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Mussels on a Tree

Martyn Wyndham-Read: Mussels on a Tree (Fellside FECD84)

Mussels on a Tree
Martyn Wyndham-Read

Fellside Recordings FECD84 (CD, UK, 1992)

Recorded by Paul Adams and Graham Bell in September-October 1991;
Produced by Paul Adams

Musicians

Martyn Wyndham-Read: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Linda Adams: banjo, piano, harmony vocal [11];
Phil Beer: fiddle, mandolin;
Iris Bishop: duet concertina, accordion;
Vin Garbutt: whistle;
Maggie Goodall: vocals;
Jez Lowe: cittern, harmonica, Appalachian dulcimer;
The Wilson Family: vocals [8]

Tracks

  1. Bold Reynolds (5.20)
  2. Hills Are Clad (3.23)
  3. Irish Lords (3.54)
  4. Reunion (5.04)
  5. The Flash Stockman (Roud 22616) (2.55)
  6. Bunch of Red Roses (2.27)
  7. Valley of Tees (4.17)
  8. Smokestack Land (7.02)
  9. Jim Jones at Botany Bay (Roud 5478) (4.23)
  10. ’Ard Tack (3.15)
  11. Cockleshells (Roud 87; Child 204) (4.53)
  12. Springtime It Brings On the Shearing (5.08)
  13. Ginny on the Moor (Roud 581; Laws N34; G/D 5:1050; Henry H107) (4.58)
  14. Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252) (5.58)
  15. Shelter (4.07)

All tracks trad. arr Martyn Wyndham-Read except
Track 1 Dave Toye;
Track 3 words anon., music Martyn Wyndham-Read;
Track 4 Cyril Tawney;
Track 6 words Sean O’Casey, music Martyn Wyndham-Read;
Track 7 Vin Garbutt;
Track 8 Graeme Miles;
Track 12 words E.J. Overbury, music trad. arr Martyn Wyndham-Read;
Track 15 Eric Bogle