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The Moon’s in a Fit

Umps and Dumps: The Moon’s in a Fit (Topic 12TS416)

The Moon’s in a Fit
Umps and Dumps

Topic Records 12TS416 (LP, UK, 1980)
Topic Records TSDL416 (digital download, UK, November 2009)

Produced by Umps and Dumps and Tony Engle;
Recorded at Gateway Studios, engineer John Gill;
Design by Tony Engle;
Photography by Bob Naylor

Musicians

John Kirkpatrick: concertina [1, 3, 6-7, 9, 11], two-row melodeon [2, 4, 10], vibraslap [8], button accordion [12], triangle [12], vocals [1, 4, 6, 8], backing vocals [5];
Tufty Swift: one-row melodeon [1, 6-7, 9, 12], two-row melodeon [3], fiddle [4, 8, 11], mouth organ [2], vocals [1, 6, 12];
Sue Harris: hammered dulcimer [1-4, 6-9, 11-12], vocals [1, 10, 12];
Derek Pearce: tenor banjo [1, 3-4, 6-9], steel guitar [10], one-row melodeon [11], tuba [5, 10, 12], percussion [1, 5], bass drum [1], drum kit [6-7, 9], vocals [1-2, 6, 11], backing vocals [2, 4];
Alan Harris: tenor banjo [5, 9-12], string bass [1-4, 6-9], vocals [1, 5-6], backing vocals [4]

Tracks

Up Side

  1. Up Sides (2.53)
  2. After You’ve Got (3.27)
  3. Woodland Voices (4.15)
  4. The Watercress Girl (Roud 1541) (3.14)
  5. Maybe She’ll Write Me (2.22)
  6. Rogue’s March / Dashing White Sergeant (4.19)

Down Side

  1. Marmalade Polka (2.18)
  2. Underneath Her Apron (Roud 899; G/D 7:1493) (3.04)
  3. Lichfield Tattoo (2.48)
  4. The Willow Tree (Roud 18831) (4.21)
  5. Donkey, Jack Donkey / Here It Comes Again (3.44)
  6. Dark Town Strutters’ Ball / Cajun Two Step (6.04)

All tracks trad. arr. Sue Harris, Tufty Swift, Derek Pearce, Alan Harris, John Kirkpatrick except
Track 3 Mozart, Allen;
Track 11a Bill Caddick;
Track 11b Derek Pearce;
Track 12a Shelton Brooks