[A] Signora (4.33) Eaur Joe’s Lad (1.31) John Willie’s Horse (2.59) Barefoot Days Medley (3.38) Lancashire Witches (3.30) Come Whoam to Thi Childer an’ Me (6.15) [B] Johnny Bugger (2.18) Billy Winker (5.31) Bits o’ Bromley Street (4.09) The Condemned Cell (3.00) The Maypole (1.53) For Old Time’s Sake (3.13)
All tracks trad. arr. The Oldham Tinkers except Track 1 Billy Merson, O'Connor, Ross; Track 6 Edwin Waugh / The Oldham Tinkers
John Howarth, vocals, chorus, banjo Gerry Kearns, vocals, chorus , guitar Larry Kearns, vocals, chorus, mandolin, whistle
Produced by Tony Engle; Notes by The Oldham Tinkers and A.L. Lloyd; Sleeve picture: “Children's Games” by Tom Dodson; Sleeve design by Tony Engle
A1 Albion Sunrise A2 Morris Medley A2a Mouresque A2b London Pride A2c So Selfish Runs The Hare A2d Maid Of The Mill A2e Sheriff's Ride A3 I Was A Young Man A4 New St. George / La Rotta B1 Gallant Poacher B2 Cheshire Rounds / The Old Lancashire Hornpipe B3 Hanged I Shall Be B4 Reaphook And Sickle B5 Battle Of The Somme
All tracks traditional, arranged by Carthy/ Harris/ Hutchings/ Kirkpatrick/ Nicol/Swallow except "Albion Sunrise" and "New St. George" composed by Richard Thompson
Martin Carthy, vocals, acoustic guitar; Sue Harris, vocals, oboe, hammered dulcimer; Ashley Hutchings, vocals, electric bass guitar; John Kirkpatrick, vocals, Anglo concertina, button accordion, melodeon, electric piano; Simon Nicol, vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, electric dulcimer, synthesiser; Roger Swallow, drums, percussion with Dave Mattacks, percussion Martin Nicholls, John Iveson, Colin Sheen and Paul Beer, sackbuts
A. L. Lloyd / Leviathan ! ; Ballads & Song Of The Whaling Trade (Blue Topic)
LP : UK 1967 / Topic / 12T 174
ブラックホーク99選にも選出されたA.L.ロイドの代表作リヴァイアサン。 Blue Topicのオリジナル・MONOプレスです。 捕鯨に題材をとった英国トラッドの基本盤。 トラッド好きならばぜひとも押さえておきたい作品ですね。 デイヴ・スウォブリック、マーティン・カーシー、トレヴァー・ルーカス参加のトラッド金字塔!
[A] The Balaena (Roud 285) (2.46) 1870s, Baffin Bay, right and sperm whales The Coast of Peru (Roud 1997; Laws D26) (4.38) early 19th century, Pacific, sperm and right whales Greenland Bound (Roud 970; G/D 1:10) (3.33) c. 1840, West Greenland, right whale The Weary Whaling Grounds (Roud 2011) (2.38) 1840-50, West Greenland, right whale The Cruel Ship's Captain (Roud 835) (1.32) c. 1810, East Greenland, right whale Off to Sea Once More (Roud 644; Laws D7) (6.27) 1850s, Bering Sea, bowhead whale The Twenty-Third of March (Roud 3291) (1.47) 1820-40, Davis Strait, right whale [B] The Bonny Ship the Diamond (Roud 2172; G/D 1:11) (2.40) 1820s, West Greenland, right whale Talcahuano Girls (Roud 687) (3.12) early 19th century, Pacific, sperm and right whales Farewell to Tarwathie (Roud 2562; G/D 1:15) (2.57) c. 1850, West Greenland, right whale Rolling Down to Old Maui (Roud 2005) (1.17) c. 1850, Kamchatka and Pacific, bowhead and sperm whales The Greenland Whale Fishery (Roud 347) (4.51) c. 1725, Spitsbergen, right whale Paddy and the Whale (Roud 6342) (2.24) 1890s, Antarctic, finn and blue whales The Whaleman's Lament (Roud 2000) (2.41) 1820-40s, Pacific, sperm whale The Eclipse (Roud 5650) (3.15) 1890s, Spitsbergen, bottlenose whale
All tracks trad. except Track 10 George Scroggie
A.L. Lloyd, vocals, with Alf Edwards, English concertina & ocarina; Dave Swarbrick, fiddle; Martin Carthy, mandolin; Trevor Lucas, Martyn Wyndham-Read, chorus
Recorded by City of London Studios; Production and arrangements by A.L. Lloyd