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Jez Lowe

Jez Lowe (Fellside FECD23)

Jez Lowe
Jez Lowe

Fellside Recordings FE023 (LP, UK, 1980)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, May 26/27, 1980;
Notes by Jez Lowe;
Sleeve drawing by Geoff Marsh;
Sleeve artwork by Mary Blood

Musicians

Jez Lowe, guitar, dulcimer, harmonica, whistle, organ, vocals;
Sylvia Barnes, whistle, vocals;
Jim Barnes, cittern, guitar

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Sedgefield Fair / Roxborough Castle (4.20)
  2. Pit Boy
  3. Willy's Lyke Wake (Roud 30; Child 25)
  4. The Dark Shores
  5. Johnny Seddon
  6. Beaumont's Light Horse
  1. Poor Old Wedgebury
  2. Fill the Tankard / Kildale Jig (Roud 2598)
  3. The Head of Wear Water
  4. Pretty Saro (Roud 417)
  5. Wheel of Fortune (Roud 1075)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1a, 8a Jez Lowe;
Track 2 Colin Dryden;
Track 4 Bernie Parry;
Track 7 trad. / Jez Lowe;
Track 9 words John Masefield, music Roy Palmer

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: The Old Durham Road

The Old Durham Road

The Old Durham Road (Fellside FE034)

The Old Durham Road
Jez Lowe

Fellside Recordings FE034 (LP, UK, 1983)
Fellside Recordings FECD34 (CD, UK, 19xx)

 The Old Durham Road (Fellside FECD34)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, March 1983;
Cover design by G. & A.M. Marsh

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, harmonica;
with
Jake Walton, hurdy-gurdy;
John Bowden, melodeon, concertina;
Stewart Watkins, bass;
Gerry Hallom, banjo

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Old Durham Waltz (3.12)
  2. A Hard Life
  3. Cursed Be the Caller (3.12)
  4. My Keel Lad
  5. Mary Martindale
  6. Annie Munro
  1. High Part of the Town
  2. I'll Never Get Home
  3. Foggy Banks
  4. Black Diamonds
  5. The Old Durham Road (4.43)

All tracks written by Jez Lowe except
Track 6 words trad., music Jez Lowe;
Track 8 trad., new words Jez Lowe;
Track 9 trad. arr. Jez Lowe;

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: Galloways

Galloways

Galloways (Fellside FE049)

Galloways
Jez Lowe

Fellside Recordings FE049 (LP, UK, 1985)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, August 1985;
Front photograph by Olive Trick;
Cover art by Geoff Marsh

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, keyboards, banjo, harmonica, whistle;
Jake Walton, vocals, guitar, hurdy-gurdy;
Anne-Marie Flanagan, Gerry Hallom, vocals

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Back in Durham Jail
  2. The Galloway Lad
  3. Gatineau Girls
  4. The Boys of Belly Row
  5. Northern Echoes
  1. Galloways
  2. Old Bones
  3. Shippersea Bay
  4. The Honest Working Way
  5. Chick Henderson's March

All tracks written by Jez Lowe

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & Jake Walton: Two a Roue

Two a Roue

Two a Roue (Fellside FE055)

Two a Roue
Jez Lowe & Jake Walton

Fellside Recordings FE055 (LP, UK, 1986)
Tantobie Records TTRCD 101 (CD, UK, 2001)

 Two a Roue (Tantobie TTRCD 101)

Produced and recorded by Jo Partridge at The Airfield Studio, Cornwall, March 1986;
Cutting engineer: Mike Walker, Trident Studios;
Executive producer: Paul Adams;
Photography by Michael Wigg

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [2, 5-6, 8, 10-11], guitar [1, 7-8, 10-11], harmonica [1, 3, 11] whistle [1, 3, 7-8], cittern [2-3, 6, 9], banjo [5], synthesiser [8];
Jake Walton, vocals [1, 4, 6, 10-11], hurdy-gurdy [1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11], guitar [4, 6, 10], dulcimer [8];
Jo Partridge, electric guitar [4, 6], percussion [5-6, 11], vocals [11]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Patrik's Song / Dance (4.27)
  2. Brockie Lads (4.21)
  3. Todds Dance / Monferrina (3.34)
  4. Trees (4.18)
  5. Japs and English (4.27)
  1. Reign of the Fair Maid (3.40)
  2. Galician Dances (3.59)
  3. The Bergen (3.57)
  4. Rothbury Races / Morpeth Lasses (2.43)
  5. Gold and Silver (3.48)
  6. The Ballad of Johnny Collier (4.37)
CD Bonus Tracks
  1. Over Seal Sands (3.43)
  2. Appleby Gallop (3.51)
  3. The Spinning of the Wheel (3.38)

Track 1 Patrik Ewen, Jake Walton;
Tracks 2, 3a, 5, 8, 11 Jez Lowe;
Tracks 3b, 7, 9 trad. arr. Jake Walton, Jez Lowe;
Track 4 Jake Walton, E. Liorzou;
Tracks 6, 10 Jake Walton

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: Bad Penny

Bad Penny

Bad Penny (Fellside FE070)

Bad Penny
Jez Lowe

Fellside Recordings FE070 (LP, UK, 1988)
Fellside Recordings FECD70 (CD, UK, 1995)

 Bad Penny (Fellside FECD70)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams, March and April 1988;
Photography by R.L. Allison

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, harmonica, keyboards;
with
Sylvia Barnes, vocals;
Roger Watson, fiddle, vocals;
Jake Walton, hurdy gurdy, vocals;
Anne-Marie Flanagan, Bev Sanders, backing vocals;
Brian Stewart, bass;
Mike James, clarinet;
Paul Adams, percussion

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Another Man's Wife (5.29)
  2. A Small Coal Song (4.15)
  3. The Midnight Mail (4.23)
  4. Dandelion Clocks (4.18)
  5. London Danny (3.55)
  6. Nella Can Keep It for Treasure (4.30)
  1. The Land of the Living (4.32)
  2. Nearer to Nettles (6.33)
  3. Father Mallory's Dance (3.28)
  4. Yankee Boots (4.08)
  5. A New Town Incident (5.58)

All songs written by Jez Lowe

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Briefly on the Street

Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Briefly on the Street

Briefly on the Street (Fellside FE079)

Briefly on the Street
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies

Fellside Recordings FE079/FECD79 (LP/CD, UK, 1990)

 Briefly on the Street (Fellside FECD79)

Recorded and produced by Paul Adams at Fellside Studios, July-August 1990;
Assistant engineer Graham Bell;
Photography Peter Mernheh

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals, guitar, cittern, dulcimer, banjo, harmonica;
Bev Sanders, vocals, percussion, whistle;
Rob Kay, vocals, keyboards, melodeon, recorder, percussion

with
Chris Leslie, fiddle

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. You Can't Take It With You (4.13)
  2. The Famous Working Man (3.39)
  3. One Man Bound (5.13)
  4. Old Hammer-Head (4.04)
  5. Boonas (4.32)
  6. The Soda Man (5.25)
  1. Davis & Golightly (4.26)
  2. Jordan (Roud 2103) / The Begging Bowl (4.40)
  3. Wannie Wind (4.16)
  4. Alice (4.35)
  5. Fun Without Fools / Swiss Reel (5.11)
  6. The New Moon's Arms (4.10)

All songs written by Jez Lowe except
Tracks 1, 9, 12 Jez Lowe, Bev Sanders;
Track 8b Rob Kay;
Track 8a trad .arr. Jez Lowe, Bev Sanders, Rob Kay

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe: Back Shift

Back Shift

Back Shift (Fellside FECD89)

Back Shift
A collection of songs from 1980 to 1986
Jez Lowe

Fellside Recordings FECD89 (CD, UK, 1992)

This collection compiled by Jez Lowe;
Remastered by Paul Adams in July 1992

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [1-17], guitar [4-8, 10-11, 13-17], cittern [1-3, 8, 12, 14], harmonica [1, 6, 8, 14], banjo [3, 9], whistle [5, 7, 14], keyboards [5, 13], dulcimer [10], organ [11], piano [15];
Jake Walton, vocals [4, 17], hurdy-gurdy [1-2, 9-10, 14-15], dulcimer [4-5], guitar [17];
Gerry Hallom, backing vocals [1, 15];
Anne-Marie Flanagan, backing vocals [1, 3, 10, 15];
Sylvia Barnes, backing vocals [6], whistle [6];
Jim Barnes, cittern [6];
Jo Partrigde, drum programming [9];
Linda Adams, harmony vocals [13];
Bev Sanders, vocals [16], guitar [16];
Bob Surgeoner, vocals [16], double bass [16];
Bill Surgeoner, fiddle [16]

Tracks

  1. Back in Durham Gaol (4.28)
  2. Brockie Lads (5.13)
  3. Galloways (3.58)
  4. Black Diamonds (4.00)
  5. The Bergen (3.58)
  6. Sedgefield Fair (4.20)
  7. The Old Durham Road (4.43)
  8. Chick Henderson’s March (3.33)
  9. Japs and English (4.35)
  10. Old Bones (4.28)
  11. Cursed Be the Caller (3.12)
  12. High Part of the Town (3.28)
  13. The Grey Cock (Roud 179; Child 248) (5.20)
  14. The Old Durham Waltz (3.12)
  15. Shippersea Bay (5.04)
  16. Ballad of Johnny Collier (4.21)
  17. The Honest Working Way (4.30)

All songs written by Jez Lowe except
Track 13 trad. arr. Jez Lowe

Track 6 is from Jez Lowe (FE023, 1980), produced by Paul Adams, May 1980;
Tracks 7, 11, 14 are from The Old Durham Road (FE034, 1983); produced by Paul Adams, March 1984;
Track 4 alternate take of a song from The Old Durham Road, produced by Jo Partridge, August 1984;
Track 12 live recording of a song from from The Old Durham Road, produced by Paul Adams, July 1992;
Track 13 is from A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs (FE047, 1986), produced by Paul Adams, April 1985;
Tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 are from Galloways (FE049, 1985), produced by Paul Adams, August 1985;
Tracks 2, 5, 9 are from Two a Roue (FE055, 1986), produced by Jo Partridge, March 1986;
Track 16 is a new recording of a song from Two a Roue, produced by The Bad Pennies, June 1992

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Bede Weeps

Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Bede Weeps

Bede Weeps (Fellside FECD94)

Bede Weeps
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies

Fellside Recordings FECD94 (CD, UK, 1993)

Recorded by Graham Bell and Paul Adams at Fellside Studios, May-June 1993;
Produced by Paul Adams;
Front photograph by Ken Archer;
Sculpture by Ken Rowden, courtesy of Bede's World, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear

Musicians

Jez Lowe, vocals [1-10, 12-13], guitar [1, 4-6, 9-11, 13], cittern [3, 8], mandolin [3], banjo [12], harmonica [1, 8], dulcimer [7], keyboards [7];
Bev Sanders, vocals [1-8, 10-13], percussion [1, 3, 6, 8, 12];
Bob Surgeoner, double bass [3-4, 6, 8, 12], keyboards [1, 9-11], banjo [5, 8], accordion [1, 13], vocals [1-2, 7, 8];
Billy Surgeoner, fiddle [1, 3-4, 6, 8, 11-12], keyboards [5], whistle [10], bamboo whistle [7], vocals [2], sampling [1];
with
Paul Adams, drums [7]

Tracks

  1. A Call for the North Country (3.37)
  2. These Coal Town Days (3.02)
  3. Kid Canute / Scotty Moore’s Reel (4.33)
  4. Just Like Moses (4.45)
  5. She’ll Always Be Freedom (A Song for Saoirse) (4.04)
  6. Greek Lightning (4.00)
  7. Dover, Delaware (3.50)
  8. Teardrop Two-Step (4.28)
  9. Too Up and Too Down (4.55)
  10. The Bulldog Breed (4.22)
  11. Last of the Widows (3.27)
  12. Mike Neville Said It (So It Must Be True) (3.29)
  13. Bede Weeps (3.12)

All songs written by Jez Lowe

> Folk Music > Records > Jez Lowe

Other records with Jez Lowe

Gerry Hallom, A Run a Minute, LP, Fellside FE036, 1981

Sara Grey & Ellie Ellis, Making the Air Resound, LP, Fellside FE039, 1984

Various Artists, A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, LP, Fellside FE047, 1986

Various Artists, Flash Company: A Celebration of the First 10 Years of Fellside Records, LP, Fellside FE050, 1986

Gerry Hallom, Old Australian Ways, LP, Fellside FE074, 1989

Hughie Jones, Hughie's Ditty Bag, CD, Fellside FECD81, 1991

Martyn Wyndham-Read, Mussels on a Tree, CD, Fellside FECD84, 1992

Various Artists, Voices: English Traditional Songs, CD, Fellside FECD87, 1992

Edgerton Layhe, Rough & Tumble, CD, Fellside FECD96, 1993

Various Artists, A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, CD, Fellside FECD47, 1994

Various Artists, Banklands: The Story of Fellside Records, CD, Fellside FECB100, 1994

Martyn Wyndham-Read, Sunlit Plains, CD, Fellside FECD102, 1995

Lucky Bags, Delight in Disorder, CD, Fellside FECD138, 1998

Various Artists, Flash Company: A Celebration of 25 Years of Fellside Records (1976-2001), 2 CD, Fellside FECD156, 2001

Various Artists, The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002

Various Arists, Huntingdon Folk 3, CD, Speaking Volumes SVL 08CD, 2002

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

James Keelaghan, A Few Simple Verses, CD, Fellside FECD204, 2006

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

Mrs Ackroyd Band, Dark Side of the Mongrel, CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 020, 2007

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

Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK05, 2008

Folk for M.S., Generosity: A Unique Collection Celebrating 20 Years of Folk for M.S., CD, WildGoose WGS365CD, 2009

Various Artists, Cat Nav (Guide Cats for the Blind Vol. 4), 2 CD, Osmosys OSMO CD 050/051, 2009

Various Artists, Trades Roots Live, CD, Trades Roots TR001, 2009

Boo Hewerdine, Jez Lowe, Julie Matthews, Rory McLeod, Ruth Notman, Kate Fox, Elvis McGonagall, All Along the Wall, CD, Fellside FECD236, 2010

Various Artists, One Night for Norma, CD, Scarlet SR027CD, 2011