall: melodeons, vocals

Tracks

1. The Abbott’s Bromley Horn Dance (4.03)
2. Julia Gates’ Waltz (3.56)
3. Down on the Hard (4.05)
4. Jimmy Shand’s March, Miss Elspeth Campbell (3.11)
5. Big Bend Gal (2.34)
6. The Minneola Rag (3.26)
7. Binder Twyne (3.58)
8. Lord Haddo’s Favourite (4.14)
9. Strange Fruit (4.05)
10. The Beccles Stomp (3.50)
11. Rocky Mountain Tune / Bless Your Beautiful Hide (2.55)
12. Kitty the Handsome Cat (3.27)
13. The New May Moon (2.28)
14. The Enigma of the Southwold Tide (2.24)
15. Anne’s Waltz (4.18)
16. The Flowers of Manchester (2.03)
17. The Haddock Song (4.25)
18. Con Cassidy’s Jig (2.36)

Tracks 1, 13, 16 trad. English;
Track 2 Pete Shaw;
Tracks 3, 7, 10, 14, 17 Tony Hall;
Tracks 4, 6, 8, 11a trad.;
Track 5 Shelor family, c. 1927;
Track 9 Dave Margolick;
Track 11b from the film 7 Brides for 7 Brothers;
Track 12 trad. Irish;
Track 15 Bob McQuillen;
Track 18 Con Cassidy