Contents:

CD 1: A selection of treasures from the Topic catalogue

1. The Humpback Whale ~ NIC JONES
2. Angi ~ DAVY GRAHAM
3. The Shaskeen Reel ~ JOHN WRIGHT
4. The Lancashire Toreadors ~ The OLDHAM TINKERS
5. Sullivan's March ~ PAT MITCHELL
6. San Francisco Bay Blues ~ JESSE FULLER
7. Country Gardens ~ WILLIAM KIMBER
8. Tamlyn ~ MIKE WATERSON
9. The Air for Maurice Ogg / Jumping Jack / The Air for Maurice Ogg ~ ALISTAIR ANDERSON
10. Creeping Jane ~ JOSEPH TAYLOR
11. Wasps In The Woodpile ~ ANDREW CRONSHAW
12. Prince Heathen ~ MARTIN CARTHY with DAVE SWARBRICK
13. The Bonny Labouring Boy ~ HARRY COX
14. Rawtenstall Annual Fair ~ LEA NICHOLSON
15. Music For A Found Harmonium ~ PATRICK STREET
16. Bitter Withy ~ JOHN TAMS

CD 2: England Arise!

1. The Nut Dance (excerpt) ~ The BRITANNIA COCONUT DANCERS
2. Spencer The Rover ~ BOB & RON COPPER
3. All Things Are Quite Silent ~ SHIRLEY COLLINS
4. Blackwater Side ~ ANNE BRIGGS
5. The Two Magicians ~ A L Lloyd
6. Scan's Polkas ~ OAK
7. The Crafty Maid's Policy ~ FRANKIE ARMSTRONG
8. A Place Called England ~ JUNE TABOR
9. When I Die ~ PETER BELLAMY
10. The Bold Princess Royal ~ SAM LARNER
11. Hal-An-Tow ~ The WATERSONS
12. We Shepherds Are The Best of Men ~ FRED JORDAN
13. The Rose Of Britain's Isle / Glorishears ~ JOHN KIRKPATRICK & SUE HARRIS
14. Riding Down To Portsmouth ~ TOM WILLETT
15. Higher Germany ~ PHEOBE SMITH
16. The Ideal Schottische ~ The CHEVIOT RANTERS
17. The Methody Parson ~ ROY HARRIS
18. The Maid And The Palmer ~ BRASS MONKEY
19. Hopping Down In Kent ~ LOUIE FULLER
20. The Devil And The Farmer's Wife ~ WALTER PARDON

CD 3: Ireland Boys, Hurrah

1. The Rising Sun / The Pope's Toe ~ JACKIE DALY
2. The Waterford Boys ~ PADDY TUNNEY
3. The Banks Of Red Roses ~ SARAH MAKEM
4. Gillan's Apples / The Prize Jig ~ JOHN DOONAN & JOHN WRIGHT
5. Slieve Gallon Brae ~ The McPEAKE FAMILY
6. Paddy Ryan's Dream / Mamma's Pet ~ SEAMUS TANSEY with REG HALL
7. My Irish Molly O ~ The FLANAGAN BROTHERS
8. The Blackbird ~ SEAMUS ENNIS
9. The Factory Girl ~ MARGARET BARRY
10. Roaring Mary / The Old Torn Petticoat ~ The IRISH COUNTRY FOUR
11. Spailpina Rún ~ SEAN MAC DONNCHADHA
12. The Choice Wife ~ WILLIE CLANCY
13. The Tinker's Old Budget ~ MARY ANN CAROLAN
14. Padraig O'Keefe's / Con Cassidy's ~ The BOYS OF THE LOUGH 15 Dowd's Favourite ~ HUGH GILLESPIE
15. Wife Of The Bold Tenant Farmer ~ JOE HEANEY
16. The Music In The Glen / The Greenfields Of America ~ The O'HALLORAN BROTHERS
17. The Knight Templar's Dream ~ LEN GRAHAM
18. The Yellow Tinker / The Humours Of Scarriff ~ SEAN O'SHEA & BOBBY CASEY
19. He Rolled Her To The Wall ~ FRANK HARTE
20. The Heather Breeze / The Traveller ~ The RUSSELL FAMILY
21. The Patriot Game ~ DOMINIC BEHAN
22. The Belfast Hornpipe / The Rights Of Man ~ JOHN REA
23. Bridie Morley / Duignan's Favourite ~ PACKIE DUIGNAN & SEAMUS HORAN

CD 4: Scotia The Brave

1. Miss Drummond Of Perth / Fiddler's Joy / Traditional Reel / The Shetland Reel ~ BATTLEFIELD BAND
2. Come All Ye Fisher Lasses ~ The FISHER FAMILY
3. Queen Among The Heather ~ BELLE STEWART
4. Cullen Bay / Jig O'Slurs / Seagull ~ KENTIGERN
5. Wi My Roving Eye ~ NORMAN KENNEDY
6. Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk ~ CILLA FISHER
7. Soldier's Joy ~ TOM ANDERSON & ALY BAIN
8. The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow ~ GORDEANNA McCULLOCH
9. Erin Go Bragh ~ DICK GAUGHAN
10. Young Jimmy Foyers ~ SHEILA STEWART
11. Kempy Kaye ~ JOCK TAMSON'S BAIRNS
12. Lady Eliza ~ WINNIE CAMPBELL
13. Tilley Plump / Auld Foula Reel / Oot And In Da Harbour ~ CURLEW 14 Herd Laddie O' The Glen ~ WILLIE SCOTT
14. The Fireman's Not For Me ~ ISLA CAMERON
15. Dance With Me, Morag ~ ISABEL SUTHERLAND
16. The Wind That Blew The Bonnie Lassie's Plaidie Awa' ~ JIMMY McBEATH
17. MacCrimmon's Lament ~ JEANNIE ROBERTSON
18. The Gallant Forty Twa ~ IAN MANUEL
19. The Twa Corbies ~ RAY & ARCHIE FISHER
20. Boulavogue ~ DAVIE STEWART
21. The Wandering Piper ~ JOHN BURGESS

CD 5: The Singer & The Song

1. Unity (Raise Your Banners High) ~ JOHN TAMS
2. The Dominion Of The Sword ~ MARTIN CARTHY
3. The Sun Is Burning ~ The IAN CAMPBELL FOLK GROUP
4. Go Down Ye Murderers ~ EWAN MacCOLL
5. Police Patrol ~ BOB DAVENPORT
6. Two Tears ~ ELIZA CARTHY
7. Never Any Good ~ MARTIN SIMPSON
8. Both Sides Of The Tweed ~ DICK GAUGHAN
9. George's Son ~ JOHN KIRKPATRICK with BRASS MONKEY
10. Reconciliation ~ RON KAVANA
11. Stumbling On ~ LAL WATERSON & OLIVER KNIGHT
12. Acceptable Losses ~ JOHN B SPENCER
13. Ships Of Shame ~ STEVE ASHLEY
14. The Land Of Three Rivers ~ VIN GARBUTT
15. No Telling ~ LINDA THOMPSON
16. Dust ~ JOHNNY HANDLE
17. Two-Fisted Heroes ~ BILL CADDICK

CD 6: The People's Flag

1. The Man Who Watered The Worker's Beer ~ PADDY RYAN
2. Talking Union Blues ~ PETE SEEGER
3. Joe Hill ~ PAUL ROBESON
4. Masters Of War ~ MARTIN SIMPSON
5. The Red Flag ~ BOB SMITH'S IDEAL BAND
6. The Blackleg Miners ~ LOUIS KILLEN
7. No Power On Earth ~ BILLY BENNETT
8. The Internationale ~ The TOPIC SINGERS & BAND
9. To The Begging I Will Go ~ EWAN MacCOLL
10. The Hand-Loom Weaver's Lament ~ HARRY BOARDMAN
11. The Rigs Of The Time ~ SHIRLEY COLLINS
12. Greedy Landlord ~ STAN KELLY with LEON ROSSELSON
13. Time To Ring Some Changes ~ RICHARD THOMPSON
14. Sixteen Tons ~ EWAN MacCOLL
15. Peat Bog Soldiers ~ The IAN CAMPBELL FOLK GROUP
16. Aa'm Glad The Strike's Done ~ The HIGH LEVEL RANTERS
17. Threes Score And Ten ~ The WATERSONS
18. Dirty Old Town ~ EWAN MacCOLL
19. The Liverpool Barrow Boys ~ The SPINNERS
20. The Weaver's March ~ The CELEBRATED WORKING MEN'S BAND
21. We Poor Labouring Men ~ WATERSON: CARTHY
22. Perfumes Of Arabia ~ MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK
23. Hot Asphalt ~ BOB DAVENPORT & The RAKES

CD 7: Even more treasures from the Topic catalogue

1. Skye Crofter's / The Swallow Tail ~ BILLY PIGG
2. While Gamekeeper's Lie Sleeping ~ JUNE TABOR
3. Boi Se Otvori ~ ROZA TSETKOVA
4. Barleycorn ~ TIM VAN EYKEN
5. The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore ~ TOM PALEY & PEGGY SEEGER
6. The Happy One-Step / Green Willis ~ The HOUSE BAND
7. Clyde Water ~ NIC JONES
8. Baranca ~ VLADO & NIKOLA ROBANOVSKI
9. Georgie ~ LEVI SMITH
10. Jenny Lind ~ SCAN TESTER & RABBIDY BAXTER
11. Worcester City ~ ELIZA CARTHY
12. Talking Dustbowl Blues ~ RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT
13. Kaba Vençe ~ REFKI TAHO, HYSEN ZIZOLLI & AHMET METOLLI
14. The Green Banks Of Yarrow ~ ALISON McMORLAND & PETA WEBB
15. Johnny, Will You Marry Me? ~ DAN SULLIVAN'S SHAMROCK BAND 16 Hamburger - polka fra hardanger ~ VESTLANDSGRUPPA
16. Hedger And Ditcher ~ The SILLY SISTERS
17. Burren No. 1 / Chris Droney's Favourite ~ CHRIS DRONEY
18. Nna hamu ~ The JAUHARAH ORCHESTRA
19. Little Sadie ~ HEDY WEST 2:45 from Ballads 12TS163 / 1967
20. FULMINE ~ ANDY CUTTING (BLOWZABELLA)
21. No One Stands Alone ~ BLUE MURDER