Produced by Andrew Hodson;
Recorded at Summerhill Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, in the first half of 2007;
All arrangements by Cath and Phil Tyler;
Mastered by Dubplates & Mastering;
Cover art Old Fish Tale Too by Jim Oss, 2005

Musicians

Cath Tyler: vocals;
Phil Tyler: guitar, banjo

Tracks

1. Wether’s Skin (Roud 117; Child 277; G/D 7:1282) (4.29)
2. Queen Sally (Roud 180; Laws P9; G/D 6:1219; Henry H72) (3.17)
3. Fisherman’s Girl (Roud 2809) (3.25)
4. Farewell My Friends (Roud 15559) (3.34)
5. Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170; G/D 3:693) (3.28)
6. Yellowhammer (2.03)
7. Devil Song (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (3.52)
8. 1000 Years (Roud 422) (4.46)
9. False True Love (Roud 419) (3.53)
10. Dewdrop (Roud 803; Henry H504) (3.01)
11. Morning (3.43)
12. Slumber Boats (Baby’s Boats) (2.55)
13. Wild Stormy Deep (4.57)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 4, 11 adopted from the Sacred Harp;
Track 5, 10 words trad., music Tyler;
Track 6 Tyler;
Track 12 Alice Riley, Jessie Gaynor;
Track 13 Homer Cornett

Produced without the use of digital silence by Andrew Gardiner of the sweet Bann shore;
Recorded in the Morden Tower, Newcastle upon Tyne in July 2009, except
Track 7 recorded at Colerabbey Studios in October 2009.

Musicians

Cath Tyler: vocals;
Phil Tyler: vocals, guitar, banjo

with
Pete Challoner: fiddle [6a]

Tracks

1. Dearest Dear (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (4.32)
2. Imaginary Trouble (Roud 4653) (1.51)
3. Our Captain Cried (Roud 602) (5.07)
4. Whip Poor Will (3.10)
5. Three Maidens (Roud 290) (3.42)
6. Golden Ace / Courting Is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (7.55)
7. Lady Gay (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.27)
8. Hi-Spy (3.28)
9. The Wind That Shakes the Barley instrumental (1.12)
10. Castle by the Sea (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (3.31)
11. Long Time Travelling (Roud 5732) (4.17)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 2-3, 7 words trad., music Tyler;
Track 4, 6a Tyler;
Track 8 words Eugene Field, music Tyler;
Track 11 verses Isaac Watts, music Tyler

Recorded with Phil Begg in Newcastle upon Tyne;
Published by Wipeout Music;
Foldover card sleeve designed by David Hand

Musicians

Cath Tyler: vocals;
Phil Tyler: guitar, banjo, dobro

Tracks

1. Bonnie George Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210) (3.29)
2. Boys the Buzzards Are Flying instrumental (2.56)
3. Broad Is the Road That Leads to Death (4.38)
4. Old Lady (Roud 183; Laws Q2) (6.18)
5. Puncheon Camps banjo instrumental (1.50)
6. Fathers Now Our Meeting Is Over (Roud 5716) (2.44)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Garry Harrison;
Track 3 words Isaac Watts, music Phil Tyler

Produced and digitally mastered by Phil Begg at ICMus, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Mastered for vinyl by Peter Fletcher at Black Bay Studio;
Sleeve art by David Hand

Musicians

Cath Tyler: vocals;
Phil Tyler: guitar, banjo, dobro

with
Glenn Bruinewoud: trumpet

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) / A Fisherman’s Song for Attracting Seals (7.33)
2. Finest Flower (Roud 51; Child 78) (4.09)
3. Rainbow (Roud 406; Laws M13; G/D 5:1012) (Roud 406) (3.50)
4. Rained a Mist (Roud 73; Child 155) (6.28)

Side 1

5. King Henry Has Set Me Free (Roud 4365) (3.44)
6. Lady Dysie (Roud 112; Child 269; G/D 6:1224) (5.32)
7. The Song of the Lower Classes (Roud V39520) (4.04)
8. Wallington (Roud 59; Child 91) (5.52)
9. Talk About Suffering (Roud 12917) (2.55)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1a, 5-6, 8 words trad., tune Tyler;
Track 7 words Ernest Jones, tune Tyler

Track 1 recorded at Brancepeth Castle, Co. Durham, with Steve Tyler in 2005;
Track 2 recorded in Morden Tower in the old city walls of Newcastle, during the sessions for The Hind Wheels of Bad Luck;
Track 3 recorded at home for the 2014 Leigh Festival compilation;
Track 4 recorded with Alex Ross at the Holy Biscuit, 2013;
Track 5 recorded at home for a NARC magazine compilation in 2009;
Track 6 from the The Ox and the Ax sessions;
Track 7 recorded at home for the Kipling/Bellamy compilation Oak Ash Thorn (Folk Police) 2010;
Track 8 from the The Hind Wheels of Bad Luck sessions;
Track 9 recorded at Brancepeth Castle, Co. Durham;
Track 10 recorded at home for a Resonance FM Bloomsday programme;
Published by Wipe Out Music;
Mastered by Rob Wedgbury at Wild Way Recording, West Clare;
Cover by David Hand

Musical Traditions review by Rod Stradling

Musicians

Cath Tyler: vocals;
Phil Tyler: guitar, banjo, dobro

Tracks

1. Palms of Victory (Roud 3540) (2.02)
2. Angeline (Roud 18341) (4.12)
3. Give Me the Roses (2.33)
4. Dying Boy (2.46)
5. The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (5.11)
6. Sunshine (2.29)
7. Our Fathers of Old (2.45)
8. Warfare (3.50)
9. Amazing Grace (Roud 5430) (3.22)
10. Love’s Old Sweet Song (3.12)

Track 1 attrib. John B. Matthios;
Track 2 adapted from Stephen Collins Foster;
Track 3 words James Rowe, music R.H. Cornelius 1925;
Track 4 William Farrington, The American Vocalist (1848);
Tracks 5, 8 trad. arr. Tyler;
Track 6 tune Tyler;
Track 7 words Rudyard Kipling, music Peter Bellamy;
Track 9 words John Newton;
Track 10 words G. Clifton Bingham, music James Lynam Molloy (1884)

Recorded with Phil Begg in Newcastle at ICMus;
Published by Wipe Out Music;
Cover art by David Hand

Folk Radio UK review by Alex Gallacher

Musicians

Phil Tyler: guitar, banjo, ukulele;
Sarah Hill: vocals

with
Phil Begg: whistling [5]

Tracks

1. Bold Fisherman (Roud 291; Laws O24; G/D 4:834) (5.10)
2. Matt Hyland (Roud 2880) (4.10)
3. Are You Going to Leave Me? (3.03)
4. J B Milne instrumental (1.44)
5. Willie the Waterboy (Roud 22567) (4.02)
6. Sweet Lemney (Roud 193, 2445) (3.35)
7. Heathery Hills of Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (4.21)
8. Tarwater instrumental (1.46)
9. Golden Lads (2.52)
10. The Suffolk Miracle (Roud 246; Child 272; Henry H217) (4.34)
11. Sunnyside (Roud 10082) (3.03)

All tracks trad. except;
Track 6 words trad., tune Phil Tyler;
Track 8 Phil Tyler;
Track 9 words Ellis, tune Phil Tyler

Video

Phil Tyler & Sarah Hill sing Are You Going to Leave Me?: