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The Young Tradition
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The Young Tradition Transatlantic TRA 142 (LP, UK, 1966) |
Recorded by Nathan Joseph and Bill Leader, 1966.
Produced by Nathan Joseph.
Note: The American Vanguard issue of The Young Tradition, in spite of having the same name and cover picture, is in fact a compilation of tracks from this album and from So Cheerfully Round.
Musicians
Peter Bellamy, vocals [1-7, 11],
chorus [9];
Heather Wood, vocals [1-2, 4-7, 9-11];
Royston Wood, vocals [1-2, 5-9, 11]
Tracks
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Tracks 1-2, 8-11 trad. arr. Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Tracks 3-4 trad. arr. Harry Cox, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Track 5 Hans Fried, trad. arr. Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Tracks 6-7 trad. arr. The Copper Family, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood
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So Cheerfully Round
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So Cheerfully Round Transatlantic TRA 155 (LP, UK, 1967) |
Recorded by Bill Leader at Livingston Studios, 1967
Musicians
Peter Bellamy, vocals [1-2, 4-8, 10-11];
Heather Wood, vocals [1-4, 6-8, 10-11];
Royston Wood, vocals [1-2, 4, 6-7, 9-11]
Tracks
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Tracks 1, 6-8 trad. arr. Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Tracks 2-3 trad. arr. The Copper Family, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Track 4 Roger Watson;
Track 9 trad. arr. Harry Cox, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Track 10 Judith Piepe;
Track 11 trad. arr. Thomas Coningsby, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood
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The Young Tradition
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The Young Tradition Vanguard VRS 8246 (LP, USA, 1967) |
Even if this American issue has the same name and title picture as the Young Tradition's eponymous first LP, it is actually a compilation of tracks from both The Young Tradition and So Cheerfully Round.
Musicians
Peter Bellamy, vocals [1-4, 6-7, 9-14],
chorus [8];
Heather Wood, vocals [1-12, 14];
Royston Wood, vocals [1-4, 6-12, 14]
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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Tracks 1-3, 5, 7-8, 11 from The Young Tradition;
Tracks 4, 6, 9-10, 12-14 from So Cheerfully Round
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The Young Tradition / So Cheerfully Round
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The Young Tradition / So Cheerfully Round Castle Music ESMCD 409 (CD, UK, 1996) |
This is a compilation of the Young Tradition's first two LP's, The Young Tradition and So Cheerfully Round.
Musicians
Peter Bellamy, vocals [1-7, 11-13, 15-19, 21-22],
chorus [8];
Heather Wood, vocals [1-2, 4-7, 9, 11-15, 17-19, 21-22];
Royston Wood, vocals [1-2, 5-9, 11-13, 15, 17-18, 20-22]
Tracks
The Young Tradition | So Cheerfully Round |
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Tracks 1-2, 8-12, 17-19 trad. arr. Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Track 3-4, 20 trad. arr. Harry Cox, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Track 5 Hans Fried, trad. arr. Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Tracks 6-7, 13-14 trad. arr. The Copper Family, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood;
Track 15 Roger Watson;
Track 21 Judith Piepe;
Track 22 trad. arr. Thomas Coningsby, Heather Wood, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood
Sleeve Notes
When Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood and Heather Wood formed The Young Tradition
in the mid-sixties, they created a unique synthesis of the new energies thrown
up by the folk revival and the English tradition of unaccompanied harmony
singing. The group's electrifying (but not electrified) performance of a huge
repertoire of traditional songs was successfully translated to the
interpretations on their three Transatlantic albums released between 1966 and
1968. Sadly, both Peter Bellamy and Royston Wood are no longer with us,
but Heather Wood continues to sing in clubs in the USA, where she now lives.
And the group's legacy continues to enrich the generation of singers currently
emerging, a generation calling itself “Young Tradition”.
Laurence Aston
It was a case of being in the right place at the right time: London in the Swinging Sixties. But instead of being into rock'n'roll, we were into traditional English folk music. The Young Tradition happened by accident. Peter and Royston met when they were both camping on a friend's floor, and started making harmonies together. I ran into them at a folk club (there were two or three a night back then) and just joined in from the audience. Then people started offering us gigs. We travelled all over the UK and did four tours in Canada and the US.
We made up our own harmonies, which owed much to The Copper Family, but
also came from our other musical loves. For Royston, it was classical music.
For me, it was the Everly Brothers and years of school and church choirs. We
were three very definite individuals, but we came firmly together on one
thing—we loved the music. We had a great deal of fun, we saw a lot of places,
and we made many friends. These days, you can find me on the Internet:
Heather Wood, April 1996.