> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Frivolous Love
Pete Morton: Frivolous Love
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Frivolous Love Harbourtown Records HAR/HARCD 001 (LP/CD, UK, 1987) |
Produced and recorded by Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas;
Digitally mastered at Charlotte Street Studios, Wakefile, West Yorkshire;
Photography by David Harrold;
Art direction and design by Jim Hutcheson
Musicians
Pete Morton: guitar, vocals
Tracks
Side 1
- The Sloth and the Greed (3.00)
- Mother’s Day (4.02)
- The Last God of England (3.27)
- Time (2.47)
- Tamlyn (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (8.17)
Side 2
- A Babe of the World (4.16)
- Without Thinking Love (4.15)
- The Backward King (2.52)
- Frivolous Love (3.04)
- Rachel (6.16)
- Just Like John Barleycorn (3.25)
All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Track 5 trad. arr. Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: One Big Joke
Pete Morton: One Big Joke
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One Big Joke Harbourtown Records HAR/HARCD 004 (LP/CD, UK, 1988) |
Produced by Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas;
Recorded by Richard Robinson at Pace Studios, Milton Keynes;
Photography by David Harrold;
Art direction and design by Jim Hutcheson
Musicians
Pete Morton: acoustic guitar, vocals;
Roger Wilson: fiddle, viola, mandolin, backing vocals;
Simon Edwards: button accordion, pianomandolin, backing vocals;
Mickey Firebird: electric guitar;
Hester Goodman: ukulele
Tracks
Side 1
- The Prisoner (3.27)
- Simple Love (2.42)
- Water from the Houses of Our Fathers (3.30)
- The First Day (3.01)
- The Little Boy’s Room (3.42)
- Another Train (3.15)
Side 2
- Lucy (3.00)
- The Old Grey Moon (3.00)
- One Big Joke (2.23)
- Girls Like You (2.15)
- River of Love (3.17)
- Somewhere in Love (3.40)
- Live Your Life (3.16)
All tracks written by Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Mad World Blues
Pete Morton: Mad World Blues
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Mad World Blues Harbourtown Records HARCD 018 (CD, UK, 1992) |
Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner and mixed at Charlotte Street Studios, Wakefile;
Photography by David Morton;
Design and artwork by Jim Hutcheson
Musicians
Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Simon Styrene: bass, backing vocals;
Simon Skevington: guitar, backing vocals;
Alan Flanders: drums, percussion;
Sally Barker: backing vocals [2];
The Wilson Family: vocals [6]
Tracks
- Mad World Blues (3.21)
- Song Bird (4.37)
- Kurdistan (3.30)
- it Is What It Is (3.48)
- Down to Earth (4.03)
- John Barleycorn (Intro) (0.14)
- John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (4.20)
- Patriotic Claptrap (2.21)
- Malnutrition at Standing Rock (5.47)
- Keys to Love (2.49)
- Crazy Man (3.21)
- Katie (3.27)
All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Track 6 trad. arr. The Wilson Family
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Courage, Love and Grace
Pete Morton: Courage, Love and Grace
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Courage, Love and Grace Harbourtown Records HARCD 029 (CD, UK, 1995) |
Produced by Gordon Jones and Pete Morton;
Recorded at Beaumont Street Studios, Batley;
Engineered by Tony Bonner;
Illustrations by Bent Linley;
Photography by Tony Redmond;
Design and artwork by Hemisphere
Musicians
Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Vaughan Phelps: bass [2-4, 7, 9-13];
Mike Willoughby: harmonica [4-5, 10-11, 13];
Karen Tweed: piano accordion [3-4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13];
Sally Barker: vocals [1-3, 6, 9-10, 13];
Tom McConville: fiddle [2, 8, 14];
Roger Wilson: fiddle [4, 9, 13];
Jez Luton: guitar [10, 14]
Tracks
- Change (5.06)
- Heartland (4.04)
- On Your Side (3.52)
- Family Tree (3.28)
- Through It All (2.34)
- Learning of a Miracle (3.05)
- From Ireland (3.01)
- One Truth (2.19)
- Courage, Love and Grace (5.04)
- Cheating Man (3.32)
- Love Me in Eden (3.49)
- The Lion and the Lamb (4.03)
- The Harrowing of Pride (6.31)
- Eternity (4.24)
All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Tracks 7, 9-10, 13 Pete Kenny;
Track 5 Pete Kenny, Pete Cooke;
Track 12 TV Smith
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Trespass
Pete Morton: Trespass
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Trespass Harbourtown Records HARCD 037 (CD, UK, 1998) |
Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner at Low Fold Audio, Lancaster;
Mastered by Tony Bonner at Clipstore, Leeds;
Photography by Philip Gamble;
Design by Chloë Rush, HOZ Publicity, Milton Keynes
Musicians
Pete Morton: acoustic guitar, vocals
Tracks
- The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.39)
- The Gay Goshawk (Roud 61; Child 96) (7.56)
- Sylvia (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35) (2.02)
- The Banks of the Nile (Roud 950; Laws N9; G/D 1:99; Henry H238a) (5.26)
- A Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (4.18)
- The Mower and the Dairymaid (Roud 833) (3.13)
- The Lincolnshire Poacher (Roud 299) (2.29)
- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Roud 52; Child 81) (6.52)
- John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (3.31)
- Dick Turpin (Roud 621; Laws L10) (3.12)
- The Banks of the Sweet Dundee (Roud 148; Laws M25; G/D 2:224) (5.46)
- The Rose in June (6.38)
- Night Visiting (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (4.35)
All tracks trad. arr. Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Hunting the Heart
Pete Morton: Hunting the Heart
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Hunting the Heart Harbourtown Records HARCD 040 (CD, UK, 2000) |
Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner at The Barn, Dent, Cumbria;
Mixed and mastered by Tony Bonner at Clipstore, Leeds;
Illustration and photography by Bob Bridgewater
Musicians
Pete Morton: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Andy Cutting: accordion;
Julie Murphy: additional vocals;
Tom McConville: fiddle
Tracks
- Drink to Me Only (5.15)
- Hunting the Heart (9.25)
- Twitching Net Curtains (4.17)
- Forgiveness Hill (5.02)
- Constant Motion (5.49)
- Madam or Sir (3.22)
- Battle of Trafalgar (4.04)
- Maybe Nothing’s Spoken (4.43)
- Deep Blue Sea (3.25)
- The Desert (3.45)
- Thanksgiving (4.10)
All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Track 1 words Ben Jonson, tune anon, arr. Pete Morton;
Track 4 Bing Lyle, Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Another Train
Pete Morton: Another Train
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Another Train Harbourtown Records HARCD 041 (CD, UK, 2002) |
A compilation of songs recorded between 1987 and 2001
Musicians
Pete Morton: guitar, vocals
Tracks
- Family Tree (3.33)
- The First Day (3.12)
- Tamlyn (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (8.35)
- Water from the Houses of Our Fathers (3.38)
- Without Thinking Love (4.36)
- The Prisoner (3.42)
- The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (3.42)
- Songbird (4.37)
- The Gay Goshawk (Roud 61; Child 96) (7.59)
- The Battle of Trafalgar (4.04)
- Another Train (3.30)
- Constant Motion (5.49)
- Drink to Me Only (5.15)
- Kate (3.27)
Tracks 3, 5 are from Frivolous Love (HAR 001, 1987);
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 11 are from One Big Joke (HAR 004, 1988);
Tracks 8, 14 are from Mad World Blues (HARC/HARCD 018, 1992);
Track 1 is from Courage, Love and Grace (HARCD 029, 1995);
Tracks 7, 9 are from Trespass (HARCD 037);
Tracks 10, 12-13 are from Hunting the Heart (HARCD 040)
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Swarthmoor
Pete Morton: Swarthmoor
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Swarthmoor Harbourtown Records HARCD 044 (CD, UK, 2003) |
Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Mark Warden at Foel Studios, Llanfair Caereinion;
Mastered and manufactured at Clipstore Ltd, Leeds;
Photography by Bob Bridgewater;
Design by Joe Pieczenko
Musicians
Pete Morton: guitar, vocals
Tracks
- The Two Brothers (4.13)
- The Luckiest Man (4.52)
- Simplicity (3.36)
- Goodbye to Oil (4.04)
- Listening to My Boots (4.31)
- Love Stood in My Way (3.45)
- Naseby Field (3.31)
- The Shepherd’s Song (3.53)
- The Government Wall (3.32)
- Six Billion Eccentrics (4.18)
- St George Slew the Dragon (4.50)
All tracks written by Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Flying an Unknown Flag
Pete Morton: Flying an Unknown Flag
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Flying an Unknown Flag Harbourtown Records HARCD 048 (CD, UK, 2005) |
Produced by Gordon Jones;
Recorded by Tony Bonner at Shireshead Studio, Lancashire in August 2005;
Mastered and manufactured at Clipstore Ltd, Leeds;
Photography by Gordon Jones;
Front cover art by John Hall;
Design by Mike Garden, Birnam CD
Musicians
Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Roger Wilson: fiddle, mandolin, guitar;
Neil Segrott: bass;
Chris Parkinson: accordion, harmonica
Tracks
- Harvest (4.19)
- The Shores of Italy (6.09)
- Great Gold Sun (5.19)
- Further (6.14)
- The Busker’s Song (5.21)
- In Another Life (4.46)
- Corruption Country (5.07)
- I’m in Love With Emily Dickinson (4.40)
- A Love That I Don’t Understand (4.07)
- The Post Office Queue (5.00)
- Another Train (4.52)
All tracks written by Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Casa Abierta
Pete Morton: Casa Abierta
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Casa Abierta Further Records 002 (CD, UK, 2008) |
Produced by Pete Morton and Simon Squire;
Recorded by Simon Squire at the Barn, Yeovil, Hobnob Cottage, Crewkerne,
The Little Backroom, Leicester, and Car Colston, Notts;
Engineered and mixed by Annie the cat;
Mastered by Mike Hockenhull at Brook Row Studios, Oakworth;
Photography by Alan Hassall;
Painting by Mary Jules Clark;
Layout and design by Joe Pieczenko
Musicians
Pete Morton: vocals, guitars, keyboards, glockenspiel;
Bazira Ward Davies: vocals;
Jon Brindley: guitars;
Roger Wilson: fiddle, guitars;
James Budden: double bass;
Chris Handcock: percussion;
Jo Freya: tenor and soprano saxophones;
Chris Parkinson: accordion
Tracks
- Casa Abierta (5.20)
- Tá mé ’mo shuí (I am Sitting) (4.13)
- Dilbar (My Love) (4.15)
- Dat du mien Leevsten büst (2.22)
- La Corrida (The Bullfight) (4.10)
- Malaika (Angel) (6.15)
- Avond (Evening) (4.21)
- Trên Arall (Another Train) (4.20)
- Karwan (The Convoy) (4.55)
- Arirang (5.31)
Track 1 Salvador Cardenal;
Tracks 2, 4, 10 trad.;
Track 3 writer unknown;
Track 5 Francis Cabrel;
Track 6 Fadhili Williams / trad.;
Track 7 Lenneart Nijgh, Boudewijn De Groot;
Track 8 Frances Jones, Les Barker, Pete Morton;
Track 9 Xosnav Tello
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: Economy
Pete Morton: Economy
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Economy Annson Records ANSCD100 (CD, UK, 2010) |
Produced by Dawson Smith;
Recorded by Kevin ‘Reverb’ Bayliss at Lytton Studio, Leicester;
Mastered at Deadline Studio, Leicester;
Layout and design by Joe Pieczenko
Musicians
Pete Morton: vocals, guitar;
Roger Wilson: fiddle;
Lisa Banks: vocals, flute, melodeon;
Caroline O’Donnell: accordion;
Dawson Smith: electric bass;
Steve Cooke: fretless bass;
Paddy Hdgkinson: mandolin, mandola, double bass;
James Lynch: keyboards
Tracks
- The Sock on the Line (5.02)
- Bigger Than Life (5.04)
- Related to Me (3.49)
- Disobedience (4.40)
- The Café Song (5.09)
- India (4.08)
- The Nightmare of the Sons (3.44)
- Good Enough for Me (3.16)
- When We Sing Together (4.06)
- In the Days When Time Was Different (9.45)
All tracks written by Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton
The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton
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The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton Fellside Recordings FECD261 (CD, UK, 10 February 2014) |
Produced by Pete Morton and Paul Adams;
Recorded by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Front cover photo by Joe Dilworth;
Artwork by Mary Blood
Musicians
Pete Morton: vocals, guitar, harmonica;
Maggie Boyle: vocals, flute;
Chris Parkinson: melodeon, piano accordion, vocals;
Jon Brindley: fiddle, guitar;
James Budden: bass, vocals;
Linda Adams: chorus vocals
Tracks
- Farmer’s Boy Frap (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (3.56)
- Heart of the Land (4.51)
- Rambling Though Old England (6.19)
- The Love of You (4.30)
- The Manchester Rambler Frap (5.35)
- A-Begging I Will Go Frap (Roud 286; G/D 3:488) (4.49)
- The Journeyman (5.30)
- Ghost of a Sailor, including All for Me Grog (Roud 475; G/D 3:580) (3.46)
- Corporatocracy (3.36)
- Bedside Song (4.00)
All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Tracks 1, 6, 8 Pete Morton / trad.;
Track 5 Pete Morton / Ewan MacColl
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: The Land of Time
The Land of Time
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The Land of Time Fellside Recordings FECD269 (CD, UK, 9 October 2015) |
Produced by Paul Adams and Pete Morton;
Recorded by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Photographs by Pete Morton;
Photograph of Pete Morton by Claudia Hopman;
Artwork by Mary Blood
Musicians
Pete Morton: vocals, guitar;
Jon Brindley: guitar;
Chris Parkinson: melodeon, accordion, harmonica, piano, chorus vocals;
Ciaran Algar: fiddle, bouzouki, banjo, mandolin, chorus vocals;
James Budden: double bass, bass harmony vocals;
Linda Adams: harmony vocals
Tracks
- The Herefordshire Pilgrim (6.21)
- Bloomsbury Boy (5.17)
- Poverty Frap (Roud 3491; TYG 14) (5.03)
- All the Life Before (5.45)
- Lucky (4.24)
- One Hundred Years Ago (5.33)
- Slave to the Game (Roud 868; G/D 2:299) (5.05)
- The Land of Time (3.57)
- Old Boston Town (4.25)
- Oh, What Little Lives We Lead (4.20)
All tracks written by Pete Morton except
Tracks 3, 7 trad. adapted Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton with Full House: Game of Life
Game of Life
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Game of Life Fellside Recordings FECD271 (CD, UK, 6 February 2016) |
Pete Morton re-recorded some of his most popular songs as bis early albums are either deleted or not easy to obtain.
Produced by Paul Adams and Pete Morton;
Recorded by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photographs by Paul Adams (front cover) and Claudia Hopman (inside)
Musicians
Pete Morton: guitar, vocals;
Full House:
Ian Jones: melodeon, flute, vocals;
Chris Lee: fretless bass guitar, double bass, mandolin, electric guitar, vocals;
Clare ‘Fluff’ Smith: fiddle, vocals;
Nick Mitchell: guitar, vocals;
Mark Woolley: percussion, low whistle, vocals
Tracks
- Another Train (5.39)
- Shepherd’s Song (5.00)
- Disobedience (4.43)
- Related to Me (4.34)
- Shores of Italy (7.38)
- The Luckiest Man (6.10)
- Corruption Country (4.08)
- Bigger Than Life (4.38)
- Battle of Trafalgar (4.03)
- Further (4.56)
- Listening to My Boots (4.09)
- Two Brothers (4.59)
- Sock on the Line (4.58)
- When We Sing Together (4.33)
- 7 Billion Eccentrics (3.38)
All songs written by Pete Morton
> Folk Music > Records > Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, Pete Morton: The Magical Christmas Tree
The Magical Christmas Tree
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The Magical Christmas Tree Fellside Recordings FECD279 (CD, UK, 25 November 2016) |
Produced by Gaz;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Paul Adams and George Hunter-Brown;
Artwork by Mary Blood;
Photographs by Paul Adams
Musicians
Emily Sanders: vocals, fiddle;
Pete Morton: vocals, guitar;
Chris Parkinson: vocals, accordion, melodeo
Tracks
- House of the Rising Sun (2.05)
- Mountain Road / Christmas Eve (3.31)
- Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327) (3.52)
- O, Come All Ye Faithful / Mayden Lane (2.56)
- The Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) (4.11)
- A-Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (2.14)
- Midnight on the Water waltz (2.31)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (4.51)
- The Beggar (Roud 1573) (2.56)
- What Is This Fragrance? (3.45)
- The King (Roud 19109) (1.51)
- The Snows of Winter Fall (5.38)
- Moldovan Tune (3.14)
- Follow That Star (3.45)
- Seven Billion Eccentrics (Christmas edition) (3.12)
- Bonus Track: O, Little Town of Bethlehem (Roud 24752) (4.22)
All tracks trad. arr. Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, Pete Morton except
Track 1 trad. / words Phillips Brooks / tune Lewis H. Redner;
Track 7 Luke Thomasson;
Track 8 Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst;
Track 12 Graeme Miles;
Track 14 Gary Boyle;
Track 15 Pete Morton;
Track 16 tune Lewis H. Redner / words Phillips Brooks / trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton: A Golden Thread
Pete Morton: A Golden Thread
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A Golden Thread Further Records FURTHER003 (CD, UK, 1 April 2020) |
Folking.com review by Mike Davies
Musicians
Pete Morton: vocals, guitars;
Sarah Matthews: fiddle;
Matt Quinn: mandolin, banjo, concertina;
Justin Twigg: double bass;
George Sansome: guitar, euphonium;
Mark Woolley: djembe, bodhrán, cajon, low whistle;
Alice Jones: piano, clarinet;
Julie Wigley: vocals [6];
Jude Rees: vocals [8]
Tracks
- A Golden Thread (4.13)
- Immigrant Child (5.14)
- Barbry Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (5.44)
- Yemini Moon (5.48)
- We Are the Trees (4.57)
- I Live Your Love (4.31)
- Universal Basic Income (3.38)
- Emily Dickenson (6.16)
- Grenfall Carol (5.07)
- Metropolitan Safari (3.48)
- Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960) (4.31)
Probably all tracks by Pete Morton except
Track 1 Pete Seeger, additional verses Pete Morton;
Track 3 trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Pete Morton
Other records with Pete Morton
Various Artists,
The Children in Need Album,
cassette, Pudsey Recordings PUD 001, 1987
Various Artists,
3.06: A Roots Album for Liverpool,
LP, Hillsborough Disaster Fund HILL 306, 1989
Various Artists,
All Through the Year,
CD, Hokey Pokey HPR 2002.2, 1991
Les Barker,
Some Love,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd Records DOG 009, 1992
Ashley Hutchings,
Street Cries,
CD, Topic TSCD535, 2001
Various Artists,
The Acoustic Folk Box,
4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Ashley Hutchings,
Human Nature,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD053, 2003
The Mrs Ackroyd Band,
Yelp,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 017, 2003
Various Artists,
Folk Festival: A Celebration of Music Recorded at the Sidmouth International Festival,
2 CD, Gott Disks GOTTBOX 011, 2004
Various Artists,
The Transports—2004,
2 CD, Free Reed FRDCD 2122, 2004
Les Barker et al.,
Twilight of the Dogs: Songs of Les Barker,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 019, 2006
Steve Tilston,
Reaching Back,
4+1 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 70, 2007
Various Artists,
Trades Roots Live,
CD, Trades Roots TR001, 2009
Mick Ryan,
A Day’s Work,
CD, WildGoose WGS403CD, 2014
Various Artists,
The Journey Continues: Fellside at 40,
3 CD, Fellside FECD272, 2016
Various Artists,
Destination: The End of an Era for a Leading Folk Music Label,
3 CD, Fellside FECD282, 2018
Mick Ryan,
Here at the Fair,
2 CD, WildGoose WGS428CD, 2019