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Fay Hield & the Hurricane Party: Orfeo [Digipak]

CD / Topic Records / 2012-07-17

Tracks: Lover's Ghost, The; Wicked Serpent; Parson's Gate, The; Cuckoo, The; Pretty Nancy; Sir Orfeo; Old 'Arris Mill, The; Weaver's Daughter, The; Tarry Trousers; Henry; Naughty Baby
Artists: Fay Hield & the Hurricane Party

Personnel: Jon Boden (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, double bass, percussion); Sam Sweeney (vocals, fiddle, viola, cello); Robert Harbron (vocals, fiddle); Martin Simpson (guitar, banjo); An...continue...

Martin Carthy: Essential *

CD / Topic Records / 2011-06-21

Tracks: Scarborough Fair; Broomfield Hill; Lord Franklin; Byker Hill; Bee's Wing, The; Poor Murdered Woman; Seven Yellow Gypsies; Prince Heathen; January Man; His Name Is Andrew; King Henry; Skewbald; Bedmak...
Artists: Martin Carthy

Released to coincide with the immensely influential British folk giant's 70th birthday, Topic's two-disc Essential Martin Carthy collection includes 34 tracks culled from his 40-year run with the labe...continue...

June Tabor: Ashore

CD / Topic Records / 2011-03-15

Tracks: Finisterre; Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinhaugh, The; Grey Funnel Line, The; Vingt-Cinquième du Mois D'octobre, Le; Shipbuilding; Jamaica; Great Selkie of Sule Skerry, The (Child 113); Winter Comes I...
Artists: June Tabor

Personnel: June Tabor (vocals); Mark Emerson (violin, viola); Huw Warren (piano); Tim Harries (double bass).

Recording information: Red Kite Studio, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, Wales (04/2010)....continue...

Fay Hield: Looking Glass [Digipak]

CD / Topic Records / 2010-09-21

Tracks: Huntsman, The; Mad Family; Two Brothers; Looking Glass, The; Little Yellow Roses; Banks of the Nile, The; Kemp Owen; Sheepcrook and Black Dog; Grey Goose and Gander; Shepherd's Daughter, The; King He...
Artists: Fay Hield

Adapters: Jon Boden; Fay Hield.

Recording information: Wavelength Studios.

Photographer: David Angel .

Arrangers: Sam Sweeney; Jon Boden; Fay Hield.

Even before Fay Hield r...continue...

Eliza Carthy/Norma Waterson: Gift [Digipak]

CD / Topic Records / 2010-08-17

Tracks: Poor Wayfaring Stranger; Little Grey Hawk; Boston Burglar; Nightingale/For Kate, The; Bonaparte's Lament; Rose and the Lilly, The; Bunch of Thyme; Ukulele Lady/(If Paradise is) Half As Nice; Psalm of...
Artists: Eliza Carthy/Norma Waterson

Liner Note Authors: Eliza Carthy; Norma Waterson.

Recording information: Panda Sound, Robin Hood's Bay.

Photographer: Tom Howard.

British folk giants Eliza Carthy and Norma Waters...continue...

Alistair Anderson: Steel Skies [Digipak] *

1 CD / Topic Records / 2009-11-17

Tracks: First Light/Rhymesdie 1, 2 The Mountain Stream/Rhymeside 3/First Light; Road to the North/Clennel Street/The Franklin River, The; Air for Maurice Ogg/Jumping Jack/The Air for Maurice Ogg, The...
Artists: Alistair Anderson

Personnel: Chuck Fleming (mandolin, fiddle, viola); Robin Dunn (mandolin); Tony Corcoran (fiddle); Martin Dunn (flute, piccolo, whistle).

Liner Note Authors: Alistair Anderson; David Suff.
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Scan Tester: 1887-1972: I Never Played To Many Posh Dances

2 CD / Topic Records / 2009-11-17

Tracks: Schottische; Polka; Broom Dance, The; Reel, The; Waltz: the Man In the Moon; No.2 Step-Dance; Schottische; Polka: the Girl I Left Behind Me; Pretty Little Dear; Jig: the Seventeenth of March; Wearing...
Artists: Scan Tester

Personnel: Scan Tester (concertina, tambourine).

Audio Remasterer: Don Walker.

Liner Note Author: Reg Hall .

The music here, all from the late '50s to mid-'60s, includes solos (in...continue...

McPeake Family: Wild Mountain Thyme [Digipak]

1 CD / Topic Records / 2009-11-17

Tracks: Will Ye Go Lassie, Go; I Know My Love; McLeod's Reel; A Bucket of the Mountain Dew; Eileen Aroon; An Durd Fain; My Singing Bird; Lament of Aughrim, The; Carraig Dun; Derry Hornpipe, The; Old Piper, T...
Artists: McPeake Family

Liner Note Authors: A.L. Lloyd; Sam Hanna Bell; Bill Leader ; David Suff.

Recording information: 1962....continue...

Brass Monkey: Head of Steam [Digipak] *

1 CD / Topic Records / 2009-05-19

Tracks: Moldavian Schottische/The Snowdrop Polka, The; Press Gang, The; Barbados Lady, The; Lichfield Tattoo/The Radstock Jig/The Quickstep from "The Battle of Prague"; Trees They Do Grow High, The; Banbury ...
Artists: Brass Monkey

Personnel: Martin Carthy (vocals, guitar); Martin Brinsford (vocals, harmonica, saxophone, percussion); John Kirkpatrick (vocals, accordion, concertina, anglo concertina, melodeon); Paul Archibald (vo...continue...

The Watersons: For Pence and Spicy Ale [Digipak]

1 CD / Topic Records / 2008-08-05

Tracks: Country Life; Swarthfell Rocks; Barney; Swinton May Song; Bellman; Adieu, Adieu (The Flash Lad); Apple-Tree Wassail Song; Sheepshearing; Three Day Millionaire; King Pharim; T Stands for Thomas; Malpa...
Artists: The Watersons

FOR PENCE AND SPICY ALE contains songs from a 1975 LP and material recorded by individual band members in 1977.

Recorded in March 1975 & January 1977. Includes liner notes by A.L. Lloyd and Ton...continue...

Eliza Carthy: Dreams of Breathing Underwater [Digipak]

1 CD / Topic Records / 2008-07-22

Tracks: Follow The Dollar - (live); Two Tears; Rows Of Angels; Rosalie; Mr Magnifico; Like I Care (Wings); Lavenders; Little Bigman; Simple Things; Hug You Like A Mountain; Oranges And Seasalt
Artists: Eliza Carthy

"The one indisputable young star of British folk." The Times UK....continue...
Personnel: Eliza Carthy (vocals, ukulele).

In this collection of contemporary-flavored folk and intimate ballads, the British singer Eliza Carthy retains her fresh approach to the traditional f...continue...

June Tabor: Rosa Mundi

CD / Topic Records / 2008-02-26

Artists: June Tabor

Personnel: June Tabor (vocals); Mark Emerson (violin, viola); Richard Bolton (cello); Huw Warren (piano).

Recorded at Great Linford Manor, Buckinghamshire, London.

On this album, June Ta...continue...

Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son

1 CD / Topic Records / 2007-08-07

Tracks: Batchelors Hall; Pretty Crowing Chicken; Lakes of Champlain; She Slips Away; Granemore Hen, The; Mother Love; Little Musgrave; Love Letter, A; Duncan & Brady; Never Any Good; Good Morning Mr Railroad...
Artists: Martin Simpson

Simpson's album "Prodigal Son" demonstrates his further growth as a player, singer and composer, with an eclectic mix of British and American traditional and composed...continue...
Prodigal Son is a self-produced album by Martin Simpson, one of the most revered and respected British folk artists of all time. A collection of eclectic folk tracks, the work showcases Simpson's uniq...continue...

The Watersons: Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy

1 CD / Topic Records / 2007-05-22

Tracks: God Bless the Master; While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks; Windham; Heavenly Aeroplane; Christian's Hope; Bitter Withy, The; Emmanuel; Idumea; Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy; Come All Ye Faith...
Artists: The Watersons

Never before on CD, "Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy" was originally released in 1977. This amazing album is a panorama of folk-based sacred song...continue...
Personnel: Tony Engle (C-melody saxophone); Alex West (tuba).

Recording information: Riverside Studios, London, England (04/1977-10/1977).

Author: Norma Waterson.

Photographers: V...continue...

The Watersons: Frost and Fire [Reissue]

1 CD / Topic Records / 2007-05-22

Tracks: Here We Come A-Wassailing; Derby Ram, The; Jolly Old Hawk; Pace-Egging Song; Seven Virgins (The Little Leaves of Life); Holly Bears a Berry, The; Hal-An-Tow; Earsdon Sword Dance Song; John Barleycorn...
Artists: The Watersons

First released in 1965, "Frost & Fire", a calendar of ritual and magical songs was the first album from the then new group on the...continue...
FROST AND FIRE contains the complete 1965 album of the same name, plus tracks from the 1977 album SOUND, SOUND YOUR INSTRUMENTS OF JOY.

The Watersons: Mike, Lal & Norma Waterson, John Harrison,...continue...

June Tabor: Apples

1 CD / Topic Records / 2007-04-17

Tracks: Dancing, The; Old Garden Gate, The; Auld Beggarman, The; Rigs of Aye, The; I Love My Love; Soldiers Three; Speak Easy; Au Logis de Mon Pere; Standing in Line; Ce Fu en Mai; My Love Came to Dublin; Se...
Artists: June Tabor

Tabor's 2007 album is an impressive collection of traditional and songs, fresh sounding and transcending her previous work with outstanding performances in exquisite musical settings....continue...
Personnel: June Tabor (vocals); Andy Cutting (accordion); Mark Emerson (piano); Tim Harries (double bass).

Due to her rich, burnished voice, fondness for traditional ballads (many of which don'...continue...

Waterson:Carthy: Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man *

1 CD / Topic Records / 2006-11-21

Tracks: New Year Carol/Residue; Sugar Wassail; St. George; May Song; Christ Made a Trance; Falling Tear, The; Cherry Tree Carol; Reaphook and Sickle; Jack Frost; While Shepherds Watched; On Christmas Day It ...
Artists: Waterson:Carthy

This is an album that Waterson:Carthy have been wanting to make for a very long time. Songs and carols celebrating all the seasons of the...continue...
Waterson:Carthy: Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, Tim van Eyken.

Personnel: Martin Carthy (vocals, guitar); Eliza Carthy (vocals, mandolin, fiddle); Tim van Eyken (vocals, melodeon)...continue...

Martin Carthy: Straws in the Wind

1 CD / Topic Records / 2006-10-17

Tracks: Death of Queen Jane; Ship in Distress; Whalecatchers; When I Was a Little Boy; Medley; Royal Oak; Treadmill Song; Unfortunate Tailor; Bold Benjamin; Mrs. Marriott; Jacky Tar; Mermaid; Lord Thomas and...
Artists: Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick first teamed up in the 1960s - Martin, the exciting and guitarist and Dave Swarbrick, the most innovative and technically...continue...
Personnel: Martin Carthy (guitar); Dave Swarbrick (fiddle); Kevin Dempsey (guitar).

Liner Note Author: Martin Carthy.

Fans of British folk rejoiced at the reunion of two stalwarts on thi...continue...

June Tabor: At the Wood's Heart

1 CD / Topic Records / 2005-10-18

Tracks: Banks of Sweet Primroses, The; Broomfield Wager, The; Ah! The Sighs; Now Welcome Summer; Heart Like a Wheel; Johnny Johnny; Oh! Alas, I Am in Love; Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me; Choses Les Plus S...
Artists: June Tabor

With "At The Wodd's Heart", Tabor returns with her best album to date, classic June Tabor, focusing on all her strengths. This is the June...continue...
Personnel: June Tabor (vocals); June Tabor; Andy Cutting (accordion); Martin Simpson (guitar); Mark Emerson (violin, viola); Mark Lockheart (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Iain Ballamy (tenor sa...continue...

Eliza Carthy: Rough Music

1 CD / Topic Records / 2005-06-21

Tracks: Turpin Hero; King James Version; Cobbler's Hornpipe; Gallant Hussar; Upside Down: Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco; Mohair; Unfortunate Lass, The; Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / ...
Artists: Eliza Carthy

latest release from multi award winning UK folk star since successful Anglicana album. Rough Music features her backing band The Rat Catchers....continue...
Personnel: Eliza Carthy (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Ben Ivitsky (vocals, guitar, hurdy-gurdy, viola, whistle, hand claps); Jon Boden (vocals, guitar, fiddle, concertina, double bass, tambourine, hand cl...continue...

Martin Simpson: Kind Letters

1 CD / Topic Records / 2005-06-21

Tracks: Cruel Brother, The; Love Henry; Bareback to Bullhassocks; Here's Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy; Adieu, Adieu; Creeping Jane; Flying Cloud, The; House Carpenter; Blacksmith Courted Me, A; When First I Came...
Artists: Martin Simpson

New album of guitar based folk music from 'UK's Ry Cooder'...continue...
Personnel: Martin Simpson (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo); Martin Simpson; Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (vocals, whistling, whistle); Thomas Doorley (flute); Brendan McCarthy, Brendan McCa...continue...

Bob Davenport: The Common Stone *

1 CD / Topic Records / 2005-05-17

Tracks: Davenport's Cakewalk; Song of the Other Ranks; Those Men We See; Jerusalem; Jockey to the Fair; Wealthy Squire; Bottle Bank; She Moved Through the Fair; You Are My Sunshine; Cuckoo, The; Trust No Man...
Artists: Bob Davenport

Personnel: Linda Thompson (vocals); Martin Carthy (guitar).

Liner Note Author: Bob Davenport.

Recording information: Panda Sound, Robin Hoods Bay; The Bench, Derbyshire, England; Woodman...continue...

Martin Carthy: Waiting for Angels

1 CD / Topic Records / 2004-10-19

Tracks: Foggy Dew, The; Bonny Woodhall; James Hatley; Young Morgan; Royal Lament, The; Ship For Angels, A; Waiting For Angels; Bold General Wolfe; Medley; Harry Lime Theme, The; Famous Flower of Serving Men
Artists: Martin Carthy

The first solo album in six years from the single most important figure on the British folk scene, with brilliant production by his daughter Eliza....continue...
A new CD from Martin Carthy is more than an album release, it's a folk music event. From championing the source singers and the revivalists, he's grown to become the leading figure of British folk mus...continue...

Waterson:Carthy: Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand

1 CD / Topic Records / 2004-07-20

Tracks: Goodbye Fare You Well; Oxford Girl, The; The Galopede / Walter Bulwer's No.2 / Walter Bulwer's No.1; Newry Town; Farewell Lovely Nancy; Black Muddy River; The Quadrille / The Tempest / The Portland F...
Artists: Waterson:Carthy

Waterson:Carthy: Martin Carthy (vocals, guitar, banjo); Eliza Carthy (vocals, fiddle); Tim van Eyken (vocals, melodeon); Norma Waterson (vocals, triangle).

Additional personnel: Ben Ivitsky (vi...continue...

Various Artists: Stepping Up

1 CD / Topic Records / 2004-06-15

Tracks: Speed the Plough - The Morris Motors Band; Jenny Lind / The Girl I Left Behind Me - Walter/Daisy Bulwer/Billy Cooper; New Rigged Ship / Rig-A-Jig-Jig - Oak; When There Isn't A Girl About / Peggy Wood...
Artists: Various Artists

Think of this as the history of English country (or folk, if you prefer) dance music in one handy volume. Starting with a version of the chestnut "Speed the Plough" performed by the Morris Motors Band...continue...