Chants de Marins IV
Ballads Complaintes et Shanties des Matelots Anglais
1984 - Le Chasse-Marée SCM 005 (2) LP
Side 1 - Songs of the Whalemen
The Bonny Ship the "Diamond" - A.L. Lloyd
The Greenland Whale Fishery - The Watersons
The Coast of Peru - A.L. Lloyd
Tom's Gone to Hilo - Bob Davenport [1]
Talcahuano Girls - A.L. Lloyd
The Weary Whaling Grounds - A.L. Lloyd
The "Balaena" - A.L. Lloyd
Off to Sea Once More - A.L. Lloyd
Side 2
The Candlelight Fisherman - Bob Roberts
The Handsome Cabin Boy - Ewan MacColl [2]
Drops of Brandy - Sean Mac Aloon
Cod Banging - Bob Hart
Stormy Weather - Bob Roberts
The Oyster Girl - Harold Covill
Boston Harbour - The Watersons
Step Dance Yarmouth Breakdown - Percy Brown
Henry Martin - John Wright
Maggie May - Stan Kelly
Side 3 - Songs from the Packet Ships
Blood Red Roses - A.L. Lloyd
Blow the Man Down - Harry M. Corbett
Off She Goes - Walter & Daisy Bulwer, Reg Hall
The Black Ball Line - Ewan MacColl [2]
Row Bullies Row - Ian Campbell [3]
The Plains of Mexico - The Watersons
Shallow Brown - Bernard Wrigley
Strike the Bell - Roy Harris
Reuben Ranzo - A.L. Lloyd
The Dreadnought - Ewan MacColl [1]
Goodbye Fare Thee Well - Louis Killen [3]
Side 4 - Ballads of Nelson's Navy
Nelson's Victory at Copenhagen - Martyn Wyndham-Read
The Banks of the Nile - A.L. Lloyd
The Gipsy Hornpipe - John Wright
Here's the Tender Coming - Frankie Armstrong
The Seventeen Bright Stars - A.L. Lloyd
Auld Swaara - Tom Anderson, Aly Bain
Brave Wolfe - The Watersons
Nelson's Death - A.L. Lloyd
Credits
- A collection of British sailor's songs from the Topic Records repertoire [4]
- 1 from The Singing Sailor: 1956 - Topic Records TRL3 LP
- 2 from The Black Ball Line: 1957 - Topic T7 & 8T7 LP [8"]
- 3 from Farewell Nancy: 1964 - Topic 12T110 LP
Musicians:
A.L. Lloyd: vocals
Alf Edwards: concertina
Alistair Anderson: concertina
Aly Bain: violin
Bernard Wrigley: lead vocals
Bob Davenport: lead vocals
Bob Hart: vocals
Bob Roberts: vocals & diatonic accordion
Bobby Campbell: violin
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle
Ewan MacColl: vocals
Frankie Armstrong: vocals
Harold Covill: harmonica
Harry M. Corbett: lead vocals
Ian Campbell: vocals
John Wright: vocals & violin
Louis Killen: concertina & vocals
Martin Carthy: mandolin
Martyn Wyndham-Read: vocals
Notts Alliance (Ian Stewart, Roger Grims, Laurence Platt): concertina, guitar
Percy Brown: diatonic accordion
Reg Hall: melodeon
Roy Harris: vocals
Sean Mac Aloon: Uillean pipes
Stan Kelly: vocals & accordion
The Watersons: vocals
Tom Anderson: violin
Walter & Daisy Bulwer: banjo & piano
Notes
4 Much of the above information comes from Reinhard Zierke's "Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music" website. See Norfolk for more information on this recording …
