Introducing these recordings on their first appearance in the mid-’60s A.L. Lloyd wrote of this new singing group’s ‘hand-crafted harmonies, an immediately recognisable and uniquely distinctive group sound which is uninhibited, spontaneous seeming and rich in texture.’ What became of The Watersons after that is history, and can be followed step by step in Topic’s other Watersons CDs. Early Days recaptures the youthful sound of the original quartet in 27 performances from long-deleted albums.
1 Boston Harbour
2 The Greenland Whale Fishery
3 Three Score & Ten
4 The Broom of Cowdenknowes
5 King Arthur’s Servants
6 Rap Her to Bank
7 Dido Bendigo
8 The North Country Maid
9 Brave Wolfe
10 The Jolly Waggoners
11 I Am A Rover
12 Fathom the Bowl
13 The Thirty-Foot Trailer
14 The Holmfirth Anthem 15 Twanky-Dillo
16 The White Hare of Howden
17 All for Me Grog
18 The Poacher’s Fate
19 The Tour of the Dales
20 Willy Went to Westerdale
21 I’Anson’s Racehorse
22 The Ploughboy
23 The White Cockade
24 Ye Noble Spectators
25 Stow Brow
26 The Wanton Life of Castlegate
27 The Whitby Lad
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