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

1. The Rout of the Blues (Roud 21098) (2.37)
2. Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (4.13)
3. English Medley: St. Clement’s Jig / The Huntsmen’s Chorus / Nancy (2.53)
4. The Waters of Tyne (2.38)
5. The Earl of Totnes (4.08)

Side 2

6. Tapestry (2.37)
7. The Trees They Do Grow High (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (5.03)
8. A Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (2.57)
9. A Fair Maid Walking All in Her Garden (Roud 264; Laws N42; G/D 5:1038, 6:1201; Henry H471) (3.16)
10. Who’s the Fool Now? (Roud 473; G/D 8:1703) (2.57)

All tracks trad. arr. Robin and Barry Dransfield except
Tracks 3a, 6 Robin and Barry Dransfield;
Track 3c Tom Clough

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

1. Faithful Johnny (RoudBS B97438) (3.34)
2. Bold Nelson’s Favourite: Bold Nelson’s Praise (Roud 1574) / Princess Royal / Saddle the Pony (3.53)
3. Who Liveth So Merry (3.09)
4. Adam and the Beasts (4.21)
5. Lord of All I Behold (5.13)

Side 2

6. Paddy Ryan’s Dream (1.14)
7. Still He Sings (2.17)
8. Bold William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H231, H757) (3.54)
9. Just As the Tide Was Flowing (Roud 1105) (5.51)
10. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (5.18)

All tracks trad. arr. Robin and Barry Dransfield except
Track 4 Alasdair Clayre;
Track 5 Robin and Barry Dransfield;
Track 7 Allan Taylor

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

1. The Werewolf (3.50)
2. Be My Friend (3.41)
3. Hyde Park Mansions / Irish Jig jigs (2.02)
4. She’s Like a Swallow (Roud 2306) (2.42)
5. Broken Barricades (2.20)
6. Girl of Dances (5.43)

Side 2

7. Lots of Little Soldiers (3.07)
8. Lily’s Ballade (4.00)
9. The Trip to Derrow / The Traveller / St. Anne’s Reel reels (3.14)
10. Robin Hood and the Pedlar (Roud 333; Child 132) (4.19)
11. General Worthington (3.50)

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

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

LP Side 1, CD 1

Up to Now

1. Up to Now (4.15)
2. The Blacksmith 1 (2.45)

Losers and Winners

3. The Alchemist and the Pedlar (7.33)
4. It’s Dark in Here (4.10)
5. The Handsome Meadow Boy (6.17)

LP Side 2, CD 1

The Fool

6. The Fool’s Song (3.45)
7. The Ballad of Dickie Lubber (4.35)

The Beginning of the Never Ending

8. The Blacksmith 2 (2.22)
9. What Will We Tell Them? (2.38)
10. Violin (6.30)

CD 2 of Castle CMEDD 943: BBC Sessions

BBC Session 12 December 1975 (John Peel)

11. Christmas Is Coming (3.44)
12. What Will We Tell Them? (2.38)
13. Violin (5.30)
14. You Can’t Change Me Now (5.30)

Radio One in Concert, 21 February 1976

15. Up to Now (5.18)
16. Medley: City / Country Song (4.02)
17. What Will We Tell Them? (2.53)
18. You Can’t Change Me Now (4.20)

BBC Session 5 October 1976 (John Peel)

19. You Can’t Change Me Now (2.17)
20. The Ballad of Dickie Lubber (4.36)
21. The Alchemist and the Pedlar (7.54)
22. You Can’t Change Me Now (2.17)
23. The Blacksmith 1 (1.50)

All tracks written by Barry Dransfield except
Tracks 3, 21 Robin and Barry Dransfield;
Track 4 Robin Dransfield

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

LP Side 1

1. The Talcahuano Girls (Roud 687) (3.05)
2. The Conscript’s Farewell (3.35)
3. Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (5.35)
4. The Sligo Fancy hornpipe / Coleman’s Two Halves jig (2.40)
5. My Man John (Roud 573) (3.00)
6. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.30)
7. Morris Ponk the Ticker Fixer (2.50)

All tracks trad. arr. Robin and Barry Dransfield, except
Track 2 Karl Dallas;
Track 12 trad. arr. Robin and Barry Dransfield, David Arthur

LP Side 2

8. Down the Broom / The Silver Spire reels (2.10)
9. Peggy Gordon (Roud 2280) (3.20)
10. The Banks of the Sweet Dundee (5.15)
11. The Holmfirth Anthem (Roud 1046; TYG 55) (3.25)
12. I Sowed Some Seeds (Roud 914) (2.45)
13. Cold Blow and a Rainy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (1.40)
14. The Two Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (4.13)

2008 CD bonus tracks

15. Up to Now (4.50)
16. The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (1.50)
17. The Alchemist and the Pedlar (7.53)
18. It’s Dark in Here (4.03)
19. The Ballad of Dickie Lubber (4.35)
20. What Will We Tell Them? (2.36)
21. Violin (5.29)

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

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

1. Rattling Roaring Willie / Metal Man (3.18)
2. Fiddler’s Progress (2.29)
3. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? / My Lagan Love (Roud 1418) (4.15)
4. Sheffield Hornpipe / Pet of the Pipers (2.18)
5. Up the Aisle - Swedish Wedding March / Wedding Song / Bridie’s Wedding / Norwegian Wedding March / Wedding Morris (6.35)

Side 2

6. Sandy Bell’s (1.19)
7. Obliged to Fiddle / Planxty Davy / Spanish Cloak (4.32)
8. Bushes and Briars (Roud 1027) / Swedish Air (2.45)
9. O’Carolan’s Concerto (3.42)
10. Recication upon a Gentleman Sitting on a Cremona Violin (6.19)
11. Sally Gardens / Clommel Races (2.06)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3a Sandy Denny;
Track 9 Turlough O’Carolan;
Track 11b John Faulkner

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

1. The Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (4.07)
2. The Barley and the Rye (Roud 23268) (2.42)
3. Fair Maids of February (4.28)
4. When It’s Night-Time in Italy It’s Wednesday Over Here (2.53)
5. The Rigs o’ Rye (Roud 985; Laws O11; G/D 5:1054) (5.43)

Tracks 1, 5-6, 8 trad. arr. Robin Dransfield;
Track 2 trad. arr. Robin Dransfield, Lea Nicholson;
Track 3 Robin Dransfield, Barry Dransfield;
Track 4 James Kendis, Lew Brown;
Track 7 Anne Briggs;
Track 9 Paul Parrish;
Tracks 10 Robin Dransfield;
Track 11 Steve Sproxton

LP Side 2

6. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (4.33)
7. Tidewave (3.12)
8. The Cadgwith Anthem (Roud 3314) (1.47)
9. I Once Had a Dog (4.02)
10. The Three Muscadets (2.39)
11. Mother Nature (3.06)

CD 2: Live at the Medway Folk Centre, 14 November 1972

1. (introduction) (0.54)
2. Faithful Johnny (RoudBS B97438) (3.29)
3. (introduction) (1.01)
4. Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (5.18)
5. (introduction) (2.27)
6. Cold Blow and a Rainy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (1.43)
7. One of the Good People (3.17)
8. (introduction) (0.53)
9. Still He Sings (2.19)
10. Be My Friend (2.46)
11. (introduction) (4.34)
12. Adam and the Beasts (4.22)
13. I Once Had a Dog (3.55)
14. (introduction) (0.26)
15. The Rigs o’ Rye (Roud 985; Laws O11; G/D 5:1054) (5.27)
16. (introduction) (1.00)
17. Tapestry (2.58)
18. (introduction) (0.35)
19. Tidewave (2.52)
20. (introduction) (0.26)
21. Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (5.49)
22. (introduction) (1.00)
23. When It’s Night-Time in Italy It’s Wednesday Over Here (3.28)
24. (introduction) (0.32)
25. Lazy Afternoon (3.44)

Recorded and produced by Paul Dengate;
Mastered at The Exchange

Musicians

Barry Dransfield: vocals, fiddle, cello, guitar, banjo, dulcimer;
Gary Blakeley: 2^nd fiddle [7, 10];
Chris Fyfe: mandolin, bodhrán [4. 12];
Robin Dransfield: harmony vocals [3, 18], guitar [17]

Tracks

1. I Once Was a Fisherman (3.29)
2. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.20)
3. Jezebel Waltz (3.23)
4. Farewell to Hong Kong / Mrs Wong’s (2.56)
5. Bonny Boy (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (3.28)
6. Grey Funnel Line (5.38)
7. Be Your Own Man (2.59)
8. Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59) (2.35)
9. The Water Is Wide (Roud 87; Child 204) (3.05)
10. La Fête de Village / Hornpipe / Miss Sackville’s Fancy (5.09)
11. One for Jo (3.02)
12. You Can’t Change Me Now (2.58)
13. Gossip Joan (4.15)
14. Festus Burke (1.39)
15. Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (6.12)
16. Lily Bulero (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320) (3.53)
17. Friendship Reel / Welly Reel (3.22)
18. 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;

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

1. Byker Hill (Roud 3488) (2.51)
2. The Bunch of Keys / Paddy on the Turnpike (3.30)
3. The Recruited Collier (Roud 3503) (4.20)
4. Gypsy Davey (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.01)
5. Wings of the Shinx (4.44)
6. Irish Session (5.06)
7. Queen of Hearts (Roud 3195) (3.48)
8. The Cat and the Fiddler (Blakeley’s Reel / Matey’s Reel) (3.20)
9. Perfect Earth (3.14)
10. A Favourite Quick March / Italian Dance (4.12)
11. A Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (3.57)
12. Thousands or More (Roud 1220) (3.03)
13. Lament for a Passing Angel (3.03)
14. Mermaid (3.16)
15. 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

Tracks

CD 1

1. The Rout of the Blues (Roud 21098) (2.33)
2. The Trees They Do Grow High (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222) (5.00)
   both from Rout of the Blues (Trailer LER 2011, 1970)
3. The Morpeth Rant / Nancy (2.01)
   from Folk on Friday (BBC REC 95S, 1970)
4. Lord of All I Behold (5.22)
5. Bold Nelson’s Favourite: Bold Nelson’s Praise / Princess Royal / Saddle the Pony (3.57)
   both from Lord of All I Behold (Trailer LER 2026, 1971)
6. The Werewolf (3.44)
7. Girl of Dances (5.37)
   both from Barry Dransfield (Folk Mill 2383 160, 1972)
8. Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506) (5.27)
   from Morris On (Island HELP5, 1972)
9. Up to Now (4.48)
   from the BBC Radio 1 “In Concert”, rec. 29 January 1976, bc. 21 February 1976
10. The Blacksmith Pt. 1 (1.49)
11. The Alchemist and the Pedlar (7.52)
    both from the BBC Radio 1 “John Peel Show”, rec. 14 September 1976, bc. 5 October 1976
12. It’s Dark in Here (4.01)
    from the BBC Radio 1 “John Peel Show”, bc. 21 February 1974
13. The Handsome Meadow Boy (6.14)
14. The Fool’s Song (3.44)
    both from The Fiddler’s Dream (Transatlantic TRA 322, 1976)
15. The Ballad of Dickie Lubber (4.34)
    from the BBC Radio 1 “John Peel Show”, rec. 14 September 1976, bc. 5 October 1976
16. What Will We Tell Them? (2.35)
17. Violin (5.28)
    both from the BBC Radio 1 “John Peel Show”, rec. 27 November 1975, bc. 18 December 1975
18. You Can’t Change Me Now (2.15)
    from the BBC Radio 1 “John Peel Show”, rec. 14 September 1976, bc. 5 October 1976

CD 2

1. The Talcahuano Girls (Roud 687) (3.01)
2. The Conscript’s Farewell (3.35)
3. Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (5.33)
4. The Sligo Fancy hornpipe / Coleman’s Two Halves jig (2.39)
5. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.33)
6. Peggy Gordon (Roud 2280) (3.10)
7. The Banks of the Sweet Dundee (5.09)
8. The Holmfirth Anthem (Roud 1046; TYG 55) (3.23)
9. The Two Ravens (Roud 5; Child 26) (4.13)
   all nine from Popular to Contrary Belief (Free Reed FRR 018, 1977)
10. Good Ale for My Money (3.50)
    from The Tale of Ale (Free Reed FRRD 023/024, 1977)
11. Doctor Slime (3.33)
12. Too Much to Do (2.56)
13. Catch the Morning Dew (3.50)
    all three from the BBC Radio 1 “John Peel Show”, rec. 31 January 1978, bc. 10 February 1978
14. Fiddler’s Progress (2.29)
15. O’Carolan’s Concerto (3.44)
    both from Bowin’ and Scrapin’ (Topic 12TS386, 1978)
16. Tidewave (3.10)
17. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (3.10)
    both from Tidewave (Topic 12TS414, 1980)
18. Be Your Own Man (2.59)
19. Daddy Fox (Roud 131; G/D 3:499; Henry H38) (4.01)
    both from Be Your Own Man (Rhiannon RHYD 5003, 1994)
20. A Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (2.57)
21. Irish Session (5.02)
    both from Wings of the Sphinx (Rhiannon RHYD 5010, 1996)

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

1. Haul Away (3.13)
2. Grand Conversation (Roud 1189) (8.04)
3. Glory / Biber (2.48)
4. Silent Worship (or, Did You Not Hear My Lady) (2.47)
5. The Constant Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (4.38)
6. Mittel Jigs (3.27)
7. The Star of Logy Bay (4.23)
8. Where’er You Walk (3.53)
9. An Culin / Tamlin Reel (3.36)
10. Harps in Heaven (3.15)
11. Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 165) (3.00)
12. 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)