John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris, The Rose of Britain's Isle, LP UK Topic Records 1974 - 12TS247

The album features a beautiful oil painting by Charles Simpson on the cover. On the back, a presentation by John Watt highlights the originality and the suggestiveness of the sound of Harris' oboe together with that of Kirkpatrick's concertina, and the opinion seems entirely shareable; the album is in fact beautiful and has been acclaimed as album of the year by many folk magazines. The production is by the usual Tony Engle and the recording took place at Livingston Studios in Herts.

Il disco presenta in copertina una bellissima pittura a olio di Charles Simpson. Sul retro, una presentazione di John Watt sottolinea l'originalità e la suggestione del suono dell'oboe della Harris insieme a quello della concertina di Kirkpatrick, e il giudizio appare del tutto condivisibile; l'album infatti è bellissimo ed è stato acclamato come disco dell'anno da molte riviste folk. La produzione è del solito Tony Engle e la registrazione è avvenuta nei Livingston Studios di Herts.

Tracks: Rose of Britain’s Isle / Glorishears - Up in the North - Hunsden House and Whimbleton House - Queen of the May - Old Man Jones - Not for Joe - Weyhill Fair - Milkmaid’s Song - Rising Sun and the Crown - Sweet Swansea - The Yellow Joak and the White Joak - The Lady and the Soldier - Fireside Polka / Down Sides and up the Middle.