The Watersons, Mighty River of Songs

4CD + DVD Topic  Rec.  2004  (TSFCD4002)

 

In questi 4 Cd c’è la storia dei  Watersons, famiglia che ha caratterizzato quattro decenni di folk revival. Ai CD si aggiunge il ricco e interessante DVD “Travelling For A Living”. La onfezione comprende anche un booklet di 52 pagine, ricco di fotografie e illustrazioni, compilato da David Suff.

Tracks Disc 1:
1. Here We Come A-Wassailing - 2. Blood Red Roses - 3. Let The Bulgine Run - 4. Ploughboy - 5. Hollbeck Moor Cock Fight - 6. Greenland Whale Fishery - 7. Derby Ram - 8. Hal-An-Tow - 9. John Barleycorn - 10. Barley And The Rye - 11. Thirty-Foot Trailer - 12. I Am A Rover - 13. Rap Her To Bank - 14. Three Score And Ten - 15. Jolly Waggoners  - 16. Twanky-Dillo - 17. Whitby Lad - 18. Morning Looks Charming - 19. Willy Went To Westerdale
20. White Cockade - 21. Stow Brow - 22. Bird - 23. Red Wine Promises - 24. Song For Thirza

Tracks Disc 2:
1. Pace-Egging Song - 2. Boston Harbour - 3. Sweet William - 4. Souling Song - 5. Barney - 6. Three Day Millionaire - 7. Good Old Way - 8. Light Dragoon - 9. Jenny Storm - 10. Tam Lyn - 11. Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy - 12. Heavenly Aeroplane - 13. Emmanuel - 14. Swansea Town - 15. Unfortunate Lass - 16. Welcome Sailor - 17. Young Billy Brown - 18. Khaki And The Blue - 19. Whitby Lad - 20. Black And Bitter Night

Tracks Disc 3:
1. Prickle Holly Bush - 2. When I Die - 3. I Went To Market - 4. Furze Field - 5. King's Song - 6. Swarthfell Rocks
7. Meeting Is A Pleasure - 8. Doing A Bit - 9. Young Banker - 10. Chickens In The Garden - 11. Stitch In Time - 12. All I Have Is My Own - 13. Brave General Wolfe - 14. May Song - 15. Harvest Home - 16. Gower Wassail - 17. Rumpsy Bumpsy Toralee - 18. John Ball - 19. Stur Mo Chroi - 20. Stormy Winds
21. Mole In A Hole

Tracls Disc 4:
1. Hilda's Cabinet Band - 2. Rambling Irish Man - 3. There Are No Lights On Our Christmas Tree - 4. Coal Not Dole - 5. White Cockade - 6. Cob A-Coating - 7. T Stands For Thomas - 8. I Bid You Goodnight - 9. McIlroy The Emerald Cowboy - 10. Jack Frost - 11. Pleasure And Pain - 12. Stars In My Crown - 13. Flowers Of Knaresborough Forest - 14. Ain't No Man Worth The Salt Of My Tears - 15. Black Muddy River - 16. Just A Note - 17. Earth - 18. Stumbling On - 19. Poor Boney - 20. Bright Phoebus - 21. Sweet Lullaby

Musicians:

The Watersons: Mike Waterson (vocals, guitar); Pete Ogley (vocals, banjo); John Harrison (vocals, mandolin); Nancy Kerr (vocals, fiddle); Saul Rose (vocals, melodeon); Eliza Carthy, Jim Boyes, Lal Waterson, Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, Peter Bellamy, Royston & Heather Wood, Rachel Waterson, Heather Brady, Dave Brady, Jill Pidd, Barry Coope, Lester Simpson, Eleanor Waterson, Maria Gilhooley (vocals); Oliver Knight (guitar); Steafan Hannigan (banjo, pipes); Ralph Jordan (bouzouki); Dave Swarbrick (fiddle); Oliver Brookes (cello); Alan Lumsden (serpent); Sophia Wilson (oboe); Felix Warnock (bassoon); Tony Engle (saxophone); Steve Heap (cornet); John Adams (trombone); Alex West (tuba); Chris Parkinson, Martin Green (piano); Barnaby Stradling (bass guitar, percussion); Sam Thomas (drums, percussion); Bill Leader (drums); John Tams (cymbals).