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The Ian Campbell Folk Group: Something to Sing About

Something to Sing About The Ian Campbell Folk Group Pye Records PKL 5506 (LP, UK, 1972) Wooded Hill Records HILLCD 21 (CD, UK, 1997)

Produced by Malcolm Eade;
Recorded by Ray Prickett

See also the album’s sleeve notes in the Ian Campbell Folk Group discography at Nick Guida’s fantastic The Balladeers website.

Musicians

Ian Campbell, Lorna Campbell: vocals;
Brian Clark: vocals, guitar;
John Dunkerley: vocals, banjo, guitar, accordion, dulcimer, piano

with
Spike Heatley: double bass;
Derek Craft: flute, piccolo flute

Tracks

Side 1

1. Series Signature Tune: The Apprentice Song (0.32)
2. The Ox-Plough Song (Roud 686) (3.21)
3. The Haymakers (Roud 153; Henry H697) (3.02)
4. The Greasy Wheel (1.32)
5. The Iron Horse (Roud 5834; G/D 2:291) (1.42)
6. The Durham Lockout (3.00)
7. The Sheffield Grinder (Roud 23140) (1.37)
8. The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (TYG 139) (2.38)
9. Medley of Children’s Street Songs (3.49)

Side 2

10. The Flash Frigate (Roud 2563) (3.00)
11. Ask a P’liceman (3.07)
12. Rigs of London Town (Roud 868; G/D 2:299) (2.56)
13. No Courage in Him (Roud 870; G/D 7:1367) (2.53)
14. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Roud 23929) (1.26)
15. The Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (2.29)
16. Leave Them a Flower (2.27)
17. Signature Tune: The Apprentice Song (0.57)

Tracks 1, 17 Ian Campbell;
Tracks 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 12-14 trad. arr. Ian Campbell;
Track 4 trad. adapted Ian Campbell;
Track 6 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 8 Frank Higgins;
Track 10 compiled by Stan Hugill;
Track 11 words Edward William Rogers, music Augustus Edward Durandeau;
Track 15 trad. arr. A.L. Lloyd;
Track 16 Wally Whyton