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Leviathan! Ballads and Songs of the Whaling Trade
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Leviathan! Topic 12T174 (LP, UK, 1967) |
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Leviathan! Pläne 52 520 (LP, Germany, 1978; with German notes and song texts) |
Recorded by City of London Studios;
Production and arrangements by A.L. Lloyd
Musicians
A.L. Lloyd: vocals, with
Alf Edwards: English concertina & ocarina;
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle;
Martin Carthy: mandolin;
Trevor Lucas, Martyn Wyndham-Read: chorus
Tracks
The songs on this record span more than a century-and-a-half. They relate to most of the whaling grounds on which British whalers were active, and concern the chase of all the main types of whales.
Side 1
- The Balaena
(Roud 285)
(2.46)
1870s, Baffin Bay, right and sperm whales - The Coast of Peru
(Roud 1997; Laws D26)
(4.38)
early 19th century, Pacific, sperm and right whales - Greenland Bound
(Roud 970; G/D 1:10)
(3.33)
c. 1840, West Greenland, right whale - The Weary Whaling Grounds
(Roud 2011)
(2.38)
1840-50, West Greenland, right whale - The Cruel Ship’s Captain
(Roud 835)
(1.32)
c. 1810, East Greenland, right whale - Off to Sea Once More
(Roud 644; Laws D7)
(6.27)
1850s, Bering Sea, bowhead whale - The Twenty-Third of March
(Roud 3291)
(1.47)
1820-40, Davis Strait, right whale
Side 2
- The Bonny Ship the Diamond
(Roud 2172; G/D 1:11)
(2.40)
1820s, West Greenland, right whale - Talcahuano Girls
(Roud 32688)
(3.12)
early 19th century, Pacific, sperm and right whales - Farewell to Tarwathie
(Roud 2562; G/D 1:15)
(2.57)
c. 1850, West Greenland, right whale - Rolling Down to Old Maui
(Roud 2005)
(1.17)
c. 1850, Kamchatka and Pacific, bowhead and sperm whales - The Greenland Whale Fishery
(Roud 347)
(4.51)
c. 1725, Spitsbergen, right whale - Paddy and the Whale
(Roud 6342)
(2.24)
1890s, Antarctic, finn and blue whales - The Whaleman’s Lament
(Roud 2000)
(2.41)
1820-40s, Pacific, sperm whale - The Eclipse
(Roud 5650)
(3.15)
1890s, Spitsbergen, bottlenose whale
All tracks trad. except
Track 10 George Scroggie