> Folk Music > Records > Robin and Barry Dransfield: The Rout of the Blues
Robin and Barry Dransfield: The Rout of the Blues
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The Rout of the Blues Trailer Records LER 2011 (LP, UK, 1970) |
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Recorded and produced by Bill Leader;
Sleeve pictures by Bill Leader
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals [1, 4-5, 7-10],
fiddle [1-10],
bowed psaltery [6],
tabor pipe [6];
Robin Dransfield: vocals [2],
second vocals [1, 4, 7, 9-10],
guitar [1-7, 10],
tambourine [6],
drum [6]
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. arr. Robin and Barry Dransfield except
Tracks 3a, 6 Robin and Barry Dransfield;
Track 3c Tom Clough
> Folk Music > Records > Robin and Barry Dransfield: Lord of All I Behold
Robin and Barry Dransfield: Lord of All I Behold
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Lord of All I Behold Trailer Records LER 2026 (LP, UK, 1971) |
Produced by Bill Leader;
Recording and production master by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios
Sleeve by Janet Kerr
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7-10],
fiddle [1, 3-4, 6-10],
multi-tracked fiddle [2, 5];
Robin Dransfield: vocals [1-5, 7, 9-10],
guitar [1,7- 7-10]
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. arr. Robin and Barry Dransfield except
Track 4 Alasdair Clayre;
Track 5 Robin and Barry Dransfield;
Track 7 Allan Taylor
> Folk Music > Records > Barry Dransfield: Barry Dransfield
Barry Dransfield
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Barry Dransfield Polydor / Folk Mill 2383 160 (LP, UK, 1972) |
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Recorded and produced by Bill Leader at Leader Sound Studios;
Sleeve photograph by Davi Arthur;
Sleeve design by Hamish Grimes
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals, fiddle, guitar, clogs
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. arr. Barry Dransfield except
Track 1 Michael Hurley;
Track 2 David Ackles;
Tracks 3a, 6 Barry Dransfield;
Track 5 Gary Brooker, Keith Reid;
Track 7 Matt McGinn;
Track 8 Patrick Carroll, Humphrey Weightman;
Track 11 Ted Waite
> Folk Music > Records > Dransfield: The Fiddler's Dream
Dransfield: The Fiddler's Dream
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The Fiddler's Dream Transatlantic TRA 322 (LP, UK, 1976) |
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Recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios, Barnet, March-April 1976;
Produced by Brian Harrison;
Sleeve design and illustration by Paul Ellis
The 2004 Castle CD has a second CD with Barry Dransfield's BBC sessions.
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals, electric and acoustic fiddles, electric dulcimer, cello, guitar, zither;
Robin Dransfield: vocals, guitar;
Brian Harrison: vocals, bass guitar, organ, piano;
Charlie White: drums
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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Up to Now
Losers and Winners
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The Fool
The Beginning of the Never Ending
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Castle CMEDD 943, CD 2: BBC Sessions | |
BBC Session 12 December 1975 (John Peel)
Radio One in Concert, 21 February 1976
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BBC Session 5 October 1976 (John Peel)
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All tracks written by Barry Dransfield except
Tracks 3, 21 Robin and Barry Dransfield;
Track 4 Robin Dransfield
> Folk Music > Records > Robin and Barry Dransfield: Popular to Contrary Belief
Robin and Barry Dransfield: Popular to Contrary Belief
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Popular to Contrary Belief Free Reed Records FRR 018 (LP, UK, 1977) |
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Recorded by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios, Barnet, in July 1977;
Produced by Robin and Barry Dransfield and Nic Kinsey;
Title by John Tams;
Sleeve photograph and design by Sue Dransfield;
DAT transfer / mastering by Stuart Field, Meadow Farm Studios
except tracks 15, 18 DAT transfer by Dave Cobb
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals [1-2, 5-7, 9-12, 14],
fiddle [1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-14],
dulcimer [2, 7, 14],
guitar [9];
Robin Dransfield: vocals [1-3, 5-7, 9, 11-14],
guitar [1-3, 6-7, 9, 11, 14],
banjo [4, 8]
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. arr. Robin and Barry Dransfield, except |
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2008 CD bonus tracks | |
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Track 15 from a Dransfield concert; original recording from The Geoff Wall Archive;
Tracks 16-17, 19-21 out-takes from rehearsal for Dransfield's John Peel Show session; original recordings donated to the Barry Dransfield archive by John Walters;
Tracks 18 out-take from rehearsal for Robin Dransfield's John Peel Show session in February 1974; original recordings donated to the Barry Dransfield archive by John Walters and kindly provided by The Geoff Wall Archive
> Folk Music > Records > Barry Dransfield: Bowin' and Scrapin'
Barry Dransfield: Bowin' and Scrapin'
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Bowin' and Scrapin' Topic Records 12TS386 (LP, UK, 1978) |
Produced and engineered by Nic Kinsey at Livingston Studios
Photography by Keith Morris
Design by Tony Engle
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals, violin, cello, gimbri, bowed Appalachian dulcimer;
Robin Dransfield: vocals [2]
Tracks
Side 1 | Side 2 |
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All tracks trad. except
Track 3a Sandy Denny;
Track 9 Turlough O'Carolan;
Track 11b John Faulkner
> Folk Music > Records > Robin Dransfield: Tidewave / A Lighter Touch
Robin Dransfield: Tidewave / A Lighter Touch
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Tidewave Topic Records 12TS414 (LP, UK, 1980) A Lighter Touch Hux Records HUX 097 (2 CD, UK, 2008) |
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LP recording started at Studio Acousti, Paris, 1974, and finished
at Livingston Studios, Barnet, 1979/80;
Engineered by Nic Kinsey;
Photography by Toni Arthur;
Sleeve design by Sue Dransfield
The first CD of A Lighter Touch is a reissue of the LP Tidewave; the second CD is a concert at the Medway Folk Centre in Kent on 14 November 1972, recorded in mono by Geoff Harden.
LP Musicians
Robin Dransfield: vocals, guitar, banjo;
Barry Dransfield: cello;
Christian ‘Le Roi’ Gourhan: hurdy-gurdy;
Lea Nicholson: concertina;
The White Shield Brass Ensemble
(Bob White: trumpet; Chris Stearn: bass trombone, euphonium);
Nick Greenwood: bass guitar;
Chris Copping: piano
Tracks
LP Side 1 | LP Side 2 |
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Tracks 1, 5-6, 8 trad. arr. Robin Dransfield; |
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CD 2: Live at the Medway Folk Centre, 14 November 1972 | |
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> Folk Music > Records > Barry Dransfield: Be Your Own Man
Barry Dransfield: Be Your Own Man
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Be Your Own Man Rhiannon Records RHYD5003 (CD, UK, 1994) |
Recorded and produced by Paul Dengate;
Mastered at The Exchange
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals, fiddle, cello, guitar, banjo, dulcimer;
Gary Blakeley: 2nd fiddle [7, 10];
Chris Fyfe: mandolin, bodhrán [4. 12];
Robin Dransfield: harmony vocals [3, 18],
guitar [17]
Tracks
- I Once Was a Fisherman (3.29)
- John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.20)
- Jezebel Waltz (3.23)
- Farewell to Hong Kong / Mrs Wong's (2.56)
- Bonny Boy (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (3.28)
- Grey Funnel Line (5.38)
- Be Your Own Man (2.59)
- Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (2.35)
- The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (3.05)
- La Fête de Village / Hornpipe / Miss Sackville's Fancy (5.09)
- One for Jo (3.02)
- You Can't Change Me Now (2.58)
- Gossip Joan (4.15)
- Festus Burke (1.39)
- Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (6.12)
- Lily Bulero (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (3.53)
- Friendship Reel / Welly Reel (3.22)
- Daddy Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (4.03)
Tracks 1, 7, 12 Barry Dransfield;
Tracks 2, 5, 8-9, 15, 18 trad. arr. Barry Dransfield
Track 3 David A. Stewart;
Track 6 Cyril Tawney;
Track 11 Bert Jansch;
Track 14 Turlough O'Carolan;
> Folk Music > Records > Barry Dransfield: Wings of the Sphinx
Barry Dransfield: Wings of the Sphinx
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Wings of the Sphinx Rhiannon Records RHYD5010 (CD, UK, 1996) |
Produced and engineered by Kenny Craddock at his home studio;
Mixed by Kenny Craddock and Barry Dransfield;
Mastered to Exabyte DDP by Will Thomson at Dynamic Audio Productions, St. Leonards
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: vocals [1, 3-7, 9, 11-12, 14],
fiddle [1-2, 5-6, 8-15],
cello [4-5, 7, 10, 12, 15],
guitar [3, 5, 10];
Kenny Craddock: piano [6, 15],
keyboards [15],
guitar [1, 10, 14-15],
accordion [1, 10, 14],
cello [10];
Steáfán Hannigan: flute [6, 9],
bodhrán [6],
percussion [9];
Gary Blakeley: fiddle [4];
Steve Cooke: viola [4, 12];
Liam Genockey: percussion [1-2, 10, 14-15]
Tracks
- Byker Hill (Roud 3488) (2.51)
- The Bunch of Keys / Paddy on the Turnpike (3.30)
- The Recruited Collier (Roud 3503) (4.20)
- Gypsy Davey (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.01)
- Wings of the Shinx (4.44)
- Irish Session (5.06)
- Queen of Hearts (Roud 3195) (3.48)
- The Cat and the Fiddler (Blakeley's Reel / Matey's Reel) (3.20)
- Perfect Earth (3.14)
- A Favourite Quick March / Italian Dance (4.12)
- A Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (3.57)
- Thousands or More (Roud 1220) (3.03)
- Lament for a Passing Angel (3.03)
- Mermaid (3.16)
- Sheebeg Sheemore (Si Bheagh, Si Mhor) (4.08)
All tracks trad. arr. Barry Dransfield except
Track 5 Barry Dransfield based on a poem by Carol Morrison;
Tracks 8, 13 Barry Dransfield
> Folk Music > Records > Robin and Barry Dransfield: Up to Now
Robin and Barry Dransfield: Up to Now
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Up to Now Free Reed Records FRDCD 18 (2 CD, UK, 1997) |
Tracks
CD 1 | CD 2 |
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> Folk Music > Records > Barry Dransfield: Unruly
Barry Dransfield: Unruly
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Unruly Violin Workshop VW1CD (CD, UK, 2005) |
Recorded and produced by Barry Drandfield at Violin Workshop St. Leonard's in 2004;
Photography by Terry Hulf
Musicians
Barry Dransfield: violin, cello, guitar, vocals
Tracks
- Haul Away (3.13)
- Grand Conversation (Roud 1189) (8.04)
- Glory / Biber (2.48)
- Silent Worship (or, Did You Not Hear My Lady) (2.47)
- The Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (4.38)
- Mittel Jigs (3.27)
- The Star of Logy Bay (4.23)
- Where'er You Walk (3.53)
- An Culin / Tamlin Reel (3.36)
- Harps in Heaven (3.15)
- Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 165) (3.00)
- Chapel Kethick / Sleep Sound (3.41)
All tracks trad. arr. Barry Dransfield except
Track 1 Largo from the Trumpet Concerto in D by Gerog Philipp Telemann, words Barry Dransfield;
Track 3b from the First Mystery Sonata by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, ca. 1680;
Tracks 4, 8 Georg Friedrich Händel arr. Barry Dransfield;
Track 7 anon. arr. Barry Dransfield;
Track 12a William Marshall (1748-1843)
> Folk Music > Records > Robin and Barry Dransfield
Other records with Robin and Barry Dransfield
Dave and Toni Arthur,
The Lark in the Morning,
LP, Topic 12T190, 1969
Peter Bellamy,
The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate,
LP, Topic 12T200, 1969
Peter Bellamy,
Oak Ash and Thorn,
LP, Argo ZFB 11, 1970
Tony Rose,
Young Hunting,
LP, Trailer LER 2013, 1970
Various Artists,
Folk on Friday,
LP, BBC REC 95S, 1970
Various Artists,
The Folk Trailer,
LP, Trailer LER 2019, 1970
Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band,
No Roses,
LP, Pegasus PEG 7, 1971
Sandy Denny,
The North Star Grassman and the Ravens,
LP, Island ILPS 9165, 1971
Marie Little,
Factory Girl,
LP, Argo ZFB 19, 1971
Lea Nicholson,
Horsemusic,
LP, Trailer LER 3010, 1971
Ashley Hutchings et al.,
Morris On,
LP, Island HELP5, 1972
Rosie Hardman,
Firebird,
LP, Trailer LER 2075, 1972
Richard Thompson,
Henry the Human Fly!,
LP, Island ILPS 9197, 1972
Various Artists, English Garland (Topic Sampler No 8), LP, Topic TPSS221, 1972
Marie Little,
Marie Little,
LP, Trailer LER 2084, 1973
Various Artists,
Kertalg 73,
2 LP, Barclay CPF 920 452, 1973
Steve Ashley,
Stroll On,
LP, Gull GULP 1003, 1974
Shirley Collins, A Favourite Garland, LP, Deram SML 1117, 1974
Various Artists,
Kertalg 74,
LP, Barclay BAR 90 011, 1974
Various Artists,
The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock,
4 LP, Island/Transatlantic Folk 1001, 1975
Various Artists,
Folk Festival,
2 LP, Transatlantic TRA(D) 324, 1976
Max Boyce,
The Road and the Miles …,
LP, EMI MB 103, 1977
Trevor Crozier & Friends,
Trouble over Bridgwater,
LP, EMI One-Up OU2185, 1977
Vic Gammon et al.,
The Tale of Ale,
2 LP, Free Reed FRRD 023/024, 1977
Various Artists, Rosin the Bow, LP, Transatlantic XTRA 1171, 1977
Shirley Collins,
For As Many As Will,
LP, Topic 12T380, 1978
Max Boyce,
It's Good to See You,
LP, EMI MAX 1004, 1981
The Bevis Frond,
London Stone,
LP/CD, Woronzow WOO18, 1983
Various Artists,
Troubadours of British Folk Vol. 1,
CD, Rhino R2 72160, 1995
Anne Briggs,
Sing a Song for You,
CD, Fledg'ling FLED 3008, 1996 (recorded 1973)
Various Artists, New Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock, 3 CD, Castle Music ESBCD 416, 1996
Various Artists,
The Folk Collection,
2 CD, Topic TSCD707/8, 1999
Various Artists,
The Acoustic Folk Box,
4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists,
This Label is Not Removable,
3 CD, Free Reed FRTCD 25, 2002
Various Artists,
Roots & Wings: Holmfirth Festival 25 Years Anniversary,
CD, Holmfirth Festival HFRCD25, 2 CD, 2003
Various Artists,
Anthems in Eden: An Anthology of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978,
4 CD, Castle Music CMXBX1030, 2006
Various Artists,
Old Wine New Skins,
CD, Disk Fire DUSKCD104, 2007
Various Artists,
BBC Folk Awards 2006,
CD, PROPERFOLK02, 2006
Folk for M.S.,
Generosity: A Unique Collection Celebrating 20 Years of Folk for M.S.,
CD, WildGoose WGS365CD, 2009