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You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.
Granny Weatherwax in Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad

The Witches of Elswick: Out of Bed

Out of Bed The Witches of Elswick Fellside Recordings FECD180 (CD, UK, September 1, 2003)

Produced by Paul Adams and The Witches of Elswick;
Recorded by Paul Adams and Bob Hallard;
Artwork by Will Hampson;
Photography by Rik Walton

Musicians

Becky Stockwell, Gillian Tolfrey, Bryony Griffith, Fay Hield, vocals

Tracks

1. Daddy Fox (Roud 131) (3.08)
2. Sovai (Roud 7; Laws N21) (1.44)
3. Lord Randal (Roud 10; Child 12) (3.48)
4. Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10) (3.20)
5. The Blue Cockade (Roud 191) (5.03)
6. I Once Lived in Service (4.44)
7. The Scarecrow (6.28)
8. Bring Us a Barrel (2.58)
9. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064) (3.12)
10. Maids at 18 (2.46)
11. The Tree in the Wood (Roud 129) (4.33)
12. Soldier, Soldier (7.17)
13. Honey for the Bee (The False Love Won Back) (Roud 201; Child 218) (4.01)

All tracks trad. arr. The Witches of Elswick except
Track 6 Peter Bellamy;
Track 7 Lal & Mike Waterson;
Track 8 Keith Marsden;
Track 12 Rudyard Kipling, Peter Bellamy

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> Folk Music > Records > The Witches of Elswick: Hell's Belles

The Witches of Elswick: Hell's Belles

Hell's Belles The Witches of Elswick Selwyn Music SYNMCD0006 (CD, UK, 2005)

Recorded at Panda Sound, Robin Hood's Bay in December 2004;
Engineered by Oliver Knight;
Produced by The Witches of Elswick and Oliver Knight;
Mixed by Oliver Knight, Bryony Griffith and Gillian Tolfrey;
Photography by James Donovan;
Make-up by Becky “Fluff” Stewart;
Artwork by Will Hampson

Musicians

Bryony Griffith, Fay Hield, Gillian Tolfrey, Becky Stockwell, vocals

Tracks

1. Jan Knuckey (3.10)
2. Soldiers Three (Roud 8340) (2.26)
3. Our Captain Calls (Roud 602) (3.55)
4. The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38) (3.25)
5. Old Molly Metcalfe (2.14)
6. Must I Be Bound? (Roud 18829) (5.27)
7. The Ballad of the Butcher and the Bookbinder's Wife (3.25)
8. John of Hazelgreen (Roud 250; Child 293) (3.25)
9. A Shepherd of the Downs (Roud 1215) (4.29)
10. The Squire's Daughter (2.27)
11. Billy Boy (Roud 326) (4.26)
12. Lullay, Lullay (The Coventry Carol) (Roud 19028) (6.10)
13. The Parting Glass (Roud 3004) (4.10)

All tracks trad. arr. The Witches of Elswick except
Track 5 Jake Thackray;
Track 7 Gillian Tolfrey, Simon Graham

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Other records with the Witches of Elswick

The Witches of Elswick are no more but have moved on to other places:

The Demon Barbers, Uncut, CD, DJC DJC019, 2002

Ashley Hutchings et al, Great Grandson of Morris On, CD, Talking Elephant TECD062, 2004

Eliza Carthy, Rough Music, CD, Topic TSCD554, 2005

The Demon Barbers, Uncut, CD, DJC DJC026, 2005

Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, Cruel Sister, CD, RabbleRouser RR005, 2005

The Demon Barbers, +24db, CD, Demon Barbers Sound DBS001, 2008

The Demon Barbers, The Adventures of Captain Ward, CD, Demon Barbers Sound DBS009, 2010

Fay Hield, Looking Glass, CD, Topic TSCD573, 2010

Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson, Lady Diamond, CD, Selwyn SYNMCD0007, 2011

Fay Hield, Orfeo, CD, Topic TSCD586, 2012