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Jon Raven: Ballad of the Black Country

Jon Raven: Ballad of the Black Country (Broadside BRO 116)

Ballad of the Black Country
Jon Raven

Broadside Records BRO 116 (LP, UK, 1975)
Broadside Records KBRO 116 (CD, UK, 19xx)

 Jon Raven: Ballad of the Black Country (Broadside KBRO 116)

Musicians

Jon Raven: vocals, guitar, dulcimer;
Dave Oxley: fiddle, bowed psaltery;
John Kirkpatrick: concertina, melodeon, accordion;
Mike Billington: whistle, bodhrán, vocals

Tracks

Side 1

  1. John Hobbs (Roud 21966) (1.11)
  2. Nine Times a Night (Roud 18411) (1.48)
  3. All Bells in Paradise (Roud 1523) (4.25)
  4. Brave Collier Lads (Roud V502) (2.51)
  5. John Wilkinson (2.26)
  6. Wedgebury Cocking (Roud 23391) (3.51)
  7. The Funny Rigs of Good and Tender Hearted Masters (3.24)
  8. The Tommy Note (Roud V17556) (3.15)

Side 2

  1. The Nailmakers’ Strike (3.30)
  2. The Jews They Crucified Him (Roud 2118) (2.39)
  3. The Brave Dudley Boys (Roud 1131) (4.08)
  4. Clemency, Souling, Gooding (4.06)
  5. The Oxford and Hampton Railway (3.53)
  6. Perry’s Croft Bull Bait (2.19)
  7. The Song of the Staffordshire Men (2.49)

All tracks trad. arr. Jon Raven except
Track 4 trad. arr. Michael Raven;
Track 6 trad. arr. Jon and Michael Raven