The Tale of Ale

2LP  1977  Free Reed  -  FRRR04

Bellissimo e gradevolissimo doppio LP,dedicato alla storia della birra, che recentemente la Free Reed ha pubblicato anche su CD. I musicisti che hanno partecipato  a questa avventura rappresentano il meglio della scena folk britannica negli anni settanta. Robin e Barry Dransfield ahanno sicuramente avuto un ruolo importante, così come Vic Gammon e Peter Bellamy.

Tracks:
1 Bring us in good ale - Eddie Upton, Pam Gilder and Musica Inebriata
2 Andrew Boorde on ale - Joby Blanshard and Michael Smee
3 Jolly good ale and old - Robin Dransfield and Musica Inebriata
4 "He that buys land" - William Rushton
5 The merry fellows - Peter Wood and Musica Inebriata
6 Soldiers three - Peter Bellamy and Musica Inebriata
7 Tapster, drinker - Oriana
8 The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng - Joby Blanshard
9 Andrew Boorde on beer
10 London's Ordinary - John Foreman and Musica Inebriata
11 Epitaph - Joby Blanchard, Michael Smee and William Rushton
12 Of honest malt liquor - Oriana
13 The malt's come down - Peter Wood and Musica Inebriata
14 Stubbes on drunkenness - Michael Smee and Joby Blanshard
15 Good ale for my money - Robin Dransfield and Barry Dransfield (fiddle)
16 The excise ballad - Eddie Upton and Musica Inebriata
17 The porter scene from Macbeth - William Rushton and Michael Smee
18 Peas, beans, oats and the barley - Pam Gilder, Eddie Upton and Vic Gammon with The Pump and Pluck Band
19 Now harvest is over
20 The British Toper - The Pump and Pluck Band, Musica Inebriata
21 Nottingham ale - Roy Harris and The Pump and Pluck band
22 Bickerdyke on temperance - William Rushton
23 O ale ab alendo - Oriana
24 John Barleycorn - Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band
25 Ye mar'ners all - Peter Wood, Ian Russell and Vic Gammon
26 Epitaph/Poor Tom is dead and gone - Joby Blanchard, Michael Smee and William Rushton
27 Pam Gilder, Eddie Upton and Vic Gammon with The Pump and Pluck Band
28 Don't go out tonight, dear father - Pam Gilder and Vic Gammon
29 The drunkard's looking glass - William Rushton
30 Ale, ale, glorious ale - Roy Harris accompanied by Geoff Hedger (piano)
31 I likes a drop of good beer - Eddie Upton and The Pump and Pluck Band
32 The carter's health - Pam Gilder, Eddie Upton and Vic Gammon with The Pump and Pluck Band
33 Hey, John Barleycorn - Robin Dransfield and The Pump and Pluck Band
34 Here's a health to the mistress
35 Meux's porter vat - Joby Blanchard and Michael Smee
36 A pot of porter oh - John Foreman and Vic Gammon
37 I've been to France/Here's a health unto our master - Pam Gilder, Eddie Upton and Vic Gammon with The Pump and Pluck Band
38 The man that waters the worker's beer - Roy Harris and The Pump and Pluck Band
39 October brew - Peter Bellamy and The Pump and Pluck Band
40 John Appleby - Pam Gilder and The Pump and Pluck Band
41 Epitaph - Joby Blanchard, Michael Smee and William Rushton
42 Charley Mopps - John Foreman and The Pump and Pluck Band
43 This is our mistress' health - Pam Gilder, Eddie Upton and Vic Gammon with The Pump and Pluck Band 
44 Michael Blann's drinking song - Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band