| Album title. | Label. | Number. |
|---|---|---|
| Vol 1 - Songs of Courtship & Marriage | Topic | TSCD651 |
| Vol 2 - Songs of Tempest & Sea Battles | Topic | TSCD652 |
| Vol 3 - Tragic Ballads | Topic | TSCD653 |
| Vol 4 - Farewell My Own Dear Native Land: Songs of Exile & Emigration | Topic | TSCD654 |
| Vol 5 - The Life of Rural Working Men & Women | Topic | TSCD655 |
| Vol 6 - Ballads of True & False Lovers | Topic | TSCD656 |
| Vol 7 - Rural Fun & Frolics | Topic | TSCD657 |
| Vol 8 - Local Events & National Issues | Topic | TSCD658 |
| Vol 9 - Dance Music of the South of England | Topic | TSCD659 |
| Vol 10 - Who's that at my Bed Window?: Songs of Love & Amorous Encounters | Topic | TSCD660 |
| Vol 11 - Music of English & Welsh Travelers & Gypsies | Topic | TSCD661 |
| Vol 12 - Jackie Tar At Sea & On Shore | Topic | TSCD662 |
| Vol 13 - They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Bottles of Sherry: The Joys & Curse of Drink | Topic | TSCD663 |
| Vol 14 - Troubles They Are Few: Dance Tunes & Ditties | Topic | TSCD664 |
| Vol 15 - Songs of Love, Courtship & Marriage | Topic | TSCD665 |
| Vol 16 - Songs & Dance Tunes of Seasonal Events | Topic | TSCD666 |
| Vol 17 - Ballads | Topic | TSCD667 |
| Vol 18 - Songs of Hunting and Poaching | Topic | TSCD668 |
| Vol 19 - Dance Music of the North of England | Topic | TSCD669 |
| Vol 20 - Working Men & Women in Song | Topic | TSCD670 |
Vol 13 - They ordered their pints of beer and bottles of sherry - The joys and curse of drink. Running time: 64 minutes 21 seconds. The recordings are dated 1927 to 1995. Issued 1998. Edited by Reg Hall. Compilation, research and notes by Reg Hall. The recordings are mainly from the archives of Topic records but also from Columbia (John Griffin), Decca (Donald Cumming), Beltona (Willie Kemp) and from various private collections. There is a 42-page booklet (including covers) giving the words to all the songs. 14 pages are given over to biographical notes about the singers. All the songs are sung solo, apart from the instrumentals.
Title. | singer. | Author |
| 1.John Barleycorn | Fred Jordan. Rec by Bill Leader & Mike Yeats in a private room in The Bay Malton Hotel, Oldfield Brow, Altringham, Cheshire, 1966 | Traditional |
| 2. Two Hundred Years A-Brewing | Margaret Barry & Michael Gorman, fiddle. Live broadcast from MFMT radio station, Chicago, Illinois, 9 October 1961 | Traditional |
| 3. The Merchant's Son | Davie Stewart, voice, with Hamish Henderson, voice. Recorded with Hamish Henderson in the home of James Ross, Edinburgh, probably 1955, but possibly 1962 | Traditional |
| 4. My Old Hat That I Got On (All for me Grog) | Tom Newman. Rec by Mike Yeats in the singer's home, Clanfield, Oxfordshire, 5 August 1972 as "All For The Grog" | Traditional |
| 5. The Real Old Mountain Dew | John Griffin, voice and flute & probably Ed Geoghegan, piano. Rec in recording studio, New York, 3 February 1927 | Traditional |
| 6. Coming Home Late (Six drunken nights) [Child 114] | George Spicer. Rec by Mike Yeats in the singer's home, Selsfield, West Hoathly, Sussex, 19 August 1972. | Traditional |
| 7. Piper O'Neill | Willie Scott. Rec by Bill Leader in his own home, Camden Town, London, 3 November 1967 | Traditional |
| 8. Bold Doherty | Mary Ann Carolan. Rec by Roly Brown in the singer's home, Hill o' Rath, near Drogheda, Co. Louth, 1978 | Traditional |
| 9. The Bottom of the Punchbowl/ The Teetotaller - reels | Donald Cumming & Eddy Holmes, accordeon and dulcimer. Recording studio, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1934. Rec as "The Punch Bowl/ Triumph" | Traditional |
| 10. When I Was a Young Man | Wiggy Smith. Recorded by Gwilym Davies & Paul Burgess in the singer's caravan at Elmstone Hardwick, Gloucestershire, 11 August 1995 | Traditional |
| 11. I'm Often Drunk and Seldom Sober | Davie Stewart. Rec by Hamish Henderson in Dundee or Edinburgh, 1955 | Traditional |
| 12. When Mursheen Went to Bunnan | Micho Russell. Rec by John Tams & Neil Wayne in O'Connor's bar, Doolin, Co Clare, January 1974 | Traditional |
| 13. When Jones's Ale Was New | Fred Jordan. Rec by Tony Foxworthy in the singer's home, Aston Munslow, Shropshire, 1974 | Traditional |
| 14. The Bonnie Wee Lass Who Never Said No | Jeannie Robertson. Rec by Hamish Henderson in the singer's home, Aberdeen, 1953 | Traditional |
| 15. The Tinklers' Wedding | Willie Kemp, voice & Curly MacKay, piano-accordion. Recording studio, Edinburgh, c 1938 | Traditional |
| 16. The Cow That Drank the Poteen | Paddy Tunney. Rec by Bill Leader in his own home, Camden Town, London, 1965 | Traditional |
| 17. Young Maria [Laws P30] | Louie Fuller. Rec by Mike Yeats in the singer's home, Lingfield, Surrey, probably 1975 (possibly 1974) | Traditional |
| 18. The Drunken Piper (March)/ Highland Whisky (Strathspey)/ The High Road to Linton (Reel) | Will Powrie. Rec by Peter Hall in a private house in Scotland, 19th/20th July 1971 | Traditional |
| 19. My Little Grey Horse | George Dunn. Rec by Mike Yates in the singer's home, Brighton, Sussex, 17 July 1974. | Traditional |
| 20. Paddy's Panacea | Tom Lenihan. Rec by Keith Summers in McGrath's bar in Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh, 18 July 1977 | Traditional |
| 21. The Broken Pledge (Reel) | Michael Gorman (nephew). Rec by Bill Leader & Paul Carter in the singer's home on a caravan site near Ashford, Middlesex, 1962 | Traditional |
| 22. Jock Geddes and the Soo | Willie Scott. Rec by Bill Leader in his studio, Elland Yorkshire, 24 May 1976 | Traditional |
| 23. Wassailers (Gower Wassail) | Wassailers outside a house in Drayton, Somerset, 5 January 1973 | Traditional |
| 24. The Barley Mow | George Spicer. Rec by Bill Leader at a concert in the Angus Hotel, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, 13 Aug 1967 | Traditional |
Vol 20 - There is a man upon the farm - Working men and women in song. Running time: 64 minutes 21 seconds. The recordings are dated 1938 to 1980. Issued 1998. Edited by Reg Hall. Compilation, research and notes by Reg Hall. The recordings are mainly from the archives of Topic records but also from Columbia (The Belhavel Trio) and from various private collections (Keith Summer, Jim Carroll, Frank Purslow etc). There is a 42-page booklet (including covers) giving the words to all the songs. 14 pages are given over to biographical notes about the singers. All the songs are sung solo, apart from "In the Bar Room" and "The Banks of The Dee" which have a chorus of men.
Title. | singer. | Author |
| 1.The Overgate | Belle Stewart. Rec by Fred Kent at Blairgowrie, Perthshire. May 1976 | Traditional |
| 2. The Wee Weaver | Paddy Tunney. Rec by Tony Engle & Tony Russell in London. Rec 1975 | Traditional |
| 3. We Shepherds are the Best of Men | Fred Jordan. Rec by Bill Leader & Mike Yates in Altringham, Cheshire 1966 | Traditional |
| 4. The Job of Journeywork (instr) | The Belhavel Trio. Joe Liddy (fiddle), Ned O'Gorman (uilleann pipes chanter), Tommy Liddy (accordeon). Rec in Dublin 14 March 1938 | Traditional |
| 5. The Flies are on the Tummitts | Ted Lawrence. Rec by Keith Summers in Shelfanger 15 May1976 | Traditional |
| 6. Come All You Tramps and Hawkers | Jimmy MacBeath. Rec by Sean Davies in London 1966 or 67. | Traditional |
| 7. Muddley Barracks | Jumbo Brightwell. Rec by Tony Engle & Keith Summers in Leiston Suffolk. spring 1975 | Traditional |
| 8. The Shepherd's Song | Willie Scott. Rec by Bill Leader in London. 3 November 1967. | Traditional |
| 9. In The Bar-Room | Jack Elliott. Rec in The Barley Mow, Birtley Co Durham, mid-1960s. | Traditional |
| 10. An Spailpin Fanach (The Migrant Labourer) | Sean Mac Donnchadha. Recorded by Bill Leader in Connemara, Co Galway, 1967. | Traditional |
| 11. Come to the Hiring | Jamesy McCarthy. Rec by Jim Carroll & Pat Mackenzie in Ollie Conway's Bar, Mallagh, Co Clare, July 1976 | Traditional |
| 12. The Wandering Shepherd Laddie | John MacDonald (voice and accordion). Rec by Tony Engle & Tony Russell in the singer's caravan, Pigaveny, Elgin, Morayshire, Nov 1974 | Traditional |
| 13. There Was a Poor Thresherman | Harry Holman. Rec by Fred Purslow & Ken Stubbs in The Cherry Tree, Copthorne, Sussex, 18 May1960 | Traditional |
| 14. The Neatly Thatched Cabin | Big John Maguire. Rec by Keith Summers in the singer's home, Newtonbutler, Co Fermanagh, 10 Aug 1980. | Traditional |
| 15. The Banks of the Dee | Jack Elliott (& chorus). Rec in The Barley Mow, Birtley, Co Durham, mid-1960s | Traditional |
| 16. My Father's A Hedger and Ditcher | Mary Ann Carolan. Rec by Roly Brown in the singer's home, Hill o' Rath, near Drogheda, Co Lough, 1978 | Traditional |
| 17. Ground For The Floor | Pop Maynard. Rec by Reg Hall & Mervyn Plunckett in The Cherry Tree, Copthorne Sussex. 4 February 1956. | Traditional |
| 18. Arlin's Fine Braes | Jimmy MacBeath. Rec by Peter Hall in a private house in Scotland, 19th/20th July 1971 | Traditional |
| 19. The Little Ball of Yard | Mary Ann Haynes. Rec by Mike Yates in the singer's home, Brighton, Sussex, 17 July 1974. | Traditional |
| 20. To Reap and Mow The Hay | Paddy and Jimmy Halpin. Rec by Keith Summers in McGrath's bar in Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh, 18 July 1977 | Traditional |
| 21. The Roaming Journeyman | Tom Willett. Rec by Bill Leader & Paul Carter in the singer's home on a caravan site near Ashford, Middlesex, 1962 | Traditional |
| 22. When The Kye Comes Hame | Willie Scott. Rec by Bill Leader in his studio, Elland Yorkshire, 24 May 1976 | Traditional |
| 23. The Berry Fields O' Blair | Belle Stewart. Rec by Bill Leader at a concert in the Angus Hotel, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, 13 Aug 1967 | Traditional |
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Last updated on 24/05/2009