MARTIN CARTHY

Albums recorded by Martin Carthy, with release dates and UK CD availability.

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Martin Carthy

--/65

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Second Album [with Dave Swarbrick]

--/66

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Byker Hill [with Dave Swarbrick]

--/67

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But Two Came By [with Dave Swarbrick]

01/69

New

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Prince Heathen [with Dave Swarbrick]

03/70

New

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This Is...Martin Carthy: The Bonny Black Hare & Other Songs

--/71

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Landfall

--/71

New

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Shearwater

--/72

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Sweet Wivelsfield

12/74

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Crown Of Horn

07/76

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Because It's There

03/79

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Out Of The Cut

--/82

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Right Of Passage

12/88

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The Kershaw Sessions

--/88

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Life & Limb [with Dave Swarbrick]

08/90

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Skin & Bone [with Dave Swarbrick]

08/92

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Martin Carthy, The Collection [compilation]

--/93

New or Used

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Signs Of Life

11/98

New

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Both Ears And The Tail [live, with Dave Swarbrick]

--/00

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The Carthy Chronicles [4-CD box set]

04/01

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Waiting For Angels

11/04

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At Ruskin Mill

--/05

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Straws In The Wind [with Dave Swarbrick]

09/06

New

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High Germany
The Trees They Do Grow High
Sovay
Ye Mariners All
The Queen Of Hearts
Broomfield Hill
Springhill Mine Disaster
Scarborough Fair
Lovely Joan
The Barley And The Rye
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
The Two Magicians
The Handsome Cabin Boy
And A-begging I Will Go

Original LP


CD Issue

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle

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Two Butchers
Ball O'Yarn
Farewell Nancy
Lord Franklin
Ramblin' Sailor
Lowlands Of Holland
Fair Maid On The Shore
Bruton Town
Box On Her Head
Newlyn Town
Brave Wolfe
Peggy And The Soldier
Sailor's Life

Fontana LP


Topic LP


CD Issue

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle

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The Man Of Burnham Town
The Fowler
Gentleman Soldier
Brigg Fair
The Bloody Gardener
The Barley Straw
Byker Hill
Davy Lowston
Our Captain Cried All Hands
Domeama
The Wife Of The Soldier
John Barleycorn
Lucy Wan
The Bonny Black Hare

Original LP


CD Issue

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle

Terry Brown

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Ship In Distress
Banks Of Sweet Primroses
Jack Orion
Matt Hyland
White Hare
Lord Of The Dance
Poor Murdered Woman
Creeping Jane
Streets Of Forbes
Long Lankin
Brass Band Music

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle

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Arthur McBride And The Sergeant
Salisbury Plain
Polly On The Shore
The Rainbow
Died For Love
Staines Morris
Reynardine
Seven Yellow Gypsies
Little Musgrave And Lady Barnard
Prince Heathen
The Wren (The King)

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CD Issue

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle

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The Fowler
Brigg Fair
The Barley Straw
Byker Hill
John Barleycorn
The Bonny Black Hare
Ship In Distress
Jack Orion
White Hare
Lord Of The Dance
Poor Murdered Woman
Streets Of Forbes

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Here's Adieu To All Judges And Juries
Brown Adam
O'Er The Hills
Cruel Mother
Cold Haily Windy Night
His Name Is Andrew
The Bold Poachers
Dust To Dust
The Broomfield Hill
January Man

Original LP


CD Issue

Martin Carthy

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals

Terry Brown

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I Was A Young Man
Banks Of Green Willow
Handsome Polly-O
Outlandish Knight
He Called For A Candle
John Blunt
Lord Randall
William Taylor
Famous Flower Of Serving Men
Betsy Bell And Mary Gray

Martin Carthy
Maddy Prior

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Vocals (Track 10)

Terry Brown

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Shepherd O Shepherd
Billy Boy
Three Jolly Sneaksmen
Trimdon Grange
All Of A Row
Skewbald
Mary Neal
King Henry
John Barleycorn
The Cottage In The Wood

Martin Carthy
Tony Cox

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Synthesiser

Ashley Hutchings

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The Bedmaking
Locks And Bolts
King Knapperty
Geordie
Willie's Lady
Virginny
The Worchestershire Wedding
Bonny Lass Of Anglesey
William Taylor The Poacher
Old Tom Of Oxford
Palaces Of Gold

Martin Carthy
Tony Cox

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Synthesiser

Ashley Hutchings

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Nothing Rhymed
May Song
Swaggering Boney
Lord Randall
Long John, Old John And Jackie North
Jolly Tinker
Lovely Joan
Three Cripples
Siege Of Delphi
Nothing Rhymed
Death Of Young Andrew

Martin Carthy
Howard Evans
John Kirkpatrick

Bruce Rowland

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Trumpet (Tracks 6,7)
Accordion (Tracks 1,7,8), Concertina (Tracks 2,6)
Drums (Track 9)

Ashley Hutchings

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The Devil And The Feathery Wife
Reynard The Fox
The Song Of The Lower Classes
Rufford Park Poachers
Molly Oxford
Rigs Of The Time
I Sowed Some Seeds
The Friar In The Well
Jack Rowland
Old Horse

Martin Carthy
Howard Evans
John Kirkpatrick

Richard Thompson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Trumpet (Tracks 7,8,10)
Accordion (Track 1),
Concertina (Tracks 7,8,10)
Guitar (Track 10)

Jerry Boys, Martin Carthy

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The Ant And The Grasshopper
Eggs In Her Basket
A Stitch In Time
McVeagh
Hommage A Roche Proulx
All In Green
Company Policy
The Banks Of The Nile
La Cardeuse
Bill Norrie
The Sleepwalker
A Cornish Young Man
The Dominion Of The Sword

Martin Carthy
John Kirkpatrick
Dave Swarbrick
Chris Wood

Producer:

Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Accordion, Melodeon
Fiddle
Fiddle

Martin Carthy, David Kenny

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When I Was Young
Rufford Park Poachers
Hommage A Roche Proulx
Company Policy
La Cardeuse
Aux Anciens Parapets
The Dominion Of The Sword
The Famous Flower Of Serving Men

Martin Carthy

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals

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Sovay
The Begging Song
Bows Of London
Pepperpot/Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh/
Bunker Hill
A Question Of Sport
Oh Dear Oh
Carthy's March/Lemon Tree
Lochmaben Harper
Byker Hill

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle

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The Sheep Stealer
The Poacher
I Courted A Damsel
Lucy Wan
The Trip We Took Over The Mountain
The Skewbald
The Ride In The Creel
The Brown Girl
Such A War Has Never Been
Perfumes Of Arabia
Carthy's Reel/The Return To Camden Town
The New Mown Hay
Clyde's Water
Mrs Bermingham/No 178/Blind Mary

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle

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Palaces Of Gold
The Cottage In The Wood
I Sowed Some Seeds
Eggs In Her Basket
Locks And Bolts
Bill Norrie
Swaggering Boney
Willie's Lady
The Banks Of The Nile
Siege Of Delhi
Company Policy
Lord Randal
Lovely Joan
The Song Of The Lower Classes
Old Horse

Martin Carthy
John Kirkpatrick


Bruce Rowland
Richard Thompson

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Accordion (Track 13), Concertina (Track 3),
Flugelhorn (Track 15)
Drums (Track 10)
Guitar (Track 15)

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New York Mining Disaster, 1941
Georgie
Sir Patrick Spens
The Deserter
Heartbreak Hotel
The Bonny Hind
The Wife Of Usher's Well
John Parfit
Barbary Ellen
Hong Kong Blues
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
Prince Heathen
Jim Jones In Botany Bay

Martin Carthy

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals

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The Leitrim Fancy/Drowsy Maggie/
Staten Island/The Corbie And The Craw
High Germany
Fair Maid On The Shore
Porcupine Rag
The Bonny Black Hare
Sovay (The Female Highwayman)
The Barmaid/Peter St/The Mason's Apron
The Broomfield Hill
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
The Hen's March/The Four Poster Bed
Man Of Newlyn Town
Dill Pickles Rag
The Two Magicians
The Kid On The Mountain/The Donegal/
The Swallow Tail/The Marquis Of Tullybardine

Recorded live at The Folkus Folk Club,
Nottingham, England on 16 June 1966

First Issue


Reissue

Martin Carthy
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Fiddle, Mandolin

 
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Disc One - Classic Carthy
Scarborough Fair
Byker Hill
Cold Haily Windy Night
Skewbald (live)
Creeping Jane (live)
Old Horse
A Question Of Sport, Life & Limb
Lovely Joan (live)
The Maid And The Palmer
Begging Song (live)
I Was A Young Man
Prince Heathen
Prickle Holly Bush (live)
Lord Franklin
Lemady/Arise And Pick A Posy
Famous Flower Of Serving Men
Glorishears

Disc Two - Carthy In Company
The New St George
Carthy's March
I Haven't Told Her, She Hasn't Told Me
My Girl
Boys Of Bedlam
Oh Had I A Golden Thread
ANC Song (Azicatal)
Wimoweh
Young Banker
The Postman's Knock
Constant Billy
Lakes Of Cold Flynn (live)
Irish Washerwoman/The Ash Plant
Arthur McBride
Bald Headed End Of The Broom
Nafarroa
The Wren
The King
Joy Health Love And Ppeace
Hunting The Wren
Hunting The Cutty Wren
Byker Hill

 
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Disc Three - Carthy Contemporaries
Nothing Rhymed
Lord Of The Dance
Rivers Of Babylon
History Lesson
The January Man
Ballad Of Alfie Hinds
The Humane Turnkey
Farewell, Farewell
Dust To Dust
Stitch In Time
Trimdon Grange Disaster
Palaces Of Gold
Springhill Mine Disaster
Coal Not Dole
Perfumes Of Arabia
Such A War Has Never Been
The Wife Of The Soldier
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
The Ant And The Grasshopper
Company Policy
On A Monday Morning
Rave On
Oo'r Hamlet (live)
The Harry Lime Theme

Disc Four - Child:Carthy
Jack Orion
Leaves Of Life
Duncan And Brady
Geordie (live)
Sir Patrick Spens
King Henry
Sovay The Female Highwayman (live)
Man Of Newlyn Town
The Bows Of London (live)
Lucy Wan
Lord Randall
The Whale Catchers
Rufford Park Poachers
John Barleycorn (live)
Hard Times Of Old England (live)
Hard Cheese Of Old England
Over The Hills And Far Away
The Farmer's Servant (live)
False Knight On The Road (live)
The Elfin Knight

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The Foggy Dew
Bonny Woodhall
James Hatley
Young Morgan
The Royal Lament
A Ship To Old England Came
Waiting For Angels
Bold General Wolfe
Bloody Fields Of Flanders/MacGregor Of Rora
The Harry Lime Theme
Famous Flower Of Serving Men

Eliza Carthy
Martin Carthy
Christine Hanson
Donald Hay
Ben Ivitsky

Conrad Ivitsky
Paul Sartin
Toby Shippey
Martin Simpson

Producer:

Fiddle, Harmonium, Meldeon
Vocals, Guitar
Cello
Drums, Percussion
Percussion, Trombone, Viola, Creaking
Double Bass
Oboe
Trumpet
Guitar

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Disc 1
Introduction by Sue Smee
Jackie Tar
Green Broom
The Cuckoo's Nest
The Foggy Dew
Bill Norrie
The Royal Lament
Willie's Lady

Disc 2
Jack Rowland
Princess Royal
Christ Made A Trance
Georgie
Lochmaben Harper
Two Retreats
Oor Hamlet
Famous Flower Of Serving Men
The Devil And The Feathery Wife
The Harry Lime Theme (Third Man Theme)

Recorded live at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth,
Gloucestershire, England on 4 December 2004
at the Richard Valentine benefit concert and available
for a short time only

Martin Carthy

Producer:

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Death Of Queen Jane
Ship In Distress
Whalecatchers
When I Was A Little Boy
Bride's March From Unst/True Lover's Lament/
Lord Inchiquin
Royal Oak
Treadmill Song
Unfortunate Tailor
Bold Benjamin
Mrs Marriott
Jacky Tar
Mermaid
Lord Thomas And Fair Eleanor
My Heart's In New South Wales

Martin Carthy
Kevin Dempsey
Dave Swarbrick

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar
Guitar (Track 14)
Fiddle

Kevin Dempsey