> Folk Music > Records > Pete Coe and Alice Jones: The Search for Five Finger Frank
Pete Coe and Alice Jones: The Search for Five Finger Frank
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The Search for Five Finger Frank Backshift Records BASHCD 61 (CD, UK, 13 April 2014) |
The Search for Five Finger Frank is a double album celebrating the legacy of the great Frank Kidson; a man once revered by his peers but now, sadly overlooked by the folk movement of today. Pete Coe and Alice Jones present both classic and rare songs taken from the Frank Kidson collection and set to innovative and original arrangements, breathing fresh life into songs once left to gather dust. This recording features ballads, broadsides and dance tunes mainly from Yorkshire.
Engineered and recorded by Joss Worthington at Distant City Recording Studio, Ripponden, West Yorkshire;
Cover art by John Crane
Musicians
Pete Coe: vocals [1, 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 14-15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26],
bouzouki, melodeons, banjo, bansitar;
Alice Jones: vocals [2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25],
harmonium, piano, whistles, clarinet, feet;
Johnny Adams: fiddle [5, 13, 23, 27],
harmony vocals [1, 3, 11, 15];
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer [13, 22, 27],
harmony vocals [1];
Michael Beeke: tuba [1, 26],
harmony vocals [3, 11, 15],
brass arrangements;
Julie Helliwell: trombone [1, 26];
Stephen McGowan: trumpet [1, 26];
Chris Partington: fiddle [5, 13, 22, 27];
Steve Harrison: mouth organ [5, 13, 22, 27];
Murray Grainger: harmony vocals [3, 11];
Gina Le Faux: fiddle [14],
viola [14],
bass fiddle [2, 16]
Tracks
CD 1 | CD 2 |
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TT | Frank Kidson, Traditional Tunes, Oxford: Chas. Taphouse, 1891 |
GEF | Frank Kidson, A Garland of English Folk-Songs, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1926 |
FSNC | Frank Kidson, Folk Songs from the North Countrie, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1927 |
EPS | Frank Kidson, English Peasant Songs, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1929 |
OECD | Frank Kidson, Old English Country Dances, London: William Reeves, 1890 |
FSSJ | Folk Song Society Journals |
ms | Frank Kidson's manuscripts |
FKB | Frank Kidson's broadside collection |
> Folk Music > Records > Alice Jones: Poor Strange Girl
Alice Jones: Poor Strange Girl
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Poor Strange Girl Splid Records SPLIDCD017 (CD, UK, 10 June 2016) |
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Jon Loomes at Talking Cat Studions, Ripponden, West Yorkshire;
Mastered by Neil Ferguson;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Album notes by Alice Jones;
Sleeve design by Murray Grainger
Musicians
Alice Jones: vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-12],
tenor guitar [1, 3, 9, 11],
piano [2, 5, 7, 10],
whistle [3, 6, 9],
harmonium [4, 6, 8, 11-12];
Tom Kitching: fiddle [1, 3-5, 8-9, 11];
Hugh Bradley: double bass [1, 3-4, 6, 9-10]
Tracks
- Poor Strange Girl (Roud 272; G/D 4:831) (3.21)
- Woody Knows Nothing (4.33)
- The Larkman / The Heron Tree (4.26)
- The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (3.13)
- Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2; Henry H143) (3.21)
- Wedding Mazurkas: Liz and Colin's Wedding Mazurka / Gordon and Sue's Wedding Mazurka (3.12)
- Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Roud 4353) (4.09)
- When I Am Far Away (Roud V5578) (4.45)
- Digerpolskan / The Duhk Strut Reel (3.18)
- Adieu to Old England (Roud 1703; G/D 6:1083) (5.08)
- The Castle by the Sea (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (2.44)
- Long, Long Trail A-Winding (Roud 23525) (3.42)
Track 1 trad. / Alice Jones;
Track 2 trad. / Erik Darling / Alice Jones;
Tracks 3ab, 6ab, 9b Alice Jones;
Tracks 4-5, 8, 10-11 trad.;
Track 7 words J.E. Carpenter, music W.T. Wrighton;
Track 9a Göran Fredrikson;
Track 12 words Stoddard King, music Alonzo ‘Zo’ Elliott (1914);
All arrangements by Alice Jones
> Folk Music > Records > Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones: A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon
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A Year Too Late and a Month Too Soon Splid Records SPLIDCD29 (CD, UK, 6 May 2022) |
Produced by Joe Rusby;
Recorded by Joe Rusby at Vibrations Studios, Lockwood, Huddersfield, in June 2021;
Mixed by Joe Rusby at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool;
Mastered by Nick Cooke at Nick Cooke Mastering;
Photography by Joanne Crawford, taken on Norland Moor, West Yorkshire;
Design by Tom Pitts at Hand Drawn Pixels
Folk Radio UK review by Dave McNally
Musicians
Bryony Griffith: lead vocals [3, 6, 8, 10-11],
vocals, fiddle;
Alice Jones: lead vocals [2, 4-5, 7, 9],
vocals, harmonium, tenor guitar, body percussion
Tracks
- Wanton Lasses Pity Her (Roud 37666) (2.45)
- The Grey Mare (Roud 680; Laws P8; G/D 4:761; Henry H90) (3.45)
- What Is That Blood on Thy Shirt Sleeve? (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.39)
- The Girl Who Was Poorly Clad (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (3.57)
- Nellie o' Bob's o' t' Crowtrees (5.46)
- The Grey Goose and Gander (Roud 1094) (3.19)
- The Hunslet and Holbeck Moor Cockfight (Roud 211; TYG 81) (2.42)
- Strawberry Tower (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7) (4.21)
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848) (2.51)
- Willy Went to Westerdale (Roud 2792; TYG 1) (3.19)
- A Collier Lad (Roud 16148) (0.47)
All tracks trad. arr. Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones except
Track 5 words John Hartley, tune Dave Hillery
Video
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones sing Wanton Lasses Pity Her:
> Folk Music > Records > Alice Jones
Other records with Alice Jones
Pete Coe,
In Paper Houses,
CD, Backshift BASHCD 53, 2004
Keith Kendrick,
Songs from the Derbyshire Coast,
CD, WildGoose WGSCD337CD, 2006
Pete Coe,
Backbone,
CD, Backshift BASHCD 57, 2010
Pete Coe,
Tall Tailes,
CD, Backshift BASHCD 59, 2011
Pilgrims' Way,
Red Diesel,
CD, Fellside FECD274, 2016
The Band of Love,
Folk Fever,
CD, Island 6708551, 2018
Mick Ryan,
Here at the Fair,
2 CD, WildGoose WGS428CD, 2019