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English Ceilidh Band Compilations
TSCD752 Track List
Stepping Up
A history of the new wave of English Country Dance Music -
23 of the most exciting English roots dance bands with 44 tunes drawn from the
English tradition. Compiled and annotated by Ian Anderson, the editor of fRoots
magazine, “Stepping Up” is both a great listening album and also a definitive
anthology and history of the English folk musical movement. All the great
artists and legendary players of the New Wave Of English Country Music from its
very beginnings to the present day.
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COF 0503 Track List
English Ceilidh Bands Volume 2
Showcases 6 more bands who further demonstrate the
eclectic mix of music that is danced to every week on the English Ceilidh
circuit. Building upon Volume 1 you can hear the more traditional sounds of
Katie's Quartet, Moor Music and The Posh Band, the full electric music of
Tickled Pink and Peeping Tom and the English/World music fusion of Boka Halat.
Two tracks taken from the each bands own CD's.
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COF 010
English Ceilidh Bands
"A celebration of English Ceilidh Music" is exactly what it says.
This showcase of 6 of the finest English Ceilidh bands is a compilation of 2
tracks by each band taken their own CD's. The styles range from the 'brassy'
eclecticism of Florida and the upright English rock of Random, through the
Anglo-European grooves of Jabadaw to the big band style of Whapweasel, and from
the lilting sounds of Hekety to the fusion of trad and modern that is All
Blacked Up.
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COF002 Track List
Spirits of Another Sort
All Blacked Up have played at most of the main folk festivals and ceilidh clubs in England. Formed in 1986 they have developed into one of the most distinctive sounds on the folk circuit combining the traditional sounds of melodeons, harmonica, recorders and whistles with the more jazzy saxophones upon a bed of guitar, bass and drums.
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WGS283CD
The South Wind
Traditional English country dance music: instrumental, melodeons, fiddle, Anglo concertinas, keyboard, drums and percussion, Eb tuba, Eb tenor horn.
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WGS301CD Track List
Straight from the Fingers
Most of the tunes are English but there are a few from further afield, all played in the band’s distinctive Southern English style, slightly slower than bands from the North of England and with more emphasis on the rhythmic nature of the tunes. The Band was formed in early 1977. In 1979 it won an award from B.B.C. Radio Solent as the most popular Barn Dance Band and received similar awards in 1980 and 1982.
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EFDSSCD04
Track ListUpstream
Ed Rennie (melodeon), Nina Hansell (fiddle) and Gareth Kiddier (piano)
Lively English folk dance music played as it should be.
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EFDSSCD10 Track List
Joanna
The second CD from one of England's leading country dance bands.
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CDMM001 Track List
The Pixies Strike Again
The Dartmoor Pixie Band. New CD of English traditional dance music played by Mark Bazeley (melodeon) Jason Rice (piano accordion) Rob Murch (banjo) Ed Rennie (bass) Cyril May (Drums) and Sarah Bazeley (caller)
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HEBECD002
Track listReformed Characters
They were one of the most influential bands arising from the 1970s resurgence of interest in English country dance music. Great tunes played in their own inimitable style plus songs from Bob Davenport and Peta Webb. This is a new recording, not a re-release of their old album.
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WGS319CD Track list
Furze Cat
Hekety are a dance band, first, last and in the middle too. But they also believe that if the music isn’t good enough and interesting enough to sit & listen to, why should anybody want to dance to it? And it works a treat. A great, big, thumping, wailing, dark chocolate lump of noise that shoves you onto the dance floor, and then keeps you dancing until long after heart, lungs and common sense have told you to stop. It’s not exactly safe music, not foam rubber Stetson & Roy Rogers cap gun stuff. Of the tradition, but unconfined by it; English country dance music for the 21st century and beyond!
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FECD188 Track list
The Hoghton Band Collection
Double CD for the price of one. A selection of English country dances played dance length.
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BASHCD47 Track List
One more dance and then
One of the most influential bands of the English Dance music revival. Including Pete Coe, Chris Coe, Roger Watson and John Adams.
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VT139CD Track list
Moor Music
Mark Bazeley (meldeon & concertina) Jason Rice (Accordion) with Rob Murch (banjo) and Gareth Kiddier (piano)
Mark and Jason carry on the Dartmoor traditions of their grandfathers Bob Cann and Jack Rice, as well as writing new material themselves. Their playing is steady and precise yet they play with a youthful zeal and a spring in their step which is the essence of real English country dance music today.
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OH-2CD Track List
The Old Hat Dance Band
Katie Howson (melodeon) Reg Reader (Dulcimer) Chris Wood (Fiddle) Mel Dean (Concertina) Barry Coope (piano) John Howson (banjo) and Ted Stevens (Percussion). Lively dance music from England and beyond.
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OH-3CD Track List
Katie's Quartet
Katie Howson, Reg Reader
and John Howson from Old Hat plus the raunchy Cello of Rob Neal. The next instalment of the liveliest dance music around.(£12.99) Add to Basket
WGS320CD Track List
Swan Upmanship
Old Swan have been influencing English country dance music for 30 years. This is their first new recording for 21 years. So here it is; still unbeatable. Driving fiddles with a full raunchy brass section and rhythm from drums and keyboard. This band is still unique and still at the cutting edge.
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TMM1927CD Track List
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FTSR002 Track List
Trip to Harrogate
Tunes & Songs from Joshua Jackson's Book 1798
A collection previously issued by Traditional Sound Recording of Macclesfield; this is a re-creation by seven able musicians of Joshua Jackson's 1798-manuscript book. 31 tunes and 3 songs of its total 450 tunes and 12 songs are performed here.
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