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1989
The Critics Group
As We Were a-Sailing
1970
Argo
ZDA 137
12-inch LP
Tracks:
1. Slave Ho (fragment of capstan shanty) - Aldwyn Cooper and Chorus
2. Billy Riley (halyard shanty) - John Faulkner and Chorus
3. Sir Francis Drake - John Faulkner and Terry Yarnell; Peggy Seeger, Sandra Kerr: guitars
4. Farewell To Tarwhathie - Ewan MacColl; Peggy Seeger:concertina
5. The New York Trader - John Faulkner; Sandra Kerr: dulcimer
6. Sailing Over The Dogger Bank - Aldwyn Cooper and Chorus; Peggy Seeger:concertina
7. The Bold Pirate - Dick Snell unaccompanied
8. The Alabama (halyard shanty) - Terry Yarnell and Chorus
9. So Handy (halyard shanty) - Brian Pearson and Chorus
10. The Flying Cloud - Ewan MacColl unaccompanied (appears on other albums)
11. The North Sea Holes - Ewan MacColl and Chorus; Peggy Seeger, Sandra Kerr: guitars; John Faulkner:mandolin (appears on other albums)
12. Loss Of The Ramillies - Brian Pearson unaccompanied
13. As We Were a-Sailing - John Faulkner unaccompanied (appears on other albums)
14. The Press Gang - Terry Yarnell; Peggy Seeger:concertina; Sandra Kerr: whistle (appears on other albums)
15. The Dockyard Gate - Dick Snell; Peggy Seeger: banjo; John Faulkner: fiddle (appears on other albums)
16. Bottle-O (halyard shanty) - Terry Yarnell and Chorus
17. Long Time Ago (halyard shanty) - John Faulkner and Chorus
18. Nancy Of Yarmouth - Ewan MacColl; Peggy Seeger:concertina (appears on other albums)
19. John Dameray (short-haul shanty) - Brian Pearson and Chorus
20. Bold Benjamin - Terry Yarnell and Chorus (appears on other albums)
Personnel:
Ewan MacColl, Aldwyn Cooper, John Faulkner, Brian Pearson, Dick Snell, Terry Yarnell
John Faulkner mandolin, fiddle
Sandra Kerr guitar, dulcimer, whistle
Peggy Seeger guitar, concertina, banjo

Shanties and Forbitters
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Ye Mariners All (Argo ZDA 138)
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