Festival and Anthology recordings

Rocket Along - New Ballads on Old Lines
1960 - HMV DLP 1204 [10"] LP

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Side One

Cosher Bailey: Eddis Thomas—vocals; w/Steve Benbow—guitar & Jimmie Macgregor—melodeon

The Fireman's Not for Me: Shirley Bland—vocals; w/Jimmie Macgregor—guitar

Little Billee: Bob Roberts—vocals & melodeon

The Conscript's Farewell: Betty Dallas—vocals; w/Fred Dallas—guitar & Perry Friedmann—banjo

The Strangest Dream: Perry Friedman—vocals and banjo

Side Two

Space Girl: Shirley Collins—vocals; w/Jimmie Macgregor—guitar, Robin Hall— drums & Vic Pitt—bass

The Smithfield Market Fire: Fred Dallas—vocals & guitar

Dark as a Dungeon: Steve Benbow, Shirley Bland—vocals & Jimmie Macgregor—vocals; & guitar

The Wee Magic Stane: Isabel Sutherland—vocals; w/ Perry Friedmann—banjo

The Last Boat's A-Leaving: Cyril Tawney—vocals & guitar

Credits

Recorded at Cecil Sharp House, London, by Peter Kennedy
Cover designed by Austin John Marshall


According to Reinhard Zierke's Mainly Norfolk website: "The LPs A Jug of Punch, A Pinch of Salt and Rocket Along are from the same recording sessions."

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