Recorded by Alan Green;
Manufactured by Folk Heritage Recordings, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire;
Sleeve design by M. Austin

Musicians

Mike Soar: vocals, 6-string guitar;
Joan Cooper: backing vocals;
Dave Shaw: 6-string guitar, backing vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Bold Benjamin (Roud 2632) (2.34)
2. The Island of St Helena (Roud 349) (3.18)
3. To the Begging (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (3.32)
4. A Better Life Up There (2.56)
5. Robin Hood and the Pedlar (Roud 333; Child 132) (3.45)
6. The Old Farmer’s Farewell (2.29)

Side 2

7. The Female Drummer (Roud 226; G/D 1:182; Henry H497) (4.43)
8. A Sailor’s Life (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (3.50)
9. Bitter Withy (Roud 452) (2.43)
10. This Beautiful Day (5.16)
11. Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (3.39)
12. Selby Bridge (4.02)

Tracks 1, 3, 9 trad. arr. Mike Soar, Joan Cooper;
Track 2 trad. arr. Nic Jones;
Track 4 Andrew Manson, Mike Soar;
Tracks 5, 11 words trad., tune Mike Soar;
Track 6 Moses Sowersby, Mike Soar;
Track 7 trad. arr. Jon Renard;
Track 8 trad. arr. Joan Cooper;
Track 10 Geoff Le Vogues;
Track 12 Clarry Soar, Mike Soar

Musicians

Mike Soar: vocals, guitar;
John Guy: mandolin [1, 7, 10], acoustic guitar [2-4, 8-9], electric guitar [5, 8, 12], dulcimer [5];
Maggie Boyle: vocals [2, 5, 8, 12-13], bodhrán [1, 10], flute [3];
Helen Hockenhull: vocals [2, 5, 12-13], keyboards [5-6, 8, 11, 13];
Lynda Hardcastle: vocals [2, 5, 12-13];
Fay Hield: vocals [4]

Tracks

1. Arthur McBride (Roud 2355; G/D 1:78) / Snug in a Blanket (3.06)
2. Count the Waves (3.25)
3. Silver Coin (3.15)
4. Annan Water (Roud 6562) (6.11)
5. The Poor Ditching Boy (4.07)
6. You and I (2.40)
7. When This Old Hat Was New (Roud 1693) (4.59)
8. Four Green Fields (5.02)
9. First Day at t’ Mill (2.53)
10. Byker Hill (Roud 3488) (2.41)
11. A Grand Conversation on Napoleon (Roud 1189) (3.55)
12. Absent Friends (4.37)
13. When the Curtain Falls (2.46)

Tracks 1, 4, 7, 10-11 trad.;
Track 2 Mike Soar;
Track 3 Terry Hiscock;
Track 5 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 6, 14 Clarry Soar;
Track 8 Tommy Makem;
Track 9 words Mabel F. Harrison, music Bernard Wrigley;
Track 12 Keith Hancock