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Directory of Shanty & Sea Song Recordings - Europe and Australia

"Wet, messy wet..."

Ship'n Whales, (Norway).

CD
2001
Tracks:
Six jolly good Ship'n Whalers, Ranzo Ray, Blow ye winds, Hooker John, Three score and ten, Jolly rovin' Tar, Haul away boys, Hurry Harry!, Billy O'Shea, Come down you bunch of roses, Lowlands, Blackbird get up, I can hew, Gammelt øl, The Ebenezer, Pick a Bale of Cotton, Grey funnel line, Mandals-shanty, Lime Scurvy, Down Trinidad, Pick a Bale of Cotton/Bonustrack
Copies are available in UK from: Chantey Cabin or contact: Ivar Nefstad , Gamle Bamblevei 11, 3970 Langesund, Norway, Tel. No. +47 35 97 27 32.

'CHEERILY MAN!'

Ship'n Whales, (Norway).

CD
2000
Tracks:
Fire Marengo, Paddy lay back, Cheerily Man, Roseabella, Clear away the Track, Rolling down to Old Maui, Working on the Railway, Strike the Bell, Hob Y Deri Dando, Sailors Farewell, Roll the Woodpile down, Alabama John Cherokee, Come me lads, Shawnee Town, Haul 'er away, Banks of Newfoundland, A place in the Choir, Pull down below, Bully in the Alley, Broken Sailor (Olvind Nefstad), Weldon.
Copies are available in UK from: Chanty Cabin or contact: Ivar Nefstad , Gamle Bamblevei 11, 3970 Langesund, Norway, Tel. No. +47 35 97 27 32.

'L'ESPRIT DE LA MORUE'

Les Soullies de Fond de Cale (Brittany)

CD
2000
Tracks:
L'Engagement, Rue des Trois Matelots, La Morue, La Tonne, Cecilia, Gwerz des Goemoniers, Le Prunier, Mister Stan, Isabeau, Les Filles de N Y City, La Reine Mab, C'est dans la ville de La Rochelle, Le Joli Navire, La Melaise Diabolique, La Plaque, Quinze Marins, Les Souilles.
The CD is available from Gilles Pagny Tel. No. 02 96 22 78 67, Fax. No. 06 82 15 96 08.

Chant des Marins Anglais

Stan Hugill and Stormalong John, Liverpool.
Cassette
Availability: -Le Chasse-Maree/ArMen, France?
A side:
Blow the Man Down, The Balaena, South Australia, Santiana, Lowlands, John Kanaka, Serafina, Admiral Benbow, Rolling Down to Old Maui, Let the Bulgine run, Good bye fare ye well, Girls of Dublin Town.
B side:
Sam’s gone away, The drunken sailor, Strike the bell, Roll the old chariot, Hieland laddie, Bulley in the Alley, The Black Ball Line, Randy dandy O, Paddy lay back, Rio Grande.
Live recordings at Douarnenez 88 and Fete du chant de marin, Paimpol 1989-1991

In The Shadow Of The Mainsail

Shanty Jack (Grimsby) with Compagniezangers (Medemblik, Holland)
CD
1993
Availability: Shanty Jack, 16, Kingsway, Cleethorpes, Humberside, DN35 8QU, UK. Tel. No (44) 1472 696757.
Tracks:
Hanging Johnny, South Australia, Mingulay Boatsong, Ketelbinkie, Drowned horses of Ameland, Te Vlissingen leyt een jachtje bereyt, Op het hobbelend pekelveld, De ijzeren man, Stormy weather boys, Leaving of Liverpool, De Zoute Zee, Wieringen, Ameland, Home boys home, Daar was laatst een meisje loos, Talcahuano girls, The Grimsby lads, Rosabella, Sailors’ farewell hymn, Emma let me be, Maggy May, Mein vater vos ein Dutchman, Bye bye my Roseanne.

I thought I heard the old man say...

Shanty Jack (Grimsby) and Ken Stephens(Southampton) with Compagniezangers (Medemblik, Holland)
CD
1997
Availability: Shanty Jack, 16, Kingsway, Cleethorpes, Humberside, DN35 8QU, UK. Tel. No (44) 1472 696757.
Tracks:
Shantyman, Fire down below, Santiana, Garrekwak, Herzogin Cecilie, Rattle the Winches, Ons stuurman heeft er een vrouwtje, Lowland low, Whisky Johnny, Jan Riebec, Jan Cupido, Sally Brown, Sam Houston, Whaling Johnny, Donkey riding, Ships in Bottles, Round the corner Sally, Working on a foreign sea, Over the hills to glory (instrumental), Poor old man, Hei courage viva, Essequibo river.

Folk Tunes, Sea Songs & Shanties

Cztery Refy (Poland)
CD (JRC-01) Cassette (JRK-01)
1995
Availability: Windrose Music, Postbus 414, 9200 AK Drachten, Netherlands, Tel. +31(0)512381606, email: windrose@worldonline.nl
A mixture of songs, and shanties in English and Polish, as well as some instrumentals, by Poland’s foremost shanty crew, Cztery Refy (The Four Reefs).
Tracks:
Old Maiden's Song, Donkey Reel, Londonderry Hornpipe, Heave Away My Johnnies, Paddy West, Row Bullies Row, Salamanca, Advertised in Boston, The Balaena, Talcahuano Girls, Marin Congo, Ratcliffe Highway, The Prisoner from Botany Bay, Fiddler's Green, Morgan Magan, Bring 'em Down, Press-gang, Andrew Rose, The Turpin Hero, Virgin Pullets, Ranzo Ray, Marchin' Inland.

"Kiedy z morza wraca Jack"

Cztery Refy (Poland)
CD (JRC-02) & Cassette (JRK-02)
1996
Availability: Windrose Music, Postbus 414, 9200 AK Drachten, Netherlands, Tel. +31(0)512381606, email: windrose@worldonline.nl
A mixture of songs, and shanties in English and Polish, as well as some instrumentals, by Poland’s foremost shanty crew, Cztery Refy (The Four Reefs).
Tracks:
Corn Riggs Are Bonny, Campanero, Strike the Bell, Belfast Hornpipe, Flash Frigate, The Golden Voyage, Slow Air, Get Her Into Shore, Jack Ashore, St. Anne's Reel, The Ballad of St. Anne's Reel, Married to a Mermaid, Planxty Irwin, The Shaver, The Tarbolton/The Temperance Reel, Billy Boy, Bell Bottom Trousers.

"Bitwy morskie"

Cztery Refy (Poland)
Cassette (JRK-03)
1996
Availability: Windrose Music, Postbus 414, 9200 AK Drachten, Netherlands, Tel. +31(0)512381606, email: windrose@worldonline.nl
A mixture of songs, and shanties in English and Polish, as well as some instrumentals, by Poland’s foremost shanty crew, Cztery Refy (The Four Reefs).
Tracks:
Oliwska szanta, Brave Wolfe, An Parsin Fionn/The Rights of Man, On the Fourteenth of February, Kanonier McCarthy, Roll Alabama, The Cumberland Crew, The Caesar's Victory, Royal Oak High Barbaree, O'Carolan's Jig/Flowers of Red Hill, Le Grand Coureer, Shannon and Chesapeake.

La Mer Et Le Vent

Long John Silver
Cassette
1986
A side:
Le Joli Navire, Simone, Santy Anna, Le Mariage Secret de la Mer et du vent, Haul On The Bowline, Le Clipper Blanc.
B side:
Cap’taine Croc, Pour Le Coeur D’un Marin, Le Saint Boniface, Fanny, Le Forban, La Marie Caroline.

Chansons De Mer LJS 8390

Long John Silver
Cassette
1990
A side:
Mathilda, Le Forban, La Carmeline, L’Ange Noir, Le Joli Navire.
B side:
Noel a terre, Les Gars de la Compagnie, Le Maitre a Bord, Les Roses d’Ouessant, L’harmonica, La Vielle.

Café Du Port

Long John Silver
Cassette
A side:
Le Port de la Rochelle, Les Terre-Neuvas, Paquebots, Les Roses d’Ouessant, L’Ange Noir, Ar Martolod Yaquank.
B side:
La Ballade du Kini Kersten, L’Harmonica, Cornes de Brume, Cognez Calfats, Les Gars de la Compagnie, La Vielle.

Flint

Long John Silver
Cassette
A side:
Les Tonneaux, Les Pipes, Vie de Marin Vie de Chien, Quel Beau Matin, Jacquot La Clappe.
B side:
Simone Baxter, Naufrageur, J’Navigue Au Radar, Rive Gauche, Regate, Les Pipes#2

CD Rhum

Long John Silver
CD
1996
Tracks:
The Dumb Mermaid and the Sirens of Siros, Des Ronds Dans L’eau, L’Harmonica, Tortuga, Les Filles de la Rochelle, La Femme en Caoutchouc, Medley, Le Capitaine de Saint Malo, La Carmeline, Le Mariage Secret De La Mer Et Du Vent, Les Temps Moroses, Grappes Flottante, Le Forban, Fanny De Lannion, A La Rochelle, La Rade De Lorient, Hats Off, L’Harmonica#2.

Chants De Marins

Mikael Yaouank
Cassette
A side:
Quinze Marins, Fanny De Lannion, Sul’Pont D’Morlaix, Adieu cher Camarade, Sur La Route De San Francisco, La Premier C’est Un Marin.
B side:
Le Grand Coureur, La Tramontaine, Le Grand Mat Veut D’La Route, Le Forban, Jean Francois De Nantes, Satanicles.

Chants De Marins Traditionnel

Various Artists
Cassette
A side:
Brassons bien partout carre, Good Bye Fare Thee Well, Jean Francois de Nantes, La Carmeline, As-Tu Connu Le Pere Winslow, Belle Virginie, Les Calfats, Blow The Man Down, Le Corsaire Le Grand Coureur, Chants a Hisser Main Sur Main, Pique La Baleine, Gueule de Serpent, Le Chaland de Jim Boyd.
B side:
La Danae, Le Pont De Morlaix, Dessus Les Quais Du Havre, Stormy Weather, Le 31 Du Mois D’Aout, Naviguant Dans Le Port De Nantes, Hardi Les Gars Vire Guindeau, La Courte Paille, Le Capitaine De Saint Malo, Gwerz Ar Vezhinerien, Off To Sea Once More.
This is a selection, in both French and English from Volumes 1 to 5 of the Anthologie des Chansons de mer issued by Le Chasse- Maree.

Chants De Marins

Les Gabiers d'Artimon
Cassette
A side:
Chantons pour passer le temps, Le Forban, A Lorient la jolie, Le 31 du mois d'Aout, Jean Francois de Nantes, Chant du Depart.
B side:
Nous Irons A Valparaiso, La Margot, Les Filles de La Rochelle, Adieu Cher Camarade, Sur le Pont de Morlaix, Le Premier C'est Un Marin

International Shantyfestival, Workum

A compilation of various artists appearing at the Workum festival over the past 10 years.
CD
1997
Availability: Windrose Music, Postbus 414, 9200 AK Drachten, Netherlands, Tel. +31(0)512381606, email: windrose@worldonline.nl
Tracks:
Pique la baleine - Les Souilles de Fond, Saltpetre Shanty - William Pint & Felicia Dale, Rotterdam - Kukerpillid, South Australia - Stan Hugill, Schipper ik wil varen - 't Kliekske, Sailor's Prayer - Tom Lewis, La Pauline - Boucharon, Old Zeb - Geoff Kaufmann, In't wille Gras - Helmut Debus, Hej, zeglarzu zgluj ze - Stare Dzwony, Lowlands - Stan Hugill, Gueule de Serpent - Femmes de Marins, Won't you help me raise 'em - Geoff Kaufmann, Hand over Hand - Kat yn't Seil, Mister Stormalong - Cztery Refy, Jean Francois de Nantes - Les Souilles de Fond de Cale, Leave her Johnny - Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins, Farewell Shanty - Jim Mageean & Johnny Collins.

Sea Boots And Swags

Rocky River Bush Band
CD
1999
South Australian band. As well and shanties and sea songs, features some traditional and contemporary Australian songs and original songs and tunes by band members.
Availability: Peter Thornton, PO Box 111, Brighton 5048, South Australia (email -rockyriver@speedlink.com.au). Also available from FolkTrax online music shop: http://www.folktrax.com
Tracks:
The Willow and The Waratah, The Albany Immigrants, The Farewell Shanty, Andy's Gone With Cattle, Hob Y Derry Dando, Over The Oceans/Tenpenny Bit/Rakes of Kildare, Hills of Isle au Haut, Whip Jamboree, Roll Down, Sammy's Gone Away, Ocean Liner, With My Swag all on My Shoulder, The Wee Pot Stove, Meg Ryan's/John McKenna's, Ten Thousand Miles Away.

We'll Plough the Briny Ocean

Rocky River Bush Band
CD
1997
South Australian band. As well and shanties and sea songs, features some traditional and contemporary Australian songs and original songs and tunes by band members.
Availability: Peter Thornton, PO Box 111, Brighton 5048, South Australia.(email: rockyriver@speedlink.com.au) Also available from FolkTrax on line music shop: http://www.folktrax.com
Tracks:
Hey Rain, Over the Waterfall-Angelina Baker-Old Joe Clark-Four Poster Bed, The Limejuice Tub, Out in the Desert, Home Among the Gum Trees, Johnny Stewart Drover, Spirit of Erin, I am Australian, Musique de Bretagne, Plains of Mexico, John Cherokee, The Crossroads-Peekaboo Polka-The Elves' March, John Kanaka, The Jolly Roving Tar, The Drunken Sailor, The Farewell Shanty.

Shanghaied Crew

Rocky River Bush Band (Australia), Cztery Refy(Poland), Helge Arildso with Jens Albert Nielsen & Torben Heegard Petersen from Forebitters (Denmark) & Bob Webb (USA).
CD
1997
Recorded at Studio Farmen before and after the 1997 Korsor Shanty Festival.
Availability: Helge Arildso, Dyrehovedgardsalle 27, 4220 Korsor (email - arildsoe@mail.dk) Denmark or Peter Thornton, PO Box 111, Brighton 5048, South Australia.(email: rockyriver@speedlink.com.au) or FolkTrax on line music shop: http://www.folktrax.com
Tracks:
Hanne Margrethes Vals, Hob a Derry Dando, John Kanaka, Whiskey Johnny, Randy Dandy O, Roll Down, A-Roving, Greenland Men's Tune-New Orleans Tune-Mason's Apron-Soldier's Joy, The Campanero, Johnny Comes Down to Hilo, Old Maui, John Cherokee, Pump Ship-Packet Ship, Fire Down Below, Falmouth, Grey Funnel Line.

Rocky River Bush Band - Say G'Day

Rocky River Bush Band (Australia)
Cassette
1990
Recorded before Rocky River's first overseas tour. Includes traditional and original Australian songs and tunes as well as shanties and sea songs.
Availability: Peter Thornton, PO Box 111, Brighton 5048, South Australia (email - rockyriver@speedlink.com.au).
A Side:
G'day G'day, The Creature Feature, Crooked Jack, Wooding Up, Charlie's Tunes, Wool Away, Shelter.
B Side:
The Horses' Brawl-Brittany Revisited, Bound for South Australia, Song of Artesian Water, Angelina Baker-Eliza Jane, Billy Riley, Bound for the Rio Grande, New York Gals.

"It's Our Sailing Time....."

Forebitters (Denmark).
CD and Cassette
1996
Availability: Helge Arildso, Dyrehovedgardsalle 27, 4220 Korsor (email - pamfilius@cybernet.dk) Denmark
Tracks:
Whiskey Johnny, Mein Vader vos Ein Dutchman, Dreadnought, Wild Goose Shanty, Grimsby Lads, Greenland Whale Fishery, Heave Away, Paddy West, South Australia, Ratcliffe Highway, Haul Away Joe, Blow the Man Down, Lovely Nancy, Santy Anna, Drunken Sailor, Roseanna, Rosabella, Paddy on the Railway, Sailors' Farewell.

'Ships may come... ...and ships may go'

Forebitters (Denmark).
CD
1999
Availability: Helge Arildso, Dyrehovedgardsalle 27, 4220 Korsor, Tel. +45 58 37 04 83, Fax. +45 57 61 68 89.
Email: Helge Arildso
Tracks:
Jolly Roving Tar, Pull Down Below, Fire Down Below, Donkey Riding/Ridin' Donkey, Farewell to Tarwathie, the Mermaid, Medley: Madge Wildfire's strathspey/Isle of Skye reel/ Lady Montgomery's rant, Whup Jamboree, Battle of Jutland, General Taylor, Fiddlers Green, Hogeye Man, Three Score & Ten, Boys of Killybegs, Irish Rover, Morgen over Noret.

Strike The Bell

Forebitters (Denmark).
CD and Cassette
1994
Availability(Almost Sold Out): Helge Arildso, Dyrehovedgardsalle 27, 4220 Korsor (email - pamfilius@cybernet.dk) Denmark
Tracks:
Rio Grande, Paddy Lay Back, Ten Thousand Miles, A Long Time Ago, Shenandoah, Sacramento, The Sailor Likes His Bottle-O, Skye Boat Song, Homeward Bound, Strike The Bell, Can't Ye Dance The Polka, Blow Boys Blow, The Bold Harpooner, A-Rovin, Clear The Track, Blow Ye Winds In The Morning, Leave Her Johnny.

SHANTIES

Rolf Simpson & Carl Bay with The Gorch Fock Choir (Germany)
LP
1969
Fontana Records - SFL 13122
A Side:
Sally Brown, Baltimore Shanty (Up She Goes), Shenandoah, A-Roving, Nancy Lee, Yellow Rose Of Texas, Drunken Sailor.
B Side:
Banks Of Sacramento, Whisky Johnny, My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean, Roll The Cotton Down, Sailing, Johnny-Johnny, Rolling Home.

Auf Hoher See

The Jan Maaten-Chor (Germany)
LP
Europa Records - E145
A Side:
Sailing, Sally Brown, In Amsterdam, Ten Thousand Miles Away, Samoa Song, Man Geht Nicht Unter Auf San Pierre, Farewell Mein Madchen Aus Altona, Johnny Come Down to Hilo.
B Side:
Five Five, Drunken Sailor, Ein Madchen Das Ging Einst Durch Das Stadtchen, Yellow Rose Of Texas, Strike The Bell, Ich Hab Mein Schatz Verloren, Yankee Doodle, Nancy Lee, Blow Boys Blow.

A Hundred Years Ago (Songs from the Tall Ships)

Warp Four (Galway, Ireland)
CD
1998
Availability: Clancy Music or The Chantey Cabin Ken & Jan Lardner, 69 Ribble Avenue, Freckleton, Preston, LANCS PR4 1RU.
Tracks:
A Hundred Years Ago, Rio Grande, The Girls of Dublin Town, The Banks of Newfoundland, The Wild Goose, The Bold Fisherman, The Johnson Girls, Fire Maringo, Georges Quay, Lowlands Low, Shallow Brown, Essiquibo River, Cheerily Man, The Weary Whaling Grounds, Hog Eyed Man, Billy Riley, Bring 'em Down, Fire Down Below, Roll Down, Leave Her Johnny.
Warp Four are:
Niall Fennell - a member of 'The Press Gang' during the '60s and '70s.
Pat Sheridan - a member of 'Garland' during the '60s and '70s.
Jack Harrison - a member of 'Craiftine' during the '70s and now sings with The Galway Baroque Singers and Cois Claddagh choirs.
Sean Laffey - a member of 'Jenkins Ear', the Guernsey Shanty Crew.
Also 'guesting' on this album are Liam Clancy, Robbie O'Connell and Donal Clancy.

The Wild and Wasteful Ocean (Songs from the Tall Ships)

Clancy O'Connell Clancy (Galway, Ireland)
CD
1998
Availability: Clancy Music or The Chantey Cabin Ken & Jan Lardner, 69 Ribble Avenue, Freckleton, Preston, LANCS PR4 1RU.
Tracks:
The Shoals of Herring, Santy Ano, Lord Franklin, Fisher's Hornpipe & Sailor's Hornpipe, The Ballad of Sammy's Bar, South Australia, Cruisin' 'Round Yarmouth, Princess Royal, Blood Red Roses, The Mary Ellen Carter, The Sailor's Rest, Do Me Ama, The Bergen.
Clancy O'Connell Clancy are:
Liam Clancy
Robbie O'Connell
Donal Clancy
Also 'guesting' on this album are Warp Four.

Irish Ballads & Songs of the Sea

Dan Milner with Louis Killen, Mick Moloney, Andy O'Brien, Billy McComiskey & Brendan Mulvihill, Brian Conway, Bob Conroy, Frank Woerner, Jan Christensen & Liam Milner.
CD
1998
Availability: Folk Legacy Records or The Chantey Cabin Ken & Jan Lardner, 69 Ribble Avenue, Freckleton, Preston, LANCS PR4 1RU.
Tracks:
Paddy West, The Banks of Newfoundland, Billy O'Shea, The Loss of the ship 'Jane Maria', The Harp Without the Crown, The Nightingale, Rosemary Lane, Poor Old Horse, Lovely Ann, Row Bullies Row, Yellow Meal, Lord Bateman, The Girls of Valparaiso, The Lily of the West, Leave Her Johnny Leave Her.
On the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine, this recording is dedicated to those who braved the Atlantic crossing from Ireland to America.

Chant de Marins En Fete

Blootland (Flanders), Forebitter (Mystic Seaport, USA), Gromor et les Gueules a Fuel (Fecamp), Jenkin's Ear (Guernsey), La Volute (Gaspesie), Les Goristes (Brest), Les Souilles de fond de cale (Paimpol), Liereliet (Friesland), Maree de Paradis (Normandie), Mario et Tombourlika quartet (Greece), Shanty Jack & Monkey's Orphan (Grimsby), Stormalong John (Liverpool), Teofilo Chanre (Cap-Vert), Xistra de Coruxo (Galicie) and Wopso (Guadeloupe).
CD
1998
Availability: Shanty Jack, 16, Kingsway, Cleethorpes, Humberside, DN35 8QU, UK. Tel. No (44) 1472 696757, or Le Chasse - Maree/ArMen, Abri Du Marin 29177, Douarnenez, France.
Tracks:
M'en revenant de La Rochelle, Catro vellos marineiros, Johnson Girls, Bateau l'arrive, Giulbahar, Wat lijdt den zeeman/ Paul Jones, Do let me me go, L'arsenal, Reel gaspesien, Johnny come down to Hilo, Zeemansleven, Pique la baleine, Saudade, Yarmouth Town, Dame lume Sara, Dans la marine, Les margats, John Cherokee, S'agapo, Whaling Johnny, Fiddler's Green, C'est a Paimpol en plein ete.
From the concerts at Paimpol 1997

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'Down to the Sea in Ships'

Vince Brophy, (Australia).

CD
1999
Vince Brophy is re-releasing this album, first issued in 1986, in conjunction with Hard Yacka Recordings. The album will be re- launched on Saturday 28th August 1999, at South Australian Maritime Museum, 119, Lipson Street, Port Adelaide
Tracks:
Down, Down To The Ocean Blue (Vince Brophy), Pig And Whistle Roll (Vince Brophy), Ballad Of The Karingal (Vince Brophy), Baywhalers Of Twofold Bay (Vince Brophy), James Craig/Sailor's Hornpipe (Vince Brophy), Murray Paddle Boat (Vince Brophy), Hi, Hi The Little Boat Rides (Vince Brophy), Tug Boats (Vince Brophy), Murray River Queen (Vince Brophy) Down To The Sea In Boats (Vince Brophy). For further information/availability, email:Vince Brophy or visitVince Brophy Web site

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