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Wake the Vaulted Echoes

Peter Bellamy: Wake the Vaulted Echoes (Free Reed FRTCD 14)

Wake the Vaulted Echoes
A Celebration of Peter Bellamy

Free Reed Records FRTCD 14 (3 CD, UK, 1999)

RootsWorld review by Brian Peters

Tracks

CD 1

  1. On Board a Ninety-Eight (Roud 1461) (3.20)
    from Songs an’ Rummy Conjurin’ Tricks (1991)
  2. Paddy Doyle’s Boots (Roud 4695; Henry H53c) / Blood Red Roses (Roud 931) (1.34)
    private recording (1964); from the Jenny Bellamy archive
  3. The Young Tradition: Bright Morning Star (Roud 18268) (3.49)
    with Tony McCarthy; from The Folk Trailer (1970)
  4. The Bitter Withy (Roud 452) (2.32)
    Valley Folk recording for Radio WFCR (28 April 1981)
  5. The German Musicianer (Roud 17774) (2.53)
    from Mainly Norfolk (1968)
  6. Young Roger, Esq. (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90) (2.02)
    live at Sydney Opera House (17 January 1980); from Peter Bellamy’s double cassette An Anthology of Traditional Folk Songs 1966-1990
  7. A Three-Part Song (0.58)
  8. A Tree Song (Oak, Ash and Thorn) (2.42)
    both with Royston Wood & Heather Wood; from Oak, Ash & Thorn (1970)
  9. The Looking-Glass (2.35)
  10. Sir Richard’s Song (5.14)
  11. The Way Through the Woods (2.30)
    all three from a session for Pennine Radio, Bradford (1986)
  12. Peggy Bawn (Roud 661) (3.00)
    from The First Folk Review Record (1974)
  13. Nostradamus (4.38)
    from Tell It Like It Was (1975)
  14. Soldiers Three (Roud 8340) (2.05)
    from The Tale of Ale (1977)
  15. Tommy (3.38)
  16. Danny Deever (3.52)
    both from Soldiers Three (1990)
  17. Gunga Din (5.34)
    with Tony Hall; from Barrack-Room Ballads (1977)
  18. Abe Carman (The Robber’s Song) (3.49)
    from Second Wind (1985)
  19. Bill ’Awkins (1.30)
    with Chris Birch; from Barrack-Room Ballads (1977)
  20. Soldier, Soldier (6.04)
    with Maggie Boyle; from Soldiers Three (1990)
  21. The Black and Bitter Night (6.14)
    from Second Wind (1985)
  22. The Green Fields of England (5.34)
    with The Watersons and Anthea Bellamy; from The Transports (1977)

CD 2

  1. The Maid of Australia (Roud 1872) (3.56)
    with Dave Swarbrick; from the Both Sides Then recording sessions (1979); also included on Fair Annie and Flash Company
  2. A-Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540)
    with Lisa Null and Bill Shute (3.29)
  3. Long Time Travelling (White) (Roud 5732) (2.40)
    with The Watersons and Anthea Bellamy;
    both from Both Sides Then (1979)
  4. Come Write Me Down (Roud 381; G/D 5:980) (3.38)
    with Shirley Collins; live at Sydney Opera House (17 January 1980)
  5. Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (6.43)
  6. Down the Moor (Roud 375; Henry H177) (4.17)
    both from Fair Annie (1983)
  7. A Pilgrim’s Way (3.26)
    Valley Folk recording (1983)
  8. Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (4.28)
    with The Watersons; private tape (ca. 1983); from the Fellside archive
  9. The Molecatcher (Roud 1052) (3.22)
    with Chris Birch; from Fair Annie (1983)
  10. My Boy Jack (1.44)
    from Keep on Kipling (1982)
  11. We Have Fed Our Sea (5.19)
  12. Sir Andrew Barton (Roud 104; Child 167) (3.17)
  13. The Death of Nelson (Roud 18837) (3.41)
    all three with Dolly Collins and Ursula Pank; from The Maritime England Suite (1982)
  14. Follow Me ’Ome (5.02)
    with Chris Birch and Howard Parker; from Keep on Kipling (1982)
  15. The Shepherd of the Downs (Roud 1215) (4.49)
    with Louis Killen; from Both Sides Then (1979)
  16. Santa Fe Trail (Roud 5096) (4.24)
    with Steve Tilston; previously unreleased session recording (1989)
  17. Riding on Top of the Car (3.54)
    home recording (ca. 1989)
  18. Shepherds Arise (Roud 1207) (3.44)
    with Louis Killen; live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California (1982)
  19. A Chat with Your Mother (4.51)
    live at Bacca Pipes Folk Club on 2 November 1984; from the limited edition cassette 10 (1984)

CD 3

  1. The Land (6.31)
    from Keep on Kipling (1982)
  2. Helo Malenka (1.05)
    with Alan Rose and Mike Hockenhull; live at Pennine Radio, Bradford, on 9 April 1895; from Sharon and the Student’s limited edition cassette The Better Land (1985)
  3. The Exile Song (2.07)
  4. Motherless Child (4.52)
    both from Second Wind (1985)
  5. Recessional (2.51)
    with Sharon and the Students, harmony vocals
  6. Back to the Army Again (4.56)
    with Jamie O’Dwyer, fiddle
    both from Rudyard Kipling Made Exceedingly Good Songs (1989)
  7. Way Down Town (Roud 7691) (3.05)
    previously unreleased studio recording (1989)
  8. Cholera Camp (7.06)
    from Soldiers Three (1990)
  9. Slip Jigs and Reels (4.35)
    previously unreleased studio recording (1990)
  10. Tyne of Harrow (Roud 1553) (4.38)
    from Songs an’ Rummy Conjurin’ Tricks (1991)
  11. Worried About You (4.19)
    previously unreleased studio recording (1991)
  12. The Trees They Do Grow High (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (4.42)
    live recording (1991)
  13. Death Is Not the End (4.48)
    previously unreleased studio recording (1989)
  14. Goodbye (1.12)
    live at Cheddar Folk Club (22 July 1991)
  15. The Old Songs (4.40)
    from Songs an’ Rummy Conjurin’ Tricks (1991)
  16. Yarmouth Town (3.12)
    from Won’t You Go My Way? (1972)
  17. CD ROM Section
    including a biography, discography and tapeography.