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Traditional Music

 Ian Campbell Group

The Ian Campbell Folk Group

Folk Group
A few of the Ian Campbell Group's records (as well as some of Ian's solo releases) are detailed below: Any additional information gratefully received (email me).
With thanks to Susanne Kalweit.

 


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Songs of Protest EP (Topic TOP82, 1962)

Side One: Viva La Quince Brigade; We Will Overcome; The Boys of Wexford
Side Two: The Peat Bog Soldiers; Domovina; The Cutty Wren

all songs trad unless otherwise indicated



This Is the Ian Campbell Folk Group! (Transatlantic TRA 110, 1963)

Side One: Twa Recruiting Sergeants; Keel Row; The Unquiet Grave; To Hear the Nightingale Sing (Campbell); The Drover's Dream (Campbell); Traditional Medley (instrumental); Rockin' the Cradle (Campbell); The Jute Mill Song (Mary Brooksbank); Johnny Lad
Side Two: Blow Boys Blow; Down in the Coal Mine; Garton Mother's Lullaby (Campbell); The Bells of Rhymney; The Apprentice's Song (Campbell); Rocky Road to Dublin/Drops of Brandy (instrumental); Homeward Bound (Campbell); The Waters of Tyne (Campbell); The Wee Cooper o' Fife (Campbell)

all songs trad unless otherwise indicated

Ian Campbell (vocals), Lorna Campbell (vocals), Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandola), John Dunkerley (banjo, guitar) Brian Clark (guitar, autoharp), with Dave Phillips and Brian Brocklehurst



Presenting the Ian Campbell Folk Group (Contour 2870 314, 1964)
Originally issued as This Is the Ian Campbell Folk Group (Transatlantic, 1963)

Side One: Twa Recruiting Sergeants; Keel Row; The Unquiet Grave; To Hear the Nightingale Sing (Campbell); The Drover's Dream (Campbell); Instrumental Medley; Rockin' the Cradle (Campbell); The Jute Mill Song (Mary Brooksbank); Johnny Lad
Side Two: Blow Boys Blow; Down in the Coal Mine; Garton Mother's Lullaby (Campbell); The Apprentice's Song (Campbell); Instrumental Medley; Homeward Bound (Campbell); The Waters of Tyne (Campbell); The Wee Cooper o' Fife (Campbell)

all songs trad unless otherwise indicated

Ian Campbell (vocals), Lorna Campbell (vocals), Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandola), John Dunkerley (banjo, guitar) Brian Clark (guitar, autoharp), with Dave Phillips and Brian Brocklehurst



Across the Hills (Transatlantic TRA 118, 1964)

Side One: Across the Hills (Rosselson); Come Kiss Me Love (Campbell); The Blind Man (trad arr Campbell); I Know My Love (McPeake); Derby Ram (Cecil Sharp); Mary Mild (trad); Remember Me (Campbell)
Side Two: The Cockfight (trad arr Campbell); Gypsey Rover (trad arr Campbell); Cho Cho Losa (trad); The Keeper (Sharp); Instrumental Medley (trad); Collier Laddie (trad arr Campbell); We're No Awa To Bide Awa (trad arr Campbell)

Ian Campbell (vocals), Lorna Campbell (vocals), Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandola), John Dunkerley (banjo, guitar) Brian Clark (guitar, autoharp)



Sea Songs and Shanties: Farewell Nancy (Topic 12T110, 1964)
with Cyril Tawney, Louis Killen, Bob Davenport, Dave Swarbrick

Wild Goose; Lovely Nancy



Folk Songs: An Anthology. Topic Sampler 1 (Topic 12T114, 1964)
with Louis Killen, A L Lloyd, Isla Cameron, Maggie Barry, McPeake Family, Enoch Kent, Anne Briggs, Celebrated Working Men's Band, Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger

Cutty Wren



Contemporary Campbells(Transatlantic TRA 137, 1965)

Marilyn Monroe (Sydney Carter/Rory McEwen); Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl); Thirty Foot Trailer (Ewan MacColl); My Donal (Owen Hand); Battle of the Somme (PM Robertson); Hard Life on the Cut (Ian Campbell); Net Hauling Song (Ewan MacColl); Death Come Easy (Harvey Andrews); Rights of Man (trad); Liverpool Lullaby (Stan Kelly); Four Pounds a Day (Stan Kelly); The Dove (trad); Bloody Orkney (trad); The D-Day Dodgers (Hamish Henderson)

Ian Campbell (vocal), Lorna Campbell (vocal), Brian Clark (guitar, vocal), Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandolin) and John Dunkerley (banjo, autoharp)



Folk Songs: An Anthology. Topic Sampler 2 (Topic TPS 145, 1966)
with The Spinners, Johnny Handle, Stan Kelly, Hedy West, Ewan MacColl, Dominic Behan, A.L. Lloyd, The Watersons, Shirley Collins, Tom Paley, Ray & Archie Fisher.

Buy Broom Besoms



New Impressions of The Ian Campbell Folk Group (Transatlantic TRA 151, 1966)

Side One: Lord of the Dance (Carter); Berwick Brose (Come to Berwick Johnnie/Brose and Butter); The Snow Is Falling (Campbell/Dunkerley); The Bold Benjamin; New York Gals; The Shoemaker; Baron O' Brackley; Aye Waukin O'
Side Two: Lover Let Me In (Campbell); Greensleeves; Can Ye Sew Cushions; farewell to Tarwathy; Gulls O' Invergordon (unknown); The Laird O' Windy Wa's; The Card Song

Ian Campbell (vocals), Lorna Campbell (vocals), John Dunkerley (banjo, guitar, accordion), Brian Clark (guitar, vocals), George Watts (flute, piccolo, clarinet) with Ken Ingerfield, Jack Fallon, Brian Brocklehurt (all bass)



The Circle Game (Transatlantic TRA 163, 1968)

Side One: The Iron Road (Ewan MacColl); Private Harold Harris (David Morgan); The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell); The Lady Came from Baltimore (Tim Hardin); The Old Man's Song (Campbell); Wooed and Married (trad arr Campbell); North Sea Holes (Ewan MacColl)
Side Two: Paddy Lay Back (trad); Do You Remember? (Leon Rosselson); Willie's Gone (trad arr Campbell); I'm Not Saying (Lightfoot); I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman); Doctor Junk (Joni Mitchell); On the M1 (Harvey Andrews)

Ian and Lorna Campbell, Brian Clark, John Dunkerley with George Watts and Dave Pegg



A Prospect of Scotland. Topic Sampler 5 (Topic TPS 169, c1968)
with Isabel Sutherland, Dolina MacLennan, Jeannie Robertson, Norman Kennedy, Alex Stewart,Ray & Archie Fisher, Winnie Campbell, Ewan MacColl, Belle Stewart, The Exiles

The Boatman



Ian Campbell and the Ian Campbell Folk Group with Dave Swarbrick
(Music for Pleasure, MFP Stereo 1349, 1969)

Side One: Beggin' I Will Go; Sugar Candy; Wild Colonial Boy; Sleepytoon; Here Come the Navvies (Campbell); The Jolly Herring
Side Two: The Fireman's Song (Bilston); The Praties They Grow Small; The Kerry Recruit; The Barrin' O' the Door; Eight Shillings a Week; The Coast of Peru

all songs traditional, arranged by Ian Campbell unless otherwise indicated

Ian Campbell (vocals), Lorna Campbell (vocals), Brian Clark (vocals, guitar), Dave Pegg (contrabass, mandola); Andy Smith (banjo, guitar), Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandolin)



The Ian Campbell Group Sampler (Transatlantic TRA SAM 4, 1969)

Side One: The Cockfight; The Collier's Rant; Rap Her Te Bank; I Know My Love (McPeak); Campbell's Fancy/The Mason's Apron (trad); Highland Widow's Lament; Lover Let Me In (I Campbell)
Side Two: Come Kiss Me Love (I Campbell); Highland Harry; Pay Friday; Mary Mild (trad); The Banks Hornpipe (trad); One Eyed Reilly (I Campbell); The Card Song

all songs traditional, arranged by Ian Campbell unless otherwise indicated



The Sun Is Burning - The Songs of Ian Campbell (Argo ZFB 13, 1971)

Side One: Come Kiss Me, Love; The Snow Is Falling; Old Man's Tale; I Don't Know; Alexander Somerville, Dragoon; The Sun Is Burning
Side Two: Lover, Let Me In; A HArd Life On the Cut; I Just Can't Wait; The Man In Black; Apprentices Song; Talking Blackbird

all songs written by Ian Campbell



Something To Sing About (Pye Records PKL 5506, 1972)

Side One: The Apprentice Song-unf. (Ian Campbell); The Haymakers; The Greasy Wheel (trad/words Ian Campbell); The Iron Horse; The Durham Lockout (Tommy Armstrong); The Sheffield Grinder; The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (Frank Higgins); Medley of Children's Street Songs Side Two: The Flash Frigate (Compiled by Stan Hugill); Ask a P'liceman (Rogers/Durandeau); Rigs of London Town; No Courage In Him; The Girl I Left Behind Me; The Cutty Wren (A.L.Lloyd); Leave Them A Flower (Wally Whyton)

all songs traditional unless otherwise indicated

Ian Campbell (vocals), Lorna Campbell (vocals), Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandola), John Dunkerley (banjo, guitar) Brian Clark (guitar, autoharp), with Spike Heatley (double bass) and Derek Craft (flute, piccolo)



Unity Creates Strength (Nevis, NEV R007, 1972)
with Dominic Behan, Alex Campbell, Danny Kyle, Robin Hall & Jimmy MacGregor, The Laggan, Alistair MacDonald

Side Two: Pass Around the Whisky (Ian Campbell); Finale



Scottish Folk Scene (2 LP, Metronome Records DALP 2/1955, no year)
with Alex Campbell, Eddie Furey, Archie Fisher, Hamish Imlach, The Johnstons, Luke Kelly, Watt Nicoll

Side Two: Battle of the Somme (Robertson); A Man's A Man (trad)
Side Three: Highland Harry (trad)
Side Four: Can Ye Sew Cushions (trad)