Pass the Jug Round

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Pass the Jug Round Traditional Songs and Music From Cumberland recorded in the 1950s Various Artists Reynard Records RR002 (LP, UK, 1982) Veteran VT142CD (CD, UK, 2001)

Original recordings made by Jack Little at the Crown and Thistle, Rockcliffe, and the Plough Inn, Wreay, in August to October 1953.
Transferred from original acetates by Bernard Whitty in 1982;
LP cover photo: John Peel bi-centenary celebrations, Caldbeck, 1954. Reproduced with permission from Hardman Collection, Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Kendal, Cumbria;
LP sleeve notes and design by Sue Mycock;
Remastered for CD by Paul Marsh in 2001;
CD notes by Sue Allan;
CD design by John Howson

Musicians

Robert Forrester: vocals, mouth organ;
Norman Alford: tin whistle;
Mickey Moscrop, Tom ‘Copper’ Brodie, Joe Thompson, Jim Nixon, Harvey Nicholson, Watty Graham: melodeon;
Len Irving, Jim Matthews: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Mickey Moscrop: Pass the Jug Round (2.08)
2. Tom Brodie: The Birds Upon the Tree (4.13)
3. Joe Thompson: The Horn of the Hunter (3.17)
4. Robert Forrester mouth organ & Norman Alford whistle: Cumberland Waltz (3.19)
5. Robert Forrester: Copshawholme Fair (3.38)
6. Joe Thompson: The Welton Hunt (3.40)
7. Jim Nixon: The Keach in the Creel (3.47)

Side 2

1. Harvey Nicholson: The Copshawholme Butcher (3.35)
2. Joe Thompson: Joe Bowman (3.32)
3. Watty Graham melodeon: Story in Longtown dialect / Cumberland Reel (3.50)
4. Len Irving: The Lish Young Buy-a-Broom (4.07)
5. Jim Matthews: My Uncle Pete (1.27)
6. Robert Forrester: Corby Castle (3.56)
7. Mickey Moscrop: John Peel (2.31)