Rogues Gallery - Sea Shanties anyone?
Posted by: Shayman on 04 January 2007
Has anyone else here got the 'Rogues Gallery' Double CD of Sea Songs and Chanteys (sic) yet.
If you haven't heard about it its 46 Songs recorded in the US, UK and Ireland all very folky in style (as you might imagine) with different artists singing their favourite sea faring-related songs and ballads from a list of 400+ put together by the producer. tracklist as follows.....
Disc: 1
1. Cape Cod Girls - Baby Gramps
2. Mingulay Boat Song - Thompson, Richard
3. My Son John - Reilly, John C.
4. Fire Down Below - Cave, Nick
5. Turkish Revelry - Wainwright, Loudon III
6. Bully In The Alley - Three Pruned Men
7. Cruel Ship's Captain - Ferry, Bryan
8. Dead Horse - Holcomb, Robin
9. Spanish Ladies - Frisell, Bill
10. Coast Of High Barbary - Arthur, Joseph
11. Haul Away Joe - Thompson, Mark Anthony
12. Dan Dan - Thomas, David
13. Blood Red Roses - Sting
14. Sally Brown - Thompson, Teddy
15. Lowlands Away - Wainwright, Rufus & Kate McGarrigle
16. Baltimore Whores - Friday, Gavin
17. Rolling Sea - Carthy, Eliza
18. Haul On The Bowline - Neuwirth, Bob
19. Dying Sailor To His Shipmates - Bono
20. Bonnie Portmore - Williams, Lucinda
21. Mermaid - Carthy, Martin & The UK Group
22. Shenandoah - Greene, Richard & Jack Shit
23. Cry Of Man - O'Hara, Mary Margaret
Disc: 2
1. Boney Was A Warrior - Jack Shit
2. Good Ship Venus - Wainwright, Loudon III
3. Long Time Ago - White Magic
4. Pinery Boy - Cave, Nick
5. Lowlands Low - Ferry, Bryan & Antony
6. One Spring Morning - Akron/Family
7. Hog Eye Man - Carthy, Martin & Family
8. Fiddler - Jay, Ricky & Richard Greene
9. Caroline And Her Young Sailor Bold - Corr, Andrea
10. Fathom The Bowl - Reilly, John C.
11. What Do We Do With A Drunken Sailor - Thomas, Dave
12. Farewell Nancy - Harcourt, Ed
13. Hanging Johnny - Ridgway, Stan
14. Old Man Of The Sea - Baby Gramps
15. Greenland Whale Fisheries - Parks, Van Dyke
16. Shallow Brown - Sting
17. Grey Funnel Line - Holland, Jolie
18. Drop Of Nelson's Blood - Cocker, Jarvis
19. Leave Her Johnny - Reed, Lou
20. Little Boy Billee - Steadman, Ralph
Foul language and great songs abound in what must be the best line up of artists singing previously unreleased songs ever put together.
Highly recommended me hearties.
Jonathan
If you haven't heard about it its 46 Songs recorded in the US, UK and Ireland all very folky in style (as you might imagine) with different artists singing their favourite sea faring-related songs and ballads from a list of 400+ put together by the producer. tracklist as follows.....
Disc: 1
1. Cape Cod Girls - Baby Gramps
2. Mingulay Boat Song - Thompson, Richard
3. My Son John - Reilly, John C.
4. Fire Down Below - Cave, Nick
5. Turkish Revelry - Wainwright, Loudon III
6. Bully In The Alley - Three Pruned Men
7. Cruel Ship's Captain - Ferry, Bryan
8. Dead Horse - Holcomb, Robin
9. Spanish Ladies - Frisell, Bill
10. Coast Of High Barbary - Arthur, Joseph
11. Haul Away Joe - Thompson, Mark Anthony
12. Dan Dan - Thomas, David
13. Blood Red Roses - Sting
14. Sally Brown - Thompson, Teddy
15. Lowlands Away - Wainwright, Rufus & Kate McGarrigle
16. Baltimore Whores - Friday, Gavin
17. Rolling Sea - Carthy, Eliza
18. Haul On The Bowline - Neuwirth, Bob
19. Dying Sailor To His Shipmates - Bono
20. Bonnie Portmore - Williams, Lucinda
21. Mermaid - Carthy, Martin & The UK Group
22. Shenandoah - Greene, Richard & Jack Shit
23. Cry Of Man - O'Hara, Mary Margaret
Disc: 2
1. Boney Was A Warrior - Jack Shit
2. Good Ship Venus - Wainwright, Loudon III
3. Long Time Ago - White Magic
4. Pinery Boy - Cave, Nick
5. Lowlands Low - Ferry, Bryan & Antony
6. One Spring Morning - Akron/Family
7. Hog Eye Man - Carthy, Martin & Family
8. Fiddler - Jay, Ricky & Richard Greene
9. Caroline And Her Young Sailor Bold - Corr, Andrea
10. Fathom The Bowl - Reilly, John C.
11. What Do We Do With A Drunken Sailor - Thomas, Dave
12. Farewell Nancy - Harcourt, Ed
13. Hanging Johnny - Ridgway, Stan
14. Old Man Of The Sea - Baby Gramps
15. Greenland Whale Fisheries - Parks, Van Dyke
16. Shallow Brown - Sting
17. Grey Funnel Line - Holland, Jolie
18. Drop Of Nelson's Blood - Cocker, Jarvis
19. Leave Her Johnny - Reed, Lou
20. Little Boy Billee - Steadman, Ralph
Foul language and great songs abound in what must be the best line up of artists singing previously unreleased songs ever put together.
Highly recommended me hearties.
Jonathan
So you've got it then have you Nigel? I assume not as many of them are shanties (not that that matters) and there are some pretty good songs here too. People like you are what makes me come back to this place less and less 
Can you point out the notable exceptions for me so I can be as open minded as you as to what is good music and what isn't. What songs here do you particularly dislike and why? I'd honestly be interested to know.
(Sweary insult deleted so as not to lower myself to your level)
Jonathan
PS Anyone with any intelligence heard this disc yet. I think its great.
Can you point out the notable exceptions for me so I can be as open minded as you as to what is good music and what isn't. What songs here do you particularly dislike and why? I'd honestly be interested to know.
(Sweary insult deleted so as not to lower myself to your level)
Jonathan
PS Anyone with any intelligence heard this disc yet. I think its great.
Have you really had time to go through a 43 song tracklist of a CD you class as "unadulterated crap", categorising the songs into 3 (generally overlapping) categories just to rain on the parade of someone on an internet chatroom who actually likes it.
I'd laugh if you weren't so pathetic.
Happy new year
Jonathan
I'd laugh if you weren't so pathetic.
Happy new year
Jonathan
quote:Originally posted by Shayman:
Have you really had time to go through a 43 song tracklist of a CD you class as "unadulterated crap", categorising the songs into 3 (generally overlapping) categories just to rain on the parade of someone on an internet chatroom who actually likes it.
I'd laugh if you weren't so pathetic.
Happy new year
Jonathan
I consider it my duty to bring some balance to the argument. I would not want people running off and buying this on your recommendation alone. I have no problem with your liking it btw.
Since I know quite a bit about folk music, having been involved with it for over 25 years, I had the incentive, time and fortitude to review the tracks. The 3 categories I chose are not overlapping at all.
If you like I could also tell you which 23 tracks I though had some merit, I could also tell you which 13 I liked and the one which I thought the best - but what would be the point?
As I said before, enjoy your purchase and Happy New Year to you.
Lets beg to differ then lads. I've heard some absolute crap in recent months and was pleasantly surprised at this one. I really don't think this set has anything so bad that it should evoke such hatred but each to his own I suppose.
If we don't class folk songs as unreleased anymore there's many a well respected Folk group who we'll have to class as a cover band from now on.
Oh....and Nigel maybe you should have used the phrase "adulterated crap" by the sounds of it as you now seem to be implying you though >50% of the songs had merit
My last word on the matter.
Jonathan
If we don't class folk songs as unreleased anymore there's many a well respected Folk group who we'll have to class as a cover band from now on.
Oh....and Nigel maybe you should have used the phrase "adulterated crap" by the sounds of it as you now seem to be implying you though >50% of the songs had merit
My last word on the matter.
Jonathan