Both Sides Then
1979 - Topic Records 12TS400 LP
Peter Bellamy — w/Louis Killen
Side One
Barbaree
The Trees They Do Grow High
The Lord Will Provide
The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite
A-Roving on a Winter's Night
Derry Gaol
Long Time Travelling
Side Two
The Shepherd of the Downs [1]
The House Carpenter
When I Die
Edmund in the Lowlands
Around Cape Horn
The Turfman from Ardee
Amazing Grace
Notes
1 Louis Killen, vocal harmonies
The above information comes from Reinhard Zierke's "Mainly Norfolk" website, where you can find more on this album, and much more information on Peter Bellamy.
SIDE ONE 1 Barbaree 2 The Trees They Do Grow High 3 The Lord Will Provide 4 A Gallant Frigate Amphitrite 5 A-Roving on a Winter's Night 6 Derry Gaol 7 Long Time Travelling Much of the traditional musics of the British Isles and the United States are but mildly differentiated flowers springing from the same branch; the folk song revival has tended to induce in myself SIDE ONE 1 BARBAREE Peter Bellamy: vocal/concertina: Dave Swarbrick: fiddles. A hybrid of Bob Roberts' East Anglian version and a Carolina variant collected by the late Frank Warner. 2 THE TREES THEY DO GROW HIGH Peter Bellamy: vocal /concertina. Learned from Walter Pardon of Knapton in Norfolk. (One verse omitted, one verse from a variant inserted). 3 THE LORD WILL PROVIDE Peter Bellamy: lead vocal: The Watersons and Anthea Bellamy: chorus. Derived from a recording made during a Primitive Baptist service in Kentucky featuring Lenville Ball. 4 THE GALLANT FRIGATE AMPHITRITE Peter Bellamy: vocal: Dave Swarbrick: fiddle. This song appears in The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs under the title of . Rounding the Horn; it was collected in 1907 from a Mr. Bolton of Lancashire. 5 A-ROVING ON A WINTER'S NIGHT Peter Bellamy: lead vocal/concertina: Lisa Null: vocal harmony: Bill Shute: guitar. From the family repertoire of Doc Watson of Deep Gap, North Carolina. . , 6 DERRY GAOL Peter Bellamy: vocal /concertina. Adapted from the singing of Sarah Makem of Armagh. 7 LONG TIME TRAVELLING Peter Bellamy: lead vocal: The Watersons and, Anthea Bellamy: vocal harmonies. Entitled White in the Alabama hymnal Original Sacred Harp, this was learned from the 1927 recording by J.T. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers.sings British and American Songs ; with ANTHEA BELLAMY, LOUIS KILLEN, BILL SHUTE & LISA NULL, DAVE SWARBRICK, THE WATERSONS ? and ROYSTON WOOD & HEATHER WOOD SIDE TWO 1 The Shepherd of the Downs 2 The Housecarpenter 3 When I Die 4 Edmund in the Lowlands 5 Around Cape Horn 6 The Turfman from Ardee 7 Amazing Grace 12TS400 STEREO -a chauvinism of .aorically, is absurd, rly absurd for me, las always drawn heavily on many traditions, notably Irish and Appalachian, as well as English. The mental barriers have finally been kicked down. The songs on this record are all traditional and all come from English-speaking cultures; otherwise the only criteria have been those of affection for verses and melodies, and whether or not I have felt the pieces to come within the scope of my ability. ,? No other recording project has given me so much enjoyment.
SIDE TWO 1 THE SHEPHERD OF THE DOWNS Peter Bellamy: lead vocal: Louis Killen: vocal harmony. The Copper family of Sussex believe this to be the oldest song in their repertoire. 2 THE HOUSECARPENTER Peter Bellamy: vocal/concertina. This version learned from a recording of , the Watson family of Deep Gap, North Carolina, with additional verses from a forgotten source. 3 WHEN I DIE Peter Bellamy: lead vocal/concertina: The Watersons, Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood & Heather Wood: vocal harmonies. Another gem from the Watson family's treasure house. 4 EDMUND IN THE LOWLANDS Peter Bellamy: vocal. Based on the version learned from the singing of Geordie Hanna of Co. Tyrone, with additional verses from English variants. 5 AROUND CAPE HORN Peter Bellamy: vocal/concertina: Dave Swarbrick: fiddle/chorus. Taught me by Gale Huntington of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 6 THE TURFMAN FROM ARDEE Peter Bellamy: vocal/guitar. Learned from the singing of the 'Queen of the Irish Tinkers; Margaret Barry. 7 AMAZING GRACE Peter Bellamy: lead vocal: The Watersons and Anthea Bellamy: vocal harmonies. Learned from several American sources, notably Jean Ritchie, Clarence Ashley and Ralph Stanley. First published by Topic 1979. Produced by Peter Bellamy, much guided by Nic Kinsey, who was also the engineer. Recorded at Livingston Studios, London. Front Cover: "The Snuff Taker" by Pieter Van de Bellmaan, courtesy of the Victoria Street Gallery, Norwich. Back cover photograph by Valerie Grosvenor Myer. Sleeve layout by Tony Engle. Notes by Peter Bellamy.