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Topic Records 12TS212 (LP, UK, 1971) Recorded at Livingston Studios 1971 Three tracks of this album were included on the Topic Sampler No 8, English Garland (1972), and one track each on the albums Tap Roots: A History of the New Wave of English Country Dance Music (1988/2004), The Season Round (1996), And We'll All Have Tea (2000), and The Acoustic Folk Box (2002). Finally all but three tracks were reissued in 2003 on the 2 CD set Country Songs and Music; the three missing tracks (The Nutley Waltz / The Faithful Sailor Boy; Scan's Polkas; The Bunch of Thyme / The Perfect Cure / The Sweets of May) were replaced by live versions regarded as superior. musicians Tony Engle, voices, anglo concertia, fiddle; the albion chronicles websites
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side one
1. Thousands or More 2. New Rigged Ship / Rig-a-Jig-Jig 3. The Lakes of Cold Flynn 4. a. The Nutley Waltz 6. Roving Round the County Tyrone 6. The Scarlet and the Blue
side two
1. Shepherds Arise 2. Scan's Polka 3. Australia 4. Cupid's Garden 5. False, False 6. Our Good Ship Lies in Harbour 7. a. The Bunch of Thyme
Pete, Danny, Rod with concertina and melodeon b. The Perfect Cure / The Sweets of May concertina, melodeon, fiddle, tambourine related internet links
Birmingham Central Library held an outdoor exhibition celebrating the photographic work of Conservative MP Sir Benjamin Stone
pictures and resources to be found
on the Digital Handsworth website
an exhibition from 2006 |
