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Cambridgeshire

CB21 4SX

United Kingdom

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Directory of Shanty & Sea Song Recordings - UK
Compilation Albums

THE VALIANT SAILOR - Songs & Ballads of Nelson's Navy

Frankie Armstrong, Roy Harris, A.L. Lloyd, Martyn Wyndham-Read (UK)

LP
1973
Topic Records - 12TS232
A Side:
Adieu sweet lovely Nancy, The banks of the Nile, Here's the tender coming, The press-gang, The seventeen bright stars, The Nightingale, The old Ramillies, The sailor laddie.
B Side:
Nelson's victory at Copenhagen, Nelson's death, The Valiant Sailor, Liberty for the sailors, On board a ninety eight, The sailor boy, Poor jolly sailor lads.

SEA SHANTIES

Roy Harris, A.L. Lloyd, Ian Manuel, Bernard Wrigley, Martyn Wyndham-Read (UK)

LP
1974
Topic Records - 12TS234
A Side:
Hoorah for the Black Ball Line, Old Billy Riley, Roll her down the Bay, Round the Corner Sally, Haul away the bowline, The Sailboat Malarkey, Bring 'em down, Sally Brown, Shallow Brown, Bold Riley O, Heave away my Johnny.
B Side:
Reuben Ranzo, Hilo John Brown, Shake her Johnny, Ho bowline bowline haul, Haul away for Rosie, Blood-red Roses, Around the Bay of Mexico, Goodbye fare ye well.

THE SHANTY MEN

Matt Armour, Alex Campbell, Johnny Collins, John Goodluck, Erik Ilott, Jim Mageean, Don Shepherd, Joe Stead, Mick Tems (UK)

LP
1978
Greenwich Village Records - GVR 201
A Side:
Rio Grande, Reuben Ranzo, Bay of Mexico, Whisky Johnny, Hob y Derri Dando, Hanging Johnny, Paddy Doyle's Boots, Do Me Johnny Bowker, Lowlands.
B Side:
Sally Brown, Where am I to go, A hundred years ago, Put yer shoulder next to mine, Blow the man down, Haul on the bowline, Sally Rackett, Tom's gone to Hilo, Leave her Johnny leave her.

ROW BULLIES ROW

A. L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl (UK)

Micro LP
Topic Records T7
A Side:
Haul on the Bowline, Row Bullies Row, The Cruel Ship's Captain, The Dreadnought, Paddy Doyle.
B Side:
Santy Anna, Johnny Todd, Blood Red Roses, Lord Franklyn, Blow the Man Down ( Harry Corbett).

THE BLACKBALL LINE

A. L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl (UK)

Micro LP
Topic Records T8
A Side:
The Black Ball Line, Do Me Ama, The Handsome Cabin Boy, A Hundred Years Ago.
B Side:
Stormalong, The Coast of Peru, The Gauger, Sally Rackett.

BLOW BOYS BLOW

Ewan MacColl & A. L. Lloyd (UK)

CD
1996
Digital mastering of original LP release: 'Blow Boys Blow' - Tradition TLP 1026
Availability: UK record shops or TRADITION, Shetland Park, 27 Congress Street, Salem MA 01970 USA, or TRADITION, Europe, 78, Stanley Gardens, London W37SZ UK.
Tracks:
Row Bullies Row, Paddy Doyle, Wild Goose Shanty, While Cruising Around Yarmouth, Old Billy Riley, Handsome Cabin Boy, South Australia, Blow Boys Blow, Whup Jamboree, Banks of Newfoundland, Whiskey Johnny, Do Me Ama, Jack Tar, Paddy West, Haul on the Bowline, A Hundred Years Ago.

BLOW THE MAN DOWN

Louis Killen, Ewan MacColl, Cyril Tawny, The Watersons, Sam Larner, Ian Campbell, Bob Davenport, Bob Roberts, Harry H. Corbett, Bob Hart & A. L. Lloyd (UK).

CD
1993
Digital mastering of original Topic Records 1964 LP release: 'Farewell Nancy' plus additional material.
Availability: UK record shops or Topic Records Ltd, 50 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EF UK.
Tracks:
Wild Goose, Lovely Nancy, The Black Ball Line, The Nightingale, Blow The Man Down, Heave Away Me Johnny, The Lofty Tall Ship, Row Bullies Row, The Flying Cloud, The Fireship, Tom's Gone To Hilo, Greenland Whale Fishery, The Ship In Distress, Lowlands Low, Cod Banging, One Morning In Spring, Hilo Johnny Brown, The Bonny Ship The Diamond, The Bold Princess Royal, Billy Boy, Windy Old Weather, The Bold Benjamin, The Hog-Eye Man, Good Bye Fare Thee Well.

FROM SALTHOUSE DOCK

Bob Webb ( Bath, Maine) with Stormalong John ( Liverpool) and Shanty Jack (Grimsby).

Cassette
1995
Availability:The Chantey Cabin Ken & Jan Lardner, 69 Ribble Avenue, Freckleton, Preston, LANCS PR4 1RU.
A side:
Heave away me Johnnies, Won’t you go my way, Sailor’s alphabet, The hog eye man, Sally Brown, Congo River, The Florida’s cruise, Strike the bell, Haul away for Rosie O, Somebody!, Roll the Woodpile down.
B side:
South Australia, The gals o’ Chile, Coast of Peru, Good bye fare ye well, The rope with the golden strands (Webb), Rockport farewell (Webb), Dear old Liverpool Town (Kelly/Webb), A Liverpool packet.
Recorded in Paradise Street, Liverpool.

SHANTIES AND SONGS OF THE SEA

Johnny Collins with Dave Webber and Pete Watkinson (UK)

1996
CD and cassette.
Availability:The Chantey Cabin Ken & Jan Lardner, 69 Ribble Avenue, Freckleton, Preston, LANCS PR4 1RU.
Tracks:
Blow the Man Down(Flying Fish Sailor), Haul Boys Haul, Blood Red Roses, South Australia, Leave Her Johnny, Randy Dandy-O, Fire Marengo, Shallow Brown, Eliza Lee(The Bulgine Run), Goodbye Fare Thee Well, Maui, Old Billy Riley, Bold Reilly-O, Down the Bay to Julianna, The Wild Goose, Hard on the Beach Oar, Roll the Woodpile Down, Dogger Bank, Sailors’ Prayer, Farewell Shanty.

STRONTRACE

Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins.(UK)

Cassette
Availability:The Chantey Cabin Ken & Jan Lardner, 69 Ribble Avenue, Freckleton, Preston, LANCS PR4 1RU.
A side:
Randy Dandy, Blow The Man Down, Ranzo Ray, Poor Old Man, Roll the Old Chariot, Serafina.
B side:
Billy Boy, Roll the Cotton Down, Chicken on a Raft, Ja Ja Ja, Leave Her Johnny, Rolling Home, The Farewell Shanty.
Recorded live at the annual Strontrace Festival at Workum in Friesland, Holland.

COMING OF AGE

Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins.(UK)

1996
CD
Availability:The Chantey Cabin Ken & Jan Lardner, 69 Ribble Avenue, Freckleton, Preston, LANCS PR4 1RU.
Tracks:
Rio Grande, Bold Riley, General Taylor, Bully in the Alley, Hanging Johnny, Johnson Girls, Shawnee Town, John Cherokee, Roll Down, Rolling Up Rolling Down, Herzogin Cecilie, Clear the Track, Paddy Lay Back, Shantyman, John Dead, Haul Boys Haul, Blackbird Get Up, Julianna, Whaling Johnny, Stormalong, Rosianna.
21 shanties to celebrate 21 years of singing together. Recording made during concerts at International Shantyfestival Workum in 1992, 1993 and 1995.

SEA SONGS

Robin Garside & Paul Gough (UK)

1977
LP
Availability: Shanty Jack, 16, Kingsway, Cleethorpes, Humberside, DN35 8QU, UK. Tel. No (44) 1472 696757.
A side:
Young Edwin In The Lowlands Low, Polly On The Shore, The Royal Oak, The Three Sea Captains, Constant Lovers, Yarmouth Town.
B side:
Bold Richard, Botany Bay, The Nightingale, The Landlubber/Moggy On The Shore, The Sailor Deceived, The Rounding Of The Horn.
Robin & Paul have now joined up with Shanty Jack to form 'Monkey's Orphan'. Although this record was made in 1977, it should still be available through Shanty Jack and is well worth the effort of obtaining. Their rendition of Constant Lovers is particularly memorable.

INTERNATIONAL SHANTYFESTIVAL, WORKUM

A compilation of various artists appearing at the Workum festival over the past 10 years.

CD
1997
Availability: Windrose Music, Postbus 414, 9200 AK Drachten, Netherlands, Tel. +31(0)512381606, email: windrose@worldonline.nl
Tracks:
Pique la baleine - Les Souilles de Fond, Saltpetre Shanty - William Pint & Felicia Dale, Rotterdam - Kukerpillid, South Australia - Stan Hugill, Schipper ik wil varen - 't Kliekske, Sailor's Prayer - Tom Lewis, La Pauline - Boucharon, Old Zeb - Geoff Kaufmann, In't wille Gras - Helmut Debus, Hej, zeglarzu zgluj ze - Stare Dzwony, Lowlands - Stan Hugill, Gueule de Serpent - Femmes de Marins, Won't you help me raise 'em - Geoff Kaufmann, Hand over Hand - Kat yn't Seil, Mister Stormalong - Cztery Refy, Jean Francois de Nantes - Les Souilles de Fond de Cale, Leave her Johnny - Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins, Farewell Shanty - Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins.

SEA SHANTIES

The Twelve Buccaneers with Colin Wilkie & Shirley Hart. (UK)

LP
1967
Saga Records - FID 2090
b>A Side:
The Bay of Mexico, Jack Ashore, Lowlands, Blow The Man Down, Admiral Benbow, Little Sally Rackett, Johnny Todd, The Leaving Of Liverpool, Whip Jamboree.
B Side:
Santy Anno, Way Haul Away, Johnny Shoemaker, Roll Alabama, Stormalong, The Flash Frigate,The Rio Grande, The Wild Goose Shanty, The Drunken Sailor, Shenandoah.

THE SHORE FISHING GAME

Marske Fishermens' Choir (UK)

LP
1977
A Side:
Shenandoah, Liverpool Lou, Lead Kindly Light, Shoals Of Herring, Hanging Johnny, Lord Of The Dance, The Shore Fishing Game.
B Side:
Eriskay Love Lilt, Any Dream Will Do, Whitby Whaler, Will Your Anchor Hold, Blood Red Roses, Kishmul's Galley, Drunken Sailor, Sailing Home.

SALTY TALES - Songs & Stories of the Sea

Tim Laycock & Taffy Thomas with Mike Harding, The Keelers, Tommy Morrissey & Charlie Pitman, Eily Tatlow & Aimee Laura Thomas (UK)

1999
CD - Ł12 & Cassette - Ł8
Prices include P & P on all orders from within the UK. - Overseas postal rates on request.
This album has been recorded to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
All profits go to the Institution.
Availability: RNLI WEST COUNTRY GROUP, A division of RNLI (Sales) Ltd, West Rock, The Cleave, Kingsand, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL10 1NF.
Tel No. +44 (0) 1752 8226738.
All cheques made payable to RNLI. Allow 28 days for delivery.

'SONGS & STORIES FROM THE EAST COAST FISHERMEN'

Various Old Fishermen

CD
NLCD6
2000 Tracks:

An Evening with Fishermen at Winterton , Norfolk 17th December 1966
The Bush of Australia (Bob Green), A Ship Called Comrade (John Goffin),The Barley Straw (Bob Green), The Bold Princess Royal (John Goffin), Cruising around Yarmouth and The Hobnail Boots My Father Wore (Bob Green), The Dolphin (Toady Rudd), Henry Martin (Bob Green), Hall the Dewy Morning (Toady Rudd).
The Ship That Never Returned and The Dark Eyed Sailor (John Hobbs of Stetchworth), The Young Sailor Cut Down In His Prime (Mr Howe of West Wratting), On a Four Masted Warship We Sailed Over The Blue (Bob Manning of Birdbrook), The Greenland Whale Fishery (Harry Cox of Sutton) Heave Away The Trawl (Ernie Kersey, Landlord, Brundish Crown), The Fish and Chip Ship (Albert Bromley of Shotley).
In addition, there are fragments of Banks of the Sweet Primrose (Bob Hart of Snape), An Old Man Came Courting Me (Toady Rudd), Just As The Tide Was Flowing and The Bold Fisherman (Jim & Mrs Sampson of West Wickham), Shipwrecked in India (Cuddy Spindler of Westleton), Happisburgh Light & Yarmouth Hornpipe (Leslie Lawson of Walcot) Rolling Home (Bill Whiting of Haverhill).
Also there are the stories - Says Samuel Simpson of Somerleyton Suffolk (Horry White of Ringsfield), How We Sank The U-Boat with Our Fishing Smack and Fishermen's Superstitions (Herbert Alexander of Westleton), Dodging The Gales (Charles Alexander of Westleton).

This is not a studio recording, but was recorded by Neil Lanham at various pubs during the mid 1960's.
This is CD Number Six from the 'VOICE OF SUFFOLK' series which will ultimately number 12.
The price, including postage in the U.K. is Ł10.50 and is available from Neil Lanham, The Helions Bumpstead Gramophone Co, 'Ivy Todd,' Helions Bumpstead, Near Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 7AT.

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