Album UK 2014 on RootBeat Records label
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Recorded mixed and produced by Andy Bell. Story and ballad lyrics by Hugh Lupton. All music composed and arranged by Sam Sweeney and Rob Harbron except 'Take me back to Blighty' (Mills, Godfrey, Scott), 'You can't get many pimples on a pound of pickled pork' (Terry), 'What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?' (Clare), Unknown Norwegian Hailing (Trad.) and 'The Wellesley' (Trad.) In a triple gatefold sleeve. Supported by the National Lottery, Arts Council, England and the English Folk Dance and Song Society
![]() | Sam Sweeney vn, *1989 GB fiddle, viola, cello, lead vocals, percussion, album by |
![]() | Robert Harbron acc, voc, concertina, fiddle, lead vocals, harmonium |
![]() | Tom Sweeney eb, bvoc, GB double bass |
![]() | Paul Sartin ob, vn, GB oboe, cor anglais, backing vocals, fiddle |
![]() | Hugh Lupton , GB narrator, storyteller, written by, story and ballad lyrics by |
Hugh Lupton |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Prologue | Sam Sweeney | 1:35 | |
2 | Remembering | Sam Sweeney | 3:58 | |
3 | Unriddling | Sam Sweeney | 0:46 | |
4 | The Wellesley I | Sam Sweeney | 1:35 | |
5 | July 7th 1916 | Sam Sweeney | 4:26 | |
6 | The Palace Of Varieties | Sam Sweeney | 6:50 | |
7 | Conscription | Sam Sweeney | 2:53 | |
8 | The Wellesley II | Sam Sweeney | 1:53 | |
9 | June 7th 1917 | Sam Sweeney | 4:17 | |
10 | The Battle Of Messines | Sam Sweeney | 8:22 | |
11 | The Ballad Of Richard Howard | Sam Sweeney | 6:33 | |
12 | July 24th 1917 - Leeds | Sam Sweeney | 2:40 | |
13 | Epilogue | Sam Sweeney | 2:14 | |
14 | Rose Howard | Sam Sweeney | 4:42 |