Dave Swarbrick: Swarbrick / Swarbrick 2
A compilation of most of the LPs Swarbrick and Swarbrick 2. Missing from Swarbrick are tracks 7 and 8, The Killarney Boys of Pleasure and Lady in the Boat / Rosin the Bow / Timour the Tartar, and from Swarbrick 2 tracks 13 and 14, Shepherd’s Hey and Lord Inchiquin.
Musicians
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle [1-5, 7-12, 14-26],
viola [9],
mandolin [3, 6, 10, 13];
Beryl Marriott: piano [1, 12, 15, 21, 24];
Martin Carthy: guitar [2, 7, 13-14, 17, 22];
Simon Nicol: guitar [3, 6, 9, 11-12, 18, 20],
bass [20];
Dave Pegg: bass [3, 6, 8, 11-12, 15, 21, 24];
Bruce Rowland: tambourine [3, 11],
snare drum [12, 14-15, 21, 24],
tenor drum [14];
Savourna Stevenson: clarsach [4, 10, 26];
Kate Graham: fiddle [12, 15, 21, 24];
Roger Marriott: melodeon [12, 15, 21, 24];
Alan Robertson: accordion [12, 15, 21, 24]
Tracks
- The Heilanman / Drowsy Maggie (2.45)
- Carthy’s March (2.38)
- The White Cockade / Doc Boyd’s Jig / Durham Rangers (3.17)
- My Singing Bird (3.47)
- The Nightingale (Reel Du Pendu) (2.26)
- Once I Loved a Maiden Fair (2.02)
- Byker Hill (5.20)
- The Ace and Deuce of Pipering (2.18)
- Hole in the Wall (1.14)
- Ben Dorian (1.41)
- Hullichans / Chorous Jig (2.05)
- The 79th’s Farewell to Gibraltar (3.36)
- Arthur McBride / Snug in the Blanket (4.45)
- The Athole Highlanders (2.20)
- Shannon Bells / Fairy Dance / Miss McLeod’s Reel (4.12)
- The King of the Faeries (4.07)
- Chief O’Neill’s Favourite / Newcastle Hornpipe (2.51)
- Sheeebeg and Sheemore (1.40)
- The Rocky Road to Dublin / Sir Philip McHugh (2.33)
- Planxty Morgan Mawgan (2.11)
- The Swallows Tail / Rakes of Kildare / Blackthorn Stick (3.15)
- Sheagh of Rye / The Friar’s Breeches (5.15)
- Derwentwater’s Farewell / The Noble Squire Dacre (3.17)
- Teribus / Farewell to Aberdeen (2.22)
- Bonaparte’s Retreat (1.00)
- The Coulin (5.51)
All tracks trad. arr. Swarbrick, except
Tracks 2, 7, 13-14, 17, 22 trad. arr. Swarbrick, Carthy
Tracks 6, 9 Playford arr. Swarbrick, Nicol
Tracks 18, 20 O’Carolan arr. Swarbrick, Nicol