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Layers

Layers (Topic 12TS329)

Layers
Chris Foster

Topic Records 12TS329 (LP, UK, 1977)
Vivid Sound VSCD832 (CD, Japan, April 2002)

Recorded and produced by Tony Engle in London, Decemner 1976;
Sleeve design by Mike Tycer;
Photographs by Chris Foster and Mike Tycer

Musicians

Chris Foster, vocals, guitar [1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10-11];
Nic Jones, fiddle [1, 4, 7]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Ranter (Roud 2530) (3.15)
  2. The Coast of Peru (Roud 1997; Laws D26) (3.37)
  3. Worcester City (Roud 218; Laws P30) (2.11)
  4. Glastonbury Town (Roud 1484) (3.37)
  5. Lady Maisry (Roud 45; Child 65) (6.15)
  6. Jack the Sailor (Roud 1454) (3.03)
  1. The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20) (2.22)
  2. When a Man's in Love (Roud 990; Laws O20) (5.41)
  3. The Buxom Lass (Roud 833) (3.48)
  4. The Flower of Serving Men (Roud 199; Child 106) (3.23)
  5. Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (7.15)

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All Things in Common

All Things in Common (Topic 12TS329)

All Things in Common
Chris Foster

Topic Records 12TS391 (LP, UK, 1979)
Vivid Sound VSCD837 (CD, Japan, May 2002)

Musicians

Chris Foster, vocals, guitar;
Graham Pratt, vocals [5, 7], guitar [5];
Eileen Pratt, vocals [5, 7];

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Black Fox (3.52)
  2. Low Down in the Broom (Roud 1644) (3.23)
  3. The Grey Cock (Roud 179; Child 248) (3.52)
  4. Pigeon on the Gate (2.30)
  5. Unicorns (4.16)
  1. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (Roud 302; Child 45) / Jump at the Sun (7.05)
  2. The Working Chap (Roud 5591) (3.25)
  3. When This Old Hat Was New (Roud 1693) (6.47)
  4. The World Turned Upside Down (4.57)

All tracks trad. arr. Chris Foster except
Track 1 Graham Pratt;
Track 5 Bill Caddick;
Track 6b John Kirkpatrick;
Track 9 Leon Rosselson

Note: The Working Chap on this album is not Mike Waterson's Working Chap.

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Traces

Traces (Tradition Bearers LTCD3003)

Traces
Chris Foster

Tradition Bearers LTCD3003 (CD, UK, 2003)

Musicians

Chris Foster, vocals, guitar;
Mick Strode, slide guitar [11]

Tracks

  1. The Bold ‘Princess Royal’ (Roud 528; Laws K29) (4.05)
  2. Arthur McBride (Roud 2355) (3.20)
  3. When a Man's in Love (Roud 990; Laws O20) (6.01)
  4. Jack Barleycorn (Roud 164) (2.33)
  5. The Flower of Serving Men (Roud 199; Child 106) (3.46)
  6. Barney's Epic Homer (6.32)
  7. The Coast of Peru (Roud 1997; Laws D26) (4.07)
  8. The Fowler (Roud 166; Laws O36) (5.02)
  9. The Ranter (Roud 2530) (3.12)
  10. The Flying Cloud (Roud 1802; Laws K28) (5.22)
  11. Flying High, Flying Free (4.32)
  12. Raggle Taggle Gipsies (Roud 1; Child 200) (5.44)

All tracks trad. arr. Chris Foster except
Tracks 6, 11 Leon Rosselson

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Jewels

Jewels (Tradition Bearers LTCD1102)

Jewels
Chris Foster

Tradition Bearers LTCD1102 (CD, UK, 2004)

Musicians

Chris Foster, vocals, guitar

Tracks

  1. Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (4.58)
  2. The New York Trader (Roud 468; Laws K22) (4.13)
  3. The Grey Cock (Roud 179; Child 248) (4.03)
  4. The Cobbler and the Butcher (Roud 174) (4.57)
  5. The Herring's Head (Roud 128) (3.41)
  6. Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209) (3.43)
  7. Rufford Park Poachers (Roud 1759) (2.19)
  8. The False Hearted Knight (Roud 21; Child 4) (3.50)
  9. The Gypsy Countess (Roud 1; Child 200) (5.30)
  10. Lady Maisry (Roud 45; Child 65) (7.37)
  11. Australia (Roud 1488) (3.21)
  12. The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20) (4.22)

All tracks trad. arr. Chris Foster

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Outsiders

Outsiders (Green Man GMCD 003)

Outsiders
Chris Foster

Green Man Productions GMCD 003 (CD, Iceland, 2008)

Produced by Chris Foster;
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Joe Broughton at SAE Studios, Birmingham, UK

Musicians

Chris Foster, vocals, guitar [1-2, 4-5, 7-11], langspil [3];
Val Regan, fiddle [1, 3-5, 8, 11], vocals [5, 10];
Trevor Lines, double bass [3, 5, 8-9, 11], hammered dulcimer [1], bass hammered dulcimer [10];
Bára Grímsdóttir, kantele [4], vocals [5, 10];
Ruth Angell, viola [1, 3, 5], fiddle [1];
Laura Fiddaman, cello [1, 3, 5];
Joe Broughton, mandolin [4];
Fraser Speirs, harmonica [9]

Tracks

  1. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53) (7.37)
  2. Song of the Olive Tree (3.39)
  3. The False Bride (Roud 154) (5.17)
  4. Cod Banging (Roud 1747) / Oscar Woods' Jig (4.54)
  5. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (5.26)
  6. Sir Aldingar (Roud 3969; Child 59) (10.33)
  7. Bedlam (Roud 605) (4.12)
  8. The Man You Don't Meet Every Day (Roud 975) (4.19)
  9. Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (2.59)
  10. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20) (6.48)
  11. Trespassers Will Be Celebrated (4.54)

All tracks trad. arr. Chris Foster except
Track 2 Leon Rosselson;
Track 4b Oscar Woods;
Track 5 Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman;
Track 6 words trad., tune Chris Foster;
Track 9 words Edgar ‘Yip’ Harberg, tune Jay Gornay;
Track 11 Sally Goldsmith

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Other records with Chris Foster

Various Artists, Fylde Acoustic, LP, 1977

Various Artists, The Good Old Way, LP, 1980

Various Artists, Nuclear Power: No Thanks, LP, 1981

Leon Rosselson, Questions, cass., 1994

Leon Rosselson, Intruders, CD, 1995

Bára Grímsdóttir, Funi, CD, 2004

Leon Rosselson, And They All Sang RosselSonGs, CD, 2005

Marylin Tucker & Paul Wilson, Dead Maid's Land, CD, 2006