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SEA SONGS AND SHANTIES ARE BIG BUSINESS. DEFINITIVE COMPILATION OF BEST KNOWN SEA SONGS. CLASSIC PERFOMANCES BY BEST IN THEIR FIELD. BEST SELLING FULL PRICE ALBUM NOW AT MID-PRICE Great Britain is an island nation whose very nature has been shaped by the sea and those who sailed it. So much of our national character and language can be traced back to our seafaring traditions, and there is always public interest in anything nautical. This is a treasure chest of seafaring songs delivered by such fine interpreters as Ewan MacColl, The Watersons, Bob Davenport, Louis Killen, Ian Campbell and Cyril Tawney. The two dozen performances include some of the best-known of all British sea songs and shanties, evoking a long and turbulent history of shipwrecks and sea-battles, of tall ships and whalers and the men who sailed in them. Tracks: Louis Killen - The Wild Goose / Ian Campbell - Lovely Nancy / Ewan MacColl - The Black Ball Line / Cyril Tawney - The Nightingale / Harry H Corbett - Blow The Man Down / Louis Killen - Heave Away My Johnny / Sam Larner - The Lofty Tall Ship / Ian Campbell - Row Bullies Row / Louis Killen - The Flying Cloud / Cyril Tawney - The Fireship / Bob Davenport - Tom's Gone To Hilo / The Watersons - Greenland Whale Fishery / Louis Killen - The Ship In Distress / Ian Campbell - Lowlands Low / Bob Hart - Cod Banging / Cyril Tawney - One Morning In Spring / Louis Killen - Hilo Johnny Brown / A L Lloyd - The Bonny Ship The Diamond / Louis Killen - The Bold Princess Royal / Bob Davenport - Billy Boy / Bob Roberts - Windy Old Weather / Cyril Tawney - The Bold Benjamin / Ian Campbell - The Hog-Eye Man / Louis Killen - Goodbye, Fare Thee Well.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I just love this collection of sea songs and shanties.It has everything,humour pathos and a glimpse into the hard life of the sailors of old.It is well worth the money and will stay in my car to keep me company on boring motorways.I did know what i was buying but was not expecting such a wide range of work songs and narratives.Brilliant
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Farewell Nancy was a album originally released in 1964 by Topic records. That album is presented here in this CD format with some additions and a new title. It is a collection of fine recordings from the likes of Ewan MacColl, Ian Campbell, Bob Davenport, the Watersons, A.L. Lloyd and Louis Killen.
This veresion was released on CD in 1993.
It is a collection of sea shanties and forebitters. Shanties for singing at work, Forebitters for singing at leisure.
Shanties were functional songs to get men to pull or push together. Forebitters told a story to escape from the routine of things.
These recordings not only are from established folk singers of quality, but in the case of sam larner bob Roberts and bob hart they had worked at sea for a large part of their lives and knew these songs from their own experience of using them as intended.
Modern recordings will often use ornamentation to spice up the sound but these recordings are possibly more convincing. Harry \H Corbett and chorus sing the title track (5) "Blow the man down" a song used when hoisting the yards. It is a halyard shantie and was usually very long but thankfully this is just right.
A lot of the songs mention Liverpool and the Liverpool docks and its associaton with the sea.
This is a special release and it has atmosphere and a great concept. There have been a few releases of sea shanties over the years but this is one of the oringinals, and one of the best.
This veresion was released on CD in 1993.
It is a collection of sea shanties and forebitters. Shanties for singing at work, Forebitters for singing at leisure.
Shanties were functional songs to get men to pull or push together. Forebitters told a story to escape from the routine of things.
These recordings not only are from established folk singers of quality, but in the case of sam larner bob Roberts and bob hart they had worked at sea for a large part of their lives and knew these songs from their own experience of using them as intended.
Modern recordings will often use ornamentation to spice up the sound but these recordings are possibly more convincing. Harry \H Corbett and chorus sing the title track (5) "Blow the man down" a song used when hoisting the yards. It is a halyard shantie and was usually very long but thankfully this is just right.
A lot of the songs mention Liverpool and the Liverpool docks and its associaton with the sea.
This is a special release and it has atmosphere and a great concept. There have been a few releases of sea shanties over the years but this is one of the oringinals, and one of the best.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A selection of sea shanties sung in clear precise manner, not over produced. This product will have a limited audience but for those who have an ear for old traditional english folk songs and songs from the sea, then you should enjoy this, at this price you can not go wrong.
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