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Short Sharp Shanties

Recorded and produced by Doug Bailey

Musicians

Jim Mageean: lead vocals [2, 9b, 14], chorus [5, 9, 17];
Jeff Warner: lead vocals [3, 11, 15], chorus [3, 5, 9], baritone English concertina [5], banjo [8, 15, 16];
Keith Kendrick: lead vocals [9a, 13, 17], chorus [1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 10ac, 11-13, 15], Anglo concertina [10bc, 14, 16-17], English concertina [12, 15], bass English concertina [16];
Jackie Oates: lead vocals [4, 18], chorus [4, 17], fiddle [1, 4, 8, 10bc, 14, 17-18];
Roger Watson: lead vocals [6, 10a], melodeon [10a];
Sam Lee: lead vocals [7, 12, 18], chorus [10a, 12];
Brian Willoughby: guitar [13, 16];
Tom Brown: lead vocals [5, 9c, 10c, 16], chorus [2-3, 6, 8-9, 10a, 11, 15, 17], English concertina [5, 10b], melodeon [10bc], melodeon bass [15];
Barbara Brown: lead vocals [1, 8, 13], chorus [2-3, 5-6, 8, 10ac, 11-17];
Doug Bailey: chorus [3, 5-6, 9, 10ac, 12, 15]

Tracks

  1. Rowler Bowler (2.58)
  2. Whisky Is My Johnny (2.03)
  3. So Early in the Morning (The Sailor Likes His Bottle O) (1.24)
  4. Boney Was a Warrior (2.23)
  5. Lucy Long (2.17)
  6. Roll and Go (Sally Brown) (2.03)
  7. Tom’s Gone to Ilo (3.04)
  8. Huckleberry Hunting (Hilo, Me Ranzo Ray) (2.33)
  9. Haul on the Bowline /
    Paddy Doyle /
    Johnnie Bowker (3.29)
  10. Santy Anna (Plains of Mexico) / instrumental bridge /
    Whip Jamboree (3.56)
  11. Good Morning Ladies All (2.57)
  12. Knock a Man Down (Blow the Man Down) (3.01)
  13. Shanadore (Shenandoah) (3.22)
  14. A-Roving (5.07)
  15. Times Are Hard and Wages Low (Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her) (2.50)
  16. I Wish I Was With Nancy (4.47)
  17. One More Day (2.34)
  18. Bonus Track: Sweet Nightingale (3.36)