In common with most record labels, Topic releases new albums both on CD and as digital downloads.
Topic Records is also the custodian of a tremendous catalogue of archive recordings. Early in 2009 as part of the label’s 70th anniversary celebrations we began a programme of digital releases from the archive.
Classic recordings from Ewan MacColl, A L Lloyd, The Oldham Tinkers, Lizzie Higgins, Vin Garbutt, John Kirkpatrick, The Cheviot Ranters and many more are now available for full album and individual track download from all the best digital retailers, including:
TSDL018Â PEGGY SEEGERÂ Come Along John
TSDL035Â DOMINIC BEHANÂ Down By The Liffeyside (Irish Street Songs)
TSDL044Â DOMINIC BEHAN Easter week and after
TSDL051Â A L LLOYDÂ Outback Ballads
TSDL052Â JEANNIE ROBERTSONÂ Great Scots Traditional Singer
TSDL069Â The LIVERPOOL SPINNERSÂ Songs Sung In Liverpool
TSDL070Â DAVY GRAHAMÂ 3/4 AD
TSDL079Â EWAN MacCOLL & PEGGY SEEGER The Jacobite Rebellions
TSDL084Â THE WILLETT FAMILYÂ The Roving Journeyman
TSDL091Â JOE HEANEY Irish Traditional Songs in Gaelic & English
TSDL093Â RAMBLING JACK ELLIOTTÂ Talking Woody Guthrie
TSDL103Â A. L. LLOYD & EWAN MacCOLL English and Scottish Folk Ballads
TSDL104Â EWAN MacCOLL & PEGGY SEEGER Steam Whistle Ballads
TSDL105Â JACK ELLIOTT & DERROLL ADAMS Roll on Buddy
TSDL106Â JACK ELLIOTT Muleskinner
TSDL110Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Farewell Nancy ~ Sea Songs & Shanties
TSDL113Â PEGGY SEEGER & TOM PALEYÂ Who’s Going To Shoe You’re Pretty Little Foot?
TSDL117Â HEDY WESTÂ Old Times and Hard Times
TSDL118Â A L LLOYDÂ First Person
TSDL120Â THE CAMPBELL FAMILYÂ The Singing Campbells
TSDL125Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ New Voices
TSDL128 RAY & ARCHIE FISHER et al Bonny Lass Come O’er the Burn
TSDL130Â EWAN MacCOLLÂ Bundook Ballads
TSCD134Â JESSE FULLERÂ Move On Down The Line
TSDL137Â THE FISHER FAMILYÂ Traditional & New Songs From Scotland
TSDL138Â The STEWART FAMILYÂ The Stewarts Of Blair
TSDL139Â PADDY TUNNEYÂ A Wild Bee’s Nest
TSDL143Â The EXILESÂ Freedom, Come All Ye
TSDL146Â HEDY WESTÂ Pretty Saro
TSDL147Â EWAN MacCOLLÂ The Manchester Angel
TSDL153Â PADDY TUNNEY & ARTHUR KEARNEYÂ Ireland Her Own
TSDL163Â HEDY WESTÂ Ballads
TSDL164Â The EXILESÂ The Hale & The Hanged
TSDL165Â PADDY TUNNEYÂ The Irish Edge
TSDL171Â SARAH OGAN GUNNINGÂ A Girl of Constant Sorrow
TSDL172Â FRANK HARTEÂ Dublin Street Songs
TSDL173Â JIMMY McBEATHÂ Wild Rover No More
TSDL175Â WILLIE CLANCYÂ The Minstrel From Clare
TSDL179Â The STEWART FAMILYÂ The Travelling Stewarts
TSDL182Â MRS. SARAH MAKEMÂ Ulster Ballad Singer
TSDL183Â WILLIE SCOTTÂ The Shepherd’s Song
TSDL184Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Breeze From Erin
TSDL185Â LIZZIE HIGGINSÂ Princess Of The Thistle
TSDL186Â The HIGH LEVEL RANTERS Northumberland For Ever
TSDL190Â DAVE & TONI ARTHURÂ The Lark In The Morning
TSDL193Â PHOEBE SMITHÂ Once I Had A True Love
TSDL200Â PETER BELLAMYÂ The Fox Jumps Over The Parson’s Gate
TSDL203Â A L LLOYDÂ The Great Australian Legend
TSDL204Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Owdham Edge – Popular Song & Verse from Lancashire
TSDL206Â THE OLDHAM TINKERSÂ Oldham’s Burning Sands
TSDL209Â IRISH COUNTRY FOURÂ Songs, Ballads & Instrumental Tunes of Ulster
TSDL210 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Wide Midlands
TSDL212Â OAKÂ Welcome To Our Fair
TSDL214Â THE CHEVIOT RANTERSÂ The Sound Of The Cheviots
TSDL215Â HARRY BOARDMAN, DAVE HILLERYÂ Trans Pennine
TSDL216Â FRANKIE ARMSTRONGÂ Lovely On The Water
TSDL217Â ROY HARRISÂ The Bitter & The Sweet
TSDL222Â THE CHEVIOT RANTERSÂ The Cheviot Hills
TSDL223Â PETA WEBBÂ I Have Wandered In Exile
TSDL225Â BOB HART Songs from Suffolk
TSDL226Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Streets of Glasgow
TSDL227Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Wild Hills O’Wannie
TSDL228Â The BROADSIDE From GRIMSBYÂ The Moon Shone Bright
TSDL229Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ English Country Music From East Anglia
TSDL230Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Lark In The Clear Air
TSDL236Â HARRY BOARDMAN A Lancashire Mon
TSDL237Â THE OLDHAM TINKERSÂ Best O’ T’ Bunch
TSDL239Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Bonny North Tyne
TSDL240Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Boscastle Breakdown
TSDL243Â BOB HART, PERCY WEBB, ERNEST AUSTINÂ Flash Company
TSDL244Â SAM LARNERÂ A Garland For Sam
TSDL245Â THE CHEVIOT RANTERSÂ Cheviot Barn Dance
TSDL247Â JOHN KIRKPATRICK & SUE HARRISÂ The Rose Of Britain’s Isle
TSDL248Â JOHN LYONSÂ The May Morning Dew
TSDL250Â SEAMUS ENNISÂ The Wandering Minstrel
TSDL251Â THE RUSSELL FAMILY Of Doolin, County Clare
TSDL253Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Songs Of The Open Road
TSDL254Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ When Sheepshearing’s Done
TSDL255Â GARY & VERA ASPEYÂ From the North
TSDL256Â ROY HARRISÂ Champions Of Folly
TSDL257Â PACKIE MANUS BYRNEÂ Songs Of A Donegal Man
TSDL258Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Sussex Harvest
TSDL260Â LIZZIE HIGGINSÂ Up And Awa’ Wi’ The Laverock
TSDL261Â JUMBO BRIGHTWELLÂ Songs from the Eel’s Foot
TSDL264Â PADDY TUNNEYÂ The Mountain Streams Where The Moorcocks Crow
TSDL266Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Caledonian Companion
TSDL267Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Morpeth Rant
TSDL268Â THE MUSIC OF SCOTT SKINNERÂ Traditional Scots Fiddling
TSDL270Â JOHNNY HANDLEÂ The Collier Lad
TSDL273Â FRANKIE ARMSTRONGÂ Songs and Ballads
TSDL274Â BOB DAVENPORTÂ Down The Long Road
TSDL275Â BOB CANNÂ West Country Melodeon
TSDL276Â THE OLDHAM TINKERSÂ For Old Time’s Sake
TSDL277Â ARCHIE FISHERÂ Will Ye Gang, Love
TSDL280Â J SCOTT SKINNERÂ The Strathspey King
TSDL282Â TOM GILFELLONÂ In The Middle Of The Tune
TSDL283Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Holey Ha’penny
TSDL284Â THE GAUGERSÂ Beware of the Aberdonian
TSDL285Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Green Grow The Laurels
TSDL286Â GEORGE MAYNARDÂ Ye Subjects Of England
TSDL287Â SEAN McALOON & JOHN REAÂ Drops Of Brandy
TSDL288Â FELIX DORANÂ The Last Of The Travelling Pipers
TSDL289Â PADDY TUNNEYÂ The Flowery Vale
TSDL292Â The LING FAMILYÂ Singing Traditions Of A Suffolk Family
TSDL293Â DAVIE STEWART
TSDL294Â PAT MITCHELLÂ Uilleann Pipes
TSDL295Â JOHN KIRKPATRICK & SUE HARRISÂ Among The Many Attractions At The Show…
TSDL297Â THE HIGH LEVEL RANTERSÂ Ranting Lads
TSDL299Â GARY & VERA ASPEYÂ A Taste Of Hotpot
TSDL303Â JIMMY McBEATHÂ Bound To Be A Row
TSDL304Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Travelling Songster
TSDL305Â THE O’HALLORAN BROTHERSÂ The Men Of The Island
TSDL306Â JIMMY POWERÂ Irish Fiddle Player
TSDL307Â BELLE STEWARTÂ Queen Among The Heather
TSDL308Â FRANK HINCHLIFFE In Sheffield Park
TSDL314Â KEVIN MITCHELLÂ Free And Easy
TSDL315Â DICK GAUGHANÂ Coppers & Brass
TSDL316Â ROSE MURPHYÂ Milltown Lass
TSDL317Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Songs & Southern Breezes
TSDL318Â BOB DAVENPORTÂ Postcards Home
TSDL319Â BOB SMITH’S IDEAL BAND Ideal Music
TSDL321Â The CAMERON MEN
TSDL323Â THE OLDHAM TINKERSÂ Sit Thee Down
TSDL324Â JOHNNY DOUGHTYÂ Round Rye Bay For More
TSDL325Â JOSIE McDERMOTTÂ Darby’s Farewell
TSDL326Â JOHN BURGESSÂ The Art Of The Highland Bagpipes vol. 2
TSDL327Â ROY HARRISÂ By Sandbank Fields
TSDL328Â BOB COPPERÂ Sweet Rose In June
TSDL329Â CHRIS FOSTERÂ Layers
TSDL334Â LEN GRAHAM Wind and Water
TSDL335Â TOMMY HEALY & JOHN DUFFYÂ Memories Of Sligo
TSDL337Â JACK & CHARLIE COENÂ The Branch Lin
TSDL338Â VINCENT GRIFFIN Traditional Fiddle Music from County Clare
TSDL339Â PACKIE DUIGNAN & SEAMUS HORAN Music From County Leitrim
TSDL348Â JOHN WRIGHTÂ Unaccompanied
TSDL349Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Devon Tradition
TSDL350Â BOB DAVENPORT & THE RAKESÂ 1977
TSDL351Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Folk Music Of Norway
TSDL352Â TERRY TEAHAN & SEAMUS HORANÂ Old Time Irish Music In America
TSDL353Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Music of Cape Breton vol: 1
TSDL354Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Music of Cape Breton vol: 2
TSDL355Â JOHN KIRKPATRICK & SUE HARRISÂ Shreds & Patches
TSDL356Â VERA ASPEYÂ The Blackbird
TSDL359Â JOHN REILLYÂ The Bonny Green Tree
TSDL361Â BOB ROBERTSÂ Songs From The Sailing Barges
TSDL362Â MARY-ANN CAROLANÂ Songs From The Irish Tradition
TSDL364Â HUGH GILLESPIE Classic recordings of Irish traditional fiddle music
TSDL366Â DAN SULLIVAN’S SHAMROCK BAND
TSDL368Â JOHN DOONANÂ At The Feis
TSDL369Â THE LAMBS ON THE GREEN HILLSÂ Songs from County Clare
TSDL371Â ALISTAIR ANDERSONÂ Corby Crag
TSDL372Â GEORGE HANNA & SARAH ANNE O’NEILLÂ On The Shores Of Lough Neagh
TSDL373Â JOHN REAÂ Traditional Music on the Hammer Dulcimer
TSDL374Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Earl Soham Slog
TSDL375Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ Sing, Say and Play – Traditional Songs & Music from Suffolk
TSDL378Â VIN GARBUTTÂ Eston California
TSDL380Â SHIRLEY & DOLLY COLLINSÂ For As Many As Will
TSDL382Â NEW VICTORY BANDÂ One More Dance & Then
TSDL385Â VIN GARBUTTÂ Tossing A Wobbler
TSDL386Â BARRY DRANSFIELDÂ Bowin’ & Scrapin’
TSDL388Â THE HIGH LEVEL RANTERSÂ Four In A Bar
TSDL391Â CHRIS FOSTERÂ All Things In Common
TSDL392Â WALTER PARDONÂ A Country Life
TSDL395Â TRAVELLERSÂ Songs, Stories and Tunes from English Gypsies
TSDL398Â JOHN DOHERTYÂ Bundle And Go
TSDL399Â THE OLDHAM TINKERSÂ That Lancashire Band
TSDL403Â ALISON McMORLAND & PETA WEBB
TSDL405Â CILLA FISHER & ARTIE TREZISEÂ Cilla And Artie
TSDL407Â GARY & VERA ASPEYÂ Seeing Double
TSDL408Â JOHN KIRKPATRICK & SUE HARRISÂ Facing The Music
TSDL414Â ROBIN DRANSFIELDÂ Tidewave
TSDL416Â UMPS AND DUMPS The Moon’s In A Fit
TSDL421Â The HEMLOCK COCK & BULL BAND All Buttoned Up
TSDL425Â The NEW HIGH LEVEL RANTERS
TSDL428Â VIN GARBUTTÂ Little Innocents
TSDL429Â HAUK BUEN, KNUT BUEN, TOM ANDERSON, VIDAR LANDEÂ Ringing Strings – Fiddle Music of Norway-Shetland
TSDL430Â MARTIN SIMPSONÂ Grinning In Your Face
TSDL435Â CURLEWÂ Fiddle Music From Shetland & Beyond
TSDL438Â MARTIN SIMPSONÂ Sad Or High Kicking!
TSDL439Â THE HOUSE BANDÂ The House Band
TSDL440Â THE COCK AND BULL BANDÂ Eyes Closed and Rocking
TSDL441Â BILL CADDICKÂ The Wild West Show
TSDL445Â THE HOUSE BANDÂ Pacific
TSDL446Â MARTIN & JESSICA SIMPSONÂ True Dare Or Promise
TSDL447Â ANDREW CRONSHAWÂ Till The Beast’s Returning
TSDL451Â THE HOUSE BANDÂ Word of Mouth
TSDL453Â JOHN KIRKPATRICK & SUE HARRISÂ Stolen Ground
TSDL468Â BATTLEFIELD BANDÂ Opening Moves
TSDL479Â VARIOUS ARTISTSÂ The Bird In The Bush
TSDL501Â BRASS MONKEYÂ Sound & Rumour
TSDL502Â EWAN MacCOLLÂ Chorus From The Gallows
TSDL1028Â BLOWZABELLAÂ Vanilla
TSDL1050Â ANDREW CRONSHAWÂ The Language Of Snakes
TSDL1502Â BERNARD O’SULLIVAN & TOMMY McMAHONÂ Clare Concertinas
TSDL1503Â CHRIS DRONEYÂ The Flowing Tide
TSDL1504Â JOHN KELLYÂ Fiddle and Concertina Player
TSDL1505Â BERNARD O’SULLIVAN, TOMMY McMAHONÂ Play Irish Traditional Music of County Clare
TSDL1506Â IRISH TRADITIONAL CONCERTINA STYLES
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