Various - The Tale Of Ale (The Story Of The Englishman And His Beer) FLAC

Various Free Reed Folk 1977

Genre:	World - Folk
Performer:	Various
Title:	The Tale Of Ale (The Story Of The Englishman And His Beer)
Style:	Folk
Date of release:	1977
Label:	Free Reed
Catalog Number:	FRRD 023/024
Country:	UK
FLAC album size:	1253 mb
MP3 album size:	1672 mb

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Tracklist

1	–John Foreman and The Pump and Pluck Band	Charley Mopps
2	–Pam Gilder and The Pump and Pluck Band	Now Harvest Is Over
3	–Peter Wood	The Pleasant Ballad Of John Barleycorn
4	–Peter Wood , Ian Russell and Vic Gammon	Ye Mar'ners All
5	–William Rushton, Michael Smee	The Porter From MacBeth
6	–Joby Blanshard / Michael Smee	The London Gin Distillery
7	–Peter Bellamy and The Pump and Pluck Band	October Brew
8	–Vic Gammon	Here's A Health To The Mistress
9	–Eddie Upton and Musica Inebriata	The Excise Ballad
10	–William Rushton	The Drunkard's Looking Glass
11	–Peter Wood and Musica Inebriata	The Malt's Come Down
12	–Michael Smee	Andrew Boorde On Beer
13	–Vic Gammon, Eddie Upton and The Pump and Pluck Band	I've Been To France / Here's A Health Unto Master
14	–John Foreman and Vic Gammon	A Pot Of Porter
15	–Roy Harris	Ale, Ale, Glorious Ale
16	–Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band	The Carter's Health
17	–William Rushton	Bickerdyke On Temperance
18	–Musica Inebriata	The British Toper
19	–John Foreman and Musica Inebriata	London's Ordinary
20	–Oriana	Come Drink To Me
21	–Joby Blanshard / Michael Smee	Andrew Boorde On Ale
22	–Oriana	Honest Malt Liquor
23	–Eddie Upton	There's Comfort In A Drop Of Gin
24	–William Rushton / Joby Blanshard / Michael Smee	Meux's Porter Vat
25	–Peter Bellamy and Musica Inebriata	Soldiers Three
26	–Michael Smee	Stubbes On Drunkenness
27	–Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band	Michael Blann's Drinking Song
28	–Eddie Upton, Pam Gilder and Musica Inebriata	Bring Us In Good Ale
29	–Eddie Upton and The Pump and Pluck Band	I Likes A Drop Of Good Beer
30	–Robin Dransfield and The Pump and Pluck Band	Hey, John Barleycorn
31	–The Pump and Pluck Band	The British Toper
32	–Pam Gilder and The Pump and Pluck Band	John Appleby
33	–Joby Blanshard	A Drinker's Epitaph
34	–Robin Dransfield and Musica Inebriata	Jolly Good Ale And Old
35	–Eddie Upton, Pam Gilder, Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band	Peas, Beans, Oats, And The Barley
36	–Roy Harris and The Pump and Pluck Band	The Man That Waters The Worker's Beer
37	–Roy Harris and The Pump and Pluck Band	Nottingham Ale
38	–Robin Dransfield and Barry Dransfield	Good Ale For My Money
39	–Eddie Upton and Musica Inebriata	A Knotte Of Good Fellows
40	–William Rushton	He That Buys Land
41	–Peter Wood and Musica Inebriata	The Merry Fellows
42	–Joby Blanshard	The Tunnyng Of Elynour Rummyng
43	–Eddie Upton and The Pump and Pluck Band	This Is Our Mistress' Health
44	–Pam Gilder and Vic Gammon	Don't Go Out Tonight, Dear Father
45	–Michael Smee	A Brewer's Epitpah
46	–Oriana	Catch: O Ale Ab Alendo
47	–Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band	John Barleycorn
48	–William Rushton	A Brewer's Epitaph
49	–Pam Gilder and The Pump and Pluck Band	Poor Tom Is Dead And Gone
50	–Oriana	Tapster, Drinker

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FRCD 23	Various	The Tale Of Ale (The Story Of The Englishman And His Beer) ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Free Reed	FRCD 23	UK	1993
DD-22041/42	Various	The Tale Of Ale = La Historia Del Ingles Y Su Cerveza ‎(2xLP, Album, Comp)	Guimbarda, Free Reed, CFE	DD-22041/42	Spain	1981

Credits

Backing Vocals [Choruses] – Eddie Upton (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14), Ian Russell (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14), Pam Gilder (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14), Vic Gammon (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Bassoon – Rory Forsyth (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Cittern, Bouzouki – Vic Gammon (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Compiled By, Written-By, Arranged By – Vic Gammon
Concertina [Anglo-concertina], Bandoneon, Organ [Mouth Organ] – Will Duke (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Concertina [Bass English Concertina], Percussion – Sheila Magill (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Design [Sleeve Design] – Sue Dransfield
Fiddle – Keith Phillips (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Lacquer Cut By – Porky
Liner Notes – Vic Gammon
Melodeon, Concertina [Baritone English Concertina], Banjo – Vic Gammon (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Narrator [Told By] – Joby Blanshard, Michael Smee, William Rushton
Percussion – Tony Pepler (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9), Tony Pepler (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Performer [Musica Inebriata] – Kathryn Cox, Keith Phillips , Rory Forsyth, Tony Pepler, Vic Gammon
Performer [Oriana] – David Maxwell , John Mingay, Penny Maxwell
Performer [The Pump And Pluck Band] – Eddie Upton, Ian Russell, Pam Gilder, Sheila Magill, Tony Pepler, Vic Gammon, Will Duke
Photography By [Front Sleeve Photography Reproduced By Permission Of] – Beamish Open Air Museum
Piano – Geoff Hedger (tracks: C12)
Producer, Engineer – Nic Kinsey
Recorder – Kathryn Cox (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Tenor Banjo, Trombone – Ian Russell (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Vocals [Sung By] – Eddie Upton, John Foreman , Musica Inebriata, Oriana , Pam Gilder, Peter Bellamy, Peter Wood , Robin Dransfield, Roy Harris, The Pump and Pluck Band, Vic Gammon
Vocals [Voices] – David Maxwell (tracks: A3, A8, A14, C3), John Mingay (tracks: A3, A8, A14, C3), Penny Maxwell (tracks: A3, A8, A14, C3)

Notes

Gatefold sleeve.

Issued with:
- 12 page booklet containing history and contemporary cartoons relating to alcohol.
- Real Ale Today folder, with a 16 page booklet, a small folder and two single sheet inserts. Contains information about many of the surviving small Breweries and Pubs where you can still find Real Ale.

Made in England

Barcodes

Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): FRRD 023/4 A
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): FRRD 023/4 B
Matrix / Runout (Label, side C): FRRD 023/4 C
Matrix / Runout (Label, side D): FRRD 023/4 D
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, etched): FRRD 023/4 A ₁ A PORKYSHH PRYM CUSHH A
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, etched): FRRD 023/4 B ₁ A
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side C, etched): FRRD 023/4 C ₁ B
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side D, etched): FRRD 023/4 D ₁ A
Rights Society: MCPS

Companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Free Reed Records Ltd
Copyright (c) – Free Reed Music
Made By – Free Reed Records Ltd

Winail

Also available on (another) CD: FRRR 04 (barcode: 5051078905426). 2007.

Little Devil

The CD version omits the following five tracks:
A3, Oriana, Come Drink To Me
A10, Eddie Upton and Musica Inebriata, A Knotte Of Good Fellows
B7, Peter Wood, The Pleasant Ballad Of John Barleycorn
C8, Eddie Upton, There's Comfort In A Drop Of Gin
C9, Joby Blanshard / Michael Smee, The London Gin Distillery

Frey

Available on CD also - with, I think one track (Peter Wood, "The Pleasant Ballad of John Barleycorn") less than on the LP set. FRCD 23