Recorded by Seumas Ewens and Bill Leader;
Produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Vin Garbutt: vocals, guitar, tin whistle

Tracks

Side 1

1. Danny Danielle
2. Johnny Hart (Roud 2929; Henry H106)
3. Glens of Sweet Mayo (Roud 5334)
4. Gallagher’s Frolics jig / Sally Gardens / The High Reel reels
5. The Valley of Tees

Side 2

6. Barney Brallaghan’s Courtship (Roud 9592)
7. Tim le Blanc
8. Pat O’Donnell (Roud 2794)
9. The White Hart / Garbutt’s Favourite whistle tunes
10. Streets of Staithes
11. Mr Gunman

All tracks trad. arr. Vin Garbutt except
Tracks 1, 5, 7, 11 Vin Garbutt;
Track 10 Barry Slater, Vin Garbutt

The title of this album is a play on a British music show of the 1970s, The Old Grey Whistle Test, which featured longer rock/folk performances, rather than shorter pop songs. The album cover art also reflects the OGWT logo.

Recorded and produced by Bill Leader;
Multi tracking by Nic Kinsey, Livingston Studios, Barnet;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Vin Garbutt: vocals, guitar, tin whistle

Tracks

Side 1

1. Coolie’s Reel (0.56)
2. My Love’s in Germany (Roud V39245) (5.10)
3. The Black Horse / The Black Lion Maggot (7.00)
4. Howard Green (5.30)

Side 2

5. The Cuckoo Hornpipe / Sean Sa Ceoigh (2.49)
6. Slaggy Island Farewell (5.16)
7. The Chemical Worker’s Song (4.38)
8. Dumphy’s Hornpipe / Rattigan’s Reel (3.11)
9. The Lover’s Ghost (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.52)

All tracks trad. arr. Vin Garbutt except
Track 2 Hector McNeill (1794);
Tracks 3b, 4, 6 Vin Garbutt;
Track 7 Ron Angel

Recorded and produced at Leader Sound by Bill Leader;
Sleeve by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Vin Garbutt: vocals, guitar, tin whistle

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Road to Youghal
2. Paddy Row Back jig / Pretty Meggy Morrissey hornpipe
3. The Green Mossy Banks of the Lea (Roud 987; Laws O15)
4. O’Dwyer’s Hornpipe hornpipe
5. Parkin Raine / King Gooden

Side 2

6. The Bantry Girl’s Lament (The Dirty King of Spain) (Roud 2999)
7. The Ballad of Cissy Lee
8. The Hermit of Eskdaleside
9. Unknown Reel / Imelda Rowland’s Reel / Doon Reel reels
10. We May and Might Never All Meet Here Again (Roud 1801; G/D 8:1516)

Recorded and produced by Tony Engle in London 1977;
Photography by Dennis Weller;
Design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Vin Garbutt: vocals, guitar, tin whistle;
Paddy McEvoy: tin whistle

Tracks

Side 1

1. Bantry Bay / Den Toppede Høne (2.26)
2. The Land of Three Rivers (John North) (2.45)
3. Gentle Annie (Roud 2656) (3.28)
4. The Belfast / The Japanese hornpipes (4.09)
5. The Hartlepool Monkey (5.10)
6. Tonto McGuire (1.35)

Side 2

7. The Ring of Iron (3.48)
8. Skibbereen (Roud 2312) (6.20)
9. Their Ulster Peace (3.12)
10. Tear the Calico / The Providence reels (2.17)
11. The Waters of Tyne (Roud 1364) (4.58)

All tracks trad. arr. Vin Garbutt except;
Tracks 2, 9 Vin Garbutt;
Track 7 Graeme Miles;

Recorded by John Gill at Riverside Studios, London, April 1978;
Produced by Tony Engle;
Photography by Keith Morris;
Design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Vin Garbutt: vocals, guitar, tin whistle;
Frank Porter: double bass [1], guitar [3ac, 5b, 6, 9];
Hugh Crabtree: bodhrán [3bc, 5b];
Carol Watson: cello [6, 9]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Man of the Earth (4.34)
2. The Legend of Roseberry (4.28)
3. The Long Note / The Lads of Laoise / Le Reel des Jeunes Maries hornpipe and reels (3.00)
4. Photographic Memory (4.21)
5. The Yorkshire Volunteers’ Farewell to the Good Folks of Stockton (Roud V22819) / Push About the Jorum song and reel (3.59)

Side 2

6. St. Helena’s March (2.03)
7. Carrigdhoun (4.32)
8. The Freemantle Doctor reel (1.15)
9. The One-Legged Beggar (6.13)
10. They Don’t Write ’Em Like That Anymore (5.43)

Track 1 Bernie Parry;
Tracks 2-3, 5-8 trad. arr. Vin Garbutt;
Tracks 4, 9 Vin Garbutt;
Track 10 Pete Betts

Sleeve illustration: The Slaughter of the Innocents by Pieter Bruegel, Konsthistorisches Museum, Wien;
Design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Vin Garbutt: vocals, guitar, tin whistle;
Ray Dales: saxophone, flute;
Paul Flush: electric piano;
Paul Smith: drums;
Frank Porter: bass;
Nick Haig: fiddle

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Royal Blackbird (3.00)
2. The Fear of Imperfection / Lynda (6.38)
3. Calum More (3.00)
4. The Coalman (3.10)
5. Leslie (Just a Lone Stick of Wheat) (5.09)

Side 2

6. Dormanstown Jimmy (4.13)
7. If (2.10)
8. Blue Sunset (2.52)
9. Little Innocents ( A Civil Rights Song) (10.52)

All tracks written by Vin Garbutt except
Track 3 Andy Mitchell arr. Vin Garbutt;
Track 7 Rudyard Kipling arr. Garbutt;
Track 8 Graeme Miles arr. Garbutt