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The World Turned Upside Down
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The World Turned Upside Down PM Press PMA 014-2 / Fuse Records CFCD077 (4 CD, USA/UK, October 3, 2011) |
Recorded by Ali Gavan at Transmission Studios, Hove, England, October 27, 2009;
Mixed by ali Gavan and Robb Johnson, November 8, 2009;
Mastered by Andy Le Vien at RMS Studios, Crystal Palace, England
Musicians
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar;
Frankie Armstrong, Roy Bailey, Mark Bassey, Steve Berry, Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, Howard Evans, Clare Lintott, Chris Foster, Sue Harris, Paul Jayasinha, John Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Mansfield, Janet Russell, Ruth Rosselson, Fiz Shapur, Dave Swarbrick, Miranda Sykes, Roger Williams, The Three City Four, The Oyster Band, and The Sheffield Socialist Choir all contribute.
Tracks
CD 1: The Sixties
- Conversation on a Mobile
(2.08)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - H-A-N-G-O
(3.37)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Across the Hills
(2.10)
Liz Mansfield, vocals; Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, vocals - Battle Hymn of the New Socialist Party
(3.08)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Fiz Shapur, keyboards - Tim McGuire
(3.28)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar, mandolin - Stand Firm
(2.54)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - I Dreamed I Was Walking Alone
(2.33)
The Three City Four with Martin Carthy, guitar - Do You Remember?
(2.51)
The Three City Four with Martin Carthy, guitar - Coming Home to You
(3.44)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - Dead Men Never Die
(3.44)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - Flower Power = Bread
(3.31)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Palaces of Gold
(3.29)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Invisible Married Breakfast Blues
(2.02)
Liz Mansfield, vocals; Leon Rosselson, Martin Carthy, guitars - She Was Crazy, He Was Mad
(4.19)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - The Ugly Ones
(3.48)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Fiz Shapur, keyboards - Why Does It Have to Be Me?
(3.03)
Liz Mansfield, vocals; Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Fiz Shapur, piano; plus chorus of assorted children - Kangaroos Like to Hop
(2.26)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Jumbo the Elephant
(4.47)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Brass Band Music
(3.23)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - Topside Down Party
(4.33)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar
CD 2: The Seventies
- The Ant and the Grasshopper
(2.37)
Roy Bailey, vocals; Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - One Two Three
(1.48)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar, glockenspiel; Chris Foster, vocals, guitar; Liz Mansfield, vocals; plus chorus of children - The Word Market
(7.32)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - Song of the Mother Xmas Union
(1.37)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - They're Going to Build a Motorway
(2.50)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Plan
(4.06)
Roy Bailey, vocals; Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; John Kirkpatrick, jew's harp, button accordion, chorus; Sue Harris, oboe, chorus; Martin Carthy, chorus - The Man Who Puffs the Big Cigar
(4.23)
Roy Bailey, vocals; Martin Carthy, guitar, backing vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano, French horn; Leon Rosselson, glockenspiel, backing vocals - Don't Get Married, Girls
(3.24)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar, moog synthesiser - In the Park
(3.14)
Roy Bailey, vocals; Leon Rosselson, piano, guitar, mellotron, moog synthesiser; Martin Carthy, harmonics, moog synthesiser - It Goes On
(2.30)
Liz Mansfield, vocals; Fiz Shapur, keyboards - We Sell Everything
(3.39)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Martin Carthy, guitar - Let Your Hair Hang Down
(1.45)
Roy Bailey, vocals; Leon Rosselson, Martin Carthy, guitars - The World's Police
(4.22)
Leon Rosselson, Roy Bailey, vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano, French horn - On Her Silver Jubilee
(6.12)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; John Kirkpatrick, button accordion - Perspectives
(3.03)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Stand Up for Judas
(7.04)
Roy Bailey, vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano, trumpet, French horn; Martin Carthy, guitar, drum - Whoever Invented the Fishfinger
(3.27)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Sue Harris, oboe; Fiz Shapur, piano, French horn - Abiezer Coppe
(5.27)
Roy Bailey, vocals; Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar, piano; Martin Carthy, guitar, chorus; Fiz Shapur, French horn - The World Turned Upside Down Parts 1 & 2
(6.11)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar, piano; Martin Carthy, guitar; Ruth Rosselson, vocals
CD 3: The Eighties
- Not Quite But Nearly
(2.46)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - Story Line
(4.20)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Howard Evans, trumpet; Fiz Shapur, French horn; Roger Williams, trombone; Steve King, synthesiser - Jackboot Democrats
(3.56)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano, synthesiser - Who Reaps the Profits? Who Pays the Price?
(6.45)
Frankie Armstrong, Roy Bailey, vocals; Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Fiz Shapur, synthesiser - Flying High Flying Free
(4.14)
Liz Mansfield, vocals; Chris Foster, guitar; Ruth Rosselson, flute; Fiz Shapur, keyboards - It Wasn't Me, I Didn't Do It
(2.55)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano; Steve Berry, bass - Bringing the News From Nowhere
(6.28)
Frankie Armstrong, Roy Bailey, vocals; Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar; Howard Evans, trumpet; Fiz Shapur, French horn; Roger Williams, trombone - Ballad of a Spycatcher
(5.28)
Leon Rosselson, vocals ; Billy Bragg, electric guitar; The Oyster Band: Alan Prosser, electric guitar; John Jones, melodeon; Ian Kearey, electric bass; Ian Telfer, fiddle; Russel Lax, percussion - Skin
(2.04)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Fiz Shapur, piano; chorus of children - Susie
(7.43)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano - I Heard It on The Radio
(3.02)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Fiz Shapur, synthesiser; Martin Carthy, electric guitar - Wo sind die Elefanten?
(5.20)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - Song of the Old Communist
(5.40)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - Whatever Happened to Nannerl?
(4.32)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano - General Lockjaw Briefs the British Media
(3.23)
Leon Rosselson, vocals; Fiz Shapur, piano - Out of the Fire and Smoke of History
(4.05)
Leon Rosselson, Liz Mansfield, vocals; Martin Carthy, guitar, vocals; Dave Swarbrick, fiddle - The Voice That Lives Inside You
(3.35)
Frankie Armstrong, Roy Bailey, Leon Rosselson, vocals; John Kirkpatrick, button accordion
CD 4: The Nineties to 2010
- Sing a Song to Please Us
(2.43)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - The Song of Martin Fontasch
(4.31)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar - A Very Busy Man
(4.28)
Liz Mansfield, vocals; Martin Carthy, guitar - Harry's Gone Fishing
(6.41)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Mark Bassey, trombone; Paul Jayasinha, trumpet; Claire Lintott, French horn - It's Just the Song
(4.36)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Fiz Shapur, keyboards; Martin Carthy, Liz Mansfield, Ruth Rosselson, harmony vocals - Money Matters
(4.20)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Fiz Shapur, keyboards - The Ghost of Georges Brassens
(3.48)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Miranda Sykes, bass - The Wall That Stands Between
(6.49)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Like Love
(2.56)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - General Lockjaw Briefs the Troops (As Recorded By a Sceptical Soldier)
(2.04)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Postcards from Cuba
(7.49)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar; Martin Carthy, guitar, harmony vocals; Fiz Shapur, keyboards; Paul Jayasinha, trumpet - Song of the Olive Tree
(3.51)
Janet Russell, vocals, guitar - My Father's Jewish World
(5.56)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Where Are the Barricades?
(3.22)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - Talking Democracy Blues
(6.19)
Leon Rosselson, vocals, guitar - The Power of Song
(5.41)
The Sheffield Socialist Choir conducted by Vsl Regan; choral arrangement by Leon Rosselson

