The first album by the band was released
in 1981 and featured John Birkby on guitar and vocal and Dave
Calvert on electric bass, guitar, banjo, mandola and vocal. They
were joined on certain tracks by the late Dennis
Carbery on mandolin, Neil
Ingram on guitar and vocal, Malcolm Stocks on accordion
and John Tallet on whistles and bodhran. NB: The LP is no longer available. |
Track |
Title |
Source |
Playing time |
Side One |
|
|
|
1 |
Twa recruiting Sergeants |
Traditional |
3m 15s |
2 |
Country carrier |
Traditional |
2m 39s |
3 |
Fiddler's Green |
Connolly |
4m 45s |
4 |
Punch and Judy man |
Connolly |
3m 14s |
5 |
I wish I was single |
Batchelor |
3m 45s |
6 |
Settle to Carlisle Railway |
Donald |
2m 30s |
Side Two |
|
|
|
1 |
Valley of Tees |
Garbutt |
4m 20s |
2 |
Nearly man |
Ingram/Butler |
2m 54s |
3 |
The Battle of Sowerby Bridge |
Traditional |
2m 55s |
4 |
Kissed so sweet and comforting |
Traditional |
2m 54s |
5 |
Lish young buy-a-broom |
Traditional |
2m 47s |
6 |
The Golden Vanity |
Traditional |
2m 59s |
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