Various - The Folk Songs Of Britain Volume 4: The Child Ballads 1
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Singer: Various
Title: The Folk Songs Of Britain Volume 4: The Child Ballads 1
Short-info: Label: Topic Records ‎– 12T160, Topic Records ‎– 12T 160
Series: The Folk Songs Of Britain – Volume 4
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: UK
Date of released: 1969
Category: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
MP3 album size .rar: 1336 mb
APE album size .rar: 1691 mb
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Tracklist

A1 Bob Copper and Ron Copper / Thomas Moran The Elfin Knight (An Acre Of Land; Strawberry Lane)
A2 Frank Quinn The False Knight On The Road
A3 Fred Jordan Lady Isabel And The Elf Knight (The Outlandish Knight)
A4 John Strachan The Twa Sisters (Binnorie)
A5 Jeannie Robertson / Elizabeth Cronin / Thomas Moran / Coln McDonagh / Eirlys Thomas / Eddis Thomas Lord Randal (Lord Donald, My Son)
A6 Jeannie Robertson / Paddy Tunney / Angela Brasil Edward (My Son David)
A7 John Stickle King Orfeo
A8 Thomas Moran The Cruel Mother
A9 Cyril Poacher The Broomfield Wager
B1 Seamus Ennis Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
B2 Lucy Stewart The Twa Brothers
B3 Thomas Moran / Jeannie Robertson Lord Bateman (Young Beichan)
B4 Jessie Murray Lord Thomas And Fair Ellen
B5 Ethel Findlater Lord Lovel
B6 Elizabeth Cronin Lord Gregory (The Lass Of Roch Royal)
B7 Jessie Murray / Fred Jordan / Charlie Wills / May Bennell / Thomas Moran / Phil Tanner Barbara Allen
B8 Enos White George Collins (Lady Alice)
B9 Ben Butcher Cruel Lincoln (Lamkin)
B10 Julia Scaddon The Prickelly Bush (The Maid Freed From The Gallows)

Companies, etc.

  • Printed By – Robert Stace

Credits

  • Compiled By, Recorded By – Alan Lomax, Bob Copper, Hamish Henderson, Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Peter Kennedy , Seamus Ennis, Sean O'Boyle
  • Liner Notes – Alan Lomax, Peter Kennedy , Shirley Collins
  • Sleeve, Design – James Boswell

Notes

Issued with 8 page booklet containing introduction and notes on the songs.

Subtitle of the LP is "The English And Scottish Popular Ballads Numbers 2-95."

Record originally issued as TC 1145 in 1961. Published by Topic Records Limited with the permission of Caedmon Records Inc. of New York.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Stamped, A Side Runout): JT 360 A
  • Barcode (Stamped, B Side Runout): JT 360 B

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
TC 1145 Various The Child Ballads ‎(LP, Album, Comp) Caedmon Records TC 1145 US 1961
12T160 Various The Folk Songs Of Britain Volume 4: The Child Ballads 1 ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE) Topic Records 12T160 UK Unknown
12T160 Various The Child Ballads 1 - 'The English And Scottish Popular Ballads' Numbers 2-95 ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE) Topic Records 12T160 UK Unknown

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