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The Watersons Chronolography
All known recordings by the Watersons and Waterson:Carthy, or with Watersons tracks or participation by Waterson family members and covers of Lal and Mike Waterson’s songs.
However, records with Martin Carthy but no other Waterson members are listed nearby in the Martin Carthy Chronolography. And recordings with Eliza Carthy are listed in the Eliza Carthy Discography.
1965
Harry Boardman, Maureen Craik, The Waterson Family:
New Voices,
LP, Topic 12T125, 1965
The Watersons:
Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ceremonial Folk Songs,
LP, Topic 12T136, 1965
Various Artists:
Folksound of Britain,
LP, HMV CLP 1910, 1965
Various Artists:
The Folksound of Britain: Northumbria / West Country,
EP, HMV 7EG 8911, 1965
The Watersons:
Travelling for a Living,
video, director Derrick Knight, 1965
1966
The Watersons:
The Watersons,
LP, Topic 12T142, 1966
The Watersons:
A Yorkshire Garland,
LP, Topic 12T167, 1966
Various Artists:
Folk Songs: An Anthology
(Topic Sampler No 2),
LP, Topic TPS145, 1966
Various Artists:
Men at Work
(Topic Sampler No. 3),
LP, Topic TPS166, 1966
1969
Various Artists:
Blue Bell Folk,
LP, private issue, no record number, 1969;
CD, Hallamshire Traditions HATRCD10, 2014
1970
Various Artists:
Folk Songs: A Collection of Ballads & Broadsides
(Topic Sampler No 6),
LP, Topic TPS201, 1970
1971
Various Artists:
Sea Songs and Shanties
(Topic Sampler No 7),
LP, Topic TPS205, 1971
Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band:
No Roses,
LP, Pegasus PEG 7, 1971
1972
Mike and Lal Waterson:
Bright Phoebus,
LP, Trailer LES 2076, 1972
Lal and Mike Waterson:
Rubber Band / Red Wine and Promises,
single, Transatlantic BIG 507, 1972
1974
Various Artists:
Kertalg 74,
LP, Barclay BAR 90 011, 1974
1975
The Watersons:
For Pence and Spicy Ale,
LP, Topic 12TS265, 1975
Various Artists:
The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk Into Rock,
4 LP, Island/Transatlantic Folk 1001, 1975
1976
Various Artists:
Folkfestival '76 Dranouter,
LP, Parsifal FOL 2000/181, 1976
Various Artists:
Folk Festival,
2 LP, Transatlantic TRA(D) 324, 1976
1977
Lal and Norma Waterson:
A True Hearted Girl,
LP, Topic 12TS331, 1977
Mike Waterson:
Mike Waterson,
LP, Topic 12TS332, 1977
The Watersons:
Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy,
LP, Topic 12TS346, 1977
Peter Bellamy et al.:
The Transports,
2 LP, Free Reed FRR 021/022, 1977
Various Artists:
6. Folk-Festival auf der Lenzburg,
2 LP, VoxPop 4005/6, 1977
1979
Peter Bellamy:
Both Sides Then,
LP, Topic 12TS400, 1979
Various Artists:
Folk Vol. 1: Musik aus England, Irland und Schottland,
LP, Anvil ANV001, 1979
1980
Various Artists:
The Good Old Way,
LP, Topic TPSS412, 1980
1981
The Watersons:
Green Fields,
LP, Topic 12TS415, 1981
1982
Richard & Linda Thompson:
Shoot Out the Lights,
LP, Hannibal HNBL 1303, 1982
Richard & Linda Thompson: Don’t Renege on Our Love, single, Hannibal HNS 703, 1982
1984
Various Artists:
Chants de Marins IV: Ballads, Complaintes et Shanties des Matelots Anglais,
2 LP, Le Chasse-Marée SCM 005, 1984
1985
Various Artists:
Sounds of Yorkshire,
LP, Music From York, HAR 844, 1985
1987
The Holme Valley Tradition: Will’s Barn, cassette, EFDSS VWML 002, 1987
1990
The Watersons:
Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ceremonial Folk Songs,
CD, Topic TSCD136, 1990
The Mrs Ackroyd Band:
Oranges and Lemmings,
cassette/CD, Mrs Ackroyd Records DOG 007, 1990
Richard Thompson et al.:
Hard Cash,
LP/CD, Special Delivery SPD/SPDCD 1027, 1990
1991
Various Artists: From the Humber to the Tweed, cassette, Whitby Folk Week, WFW 25, 1991
1992
Peter Bellamy:
Both Sides Then,
CD, Fledgling FLE 1002, 1992
Les Barker:
Some Love,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd Records DOG 009, 1992
Various Artists:
Voices: English Traditional Songs,
CD, Fellside FECD87, 1992
1993
The Watersons:
For Pence and Spicy Ale,
CD, Topic TSCD462, 1993
Various Artists: The Transports at Whitby, cassette, RED 011, 1993
Various Artists:
Blow the Man Down: A Collection of Sea Songs and Shanties,
CD, Topic TSCD464, 1993
Various Artists:
Undefeated,
2 cassettes, Fuse M100, 1993
1994
The Watersons:
Early Days,
CD, Topic TSCD472, 1994
Waterson:Carthy:
Waterson:Carthy,
CD, Topic TSCD475, 1994
Various Artists:
Ballades et shanties des matelots anglais: Anthologie des chansons de mer, Volume 6,
CD, Le Chasse-Marée SCM 030, 1994
The Mrs Ackroyd Band:
Gnus and Roses,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd Records DOG 010, 1994
Various Artists:
No Masters Voice,
CD, No Masters NMVCD4, 1994
Various Artists:
Out on the Rolling Sea,
CD, Hokey Pokey HPR 2004.2, 1994
1995
Various Artists:
Troubadours of British Folk Vol. 1,
CD, Rhino R2 72160, 1995
1996
Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight:
Once in a Blue Moon,
CD, Topic TSCD478, 1996
Norma Waterson:
Norma Waterson,
CD, Hannibal/Carthage HNCD 1393, 1996
Waterson:Carthy:
Common Tongue,
CD, Topic TSCD488, 1996
Various Artists:
English and Scottish Folk Ballads,
CD, Topic TSCD480, 1996
Various Artists:
New Electric Muse: The Story of Folk Into Rock,
3 CD, Castle Music ESB CD 416, 1996
Various Artists:
The Season Round,
CD, Topic TSCD700, 1996
Various Artists:
The Voice of Folk,
CD, Topic TSCD705, 1996
1997
Gerry Hallom:
On the Periphery,
CD, William Boyd Music WBMCD001, 1997
Various Artists:
New Electric Muse, Volume 2,
3 CD, Castle Music ESB CD 517, 1997
1998
The Watersons:
Green Fields,
CD, Topic TSCD500, 1998
The Watersons:
Reflections, 3CD re-release, Topic TSBX1002, 1998?
Various Artists:
Round Cape Horn: Traditional Songs of Sailors, Ships and the Sea,
CD, Topic TSCD499, 1998
Various Artists:
The Rough Guide to English Roots Music,
CD, World Music RGNET 1018 CD, 1998
In Search of the English Folk Song,
film, dir. Ken Russell, 1998
Various Artists:
Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous: The Songs of Elvis Costello,
CD, WEA/Atlantic/Rhino, ca. 1998
1999
Peter Bellamy:
Wake the Vaulted Echoes,
3 CD, Free Reed FRTCD 14, 1999
Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight:
A Bed of Roses,
CD, Topic TSCD505, 1999
Lal and Norma Waterson:
A True Hearted Girl,
CD, Topic TSCD507, 1999
Waterson:Carthy:
Broken Ground,
CD, Topic TSCD509, 1999
Mike Waterson:
Mike Waterson,
CD, Topic TSCD516, 1999
Norma Waterson:
The Very Thought of You,
CD, Rykodisc HNCD 1430, 1999
Various Artists:
English Originals: A Defining Collection of English Folk Song,
CD, Topic TSCD706, 1999
Various Artists:
The Folk Collection,
2 CD, Topic TSCD707/8, 1999
Various Artists:
The Wings of Butterflies,
CD, Mrs Ackroyd Records DOG 013, 1999
2000
Lal and Mike Waterson:
Bright Phoebus,
CD, Trailer/Leader LESCD 2076, 2000
Norma Waterson:
Bright Shiny Morning,
CD, Topic TSCD520, 2000
Various Artists:
And We'll All Have Tea… English Folk Anthology,
2 CD, Proper / Retro R2CD 40-106, 2000
Various Artists:
Port Fairy Folk Festival,
CD, Shock PFFF002CD, 2000
Various Artists:
Tanz- & Folkfest Rudolstadt 2000,
CD, HeiDeck HD20005, 2000
Various Artists:
Voices in Harmony: English Traditional Songs,
CD, Fellside FECD158, 2001
2001
Various Artists:
The Folk Awards,
CD, Topic TSCD850, 2001
Various Artists:
A Woman's Voice: First Person Singular,
CD, Topic TSCD521, 2001
Various Artists:
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn,
CD, Rounder Records- Includes The Ditchling Carol from Waterson:Carthy’s Broken Ground
2002
Oliver Knight:
Mysterious Day,
CD, Topic TSCD528, 2002
Blue Murder:
No One Stands Alone,
CD, Topic TSCD537, 2002
Waterson:Carthy:
A Dark Light,
CD, Topic TSCD536, 2002
Coope Boyes & Simpson:
Twenty-Four Seven,
CD, No Masters NMCD20- Includes two songs by Mike Waterson
Various Artists:
The Acoustic Folk Box,
4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002
Various Artists:
Heart of England Volume Two,
2 CD, Teenage Cancer Trust TCTCD 102/103, 2002
Various Artists:
Huntingdon Folk 3,
CD, Speaking Volumes SVL 08CD, 2002
Various Artists:
Shining Bright: The Songs of Lal & Mike Waterson,
CD, Topic TSCD519, 2002
Various Artists:
This Label is Not Removable,
3 CD, Free Reed FRTCD 25, 2002
2003
Eliza Carthy:
The Definitive Collection,
CD, Highpoint HPO6005, 2003
Martin Carthy:
The Definitive Collection,
CD, Highpoint HPO6001, 2003
The Watersons:
The Definitive Collection,
CD, Highpoint HPO6004, 2003
Various Artists:
Roots & Wings: Holmfirth Festival 25 Years Anniversary,
CD, Holmfirth Festival HFRCD25, 2 CD, 2003
Various Artists:
Song Links: A Celebration of English Traditional Songs and Their Australian Variants,
2 CD, Fellside FECD176D, 2003
2004
The Watersons:
Mighty River of Song,
4 CD + DVD, Topic TSFCD 4002, 2004
Waterson:Carthy:
Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand,
CD, Topic TSCD542, 2004
Bob Davenport:
The Common Stone,
CD, Topic TSCD552, 2004
Various Artists:
Evolving Tradition 4,
CD, Mrs Casey MCRCD4002, 2004
Various Artists:
Folk Festival: A Celebration of Music Recorded at the Sidmouth International Festival,
2 CD, Gott Disks GOTTBOX 011, 2004
Various Artists:
Sailors' Songs & Sea Shanties,
CD, Highpoint HPO6007, 2004
Various Artists:
The English Collection,
CD, Highpoint HPO6010, 2004
2005
Waterson:Carthy:
The Definitive Collection,
CD, Highpoint HPO6012, 2005
The Watersons:
A Yorkshire Christmas,
CD, Witchwood Media WMCD 2029, 2005
Various Artists:
The Fairport Companion: Loose Chippings From the Fairport Family Tree,
2 CD, Castle Music CMDDD1337, 2006
Various Artists:
Our Folk Music Heritage,
CD, Honest Jon's HJRCD19, 2005
2006
Norma Waterson:
The Definitive Collection,
CD, Highpoint HPO6013, 2006
Waterson:Carthy:
Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man,
CD, Topic TSCD562, 2006
Various Artists:
Live in Hope: The Wildlife Album 2,
CD, Market Square MSMCD139, 2006
Various Artists:
Midwinter,
4 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 30, 2006
Various Artists:
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys,
2CD, Anti/Epitaph 6817-2, 2006
Various Artists:
Rubber Folk,
CD, Gott GOTTCD035, 2006
2007
Jo Freya's Lal Waterson Project:
Lal,
CD, No Masters NMCD27, 2007
Various Artists:
Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson,
CD/EP, Honest Jon's HJRCD31/HJP40, 2007
Peggy Seeger and Friends:
Three Score and Ten,
2 CD, Appleseed APR CD 1100, 2007
The Watersons:
Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ceremonial Folk Songs,
CD reissue, Topic TSCD563, 2007
The Watersons:
Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy,
CD reissue, Topic TSCD564, 2007
Various Artists:
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007,
3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK03, 2007
Various Artists:
Cool As Folk
(Cambridge Folk Festival 1999-2006),
2 CD, Gott GOTTCD070, 2007
2008
The Watersons:
For Pence and Spicy Ale,
CD reissue, Topic TSCD574, 2008
James Yorkston:
When the Haar Rolls In,
CD, Domino WIGCD221, 2008
Various Artists:
Never Chance Your Luck Against the Sea,
2 CD, Deckchair DPCD 102/3, 2008
Various Artists:
50 Years of Folk Music in Newcastle,
2 CD, private issue, LM-0006966, 2008
2009
Various Artists:
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
2010
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson:
Gift,
CD, Topic TSCD579, 2010
2011
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson with Martin Carthy:
The Gift Band Live on Tour,
2 CD, Scarlet SR029CD / DVD Scarlet SR029DVD, 2011
The Waterson Family:
Live at Hull Truck,
DVD, Beautiful North BNDVD002, 2011
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight:
The Days That Shaped Me,
CD, One Little Indian TPLP1087CD, 2011
Various Artists:
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011,
2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK11, 2011
Various Artists:
One Night for Norma,
2 CD, Scarlet SR027CD, 2011
Various Artists:
The Rough Guide to English Folk,
2 CD, World Music RGNET 1261 CD, 2011
2012
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight:
Hidden,
CD, One Little Indian TPLP1157CD, 2012
2013
Lal Waterson:
Teach Me to Be a Summer’s Morning,
book w/ CD, Fledg’ling FLED3095, 2013
Norma Waterson:
Coal Not Dole,
DL single, Topic, 2013
2014
Various Artists:
The 40th Girvan Traditional Folk Festival,
2 CD, Traditional Arts Development, 2014
2015
Marry Waterson & David A. Jaycock:
Two Wolves,
LP/CD, One Little Indian TPLP1284/TPLP1284CD, 2015
Various Artists:
Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl,
CD, Cooking Vinyl COOKCD624, 2015
2017
Lal and Mike Waterson:
Bright Phoebus,
CD, Domino REWIGLP102X, 2017
Marry Waterson & David A. Jaycock:
Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love,
LP/CD, One Little Indian TPLP1419/TPLP1419CD, 2017
Various Artists:
Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music,
2 CD, Topic TICD001, 2017
2018
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson:
Anchor,
CD, Topic TSCD594, 2018
The Watersons, Waterson:Carthy:
An Introduction to the Watersons and Waterson:Carthy,
CD, Topic TICD006, 2018
Norma Waterson:
An Introduction to Norma Waterson,
CD, Topic TICD012, 2018
2019
Marry Waterson & Emily Barker:
A Window to Other Ways,
CD, One Little Indian TPLP1482CD, 2019
Various Artists:
Instant Replay,
3 LP + USB, ECC ECC100-014, 2019
2022
The Watersons:
Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ceremonial Folk Songs,
45rpm LP, Topic TTSLP004, 2022
2023
Hack-Poets Guild:
Blackletter Garland,
LP/CD, One Little Independent TPLP1690CD, 2023
MichaelAnnJillo,
I’ll Give You One More As You Go,
CD, ReZound 005, November 2023
2024
Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley:
Cuckoo Storm,
LP/CD, One Little Independent TPLP1825/TPLP1825CD, 8 March 2024
Cover Versions
Songs of Lal Waterson
Songs of Mike Waterson
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to David Suff especially, whose work this page is based on - and also to Greer Gilman and Bob Hudson. Also to Alan St Paul.