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Louis Killen Chronological Discography
1961
Isla Cameron, Louis Killen: The Waters of Tyne: Northumbrian Songs and Ballads, LP, Prestige International INT 13059, 1961
1962
Louis Killen, Johnny Handle, Colin Ross: The Colliers’ Rant, EP, Topic TOP74
Louis Killen, Colin Ross, Johnny Handle: Northumbrian Garland, EP, Topic TOP75
Various Artists: Revival in Britain, LP, Folkways FW 8728, 1962
1963
Various Artists: Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 1, LP, Decca LK 4546, 1963
Various Artists: Hootenanny in London, LP, Decca LK 4545, 1963
Various Artists: The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music, CD, Topic 12t86, 1963
Louis Killen, Bob Davenport, Redd Sullivan: Sea Shanties: From a London Hootenanny, EP, Decca DFE 8541, 1963
1964
Various Artists: Edinburgh Folk Festival Vol. 2, LP, Decca LK 4563, 1964
Various Artists: Farewell Nancy: Sea Songs and Shanties, LP, Topic 12T110, 1964
Various Artists: Folk Songs (Topic Sampler No. 1), LP, Topic TPS114, 1964
1965
Alex Campbell: Alex Campbell, LP, Transatlantic XTRA 1014, 1965
Louis Killen: Ballads & Broadsides, LP, Topic 12T126, 1965
The Watersons: Travelling for a Living, video, director Derrick Knight, 1965
Various Artists: Folksound of Britain, LP, HMV CLP 1910, 1965
Louis Killen, Tom Gilfellon, Johnny Handle, Maureen Craik, Colin Ross: Tommy Armstrong of Tyneside, LP, Topic 12T122, 1965
1966
Various Artists: Men at Work (Topic Sampler No. 3), LP, Topic TPS166, 1966
1967
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger: The Big Hewer (The Radio Ballads Vol. 3), LP, Argo DA 140, 1967
Various Artists: Pitter, Poon, the Rain Came Doon: Fox Hollow Festival Vol. I, LP, Fox Hollow FH 701, 1967
1968
Louis Killen, Johnny Handle, Colin Ross: Along the Coaly Tyne, LP, Topic 12T189, 1968
1969
Various Artists: And Not One Police: Fox Hollow Festival Vol. IV, LP, Fox Hollow FH 1969, 1969
1970
Louis Killen: 50 South to 50 South, LP, South Street Seaport Museum SPT-102, 1970
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger: On the Edge (The Radio Ballads Vol. 6), LP, Argo DA 136, 1970
Various Artists: Folk Songs: A Collection of Ballads & Broadsides (Topic Sampler No 6), LP, Topic TPS201, 1970
1971
Various Artists: Sea Songs and Shanties (Topic Sampler No 7), LP, Topic TPS205, 1971
1972
Peter Bellamy with Louis Killen: Won’t You Go My Way?, LP, Argo ZFB 37, 1972
The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Show Me the Way, LP, Audio Fidelity AFSD 6252, 1972
The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Save the Land, LP, Audio Fidelity AFSD 6255, 1972
Various Artists: Welcome to Caffe Lena, LP, Biograph BLP-12046, 1972
1973
The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Live on St. Patrick’s Day, LP, Audio Fidelity AFSD 6256, 1973
The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Greatest Hits, 2 LP, Vanguard VSD 53/54, 1973
Judy Collins: True Stories, LP, Elektra EKS 75053, 1973
Louis Killen: Sea Chanteys, LP, ESP-Disk ESP 1085, 1973
Various Artists: Songs & Sounds of the Sea, LP, National Geographic Society 705, 1973
1974
Pete Seeger et al.: Clearwater, LP, Sound House SHR 1001, 1974
1975
Louis & Sally Killen: Bright Shining Morning, LP, Front Hall FHR-006, 1975
Various Artists: A Place to Be: Fox Hollow Festival 10th Anniversary Album, LP, Biograph BLP 12051, 1975
1976
Various Artists: The Audience Pleased, Oberlin College Folk Music Club Live Recordings 1959-1975, LP, Oberlin College Folk Music Club OCF-42-756, 1976
Various Artists: Folk Festival, 2 LP, Transatlantic TRA(D) 324, 1976
Various Artists: The Second Folk Review Record, LP, Folksound FS 107, 1976
1977
Louis Killen, Jeff Warner, Gerret Warner, Fud Benson: Steady As She Goes, LP, Collector COLL01928, 1977
Pete Seeger et al.: Clearwater II, LP, Sound House SHR 1022, 1977
1978
Louis Killen: Old Songs, Old Friends, LP, Front Hall FHR-012, 1978
Robin Williamson & His Merry Band: American Stonehenge, LP, Criminal Records, STEAL4, 1978
Various Artists: Philadelphia Folk Festival 1977, LP, Flying Fish FF-064, 1978
1979
Peter Bellamy: Both Sides Then, LP, Topic 12TS400, 1979
Louis Killen, Stan Hugill, The X-Seamen’s Institute: Sea Songs Seattle, LP, Folkways FTS 37311, 1979
1980
Louis Killen: Gallant Lads Are We, LP, Collector COLL 1932, 1980
Jim Post: Shipshape, LP, Flying Fish FF-240, 1980
Pete Seeger: Singalong Sanders Theatre, 1980, 2 CD, Smithsonian Folkways SF 40027/8, 1992
Various Artists: Sea Music of Many Lands: The Pacific Heritage, LP, Folkways FW38405, 1980
1984
John O’Connor: Songs for Our Times, LP, Flying Fish FF 331, 1984
John Roberts & Tony Barrand: An Evening at the English Music Hall, LP, Front Hall FHR-030, 1984
Various Artists: Chants de Marins IV: Ballads, Complaintes et Shanties des Matelots Anglais, 2 LP, Le Chasse-Marée SCM 005, 1984
1987
Joe Glazer and Friends: Old Folks Ain’t All the Same, LP, Collector COLL 1942, 1987
1989
Louis Killen: The Rose in June, cassette, KnockOut! KO-01, 1989
1992
Peter Bellamy: Both Sides Then, CD, Fledg’ling FLE 1002, 1992
1993
Louis Killen: A Bonny Bunch, CD, KnockOut! KO-02, 1993
Various Artists: Blow the Man Down: A Collection of Sea Songs and Shanties, CD, Topic TSCD464, 1993
Various Artists: The Iron Muse: A Panorama of Industrial Folk Music, CD, Topic TSCD465, 1993
1994
Louis Killen: Sea Chanteys, LP, Zyx ESP 1085-2, 1994
1995
Louis Killen: Sailors, Ships & Chanteys, CD, KnockOut! KO-03, 1995
1996
Various Artists: The Bird in the Bush: Traditional Songs of Love and Lust, CD, Topic TSCD479, 1996
Various Artists: English and Scottish Folk Ballads, CD, Topic TSCD480, 1996
1997
Louis Killen: A Seaman’s Garland: Sailors, Ships & Chanteys Vol. 2, CD, KnockOut! KO-04, 1997
1998
Dan Milner: Irish Ballads & Songs of the Sea, CD, Folk-Legacy CD-124, 1998
Various Artists: Round Cape Horn: Traditional Songs of Sailors, Ships and the Sea, CD, Topic TSCD499, 1998
1999
Peter Bellamy: Wake the Vaulted Echoes, 3 CD, Free Reed FRTCD 14, 1999
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger: Song of a Road (The Radio Ballads Vol. 2), CD, Topic TSCD802, 1999
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger: The Big Hewer (The Radio Ballads Vol. 4), CD, Topic TSCD804, 1999
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger: On the Edge (The Radio Ballads Vol. 6), CD, Topic TSCD806, 1999
Various Artists: English Originals: A Defining Collection of English Folk Song, CD, Topic TSCD706, 1999
2000
The Clancy Brothers with Louis Killen: Best of the Vanguard Years, CD, Vanguard 79551-2, 2000
Various Artists: And We'll All Have Tea… English Folk Anthology, 2 CD, Proper / Retro R2CD 40-106, 2000
Bob Webb: Bank Trollers, CD, Richmond Webb RWA 0206, 2000
2001
Louis Killen: The Rose in June, CD reissue w/ bonus tracks, Old & New Tradition ONTCD 2005, 2001
Various Artists: 22nd Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport, CD, Mystic Seaport, 2001
2002
The Revels: Homeward Bound, CD, Revels CD2002, 2002
Various Artists: The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists: This Label is Not Removable, 3 CD, Free Reed FRTCD 25, 2002
2003
Various Artists: Irish Songs From Old New England, CD, Folk-Legacy CD-132, 2003
Various Artists: Song Links: A Celebration of English Traditional Songs and Their Australian Variants, 2 CD, Fellside FECD176D, 2003
2004
Various Artists: Beware of the Press-Gang!!, 2 CD, Lancashire Maritime Festival LMFCD-04-1, 2004
Various Artists: Classic Maritime Music, CD, Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40053, 2004
Various Artists: 25th Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport, CD, Mystic Seaport, 2004
2006
Various Artists: For Friendship and for Harmony (Old Songs & Bothy Ballads Volume 2), CD, Autumn Harvest AH 003, 2006
2008
Various Artists: 50 Years of Folk Music in Newcastle, 2 CD, private issue, LM-0006966, 2008
2009
Peter Bellamy: Both Sides Then, CD, Topic TSCD582, 2009
Louis Killen: Ballads & Broadsides, CD, Topic TSCD126, 2009
Various Artists: Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records, 7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
2010
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Wotcheor!, CD, Tantobie TTR111, 2010
2015
Peter Bellamy with Louis Killen: Won’t You Go My Way?, LP, Talking Elephant TECD283, 2015
2018
Peter Bellamy: The Maritime Suite, CD reissue w/ bonus tracks, Fellside FECD284, 2018
Various Artists: Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018
Notes
On some records Louis Killen is listed as Lou Killen but in this discography I have always used the proper name. In her last years she changed her name to Louisa Jo Killen but, as all of her recordings were before that, I chose to stick to her former name in this discography.