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Lovely on the Water

Frankie Armstrong: Lovely on the Water (Topic 12TS216)

Lovely on the Water
Frankie Armstrong

Topic Records 12TS216 (LP, UK, 1972)
Fellside Recordings FECD151 (CD, UK, 2000)
Topic Records TSDL216 (digital download, UK, October 2009)

 Frankie Armstrong: Lovely on the Water (Fellside FECD151)

Recorded by Dick Swettenham at Hampstead;
Produced by A.L. Lloyd;
Notes by A.L. Lloyd;
Sleeve design and photograph: Humphrey Weightman

Musicians

Frankie Armstrong: vocals;
Jeff Lowe: concertina [1, 7, 8, 12], baritone concertina [10], recorder [3], whistle [5], dulcimer [13];
Jack Warshaw: guitar [1], banjo [7], dulcimer [13]

Tracks

LP Side 1

  1. Tarry Trousers (Roud 427) (1.44)
  2. The Green Valley (Roud 2125; G/D 6:1183) (2.17)
  3. Low Down in the Broom (Roud 1644) (2.04)
  4. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.28)
  5. The Crafty Maid’s Policy (Roud 1624) (2.13)
  6. The Maid on the Shore (Roud 181; Laws K27) (4.06)
  7. The Frog and the Mouse (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669) (2.29)

LP Side 2

  1. Lovely on the Water (Roud 1539) (2.14)
  2. The Brown Girl (Roud 180; Child 295) (2.59)
  3. The Young Girl Cut Down in Her Prime (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (3.23)
  4. The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (3.15)
  5. The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49) (2.41)
  6. The Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (4.58)

Fellside CD bonus tracks from The Valiant Sailor

  1. Here’s the Tender Coming (Roud 3174) (1.05)
  2. The Nightingale (Roud 1093) (3.20)
  3. The Sailor Laddie (Roud 29468) (1.36)
  4. Liberty for the Sailors (Roud 3179) (1.16)
  5. The Sailor Boy (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (2.36)

Fellside CD bonus tracks from Room for Company

  1. Jordan (Roud 2103) (3.06)
  2. The Mouse’s Song (Roud 2612) (2.15)

All tracks trad.