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Bob Fox & Stu Luckley: Nowt So Good'll Pass

Nowt So Good'll Pass (Rubber RUB 028)

Nowt So Good'll Pass
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley

Rubber Records RUB 028 (LP, UK, 1978)

Recorded at Impulse Studios, Wallsend, engineer Mickey Sweeney;
Produced by Geoff Heslop;
Sleeve photograph by Searl and O'Rourke, Newcastle upon Thyme

Musicians

Bob Fox, vocals [1-10], guitar [1, 3, 5, 7, 9], Portuguese guitaras [2, 6, 8], dulcimer [4, 10], piano [5];
Stu Luckley, vocals [1-2, 4, 8-10], acoustic bass [1-4, 6-8, 10], Fender bass [5], tambourine [4], Portuguese guitaras [9], guitar [10]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Bonny Gateshead Lass
  2. Reynard the Fox (Roud 190)
  3. Gypsy Davey (Roud 1; Child 200)
  4. The Beggin' (Roud 286)
  5. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064)
  1. The Row Between the Cages
  2. Sally Wheatley
  3. The Sandgate Lass on the Ropery Banks (Roud 3178)
  4. Isle of Islay
  5. Doodle Let Me Go (Yeller Girls) (Roud 3221)

All tracks trad. arr. Bob Fox, Stu Luckley except
Track 7 words Joe Wilson, music Alex Glasgow;
Track 9 Donovan Leitch

> Folk Music > Records > Bob Fox & Benny Graham: How Are You Off for Coals?

Bob Fox & Benny Graham: How Are You Off for Coals?

How Are You Off for Coals? (Fellside FECD111)

How Are You Off for Coals?
Songs of the Mining Communities of North East England
Bob Fox & Benny Graham

Fellside Recordings FECD111 (CD, UK, 1995)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams;
Cover photograph courtesy of Blenheim Museum;
Inside photographs by Paul Adams;
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Bob Fox,vocals, guitar;
Benny Graham, vocals, melodeon;
Celebrated Working Men, chorus

Tracks

  1. Celebrated Working Man / Strike Evictions (4.37)
  2. Funny Names at Tanfield Pit (2.19)
  3. South Medomsley Strike (3.25)
  4. I Wish Pay Friday Wad Come (3.00)
  5. The Old Miner (Roud 1136) (2.49)
  6. Trimdon Grange Explosion (Roud 3189) (2.47)
  7. Geordie Black (2.43)
  8. Have a Game for the Crack (1.15)
  9. Little Chance (Roud 3485) (3.36)
  10. Wor Nanny's a Maizor (3.22)
  11. Going to the Mine (3.31)
  12. The Big Hewer (2.29)
  13. When It's Ours (2.51)
  14. Blackleg Mining Man (2.31)
  15. Farewell Johnny Miner (3.05)
  16. The Miner's Lifeguard (Roud 3510) (3.19)

Tracks 1a, 9, 16 trad.;
Tracks 1b, 2, 6, 10 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 3 Tommy Armstrong, Johnny Handle;
Track 4 James Anderson;
Track 5 Johnson Ellwood;
Track 7 Harrison, Johnny Handle;
Track 8 Benny Graham;
Track 11 Johnny Handle;
Track 12 Dave Mountford;
Track 13 Alex Glasgow;
Track 14 Jack Purdon;
Track 15 Ed Pickford

> Folk Music > Records > Bob Fox & Stu Luckley: Box of Gold

Bob Fox & Stu Luckley: Box of Gold

Box of Gold (Fellside FECD124)

Box of Gold
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley

Fellside Recordings FECD124 (CD, UK, 1997)

This is a re-recording of 14 songs from the two LPs by Bob Fox & Stu Luckley, Nowt So Good'll Pass (1978) and Wish We Never Had Parted (1982).

Recorded by Paul Adams;
Produced by Paul Adams, Bob Fox and Stu Luckley;
Photographs by Caolyn Carr (cover), Paul Adams (inside);
Artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Bob Fox, guitar, bouzouki, dulcimer, vocals;
Stu Luckley, guitar, bouzouki, acoustic bass guitar, vocals

Tracks

  1. The Bonny Gateshead Lass (3.44)
  2. The Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44) (4.48)
  3. Heart Like a Wheel (4.02)
  4. Bold Reynard the Fox (Roud 190) (2.53)
  5. The Shores of Old Blighty (6.13)
  6. Doodle Let Me Go (Roud 3221) (3.24)
  7. Isle of Islay (4.05)
  8. The Row Between the Cages (3.08)
  9. Sally Wheatley (5.12)
  10. Dollia (Roud 2611) (2.58)
  11. The Begging (Roud 286) (3.42)
  12. The Song of the Iron Road (3.39)
  13. The Fishing: North Sea Holes / The Fishing (5.56)
  14. Sally Gee (4.35)

Tracks 2, 4, 6, 10-11, 14 trad.;
Track 1 Joe Wilson;
Track 3 Anna McGarrigle;
Track 5 Graeme Miles;
Track 7 Donovan Leitch;
Track 8 Tommy Armstrong;
Track 9 words Joe Wilson, music Alex Glasgow;
Track 12, 13a Ewan MacColl;
Track 13b Ewan MacColl / trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Bob Fox: Dreams Never Leave You

Bob Fox: Dreams Never Leave You

Dreams Never Leave You (Wodworm WRCD035)

Dreams Never Leave You
Bob Fox

Wodworm WRCD035 (CD, UK, 2000)

Recorded and mixed at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire, in Spring 2000;
Engineered by Mark Tucker;
Produced by Bob Fox, Dave Pegg, and Mark Tucker;
Cover design by Mick Toole from an original idea by Flemming Arnott

Musicians

Bob Fox, vocals [2-12], backing vocals [5, 7, 9, 11-12], guitar [1-3, 5-12];
Norman Holmes, flute [2, 6, 11-12], whistle [3, 10];
Chris Leslie, fiddle [2, 9-10, 12], mandolin [5, 8-9], backing vocals [5, 7];
Dave Pegg, bass [2-3, 5-12];
Gerry Conway, drums and percussion [2-3, 5-12];
Ric Sanders, fiddle [5, 7];
Deirdre Ruane, button accordion [7, 10, 12];
Paul Ruane, fiddle [11]

Tracks

  1. The Road to the North (2.36)
  2. The White Cockade (Roud 191) (3.07)
  3. Champion at Keeping Them Rolling (4.34)
  4. Water of Tyne (Roud 1364) (1.17)
  5. Big River (5.20)
  6. In the Month of January (Roud 175; Laws P20) (4.36)
  7. Greek Lightning (5.18)
  8. From Me to You (2.41)
  9. The Rambling Rover (4.40)
  10. From Clare to Here (6.30)
  11. Take Her in Your Arms (4.14)
  12. The Galway Shawl (Roud 2737) (8.05)

Tracks 2, 4, 6, 12 trad.;
Track 1 Alistair Anderson;
Track 3 Ewan MacColl;
Track 5 Jimmy Nail;
Track 7 Jez Lowe;
Track 8 John Lennon, Paul McCartney;
Tracks 9, 11 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 10 Ralph McTell

> Folk Music > Records > Bob Fox: Borrowed Moments

Bob Fox: Borrowed Moments

Borrowed Moments (Topic TSCD544)

Borrowed Moments
Bob Fox

Topic Records TSCD544 (CD, UK, 2003)

Recorded at Northern Recording, The Old Miner's Hall, Consett, County Durham;
Recorded by Peter Boyle and mixed by Bob Fox and Peter Boyle;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Photography and design by John Haxby

Musicians

Bob Fox, vocals, guitar [1-7, 11], bouzouki [9], piano [10];
annA RydeR, piano accordion [1, 3-4, 6, 8-9], backing vocals [8], muted trumpets [11];
Norman Holmes, flute [1, 3, 8], whistle [1],
Neil Harland, double bass [1-6, 7-9, 11]

Tracks

  1. Virginia (Roud 1488) (6.01)
  2. My Love Is in America (5.11)
  3. The Whitby Tailor (7.32)
  4. Life Is Not Kind to the Drinking Man (4.11)
  5. Dance to Your Daddy (Roud 2439) (5.18)
  6. Shoals of Herring (Roud 13642) (4.29)
  7. She Waits and Weeps (5.49)
  8. Peppers and Tomatoes (5.57)
  9. Child of Mine (6.09)
  10. The Last of the Widows (4.27)
  11. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064) (3.51)

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 11 trad. arr. Bob Fox;
Track 2 Chris Leslie;
Track 4 Steve Tilston;
Track 6 Ewan MacColl;
Track 7 Vin Garbutt;
Track 8 Ralph McTell;
Track 9 Anthony Kaley;
Track 10 Jez Lowe

> Folk Music > Records > Bob Fox: The Blast

Bob Fox: The Blast

The Blast (Topic TSCD555)

The Blast
Bob Fox

Topic Records TSCD555 (CD, UK, 2006)

Produced, recorded and mixed by John Tams;
Mastered by Ron Angus at Studio One;
Sleeeve design and photography by John Haxby

Musicians

Bob Fox, vocals, guitar

Tracks

  1. One Miner's Life (4.22)
  2. Still Growing (Roud 31; Laws O35) (4.49)
  3. All in a Day (2.59)
  4. Taking on Men (3.03)
  5. Trooper Cut Down (Roud 2; Laws Q26/B1) (5.01)
  6. Broomfield Wager (Roud 34; Child 43) (5.27)
  7. Recruited Collier (Roud 3503) (4.55)
  8. Diamond (Roud 2172) / Song of the Whale (5.51)
  9. Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286) (6.44)
  10. Only Remembered (3.11)

Track 1 Ed Pickford;
Tracks 2, 5-7, 8a, 9 trad. arr. Bob Fox;
Track 3 Alex Glasgow;
Track 4 Jez Lowe;
Track 8b Eric Bogle;
Track 10 words Horatius Bonar, John Tams, music Ira D. Sankey

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Other records with Bob Fox

Folk for Peace, Rumours of Rain, CD single, Hypertension HYP 4231, 2004

Various Artists, Someone Was Calling: “Folk on the Pier” Celebrates 200 Years of Cromer's Lifeboats, 2 CD, Symposium SIUM 1347/48, 2004

Steve Tilston, Reaching Back, 4+1 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 70, 2007

Various Artists, Landmarks: 25 Years of a Leading Folk Music Label, 3 CD, Fellside FECD203, 2006