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Cyril Tawney: The Song Goes On
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The Song Goes On Ada Recordings ADA108CD (2 CD, UK, 2007) |
This double CD was compiled for the “Celebrating Cyril” Day held at Cecil Sharp House, London, on 14 April 2007. It comsists of “tracks from the Cyril Tawney archive, re-mastered recording of traditional and self-penned gems, with the odd exception, plus an especially recorded version of Mick Ryan's The Song Goes On, written for Cyril and dedicated to him at the Sidmouth Festival Tribute Concert 2005.”
Produced by Mick Peat, Ada Recordings;
Research by Celia Richmond, Ada Recordings;
Cover illustration by Lesley Playfer;
Sleeve design by Bryan Ledgard;
Track notes by Nigel Schofield and Roy Harris
Musicians
Cyril Tawney: vocals, guitar;
Mick Ryan and friends: vocals [33]
Tracks
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All tracks trad. arr. Cyril Tawney except
Track 12 Alex Glasgow;
Tracks 13, 15, 22, 25 Cyril Tawney;
Track 18 Woody Guthrie;
Track 20 Miles Wootton;
Track 30 James London;
Track 32 Peter Bellamy;
Track 33 Mick Ryan
Track 1 is from Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year (recorded 1957);
Tracks 2-3, 6, 17, 26 are from Baby Lie Easy, HMV 7EG 8738 (1962);
Track 32 is from The Transports (1977);
Tracks 13, 15, 25 are from Sally Free and Easy: Navy Songs written and performed by Cyril Tawney, NEP 002 (1990);
Tracks 9, 30 are from Sailor's Delight: Songs of Seafarers and the Fairer Sex, NEP 003 (1990);
Track 28 is from In Every Port: More Songs of Seafarers and the Fairer Sex, NEP 004 (1992);
Track 24 is from Seamen Bold: Songs of Vocages, Battles and Shipwrecks Vol. 1, NEP 005 (1992);
Tracks 4, 27 are from Little Boy Billee: Sea Songs for Children, NEP 006 (1992);
Tracks 7, 10, 12, 14, 19-20, 23, 31 are from Down the Hatch: Songs about Drink and Drinkers, NGL 101 and NGL 101CD (1994);
Track 22 is from Man of Honour: The Non-Maritime Songs, NGL 102 (1997);
All NEP and NGL issues are cassettes on the Neptune label, recorded at
Lion Studios, Leeds, England, producer: Cyril Tawney, engineer: Guy Hatton,
assistant engineer: Phil Evans.
Acknowledgements
Thank you very much to Rosemary Tawney for the gracious gift of this CD and for the recording details!