Ranting Lads

by The High Level Ranters

Ranting Lads cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1976
  • Label: Topic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 44:41
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: TOm Gilfellon, Johnny Handle, A. L. Lloyd, William Armstrong, Colin Ross, Tony Engle, Tommy Armstrong

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded and produced by Tony Engle in Stanley and Newcastle in December 1975 and the spring of 1976, the twelve tracks include 'Dance to Yer Daddy', 'The Kielder Hunt' and 'Stanley Market'. Colin Ross doubles on Hardanger fiddle alongside his Northumbrian pipes, while Johnny Handle covers vocals, accordion, piano and pipes across the program.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, traditional, acoustic, dance, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Fairly Shot of Her / A Wife of My Own (3:14)
  2. Dance to Yer Daddy (4:04)
  3. The Lass Doon on the Quay (2:22)
  4. The Kielder Hunt (5:30)
  5. Hornpipes - Alston Flower Show / Jane of Biddlestone (2:57)
  6. Fortune Turns the Wheel (4:23)
  7. Fenwick of Bywell (3:46)
  8. Elsie Marley / Hoop Her Hand and Gird Her (5:00)
  9. Captain Bover / Here's the Tender Comin' / Success to the Fleet (3:29)
  10. Proudlock's Hornpipe / The Hesleyside Reel (2:51)
  11. Stanley Market (3:30)
  12. Hornpipes - the Marquis of Waterford / Bottle Bank / The Hawk (3:30)

Credits

  • Johnny Handle - accordion, northumbrian pipes, piano, vocals, vocals [chorus]
  • William Bell Scott - artwork [front]
  • Tom Gilfellon - cittern, guitar, vocals, vocals [chorus]
  • Alistair Anderson - concertina [english], vocals [chorus]
  • William Watson - written-by [uncredited]
  • Traditional - written-by, written-by [alston flower show]
  • Billy Pigg - written-by [jane of biddlestone]
  • James Hill - written-by [the hawk]
  • Tony Engle - recorded by, producer, design
  • A. L. Lloyd - liner notes
  • William Armstrong - written-by
  • Tommy Armstrong - written-by

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