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Avondale by the Cork
Jacket Crew
Released
September 2021
Item Number CJR002 Price £10 (plus £2 postage and packing).
Avondale is the latest show from Southport-based playwright Len Pentin. It tells of Kate Fitzpatrick, an inmate of Ormskirk Workhouse, and Sarah Lund of Chicago. This fascinating true story, told here for the first time, in song and narration, involves a transatlantic search for a missing relative, shipwreck, tragedy and mystery.
The CD contains all the songs from the show. Further information about
the show can be found on the Avondale Facebook page.
This time around, the Cork Jacket Crew are:
Len Pentin (writer,
vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar), Chris
Nelson (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, octave violin, electric tenor guitar, narration), Siobhan Nelson
(vocals, narration), Mike Huddart (bass, acoustic and electric guitars, drum programming, backing vocals) and Don Palmer (vocals, acoustic guitar, narration).
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Cork Jackets and Drill by the Cork
Jacket Crew
Released
September 2014
Item
Number CJR001 Not currently available
Cork
Jackets and Drill,
written by Southport-based playwright Len Pentin, tells the story,
through original songs and narration, of the December 1886 lifeboat
disaster which claimed the lives of almost all the crew members of the
Southport and St Annes lifeboats. Further information about
the show can be found on the Cork Jackets and Drill Facebook page.
The
Cork Jacket Crew are:
Len Pentin (writer,
vocals, guitar), Pete
Rimmer (vocals, guitar), Clive Pownceby
(vocals, percussion), Chris
Nelson (vocals, fiddle, viola, mandolin, shruti box), Siobhan Nelson
(vocals) and Colin Wayte
(narrator, vocal).
Listen
to some short audio clips
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Early
Birds by
Chris and Siobhan Nelson
Released
September 2010
Item
Number CSN004 Price £5 (plus £2 postage and packing).
TRACKS:
Ratcliffe Highway (Trad.); The
Early Birds
(Geoff Parry/Chris Nelson); The
Wife of the Soldier (Bertolt Brecht/Johnnie Scott); Ellen's
Song
(Ray Rooney); Four Hours' Work (Barry Wake); The
Loyal Lover (Trad.); Katherine of Oregon (Al Stewart); The
Bone Lace Weaver (Leonard Wheatcroft/Roy Harris); Scarecrow (John Tams); Stars
Fall (Jennie
Benford); New York Trader (Trad.); Not
Lie Down (Dougie
MacLean); This Stage of the Game (Geoff Parry/Siobhan
Nelson/Chris Nelson); That's All (Steve Wold); Play
the Hand
(Barry Wake).
Guest
musicians: Roger Gardiner (bass), Bill Hackney (harmonica), Abbie Lathe (harmony vocal on Play the
Hand).
Read
a review
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Ebb and Flow by Nelsons
Wake (Chris & Siobhan
Nelson and Barry Wake)
Released
February 2008
Item
Number CSN003 Price £5 (plus £2 postage and packing).
TRACKS:
Heartbeat of the
Town;
The Itchen Ferry Lad;
Along the Way; Woolston's Pride;
Mazey Days; A Drink Now and
Then;
The Morning Train; 15th April 1912;
Soldier Boy; Raise a Banner;
St.Crispin's Day; Living in a
Shadow;
Ebb and Flow; James and John;
Close the Door (all songs written by Barry
Wake).
Read
a review
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Day Has Dawned by Chris and
Siobhan Nelson
Released
June 2006
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Tomorrow's Sun by Chris and
Siobhan Nelson
Released
February 2004
TRACKS:
Winter Song
(Alan
Hull); Winter Winds (Sandy Denny); If
I Lose, Let Me Lose (Trad.); Saturday Rolling
Around
(Richard Thompson); Cherry Tree (Robert Buck/Natalie
Merchant); The Mayflower (Barry Wake); United
States of Mind (Alan Hull); Dr Syn (R.S. Kenward); Snow
Falls
(John Tams); The Widow Maker (Barry Wake); The
Union/Titchfield Carnival/The Magic Fiddle (Chris Nelson); Time
of No Reply (Nick Drake); For
the Empire (Barry Wake); Daddy’s
Gone to Knoxville (Mark Knopfler); With
Me It Goes Deeper (Pete Atkin/Clive James); Tomorrow’s
Sun/Battle of the Somme (Barry Wake/William Laurie).
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Residents' Lounge (with fellow
Residents of the Bothy Folk Club, Southport)
Released
2007
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