Barn Dance recordings
EFDSS released various LPs in the BR sequence in the 1970s and 80s.
BR 1 and 2 were recordings by the Greensleeves band of assorted ceilidh dances
BR 3 was a Greensleeves recording released in 1973 - English Folk Dancing in the Primary School
BR4 was a recording to go with the booklet Callers' Choice 1 (so far as I know there never was a recording for Callers' Choice 2)
BR 5 was another Greensleeves recording aimed at children
BR6 was a Flowers and Frolics record Sold Out
BR7 was a Wild Thyme record Captain's Ceilidh, for the book Captain's Ceilidh of dances mostly by Jean Butler, with tunes mostly by Dave Brown. The book was published in 1982 to commemerate Maritime England Year.
BR8 was another Greensleeves recording called Barn Dance Singalong of music hall songs suitable for assorted ceilidh dances, originally issued by the band, but later reissued by EFDSS in the BR series.
See here for track listings for the Community Dances Manual recordings
The BR track listings were:-
BR 1 - Barn Dance - Greensleeves
| Denis Darke | accordion |
| Mike Morley | fiddle |
| Den Rabley | fiddle |
| Michael Pearse | piano |
| Bob Rendle | drums |
| | | | | Recording first released 1972 |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | Gay Gordons | Couple dance (4 + 10x16 bars) |
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| The Meeting of the Waters |
| Marching down to Fyvie |
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| 2 | Cumberland Square Eight | (2x64 bars) |
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| My Love is but a Lassie Yet |
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| 3 | Cumberland Square Eight - encore | (2x64 bars) |
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| 4 | Jigs for American Contras | (4 + 6x32 bars) |
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| Major Mackie's Jig |
| Miss Bennet's Jig |
| The Weaver and his Wife |
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| 5 | Circle Waltz | (4 + 6x32 bars) |
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| I Belong to Glasgow |
| Little Annie Rooney |
| Daisey Bell |
| She was one of the early birds |
| Two Lovely Black Eyes |
| After the Ball |
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| 6 | Nottingham Swing | (8x32 bars) |
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| Phillebula all the Way |
| Paddy McGinty's Goat |
| Country Gardens |
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| 7 | Blaydon Races | (4 + 6x32 bars) |
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| Blaydon Races |
| Tramp, Tramp, Tramp |
| Home Boys Home |
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| Side two |
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| 1 | Soldier's Joy | (6x32 bars) |
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| Soldier's Joy |
| Jessie's Hornpipe |
| Polly Stewart |
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| 2 | Texas Schottische | (7x16 bars) |
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| Texas Schottische |
| Click go the Shears |
| Allies Reel |
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| 3 | Dorset Four Hand Reel | (2x64 + 8 bars) |
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| 4 | Waltz Country Dance | (5x40 bars) |
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| Bonny Tyneside |
| The Red Lark |
| The Cricklepit |
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| 5 | La Russe | (4 + 4x64 bars) |
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| La Russe |
| Jane's Fancy |
| I'll gang nae mair to yon toon |
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| 6 | Dashing White Sergeant | (6x32 bars) |
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| Dashing White Sergeant |
| The Piper's Cave |
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BR 2 - Barn Dance Two -Greensleeves
| Denis Darke | accordion |
| Robin Challon | fiddle |
| Den Rabley | fiddle |
| Heather Saunders | fiddle |
| Wilf Saunders | fiddle |
| Michael Pearse | piano |
| Bob Rendle | drums |
| | | | | Recording first released 1975 |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | The Cottagers | (6x32 bars) |
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| Irish Rover |
| 2 | Farmer's Jig | (4 + 4x32 bars) |
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| Life on the Ocean Wave |
| John Brown's Body |
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| 3 | Farmer's Jig - Encore | (4 + 4x32 bars) |
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| McMarara's Band |
| I'm Henry the Eight |
| Ship Ahoy |
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| 4 | Oregon Trail | (7x32 bars) |
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| Golden Slippers |
| Old Grey Bonnet |
| Liza Jane |
| oh Susanna |
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| 5 | Yorkshire Square Eight | (4x32 bars) |
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| Miss Forbes' Farewell |
| The Rose Tree |
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| 6 | The Steamboat | (5x32 bars) |
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| Steamboat Hornpipe |
| The Lobster Pot |
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| Side two |
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| 1 | Double Quadrille | (4 + 5x64 bars) |
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| Original |
| Jolly Coppersmith |
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| 2 | Wiltshire Six Hand Reel | (4x32 bars) |
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| 3 | Lucky Seven | (6x32 bars) |
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| The Tinker |
| Firey Clock Face |
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| 4 | Armstrong's Waltz | (4 + 8x32 bars) |
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| Gentle Maiden |
| The Rope Waltz |
| Fairy Lullaby |
| My Love is Like a Red Red Rose |
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| 5 | Washington Quickstep | (6x32 bars) |
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| Lady in the Boat |
| Rosin the Beau |
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BR 3 - English Folk Dancing in the Primary School -Greensleeves
| Denis Darke | accordion |
| Mike Morley | fiddle |
| Den Rabley | fiddle |
| Bob Rendle | drums |
| | | | | Recording first released 1973 |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | Brighton Camp | (4+5x24 bars) |
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| The Girl I Left Behind Me |
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| 2 | Durham Reel | (5x16 bars) |
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| 3 | Durham Reel - Encore |
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| 4 | Pat-A-Cake Polka | (9x16 bars) |
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| Nick Nack Paddy Whack |
| Little Brown Jug |
| When I First Came to This Land |
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| 5 | Bonnets so Blue | (2+7x24 bars) |
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| Bonnets so Blue |
| The Month of May |
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| 6 | Haste to the Wedding | (3x40 bars) |
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| 7 | The Ribbon Dance | (4+6x24 bars) |
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| 8 | Three Meet | (6x32 bars) |
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| When Daylight Shines |
| The Rustic |
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| 1 | Lucky Seven | (6x32 bars) |
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| The Happy Cavalier |
| Three Scamping Rogues |
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| 2 | Thady You Gander or Irish Trot | (4+4x40 bars) |
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| There's Nae Luck Aboot the Hoose |
| Keel Row |
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| 3 | A Trip to the Cottage | (4+6x32 bars) |
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| A Trip to the Cottage |
| The Long Dance |
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| 4 | Goddesses | (11x16 bars) |
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| 5 | The Cumberland Reel | (6x32 bars) |
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| Cumberland Reel |
| The Soldiers Dance |
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| 6 | Sicilian Circle | (6x32 bars) |
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| The Bob Tailed 'Oss |
| Mutton Chop |
| Gussie |
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BR4 - Callers' Choice - The Ranchers
| Brian Wilcocks | accordion |
| David Flemming-Williams | first violin |
| Lin Martin | second violin |
| John Barber | guitar |
| Dick Hobbs | double bass |
| | | | | Recording first released 1975 |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | Reel of Ballymore | Circle Mixer (6x32 bars) |
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| John of Paris |
| Lanigan's Ball |
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| 2 | Jubilee Reel | Longways (6x32 bars) |
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| Original Tune |
| Captain McGuire |
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| 3 | The Militia | Set Dance (3x32 bars) |
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| 4 | The Militia Encore | (3x32 bars) |
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| 5 | Whifflers Reel | Double Sicilian Circle (6x32 bars) |
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| Oliford Jack |
| Rattling Bog |
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| 6 | Jail House Jig | Longways (6x32 bars) |
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| 7 | Atlantic Hornpipe | Longways (7x32 bars) |
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| Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston |
| Road to Boston |
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| 1 | Nibs Goes West | Double Sicilian Circle (7x32 bars) |
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| Original Tune |
| Jean's on the Fiddle |
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| 2 | Twelve Reel | Square Set (4x32 bars) |
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| Jackson's Escape |
| Maidenhead |
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| 3 | Twelve Reel - Encore | (4x32 bars) |
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| 4 | Morden Reel | Longways (7x32 bars) |
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| MacFriesian's March |
| Old Air |
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| 5 | Dixon Sixsome | Progressive Threesome (6x48 bars) |
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| Belfast Almanac |
| American Dwarf |
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| 6 | Patrick Tobin's Reel | Double Sicilian Circle (6x32 bars) |
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| Sheehan's Reel |
| Fairy Dance |
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BR 5 - English Country Dances For Young Folk -Greensleeves
| Denis Darke | accordion |
| Marion Antrill | fiddle |
| Robin Challans | fiddle |
| Den Rabley | fiddle |
| Wilf Saunders | fiddle |
| Michael Pearse | piano |
| Bob Rendle | drums |
| | | | | Recording first released 1978 |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | Flowers of Edinburgh | (7x32 bars) |
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| Original |
| 2 | Meeting Six | (4x32 bars) |
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| The Stone Court |
| 3 | The Rose Tree | (7x32 bars) |
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| Original |
| Early One Morning |
| 4 | Kendal Ghyll | (4+3x40 bars) |
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| 5 | Tom Pate | (6x32 bars) |
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| The Nutting Girl |
| O'Adam Buckham O! |
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| 6 | Huntsman's Chorus | (5x50 bars) |
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| 1 | Nancy's Fancy | (8x24 bars) |
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| Original |
| The Key to the Door |
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| 2 | Turn Off Six | (3x48 bars) |
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| Winham's Reel |
| Come Let Us Dance and Sing |
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| 3 | Bridge of Athlone | (5x48 bars) |
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| Rakes of Kildare |
| Pet of the Pipers |
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| 4 | The Holly Berry | (4x40 bars) |
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| Bracken Rigg |
| 5 | We Won't Go Home Till Morning | (4+7x32 bars) |
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| 6 | Galopede | (6x32 bars) |
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BR6 - Sold Out - Flowers and Frolics
| Trevor Bennett | Trombones, Fluegel Horn, Helicon |
| Mike Bettison | Melodeon |
| Roger Digby | Anglo Concertinas |
| Rob Gifford | Percussion |
| Nick Havell | Bass Trombone |
| Dan Quinn | Melodeons |
| Chris Smith | Sounds |
| Sue Bainbridge | Piano |
| Ken Lees | Banjo |
| | | | | Recording first released 1984 |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | The Willow Tree | 48 bar jigs |
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| Oats, Beans, and Peas |
| When Daylight Shines |
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| 2 | Buttered Beans | 32 bar polkas |
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| Bobby Shaftoe |
| Mickey Chewing Bubblegum |
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| 3 | The Jolly Roger | 32 bar jigs |
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| Bonny Lass |
| The Merry Month of May |
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| 4 | The Demon's Rant | 32 bar polkas |
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| La Scottisch |
| Orlando's Return |
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| 5 | The Swedish Waltz | 32 bar waltzes |
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| The Man in the Moon |
| Valse Clogue |
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| 6 | Clopton Bridge | 32 bar hornpipe |
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| Side two |
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| 1 | The Bradstow Reel | 32 bar hornpipes |
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| Foul Weather Call |
| Speed the Plough |
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| 2 | The Boston Tea Party | 32 bar jigs |
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| Jack's Alive |
| The Fiery Clockface |
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| 3 | Buttered Peas | 32 bar polkas |
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| The Merry Girl |
| Pepper in the Brandy |
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| 4 | Stoke Golding Country Dance | 32 bar hornpipes |
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| Whiskey Hornpipe |
| The Man From Newry |
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| 5 | The Caerphilly March | 32 bar marches |
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| Ben-Hur March |
| Jimmy Garson's March |
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BR7 - Captain's Ceilidh - Wild Thyme
| Dave Brown | fiddle, descant recorder, mandolin, guitar |
| Tina Brown | bass guitar |
| Elvyn Blomfield | keyboards |
| John Blomfield | melodeon, percussion |
| Jean Butler | piano accordion |
| | | | | Recording first released 1986 |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | The Saucy Sailor | Sicilian Circle (7x32 bars) |
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| Original Tune |
| The Wind and the Rain |
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| 2 | Ensign Rag | Longways (7x32 bars) |
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| Original Tune |
| McAndrew's Tonic |
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| 3 | The Mary Rose | Set Dance (3x32 bars) |
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| 4 | The Boston Tea-Party | Set Dance (6x32 bars) |
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| Goodbye Girls, We're Going to Boston |
| Port and Starboard |
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| 5 | Drake's Drum | Longways (7x32 bars) |
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| 6 | Southsea Crumble | Square Set (4 + 7x32 bars) |
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| 1 | Trafalgar Square | Square Set (4 + 7x32 bars) |
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| 2 | The Jolly Roger | Circle Mixer (7x32 bars) |
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| 3 | The Capstan Fiddler | Set Dance (3x32 bars) |
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| 4 | Peter's Galleon | Set Dance (3x64 bars) |
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| 5 | Anchors Aweigh | Set Dance twice through (6x32 bars) |
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| 6 | Atlantic Hornpipe | Longways (7x32 bars) |
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BR 8 - Barn Dance Singalong - Greensleeves
| Denis Darke | accordion |
| Marion Attrill | violin / viola |
| Robin Challon | violin / tambourine |
| Den Rabley | violin |
| Wilf Saunders | violin |
| Michael Pearse | electric piano |
| Bob Rendle | drums |
| | | | | Recording first released 1981 by Greensleeves, re-released in 1986 by EFDSS |
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| Side one |
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| 1 | Pack up Your Troubles | 4 + 7x32 bars 2/4 time |
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| Pack up Your Troubles |
| When You Wore a Tulip |
| Don't Dilly Dally on the Way |
| It's a Long Way to Tipperary |
| Sons of the Sea |
| Who Were You With Last Night |
| Goodbye Dolly Grey |
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| 2 | Come Dance and Sing | 2 + 8x16 bars 4/4 time |
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| The Honeysuckle and the Bee |
| It's a Great Big Shame |
| Lily of Laguna |
| Daddy Wouldn't Buy me a Bow Wow |
| Just Like the Ivy |
| Little Dolly Daydream |
| Waiting at the Church |
| The Soldiers of the Queen |
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| 3 | Oh! What a Lovely War | 4 + 6x32 bars 6/8 time |
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| Jolly Good Luck to the Girl Who Loves a Soldier |
| Put me Amongst the Girls |
| Oh! Oh! Oh! What a Lovely War |
| The Army of Today's Alright |
| All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor |
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| 4 | The Gay Nineties | 4 + 6x32 bars 3/4 time |
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| Daisy Bell |
| She Was One of the Early Birds |
| I Belong to Glasgow |
| Sweet Rosie O'Grady |
| Two Lovely Black Eyes |
| After the Ball |
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| 5 | Party Favourites | 4 + 4x32 bars 6/8 time |
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| McMamara's Band |
| John Brown's Body |
| I do Like to be Beside the Seaside |
| If You're Irish Come Into the Parlour |
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| 6 | Martial Moments | 4 + 6x32 bars 2/4 time |
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| When the Guards are on Parade |
| There's Something About a Soldier |
| When a Soldier's on Parade |
| The Toy Drum Major |
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| Side two |
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| 1 | Over There | 4 + 6x32 bars 2/4 time |
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| Give my Regards to Broadway |
| The Caissons go Rollin' Along |
| The Marines Hymn |
| Over There |
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| 2 | Sing as we Go | 4 + 8x32 bars 6/8 time |
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| There's a Good Time Coming |
| Take me Back to Dear Old Blighty |
| Good-Bye-ee |
| Let's All Go Down the Strand |
| Hello! Whose Your Lady Friend |
| Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy |
| We All Go The Same Way Home |
| Sing as we go |
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| 3 | Come to the Ball | 4 + 6x32 bars 3/4 time |
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| Skylark, Skylark |
| Come to the Ball |
| Let me Call You Sweetheart |
| Oh! Oh! Antonio |
| Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay |
| For Old Times Sake |
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| 4 | Show Time | 4 + 4x48 bars 6/8 time |
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| Consider Yourself One of us |
| Hey! Look me Over |
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| 5 | Bless 'Em All | 4 + 6x32 bars 2/4 time |
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| Kiss me Goodnight Sergeant Major |
| Wish me Luck as You Wave me Goodbye |
| We're Going to Hang our the Washing on the Seigfried Line |
| Run, Rabbit, Run |
| Beer Barrel Polka |
| Bless 'Em All |
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| 6 | Goodnight and Good Dancing | 4x32 bars 2/4 time |
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| The Chanticleer Rag |
| Lord of the Dance |
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