Produced by Wheeler Street;
Recorded and mixed at SN Studios by Pete Wheeler;
Photos by David Angel;
Sleeve design by The 16K Design Works

Bright Young Folk review by Christopher Friedenthal

Musicians

Toby Starks: bouzouki, vocals;
Sophy Blundell: whistle, vocals;
Jonathan Starks: fiddle, melodeon, vocals;
Ben Insall: guitars, vocals;
Callum Pope: guitars, vocals;
Andy Gladwell, Jon Fuller: bass;
Pete Wheeler: drums, vocals

Tracks

1. Worst Woman (4.21)
2. Morrison’s Set (3.24)
3. Sir Eglamore (Roud 29; Child 18) (4.08)
4. Jimmy (2.59)

Track 1 words trad. arr. Wheeler Street, add. lyrics Ben Insall, music Ben Insall, Callum Pope, Toby Starks;
Track 2 trad. arr. Wheeler Street;
Track 3 words trad., music Kate Rusby;
Track 4 Toby Starks

Produced and mixed by Jim Moray;
Recorded ar Barewires Recording Studio in Kent in October 2008;
Mastered by Jon Astley at Close to the Edge mastering;
Photos by David Angel, Louise Pruce, Amanda Sargeant and Wheeler Street;
Design by The 16K Design Works

Bright Young Folk review by Christopher Friedenthal

Musicians

Toby Starks: lead vocals [1, 6], backing vocals [2-3, 5, 7, 10], bouzouki [1-4, 6, 9-10], acoustic guitar [5, 8];
Ben Insall: lead vocals [2, 5, 8], backing vocals [1, 3, 5, 7], acoustic guitar [4, 6, 9], electric guitar [1-3], bouzouki [8];
Jonathan Starks: backing vocals [2-3, 5, 7], fiddle [1, 36, 8-10], melodeon [2];
Callum Pope: lead vocals [9], backing vocals [1-3, 5, 7], acoustic guitar [1-3], electric guitar [4-6, 8-10];
Sophy Blundell: lead vocals [3, 7-8, 10], backing vocals [1-2, 5-6], whistle [1-4, 6, 8-9];
Jon Fuller: backing vocals [2, 5, 7], bass guitar [1-6, 8-10];
Pete Wheeler: backing vocals [2-3, 5, 7], drums [1-6, 8-10], melodeon [5]

with
Jim Moray: additional melodeon, keyboards and Wheelertron

Tracks

1. Young Man’s Wish / Flinglish (3.22)
2. Worst Woman / Bad Female (4.31)
3. Child Owlett (Roud 3883; Child 291) (4.04)
4. The Mega-Drive Collection: Reets of Strangs / Baltered East / List for a Sailor (4.06)
5. Mist-Covered Mountains / Barton Road (3.31)
6. Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) / Rochdale (6.41)
7. My Son John (Roud 678; Henry H131) (1.33)
8. Edwin (Roud 182; Laws M34; G/D 2:189; Henry H113) / Young Collins (3.54)
9. Birdsong (Roud 747) (4.00)
10. Witch and the Sailor / Lemon Zest (4.40)

Track 1a lyrics anon. from the Alderman Churchyard Press, music Callum Pope;
Tracks 1b, 2b, 10b tune Toby Starks arr. Wheeler Street;
Track 2a lyrics trad. and Ben Insall, music Ben Insall, Callum Pope;
Track 3 lyrics Callum Pope, music Callum Pope, Toby Starks;
Track 4a Toby Starks;
Track 4b Pete Wheeler;
Track 4c, 6ab, 7, 8b, 9 trad. arr. Wheeler Street;
Track 5a lyrics John Cameron, music Toby Starks, Callum Pope, Ben Insall;
Track 5b tune Jonathan Starks arr. Wheeler Street;
Track 8a lyrics trad., music Ben Insall, Callum Pope, Sophy Blundell;
Track 10a lyrics Ben Insall, music Callum Pope;

Musicians

Toby Starks: bouzouki, guitar, vocals;
Ben Insall: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals;
Sophy Blundell: whistle, vocals;
Callum Pope: electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, vocals;
Jonathan Starks: fiddle, melodeon, mandolin, vocals;
Jon Fuller: bass guitar, vocals;
Pete Wheeler: drums, percussion, concertina, mandolin, vocals

Tracks

1. The Pirate Song (4.02)

Recorded by Nick at The Corn Exchange, Maidstone on 29 March 2010;
Mixed and mastered by Graham McGarrick;
Photos by Peter Elliott;
Design by Peter Elliott and Wheeler Street

Musicians

Toby Starks: bouzouki, vocals;
Sophy Blundell: whistles, vocals;
Ben Insall: guitars, vocals;
Jonathan Starks: fiddle, vocals;
Callum Pope: guitars, vocals;
Jon Fuller: bass;
Pete Wheeler: drums, percussion

Tracks

1. Young Man’s Wish (3.25)
2. Child Owlett (Roud 3883; Child 291) (4.27)
3. Handsome Polly-O (Roud 545; G/D 1:84) (4.11)
4. A Stitch in Time (4.17)
5. Jolly School Lurker (5.55)
6. Birdsong (Roud 747) (3.48)
7. All Set for Chilcott (5.39)
8. Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (4.44)
9. Rochdale (2.20)
10. The Mega-Drive Collection (5.19)
11. Morrison’s (5.41)

Track 4 Mike Waterson