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Leviathan! (Topic 12T174)

Leviathan!
Ballads and Songs of the Whaling Trade
A.L. Lloyd

Topic 12T174 (LP, UK, 1967)
Topic TSCD497 (CD, UK, 1998)

 Leviathan! (Topic TSCD497)
Leviathan! (Pläne 52 520)

Leviathan!
Balladen und Lieder der Walfänger
A.L. Lloyd

Pläne 52 520 (LP, Germany, 1978; with German notes and song texts)

Recorded by City of London Studios
Production and arrangements by A.L. Lloyd

Musicians

A.L. Lloyd, vocals, with
Alf Edwards, English concertina & ocarina;
Dave Swarbrick, fiddle;
Martin Carthy, mandolin;
Trevor Lucas, Martyn Wyndham-Read, chorus

Tracks

The songs on this record span more than a century-and-a-half. They relate to most of the whaling grounds on which British whalers were active, and concern the chase of all the main types of whales.

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Balaena (2:46)
    1870s, Baffin Bay, right and sperm whales
  2. The Coast of Peru (4:38)
    early 19th century, Pacific, sperm and right whales
  3. Greenland Bound (3:33)
    c. 1840, West Greenland, right whale
  4. The Weary Whaling Grounds (2:38)
    1840-50, West Greenland, right whale
  5. The Cruel Ship's Captain (1:32)
    c. 1810, East Greenland, right whale
  6. Off to Sea Once More (6:27)
    1850s, Bering Sea, bowhead whale
  7. The Twenty-Third of March (1:47)
    1820-40, Davis Strait, right whale
  1. The Bonny Ship the Diamond (2:40)
    1820s, West Greenland, right whale
  2. Talcahuano Girls (3:12)
    early 19th century, Pacific, sperm and right whales
  3. Farewell to Tarwathie (2:57)
    c. 1850, West Greenland, right whale
  4. Rolling Down to Old Maui (1:17)
    c. 1850, Kamchatka and Pacific, bowhead and sperm whales
  5. The Greenland Whale Fishery (4:51)
    c. 1725, Spitsbergen, right whale
  6. Paddy and the Whale (2:24)
    1890s, Antarctic, finn and blue whales
  7. The Whaleman's Lament (2:41)
    1820-40s, Pacific, sperm whale
  8. The Eclipse (3:15)
    1890s, Spitsbergen, bottlenose whale