Produced by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. The Sandgate Dandling (Roud B24532) (3.40)
2. The Bedmaking (Roud 1631) (3.15)
3. Girl on a Kemble Train (2.54)
4. When First I Came to Caledonia (5.02)
5. Hard Times of Old England (Roud 1206) (3.02)
6. Ye Mariners All (A Jug of This) (Roud 1191) (2.57)
7. My Old Hat That I Got On (Roud 475; G/D 3:580) (3.10)
8. Durham Fair (6.02)
9. Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (4.38)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 Robert Nunn;
Tracks 3, 8 Jon Wilks

Produced by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks: guitar, vocals;
Jon Nice: keyboards, ambient recordings

Tracks

1. October Song (5.20)

Track 1 Robin Williamson

Produced and arranged by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar;
Jon Nice: piano [6, 9-10], Hammond B3 [6]

Tracks

1. The Brave Dudley Boys (Roud 1131) (5.24)
2. I Can’t Find Brummagem (Roud V34542) (3.17)
3. Navvy Boots (Roud 516; G/D 4:787) (3.50)
4. John Hobbs (Roud 21966) (3.13)
5. Bandy-Legged Lett (3.30)
6. Buffoon tune (3.17)
7. Birmingham Sally (Roud V254) (2.56)
8. Colin’s Ghost (Roud 1600) (4.51)
9. Aye for Saturday Night (Roud 5701) / My Bloke’s a Peaky (Roud 24185) (2.33)
10. There Was an Old Man Came Over the Sea (Roud 362; G/D 4:815) (5.51)
11. Oh It Was My Cruel Parents Who Did Me First Trepan (Roud 2897) (3.01) (CD only)
12. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (5.25)

All tracks trad. except
Track 1 melody Pam Bishop;
Track 2 James Dobbs, additional lyrics Jon Wilks;
Track 9b tune Jon Wilks
Many songs are originally from the Topic album The Wide Midlands and possibly from the book Later English Broadside Ballads.

Video

Jon Wilks on the traditional tune Buffoon:

Produced and arranged by Jon Wilks;
Photos by Shaun Duke

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar;
Nick Hart: melodeon [2];
Mikey Kenney: fiddle [2]

Tracks

1. The Trial of Bill Burn Under Martin’s Act (Roud B248968) (5.51)
2. Holly Ho (Roud 1407) (4.24)
3. Who Hung the Monkey? (4.34)
4. Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b) (2.45)

All tracks trad. arr. Jon Wilks;
Track 1 melody Jon Wilks

Video

Jon Wilks sings Leave Her, Johnny:

Produced and arranged by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. Toryanse - 通りゃんせ (2.18)

All tracks trad. Japan

Produced and arranged by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. The Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove (Roud 29; Child 18) (4.53)

All tracks trad.

Produced and arranged by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks, vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. Tell Old Bill (Roud 7876) (4.25)

All tracks trad.

Produced and arranged by Jon Wilks

See also John Wilks’ articles Mary Ashford: A Broadside Ballad and The Sausage Man – Roud V14373.

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar;
Katherine Priddy: vocals [1]

Tracks

1. Mary Ashford’s Tragedy (Roud V27326) (7.28)
2. The Sausage Man (Roud C14373) (4.25)

Track 1 words trad., music Jon Wilks;
Track 2 trad., chorus Jon Wilks

Produced and arranged by Jon Wilks;
Mixed and mastered by Andi Lee, Kosi Studios;
Cover art linocut by Jon Nice

Jon’s liner notes

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. Pretty Girls of Brummagem (Roud V1691) (4.14)
2. The Stowaway (Roud 6341) (6.25)
3. Edward (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.22)
4. John Riley (Roud 270; Laws M8; G/D 1:22; Henry H468) (4.01)
5. The Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove (Roud 29; Child 18) (6.01)
6. The Tramp’s Philosophy (Roud 10672) (2.53)
7. How Five and Twenty Shillings Were Expended in a Week (Roud V1598) (5.10)
8. The Lover’s Ghost (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.07)
9. Little Grey ’Oss (Roud 393) (4.17)
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Roud 394) (4.07)

All tracks trad.

Produced by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar;
Lucas Drinkwater: double bass;
Jon Nice: piano [1]

Tracks

1. Greek Street (6.52)
2. Scatterbrain instrumental (2.01)

All tracks written by Jon Wilks

Produced by Jon Wilks

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar, percussion;
Jackie Oates, 5-string viola;
Lucas Drinkwater: double bass

Tracks

1. The Fowler (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (3.52)

Track 1 trad.

Produced by Jon Wilks;
Recording out-take from the Up the Cut recording sessions;
Re-mixed and mastered by George Boomsma

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (5.49)

Track 1 trad.

Produced by Jon Wilks;
Recorded in Whitchurch, Hampshire;
Track 1 recorded in East Harling, Norfolk;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Advice and occasional tweaking by Jim Moray;
Art direction by Alex Merry;
Design by Charlotte Lloyd

Musicians

Jon Wilks: vocals, guitar, banjo;
Martin Carthy: chorus vocals [2];
Lukas Drinkwater: double bass [3, 9, 12];
Tom Gregory: percussion, backing vocals [9];
Jackie Oates: backing vocals [tracks 1, 3, 5, 11], viola [1-3, 5, 11-12];
Jon Nice: keyboards [1, 3, 12], backing vocals [1], electric guitar [1];
Knees Thompson: knees [4]

Tracks

1. Tape Machine
2. Johnny Sands (Roud 184; Laws Q3; G/D 2:319) (1.41)
3. Greek Street
4. Gallons of Brandy / Fox Tell
5. Haymaking Song (Roud 153; Henry H697)
6. Lofty Tall Ship (Roud 104; Child 250)
7. Will Watch (Roud 1617)
8. The Old Miner (Roud 1136)
9. The Boatswain (Roud 570; Laws Q8; G/D 7:1432; Henry H604)
10. Erin, Sad Erin (Roud 1629)
11. The Fowler (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114)
12. Banjo Therapy

Tracks 1, 3, 12 Jon Wilks;
Tracks 2, 6-11 trad. arr. Jon Wilks;
Track 4 John Spiers, Jackie Oates;
Track 5 trad. arr. Jackie Oates, Paul Sartin, John Wilks