JOHN KIRKPATRICK PLAIN CAPERS TSCD458

The music of the Morris dance is one of the deep underlying rhythms of English country life. Kirkpatrick captures both its formal beauty and verve in a selection of tunes from Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and neighbouring areas, played on Anglo concertina and a variety of accordions, with support by Martin Carthy, Sue Harris, Fi Fraser and Martin Brinsford.

1 Glorishears
2 Hammersmith Flyover
3 Old Molly Oxford
4 Black Jack / Old Black Joe / Old Black Joe
5 Blue Eyed Stranger / Willow Tree
6 Brighton Camp / The March Past
7 Bobby & Joan / Bobbing-a-Joe
8 Monk's March / The Fieldtown Processional
9 Sweet Jenny Jones / Sherborne Jig / Sherborne Jig
10 Lumps of Plum Pudding
11 Highland Mary
12 Wheatley Processional
13 Maid of the Mill / Cuckoo's Nest / William & Nancy
14 The Buffoon / The Fool's Jig
15 Constant Billy

John Kirkpatrick Anglo-concertina, button accordion, two-row and four-stop-one-row melodeons, jews harp
Sue Harris oboe, hammered dulcimers
Martin Carthy guitar
Martin Brinsford mouth organ, tambourine
Fi Fraser fiddle

JOHN KIRKPATRICK A SHORT HISTORY OF JOHN KIRKPATRICK TSCD473

Drawn from eight original albums of the '70s and '80s, this 19-track survey finds Kirkpatrick singing and playing a hugely varied repertory of English songs and tunes, some solo, some with Sue Harris (hammered dulcimer) and others in the bands Umps & Dumps and Brass Monkey

1 George's Son
2 Arthur McBride
3 Crocker's Reel
4 Oakham Poachers
5 Clee Hill Tunes
6 Jim Jones
7 Waterman's Dance
8 The Watercress Girl
9 Maid of the Mill / Cuckoo's Nest / William & Nancy
10 Johnny Sands
11 Fireside Polka / Down the Sides & Up the Middle
12 Underneath Her Apron
13 The Buffoon / The Fool's Jig
14 Old Man Jones
15 Cheshire Hornpipe
16 Black Deer
17 Glorishears
18 The Old Miner
19 Constant Billy