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Steam Ballads

Steam Ballads (Broadside BRO 121)

Steam Ballads
Harry Boardman, Kempion, Jon Raven, Tony Rose

Broadside Records BRO 121 (LP, UK, 1977)

Recorded at Zella Recording Studios, Birmingham
except track 8 recorded at Mid Wales Sound Studios
Engineer: Johnny Haynes
Producer: Jon Raven
Cutting: Barry Shiers, MSR, Coventry
Sleeve Design: Robin Scott-Cooper
Sleeve Notes: Jon Raven

Musicians

Harry Boardman, vocals, banjo, concertina [1, 5];
Kempion [6-7, 9]:
Duncan Hudson, tin whistle, flute,
Dave Oxley, fiddle, bouzouki,
Morris McPhillips, vocals, dulcimer, bodhrán,
Mark Wallis, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki;
Jon Raven, vocals, guitar [2-3, 8, 11]
with Mike Billington, additional vocals,
Dave Oxley, fiddle,
Mark Wallis, mandolin,
Duncan Hudson, whistle;
Tony Rose, vocals, concertina, guitar [4, 10, 12-13]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. [HB] Navvy on the Line
  2. [JR] The Bold Navvies
  3. [JR] Paddy Works on the Railway
  4. [TR] A New Song on the Opening of the Newcastle & Shields Railway
  5. [HB] Johnny Green's Trip fro' Owdham to See the Manchester Railway
  6. [K] A New Song on the Opening of the Birmingham to Liverpool Railway
  7. [K] The Iron Horse
  1. [JR] The Oxford and Hampton Railway
  2. [K] The Cockney's Trip to Brummagem
  3. [TR] The Wonderful Effects of the Leicester Railway
  4. [JR] Cosher Bailey
  5. [TR] Moses of the Mail
  6. [TR] The Fireman's Growl