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Songs Of Thomas Hardy's Wessex


Release Date: 02/27/1999 
Label:  Saydisc   Catalog #: 410   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles,  Mark Emerson,  Charles Spicer,  Kathryn Locke,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 7 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. The foggy, foggy dew by Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles (), Mark Emerson (Violin), Charles Spicer (Oboe),
Kathryn Locke (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
2. Jockey to the fair "Dame Durden" by Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles (), Andy Turner (), Mark Emerson (Violin),
Dave Townsend (Concertina), Charles Spicer (Flute), Kathryn Locke (Cello),
Sally Dexter (), Julie Murphy ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
3. The mistletoe bough by Traditional
Performer:  Andy Turner (), Mark Emerson (Viola), Kathryn Locke (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
4. Cupid's garden by Traditional
Performer:  Sally Dexter (), Julie Murphy ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
5. Queen Eleanor's confession by Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles (), Mark Emerson (Violin), Dave Townsend (Concertina)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend, Mark Emerson 
6. The spotted cow by Traditional
Performer:  Dave Townsend (Concertina), Mark Emerson (Viola), Dave Townsend (Bass Concertina),
Sally Dexter ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 5 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
7. The seeds of love by Traditional
Performer:  Mark Emerson (Violin), Dave Townsend (Violin), Kathryn Locke (Cello),
Julie Murphy ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
8. The barley mow by Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles (), Andy Turner (), Mark Emerson (Violin),
Mark Emerson (Viola), Charles Spicer (Flute), Charles Spicer (Oboe),
Charles Spicer (Voice), Kathryn Locke (Cello), Dave Townsend (Spoken Vocals),
Dave Townsend (Concertina), Julie Murphy (), Sally Dexter ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
9. The prentice boy by Traditional
Performer:  Andy Turner ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
10. I have parks, I have hounds by Traditional
Performer:  Julie Murphy (), Ian Giles (), Andy Turner (),
Mark Emerson (Viola), Sally Dexter ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
11. Break o' the day by Traditional
Performer:  Dave Townsend (Bass Concertina), Julie Murphy ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
12. The sheepshearing song by Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles (), Andy Turner (), Charles Spicer (Oboe),
Kathryn Locke (Cello), Julie Murphy (), Sally Dexter ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
13. The tailor's breeches by Traditional
Performer:  Julie Murphy (), Ian Giles (), Andy Turner (),
Kathryn Locke (Cello), Sally Dexter ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend, Kathryn Locke 
14. The downhills of life by Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles (), Andy Turner ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
15. I wish, I wish by Traditional
Performer:  Dave Townsend (Concertina), Sally Dexter ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
16. Joan's ale by Traditional
Performer:  Andy Turner (), Charles Spicer (Voice), Kathryn Locke (Cello),
Dave Townsend (), Julie Murphy (), Ian Giles ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
17. The outlandish knight by Traditional
Performer:  Julie Murphy ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 6 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
18. Such a beauty I did grow by Traditional
Performer:  Mark Emerson (Violin), Dave Townsend (Violin), Ian Giles (),
Julie Murphy (), Andy Turner ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
19. Banks of Allan Water by Traditional
Performer:  Ian Giles (), Sally Dexter (), Mark Emerson (Viola),
Charles Spicer (Flute), Kathryn Locke (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
20. King Arthur had three sons by Traditional
Performer:  Dave Townsend (), Kathryn Locke (Cello), Charles Spicer (Voice),
Charles Spicer (Oboe), Charles Spicer (Flute), Mark Emerson (Viola),
Mark Emerson (Violin), Andy Turner (), Ian Giles (),
Julie Murphy (), Sally Dexter ()
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 1 Minutes 55 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 
21. The light of the moon by Traditional
Performer:  Charles Spicer (Voice), Dave Townsend (Concertina), Mark Emerson (Violin),
Andy Turner (), Kathryn Locke (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mellstock Band
Written: England 
 Date of Recording: 5/1994 
Venue:  Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn 
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Dave Townsend 

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