Track listing

1. THE MORRIS MOTORS BAND: Speed The Plough Personnel unknown. Recorded 1933, remastered from the Columbia 78. This track is mono.

2. WALTER & DAISY BULWER, BILLY COOPER: Jenny Lind/ The Girl I Left Behind Me Walter Bulwer (fiddle), Daisy Bulwer (piano), Billy Cooper (hammer dulcimer), Reg Hall (melodeon), Mervyn Plunkett (snare drum). Recorded 1962. This track is mono.

3. OAK: New Rigged Ship/ Rig-a-jig-jig Rod Stradling (melodeon), Danny Stradling (tambourine), Peta Webb (fiddle), Tony Engle (fiddle). Topic Records, 1971.

4. THE LEEDS BAND: When There Isn’t A Girl About/Peggy Wood/Looking for A Partner Martin Clarke (melodeon), Don Mackay (melodeon), Jackie Wright (mandolin banjo), Jim Wright (banjo). Topic Records, 1975

5. WEBB’S WONDERS: Herbert Smith’s Polka Tony Engle (anglo concertina), Peta Webb (fiddle), Alan Ward (cello), Ken Lees (banjo). Topic Records, 1975

6. THE OLD SWAN BAND: Walter Bulwer’s Polkas Nos 2 & 1 Rod Stradling (melodeon), Danny Stradling (tambourine, drum), Martin Brinsford (mouth organ, skulls), Fi Fraser (fiddle), Jo Fraser (whistle), Ron Field (autoharp, banjo). Free Reed, 1976.

7. FLOWERS & FROLICS: Down The Road/ See Me Dance The Polka Mike Bettison (melodeon), Roger Digby (concertina), Bob King (banjo), Dan Quinn (melodeon), Ted Stevens (percussion), Alex West (brass bass). Free Reed, 1977.

8. ASHLEY HUTCHINGS: High Level Hornpipe/ Uncle George’s Ashley Hutchings (bass guitar), Bob Cann (melodeon), Jimmy Cooper (hammer dulcimer), Graeme Taylor (electric guitar), Michael Gregory (drums). 1977. From the Kicking Up The Sawdust sessions but not included on the EMI album.

9. THE NEW VICTORY BAND: Harper’s Frolick/ Bonny Kate Pete Coe (melodeon), Chris Coe (hammer dulcimer), John Adams (trombone), Suzie Adams (banjo), Roger Watson (tuba), Helen Watson (keyboards), Ian Wordsworth (percussion). Topic Records, 1978.

10. UMPS AND DUMPS: Marmalade Polka Sue Harris (hammer dulcimer), John Kirkpatrick (concertina), Tufty Swift (melodeon), Derek Pearce (banjo, drums), Alan Harris (bass). Topic Records, 1980.

11. THE ENGLISH COUNTRY BLUES BAND: The Italian Job/ Lodge Road Rod Stradling (melodeon), Chris Coe (hammered dulcimer), Ian Anderson (slide guitar), Maggie Holland (bass guitar, banjo), John Maxwell (drums). Rogue Records, 1983

12. THE OYSTER BAND: Kentish Cricketers/ Galopede John Jones (melodeon), Ian Kearey (bass guitar), Alan Prosser (electric guitar), Chris Taylor (harmonica), Ian Telfer (fiddle, saxophone). Pukka Records, 1984

13. THE COCK AND BULL BAND: One For Dan Dave Whetstone (concertina, guitar), Jean-Pierre Rasle (bagpipes), John Maxwell (drums), Paul Martin (acoustic bass). Topic Records, 1985.

14. GAS MARK 5: Johnny O’Leary’s/Mrs. O’Dwyer’s Trevor Bennett (trombone), Rob Gifford (drums), Nick Havell (trombone), Dan Quinn (melodeon), Chris Taylor (harmonica). Own label, 1987

15. TIGER MOTH: Sloe Benga Rod Stradling (melodeon), Jon Moore (guitar), Ian Anderson (slide guitar), Ian Carter (keyboards), Maggie Holland (bass guitar), John Maxwell (drums), Hijaz Mustapha (guitar). Rogue Records, 1988.

16. THE OLD HAT DANCE BAND: The Flying Pieman/ Ripple Of The Teign/ Gipping Jig Katie Howson (melodeon), John Howson (banjo), Reg Reader (hammered dulcimer), Mel Dean (anglo concertina), Barry Coope (keyboard), Chris Wood (fiddle), Ted Stevens (percussion). Old Hat/ Mellophone, 1992

17. THE GECKOES: The Old John Peel/ Tom Cave’s Dave Parry (melodeon), Andy Turner (anglo concertina), Caroline Ritson (fiddle), John Keston-Hole (guitar), Andy Cheyne (bass guitar), Keith Chandler (percussion). Ock Records, 1995

18. THE POSH BAND: Duke Of Cornwall’s Reel Simon Ritchie (melodeon, percussion), Ed Caines (fiddle), Sue Bainbridge (piano), Ken Lees (banjo). X-Tradition, 1999

19. MARK BAZELEY & JASON RICE: When It’s Night Time In Italy/ Climbing Up The Golden Stairs/ The Thaxted Square Mark Bazeley (accordeon), Jason Rice (melodeon), Rob Murch (banjo), Gareth Kiddier (piano). Veteran, 2000

20. DR. FAUSTUS: May Reel No.1/ Bacca Pipes Jig Tim van Eyken (melodeon), Paul Sartin (fiddle). Robert Harbron (concertina), Benji Kirkpatrick (bouzouki). Fellside Records, 2003

21. GRAND UNION: Queen Of The May/ Watson’s Hornpipe Roger Grimes (melodeon); Taz Tarry (fiddle); Fran Wade (fiddle); Tim Normanson (banjo); Kevin Brown (double bass); Martin Brinsford (percussion, mouth organ). Own label, 2002

22. ELIZACARTHY BAND: No Man’s Jig/ Hanoverian Dance/ Three Jolly Sheepskins Eliza Carthy (fiddle); Jon Boden (fiddle); John Spiers (melodeon); Tim van Eyken (harmonica); Ben Ivitsky (guitar); Tom Salter (electric guitar). Topic Records, 2002

23. WHAPWEASEL: The Final Last Banana/ The Sleeve In The Cheese Robin Jowett (melodeon); Brian Bell (bass guitar); Mike Coleman (cittern); Rob Wilson (drums); Fiona Littlewood (sax); Stuart Finden (sax); Rick Kemp (guitar); Heather Bell (keyboards). Own label, 2003