VERY RARE THE HALLIARD JON RAVEN NIC JONES BRO106 Vinyl LP
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Description
The Halliard : Jon Raven, Nic Jones
Ultra rare folk LP on the Broadside label Mono, Tettenhall Wolverhampton.
Can you find another on ebay completed listings or rare records?
Record and cover in excellent condition, no rips or tears, some slight discolouration on rear of cover as expected for a record of 48 years.
Matrix, IMR-HR-01, IMR-HR-02
Broadside BRO 106 (LP, UK, 1968)
Jon Raven, vocals, guitar;
Dave Moran, vocals;
Nick (Nic) Jones, vocals, guitar;
Nigel Paterson, mandolin, tenor recorder
Tracks
1. Calico Printer’s Clerk (3.09)
2. Lord Franklyn
3. The Unquiet Grave (3.15)
4. Ladies Don’t Go A-Thieving (2.43)
5. To the Weavers Gin Ye Go (instrumental) (2.20)
6. Long Lankin (3.53)
7. Going for a Soldier Jenny (2.21)
8. The Three Butchers
9. The Workhouse Boy (3.13)
10. Midsummer Fair (2.08)
11. A Thousand Miles Away (2.21)
12. Love and Murder (4.02)
13. The Last Farewell of Frost, Jones & Williams (3.30)
14. The Rambling Sailor (2.30)
Sleeve Notes
The Halliard have become something of a legend in their own time. Some three years ago the group was typical of many local groups (or national groups for that matter), performing a variety of material. In 1966 they started work on a new repertoire based on the much maligned broadside. Broadsides had waxed and waned in popularity from the 17th to the late 19th century, at which time they virtually disappeared. These broadsides migh contain news stories or songs about newsworthy events – murder, love, etc. or traditional songs borrowed by the printers to fill their weekly output. Many of the songs on these broadsides are directed to be sung to some popular tune of the day which might be found in one of the many ballad operas though many of the tunes are now lost.
The Halliard, whilst travelling the country playing in clubs, colleges and concerts, have spent many hours exploring the broadside collections of town and college libraries. They have indeed waded through “a veritable dunghill” of material in order to find the few gems. Add to these “discoveries” on of their curiously attractive tunes and the animation of their live performance and you have a “Halliard” song. It is the vibour, rhythm and excitement of the Halliard's live performance that has attracted som many of their admirers and not a few imitators. Songs like The Lancashire Lads, The Workhouse Boy and the Calico Printer's Clerk are now know better and sung louder in many English Folk Song Clubs than the “old favourites”.
Apart from commuting between Essex and the rest of the country the group run their own successful club, the Chelmsford Folk Song Club, founded by Dave Moran, who was also well know as editor of the folk magazine Folk Scene. In their home club, as elsewhere, the unusual and sensitive singing of Dave Moran and Nic Jones and the inventive and interesting playing of Nigel Paterson and Nic Jones have brought them wide acclaim from their audiences.
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