Cut and Dry Band

English group playing traditional English tunes. Many Northumbrian pipe tunes.

(The members are drawn mainly from The High Level Ranters)
(Alistair Anderson has recorded solo)

Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Cut and Dry: Collection of Northumbrian Pipe Tunes Featuring Alistair Anderson	1976	Topic	12TS278
Cut and Dry No 2	1980	Topic	12TS413
Wind In The Reeds (*)	2001	Topic	TSCD529

(* CD containing the two original albums. Marketed as if it was by various artists)

Album Tracks.

Cut and Dry.. Recorded and released on vinyl in 1976. Produced by Tony Engle.
Running time about 45 minutes. Colin Ross (small pipes, fiddle), Jim Hall (small pipes), Alistair Anderson (English concertina, small pipes), Anthony Robb (small pipes), Carole Robb (small pipes, flute).

Title.	Author.
1. Sunderland Lasses/ Lads of Alnwick	Trad?/ Trad?
2. All Night I Lay With Jockey/ The Peacock Followed the Hen	Trad?/ Trad?
3. Jacky Layton	Trad?
4. Green Breckons/ Bob and Joan/ Kiss Her Under the Coverlet	Trad?/ Trad?
5. Cuckold Came out of the Amrey	Trad?
6. Cuddy Clawed Her	Trad?
7. Holme's Fancy/ Stagshaw Bank Fair/ Lasses Pass the Brandy	Trad?/ Trad?
8. Cut and Dry Dolly	Trad?
9. John Fenwick's the Flower Among Them	Trad?
10. Over the Border	Trad?
11. Pheasant's Dance	Trad?
12. Rusty Gully	Trad?
13. Keelman Over The Land	Trad?
14. I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me	Trad?
15. My Laddie Sits o'er Late Up/ Shew's The Way to Wallington/ Drops of Brandy	Trad?

(* Tracks 1,9,12 and 15 are omitted from "The Wind in the Reeds")

Cut and Dry #2. Recorded and released on vinyl in 1980. Produced by Tony Engle.
Running time about 40 minutes. Colin Ross (small pipes, fiddle, viola), Jim Hall (small pipes and piano), Alistair Anderson (English concertina, small pipes), Anthony Robb (small pipes), Carole Robb (small pipes, flute).

Title.	Author.
1. The Barrington Hornpipe/ The Glen Aln	Trad?/ Will Atkinson
2. The Wild Hills o' Wannies/ The Swallow's Tail	Trad?/ Trad?
3. Jim Hall's Fancy	Jim Hall?
4. Breamish/ Random Jig	Trad?/ Trad?
5. Archie's Fancy/ Little Hennie	Billy Pigg/ Trad?
6. The Lea Rig	Trad?
7. Sir Sydney Smith's March	Trad?
8. Mrs Elder	Trad?
9. Dr. Whittaker's Hornpipe/ Nancy	Trad?/ Trad?
10. Nae Gud Luck Aboot the Hoose	Trad?
11. Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be?	Trad?
12. The East Neuk of Fife	Trad?
13. The Locomotive/ The South Shore	James Hill/ Trad?
14. Bonnie Woodside/ Coffee Bridge	Trad? / Trad?

(* Tracks 9 and 14 are omitted from "The Wind in the Reeds")

The Wind in the Reeds.. Tracks 1 to 11 were recorded and released on vinyl in 1976. Track 12 to 23 were recorded and released in 1980. Released on CD in 2001, giving most of the tracks from "Cut and Dry" (4 missing) and "Cut and Dry #2" (2 missing). Produced by Tony Engle.
Running time 71 minutes 53 seconds. Colin Ross (small pipes, fiddle, viola), Jim Hall (small pipes and piano), Alistair Anderson (English concertina, small pipes), Anthony Robb (small pipes), Carole Robb (small pipes, flute).

Title.	Author.
1. All Night I Lay With Jockey/ The Peacock Followed the Hen	Trad?/ Trad?
2. Jacky Layton	Trad?
3. Green Breckons/ Bob and Joan/ Kiss Her Under the Coverlet	Trad?/ Trad?
4. Cuckold Came out of the Amrey	Trad?
5. Cuddy Clawed Her	Trad?
6. Holme's Fancy/ Stagshaw Bank Fair/ Lasses Pass the Brandy	Trad?/ Trad?/ Trad?
7. Cut and Dry Dolly	Trad?
8. Over the Border	Trad?
9. Pheasant's Dance	Trad?
10. Keelman Over The Land	Trad?
11. I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me	Trad?
12 The Barrington Hornpipe/ The Glen Aln	Trad?/ Will Atkinson
13. The Wild Hills o' Wannies/ The Swallow's Tail	Trad?/ Trad?
14. Jim Hall's Fancy	Jim Hall?
15. Breamish/ Random Jig	Trad?/ Trad?
16. Archie's Fancy/ Little Hennie	Billy Pigg/ Trad?
17. The Lea Rig	Trad?
18. Sir Sydney Smith's March	Trad?
19. Mrs Elder	Trad?
20. Nae Gud Luck Aboot the Hoose	Trad?
21. Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be?	Trad?
22. The East Neuk of Fife	Trad?
23. The Locomotive/ The South Shore	James Hill/ Trad?

Last updated on 02/02/2011