Song collections: Shanties
Sailors' working songs.
Johnny Collins.
| Title. | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| Shanties and songs of the Seas | 1999 |
Grasmere Productions | 290262
|
Various artists - A.L. Lloyd, Alf Edwards, Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy,
Trevor Lucas, Martyn Wyndham-Read.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| no
|
| Leviathan! Ballads and Songs of the Whaling Trade
| 1967
| Topic
| 12T174
|
| [Reissue] | 1999 |
Topic | |
Collaboration - Ian Giles, John Spiers, Jon Boden and Graham Metcalfe.
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Sea Shanties | 2002 |
The Gift of Music |
|
Collaboration - A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Harry H Corbett with chorus (sea
songs).
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| A Hundred Years Ago (EP) | 1956
[re-issued 1963] | Topic | [TOP99]
|
| The Coast of Peru (EP) | 1956
[re-issued 1963] | Topic | [TOP100]
|
| The Singing Sailor | 1956 |
Topic | TRL 3 |
|
Row Bullies Row |
1957 | Topic |
8T7 |
| [Reissued as "Chants des
Marins Anglais No 1"] |
1957 | Le Chant du Monde |
LDY 4155 |
| The Blackball Line |
1957 | Topic |
8T8 |
| [Reissued as "Chants des
Marins Anglais No 2"] |
1957 | Le Chant du Monde |
LDY 4157 |
| Singing Sailors (*) |
1957 | Wattle |
C5 |
| Shanties and Fo'c'sle Songs
(*) |
1957 | Wattle |
C6 |
| Haul on the Bowlin' and Other
Chanteys and Fo'c'sle Songs Volume I (*) |
1962 | Stinson |
SLP80 |
| Off to Sea Once More and
Other Fo'c'sle Songs and Shanties Volume II (*) |
1963 | Stinson |
SLP81 |
(* These are recordings drawn from earlier albums)
Collaborations - Ewan McColl and Bert Lloyd.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| A Sailor's Garland | 1962 | Prestige
International | INT-13043
|
| [reissue] | 1966 | Transatlantic | XTRA
5013
|
| Blow Boys Blow | 1960 | Tradition
Records | TLP1026
|
| [Reissue] | 1967 | Transatlantic | XTRA
1952
|
| [Reissue] | 1996 |
Rykodisk/ Tradition
Records | TCD 1024
|
| Blow Boys Blow: The Tradition Years |
2006 | Empire Musikwerks |
545 450 849-2 |
Anthology - Various artists including Ewan MacColl, Roy Harris, Louis
Killen, Peter Bellamy and A.L. Lloyd.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Round Cape Horn | 1998 |
Topic | TSCD 499 |
Roy Harris, A.L. Lloyd, Ian Manuel, Martyn Wyndhham-Read and Bernard
Wrigley.
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Sea Shanties
| 1974 | Topic | 12TS234
|
Album tracks.
Sea Shanties Recorded 2002. Running time 65 minutes. Ian Giles
(vocals and English concertina), John Spiers (voice and accordion), Jon Bowden
(vocals, guitar and fiddle), Graham Metcalfe (voice).
Title. | Author.
|
| 1. Haul away the bowline | Trad
|
| 2. Clear away the track | Trad
|
| 3. Portsmouth/ Bonny Kate (instr) | Trad/Trad
|
| 4. Bully in the alley | Trad
|
| 5. All for me grog | Trad
|
| 6. Ten thousand miles away | Trad
|
| 7. The 24th of February | Trad
|
| 8. The weary whaling ground | Trad
|
| 9. Ashley's hornpipe/ Ashley's flag (instr) | Trad/Trad
|
| 10. Nancy of Yarmouth | Trad
|
| 11. Paddy Doyle's boots | Trad
|
| 12. The bonny ship the Diamond | Trad
|
| 13. The candlelight fisherman | Trad
|
| 14. The gallant frigate Amphitrite | Trad
|
| 15. Go to sea no more | Trad
|
| 16. The Whitby lad | Trad
|
| 17. A sailor's life | Trad
|
Last updated on 16/09/2010