Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, May 26/27, 1980;
Notes by Jez Lowe;
Sleeve drawing by Geoff Marsh;
Sleeve artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Jez Lowe, guitar, dulcimer, harmonica, whistle, organ, vocals;
Sylvia Barnes, whistle, vocals;
Jim Barnes, cittern, guitar

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Sedgefield Fair / Roxborough Castle (4.20) Pit Boy Willy's Lyke Wake (Roud 30; Child 25; G/D 4:843) The Dark Shores Johnny Seddon Beaumont's Light Horse	Poor Old Wedgebury Fill the Tankard / Kildale Jig (Roud 2598) The Head of Wear Water Pretty Saro (Roud 417) Wheel of Fortune (Roud 1075; G/D 6:1173; Henry H790)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1a, 8a Jez Lowe;
Track 2 Colin Dryden;
Track 4 Bernie Parry;
Track 7 trad. / Jez Lowe;
Track 9 words John Masefield, music Roy Palmer

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, March 1983;
Cover design by G. & A.M. Marsh

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, harmonica;
with
Jake Walton, hurdy-gurdy;
John Bowden, melodeon, concertina;
Stewart Watkins, bass;
Gerry Hallom, banjo

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
The Old Durham Waltz (3.12) A Hard Life Cursed Be the Caller (3.12) My Keel Lad Mary Martindale Annie Munro	High Part of the Town I'll Never Get Home Foggy Banks Black Diamonds The Old Durham Road (4.43)

All tracks written by Jez Lowe except
Track 6 words trad., music Jez Lowe;
Track 8 trad., new words Jez Lowe;
Track 9 trad. arr. Jez Lowe;

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, August 1985;
Front photograph by Olive Trick;
Cover art by Geoff Marsh

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, keyboards, banjo, harmonica, whistle;
Jake Walton, vocals, guitar, hurdy-gurdy;
Anne-Marie Flanagan, Gerry Hallom, vocals

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Back in Durham Jail The Galloway Lad Gatineau Girls The Boys of Belly Row Northern Echoes	Galloways Old Bones Shippersea Bay The Honest Working Way Chick Henderson's March

All tracks written by Jez Lowe

Produced and recorded by Jo Partridge at The Airfield Studio, Cornwall, March 1986;
Cutting engineer: Mike Walker, Trident Studios;
Executive producer: Paul Adams;
Photography by Michael Wigg

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [2, 5-6, 8, 10-11], guitar [1, 7-8, 10-11], harmonica [1, 3, 11] whistle [1, 3, 7-8], cittern [2-3, 6, 9], banjo [5], synthesiser [8];
Jake Walton, vocals [1, 4, 6, 10-11], hurdy-gurdy [1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11], guitar [4, 6, 10], dulcimer [8];
Jo Partridge, electric guitar [4, 6], percussion [5-6, 11], vocals [11]

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Patrik's Song / Dance (4.27) Brockie Lads (4.21) Todds Dance / Monferrina (3.34) Trees (4.18) Japs and English (4.27)	Reign of the Fair Maid (3.40) Galician Dances (3.59) The Bergen (3.57) Rothbury Races / Morpeth Lasses (2.43) Gold and Silver (3.48) The Ballad of Johnny Collier (4.37)
CD Bonus Tracks
Over Seal Sands (3.43) Appleby Gallop (3.51) The Spinning of the Wheel (3.38)

Track 1 Patrik Ewen, Jake Walton;
Tracks 2, 3a, 5, 8, 11 Jez Lowe;
Tracks 3b, 7, 9 trad. arr. Jake Walton, Jez Lowe;
Track 4 Jake Walton, E. Liorzou;
Tracks 6, 10 Jake Walton

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, March and April 1988;
Photography by R.L. Allison

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, harmonica, keyboards;
with
Sylvia Barnes, vocals;
Roger Watson, fiddle, vocals;
Jake Walton, hurdy-gurdy, vocals;
Anne-Marie Flanagan, Bev Sanders, backing vocals;
Brian Stewart, bass;
Mike James, clarinet;
Paul Adams, percussion

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Another Man's Wife (5.29) A Small Coal Song (4.15) The Midnight Mail (4.23) Dandelion Clocks (4.18) London Danny (3.55) Nella Can Keep It for Treasure (4.30)	The Land of the Living (4.32) Nearer to Nettles (6.33) Father Mallory's Dance (3.28) Yankee Boots (4.08) A New Town Incident (5.58)

All songs written by Jez Lowe

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams at Fellside Studios, July-August 1990;
Assistant engineer Graham Bell;
Photography Peter Mernheh

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, banjo, harmonica;
Bev Sanders, vocals, percussion, whistle;
Rob Kay, vocals, keyboards, melodeon, recorder, percussion

with
Chris Leslie, fiddle

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
You Can't Take It With You (4.13) The Famous Working Man (3.39) One Man Bound (5.13) Old Hammer-Head (4.04) Boonas (4.32) The Soda Man (5.25)	Davis & Golightly (4.26) Jordan (Roud 2103) / The Begging Bowl (4.40) Wannie Wind (4.16) Alice (4.35) Fun Without Fools / Swiss Reel (5.11) The New Moon's Arms (4.10)

All songs written by Jez Lowe except
Tracks 1, 9, 12 Jez Lowe, Bev Sanders;
Track 8b Rob Kay;
Track 8a trad .arr. Jez Lowe, Bev Sanders, Rob Kay

This collection compiled by Jez Lowe;
Remastered by Paul Adams in July 1992

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [1-17], guitar [4-8, 10-11, 13-17], cittern [1-3, 8, 12, 14], harmonica [1, 6, 8, 14], banjo [3, 9], whistle [5, 7, 14], keyboards [5, 13], dulcimer [10], organ [11], piano [15];
Jake Walton, vocals [4, 17], hurdy-gurdy [1-2, 9-10, 14-15], dulcimer [4-5], guitar [17];
Gerry Hallom, backing vocals [1, 15];
Anne-Marie Flanagan, backing vocals [1, 3, 10, 15];
Sylvia Barnes, backing vocals [6], whistle [6];
Jim Barnes, cittern [6];
Jo Partrigde, drum programming [9];
Linda Adams, harmony vocals [13];
Bev Sanders, vocals [16], guitar [16];
Bob Surgeoner, vocals [16], double bass [16];
Bill Surgeoner, fiddle [16]

Tracks

1. Back in Durham Gaol (4.28)
2. Brockie Lads (5.13)
3. Galloways (3.58)
4. Black Diamonds (4.00)
5. The Bergen (3.58)
6. Sedgefield Fair (4.20)
7. The Old Durham Road (4.43)
8. Chick Henderson’s March (3.33)
9. Japs and English (4.35)
10. Old Bones (4.28)
11. Cursed Be the Caller (3.12)
12. High Part of the Town (3.28)
13. The Grey Cock (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.20)
14. The Old Durham Waltz (3.12)
15. Shippersea Bay (5.04)
16. Ballad of Johnny Collier (4.21)
17. The Honest Working Way (4.30)

All songs written by Jez Lowe except
Track 13 trad. arr. Jez Lowe

Track 6 is from Jez Lowe (FE023, 1980), produced by Paul Adams, May 1980;
Tracks 7, 11, 14 are from The Old Durham Road (FE034, 1983); produced by Paul Adams, March 1984;
Track 4 alternate take of a song from The Old Durham Road, produced by Jo Partridge, August 1984;
Track 12 live recording of a song from from The Old Durham Road, produced by Paul Adams, July 1992;
Track 13 is from A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs (FE047, 1986), produced by Paul Adams, April 1985;
Tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 are from Galloways (FE049, 1985), produced by Paul Adams, August 1985;
Tracks 2, 5, 9 are from Two a Roue (FE055, 1986), produced by Jo Partridge, March 1986;
Track 16 is a new recording of a song from Two a Roue, produced by The Bad Pennies, June 1992

Recorded by Graham Bell and Paul Adams at Fellside Studios, May-June 1993;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Front photograph by Ken Archer;
Sculpture by Ken Rowden, courtesy of Bede's World, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [1-10, 12-13], guitar [1, 4-6, 9-11, 13], cittern [3, 8], mandolin [3], banjo [12], harmonica [1, 8], dulcimer [7], keyboards [7];
Bev Sanders, vocals [1-8, 10-13], percussion [1, 3, 6, 8, 12];
Bob Surgeoner, double bass [3-4, 6, 8, 12], keyboards [1, 9-11], banjo [5, 8], accordion [1, 13], vocals [1-2, 7, 8];
Billy Surgeoner, fiddle [1, 3-4, 6, 8, 11-12], keyboards [5], whistle [10], bamboo whistle [7], vocals [2], sampling [1];
with
Paul Adams, drums [7]

Tracks

1. A Call for the North Country (3.37)
2. These Coal Town Days (3.02)
3. Kid Canute / Scotty Moore’s Reel (4.33)
4. Just Like Moses (4.45)
5. She’ll Always Be Freedom (A Song for Saoirse) (4.04)
6. Greek Lightning (4.00)
7. Dover, Delaware (3.50)
8. Teardrop Two-Step (4.28)
9. Too Up and Too Down (4.55)
10. The Bulldog Breed (4.22)
11. Last of the Widows (3.27)
12. Mike Neville Said It (So It Must Be True) (3.29)
13. Bede Weeps (3.12)

All songs written by Jez Lowe

CD recorded live at the Caedmon Hall, Gateshead on Tyne on February 29, 2008, by Ron Angus, assisted by Adam Taylor;
Mixed by Ron Angus and David de la Haye at Studio One, Washington;
DVD produced and staged by Badapple Theatre;
Sound mastered by Ron Angus;
Filmed at Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Whitby Coliseum, Carlisle Tithe Barn, St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow;
Sleeve photography by Rik Walton;
Concert photography by Roger Liptrot

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, harmonica;
Kate Bramley, vocals, violin, mandolin;
Andy May, Northumbrian pipes, piano, accordion, whistle, vocals;
David de la Haye, bass guitar, vocals

Guests on the DVD:
Benny Graham, vocals, melodeon;
Shona Mooney, fiddle, vocals

Tracks

1. A Call for the North Country (3.59)
2. Cursed Be the Caller (4.08)
3. A Dream of Steam and Freedom (3.52)
4. The Boys of Belly Row (4.00)
5. Mary Martindale (4.48)
6. Too Up and Too Down (4.02)
7. A Hard Life (4.59)
8. The Famous Working Man (3.10)
9. All Trawl (4.00)
10. Davis and Golightly (4.21)
11. Bait Up (3.56)
12. I'll Never Get Home / Durham Waltz (5.06)
13. The Sun and the Moon and Me (3.24)
14. Chick Henderson's March (3.31)
15. Northern Echoes (3.37)
16. Fun Without Fools / Swiss Reel (5.44)
17. The Honest Working Way (4.18)

All tracks written by Jez Lowe

Recorded by David de la Haye at Anomaly Studio, Wallsend on Tyne, May 2010;
Produced by David de la Haye and Jez Lowe;
Orchestration by Andy May;
Concept by Jez Lowe;
Photography by Penelope Page;
Design by Bryan Ledgard

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8-11, 13, 15, 17], guitar [1-3, 5-6, 9-12, 15, 17], banjo [5], cittern [1, 8], harmonica [2, 5], whistle [8];
The Bad Pennies:
    Kate Bramley, violin [1-2, 15], 5-string violin [3, 10, 17], mandolin [9], vocals [1-3, 5-6, 9-10, 12-13, 15, 17];
    Andy May, Northumbrian pipes [1, 3, 10], piano [2, 12, 17], harmonium [5, 11], accordion [9, 15], vocals [8, 13];
    David de la Haye, fretless bass [1-3, 5, 8-10, 12, 15, 17], percussion [2, 5, 9, 15]

with
Benny Graham, vocals [3, 13, 15];
Louisa Jo Killen, vocals [10];
Hinny Pawsey, violin [3, 12, 17], vocals [8, 13];
The Young‘uns, vocal interludes;
Bert Draycott, announcer;
The Tyneside Maritime Chorus, backing vocals [15]

Tracks

1. Barnstorming (3.59)
2. A Tonic for the Toffs (2.56)
3. The Lost Piper (3.38)
4. Weather (0.14)
5. Watter's Coming Annie (4.01)
6. Darling's Other Daughter (3.45)
7. Sport (0.23)
8. It's a Champion Life (4.20)
9. The Ex-Pitman's Pot-Holing Pub Quiz Team (4.41)
10. The Judas Bus (4.08)
11. All Clear (3.10)
12. Back to the Land Girls (2.13)
13. Bare Knuckle (2.20)
14. Cobblers (0.24)
15. Hands Feet (3.18)
16. Sale (0.35)
17. Gramophone Dancing (3.33)
18. Why That's It Folks (1.35)

All tracks written by Jez Lowe

Produced and recorded by David de la Haye at Anomaly Studio, Newcastle on Tyne;
Mastered by Christopher Leary at Melograf Mastering;
Artwork by Penelope Page

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, mandolin, harmonica;
Andy May, Northumbrian pipes, uilleann pipes, accordion, piano;
Kate Bramley, violin, vocals;
David de la Haye, electric bass;
Kari MacLeod, violin;
Martin Douglas, percussion;
Rod Clements, slide guitar;
Maggie Holland, banjo;
Ian Thompson, double bass;
Laura Bell, alto and soprano saxophone;
Christine Stockton, Paul Stockton, backing vocals

Tracks

1. The Lazarus Dance (4.53)
2. Tether's End (4.42)
3. The Pitmen Poets (4.12)
4. Berlin 36 (2.30)
5. Jesse Owens' Shoes (3.55)
6. The Ballad of Dorando and Johnny (4.21)
7. Morpeth Olympics (5.49)
8. Unprotected (2.54)
9. Candles (3.59)
10. Austerity Alphabet (4.24)
11. Names (2.56)
12. The Wrong Bus (3.03)
13. The Town Hall Yard (3.24)
14. Bother At the Hoppins (4.41)
15. Lass of Hexhamshire (3.37)

All tracks written by Jez Lowe

Recorded live;
Design by Michael Bailey

Musicians

Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe

Tracks

1. These Coal Town Days (2.56)
2. The Devil's Ground (4.11)
3. Stanley Market (3.57)
4. The Row Between the Cages (3.07)
5. Shiftin' to the Toon (4.27)
6. The Pitman's Dream (5.43)
7. South Medomsley Strike (7.36)
8. Just One Spark (1.42)
9. The Ex-Pitmen's Potholing Pub Quiz Team (5.40)
10. Blackleg Mining Man (3.37)
11. The Collier Laddie's Wife (3.17)
12. Sheel Raw Flood / Off to California (4.55)
13. Wor Nanny's a Maizor (4.16)
14. Judas Bus (4.18)
15. Farewell Johnny Miner (5.51)
16. The Miner's Lifeguard (Roud 3510) (5.30)
17. Bonus Track: The Pitmen Poets (4.10)

Tracks 1, 9, 14, 17 Jez Lowe;
Tracks 2, 5 Billy Mitchell;
Tracks 3-4, 12a, 13 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 7 Tommy Armstrong, Johnny Handle;
Track 6 Alexander Barrass;
Track 8 Benny Graham;
Track 10 Jock Purdon;
Track 11 Billy Mitchell, Jane Wade;
Tracks 12b, 16 trad. arr. The Pitmen Poets;
Track 15 Ed Pickford

Recorded round the kitchen table at Boomchang;
Package design by Michael Bailey

Musicians

Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox, Benny Graham, Jez Lowe

Tracks

1. Black Diamonds (3.53)
2. Schooldays Over (1.53)
3. The Birth of the Lad (4.02)
4. Celebrated Working Man (Roud 3486) (3.24)
5. Last of the Widows (3.07)
6. Go to Work on Monday (2.58)
7. I Wish Pay Friday Wad Come (3.57)
8. The Collier's Way (3.49)
9. Coughin' Well / 1915-1972 (4.30)
10. Big Meeting Day (4.59)
11. Going to the Mine (3.11)
12. Ordinary Copper (3.32)
13. Coal Mountain (4.12)
14. When Geordie Thoo and I was Young (4.34)
15. Lord George (2.56)

Tracks 1, 5, 10, 13 Jez Lowe;
Track 2 Ewan MacColl;
Track 3 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 4 trad. arr. Bob Fox;
Track 6 Si Kahn;
Track 7 James Anderson;
Track 8 Dacy Steele;
Track 9 Billy Mitchell;
Track 11 Johnny Handle;
Track 12 Ray Hearne;
Track 14 Alexander Barrass, Benny Graham;
Track 15 trad. arr. Billy Mitchell, Bob Fox

Produced and recorded by David Crickmore;
Mastered by David de la Haye;
Sleeve design and artwork by Jermome Dineen

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [1, 3-9,11], harmonica [1, 6], bouzouki [1, 5, 7, 10], dulcimer [2, 8], accordion [2, 4, 7], mandolin [3-4, 6, 9, 11], harmonium [8];
Steve Tilston, vocals [1-11], guitar [1-11], arpeggione [2], 10-string guitar [10-11], slide guitar [11];
David Crickmore, bass [1], Fender Rhodes [2], percussion [1, 3-4, 11], Mark Boyce, drums [1, 5-6];
Hugh Bradley, double bass [2-7, 10-11];
Kate Bramley, fiddle [3-4, 11]

Tracks

1. The Janus Game (3.16)
2. Lucky Sami (4.40)
3. The Wagga Moon (4.40)
4. Leaving for Spain (4.02)
5. Crosses, Crescents and Stars (4.05)
6. The Strings That Wizz One Strummed (3.14)
7. Shiney Row (3.33)
8. Tatteres and Torn (4.25)
9. Mrs Einstein (3.26)
10. On Beacon Hill (5.00)
11. Goodbye Johnny D's / Hey Frankie (4.02)

All tracks written by Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe