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Oysterband: The Big Session Volume 1

The Big Session Volume 1 Oysterband Westpark Music 87105 (CD, Germany, 2004)

Recorded live on 18-20 May 2004 with a small audience at Bush Hall, London, by The Blue Mobile.

Musicians

Phil Beer (Show of Hands), mandolin, violin, vocals;
Eliza Carthy, violin, vocals;
Chopper (Oysterband), bass guitar, cello, vocals;
Ben Ivitsky, 5-string viola, vocals;
John Jones (Oysterband), vocals, melodeon;
Steve Knightley (Show of Hands), vocals, mandocello, quattro;
Jim Moray, vocals, piano, guitar;
James O'Grady, Uilleann pipes, whistles, violin, vocals;
Lee Partis (Oysterband), drums, vocals;
Alan Prosser (Oysterband), guitars, kantele, vocals;
Brett Sparks (Handsome Family), vocals, guitar;
Rennie Sparks (Handsome Family), vocals, banjo;
June Tabor, vocals;
Ian Telfer (Oysterband), violon, viola, vocals;
Rose Kemp, background vocals [5-6, 15]

Tracks

1. John Barleycorn (3.42)
   lead vocals: John Jones, Steve Knightley, June Tabor
2. Whitehaven (2.46)
   lead vocals: Brett Sparks, John Jones
3. Lowlands (4.02)
   lead vocals: June Tabor
4. Country Life (5.11)
   lead vocals: Steve Knightley
5. Fuse (4.31)
   lead vocals: Eliza Carthy
6. Ten Thousand Miles / Hungarian March (5.33)
   lead vocals: Eliza Carthy
7. The New Jerusalem (2.21)
   lead vocals: everyone
8. When That Helicopter Comes (2.55)
   lead vocals: Brett Sparks
9. The House Carpenter (3.20)
   lead vocals: Brett and Rennie Sparks
10. The Cuckoo's Nest (5.15)
    lead vocals: Jim Moray
11. We Shall Come Home (4.33)
    lead vocals: John Jones
12. Love Will Tear Us Apart (3.22)
    lead vocals: June Tabor, John Jones
13. Factory Girl (6.19)
    lead vocals: June Tabor, John Jones
14. Country Life (I Like to Rise) (4.35)
    lead vocals: Eliza Carthy
15. The Cornish Farewell Shanty (2.17)
    lead vocals: John Jones and everyone