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Peter Bellamy - The Transports: A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy Mp3

  • Performer: Peter Bellamy
  • Album: The Transports: A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy
  • Label: World Record Club
  • Catalog #: R-04916, R-04917
  • MP3: 2812 mb | FLAC: 1386 mb
  • Released: 1978
  • Country: Australia
  • Style: Opera, Folk
  • Rating: 4.0/5
  • Votes: 624
  • Category: Classical / Country & Folk
Peter Bellamy - The Transports: A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy Mp3

Tracklist

1Overture
2Henry & Susannah: Sweet Loving Friendship
3The Father: Us Poor Fellows
4The Convict: Norwich Gaol
5The Turnkey: The Humane Turnkey
6Street-Singer: The Ballad
7The Shantyman: Roll Down
8Abe Carman: The Robber's Song
9Street-Singer: The Ballad Of Henry & Susannah
10Susannah: I Once Lived In Service
11Henry: The Black & Bitter Night
12The Mother: The Leaves In The Woodland
13The Transports: The Green Fields Of England
14Dance: The Convicts' Wedding
15The Coachman: The Plymouth Mail
16Henry & Susannah: The Still & Silent Ocean

Versions

CategoryArtistTitle (Format)LabelCategoryCountryYear
FRRD 021/022Peter Bellamy The Transports: A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy ‎(2xLP, Album)Free ReedFRRD 021/022UK1977
DD-22.045-46Peter Bellamy The Transports - Una Opera Folk Escrita Por Peter Bellamy - Los Deportados ‎(2xLP, Album)GuimbardaDD-22.045-46Spain1981
FRRR-11Peter Bellamy The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)Free ReedFRRR-11UK2008
TSCD459Peter Bellamy The Transports: A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy ‎(CD, Rei)Topic RecordsTSCD459UK1992
FRCD 2122Peter Bellamy The Transports (A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy) ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album)Free ReedFRCD 2122UK2004

Credits

  • Arranged By [Orchestral Parts]Dolly Collins
  • Arranged By [Traditional]Peter Bellamy (tracks: A2, A5, B1, C1, D4)
  • BassoonFelix Warnock
  • CelloOliver Brookes
  • Design [Sleeve]Sue Dransfield
  • Directed By [Ensemble]Roddy Skeaping
  • EngineerNic Kinsey
  • Fiddle, Violin [Violin Part]Dave Swarbrick
  • FlutePhilippa Davies
  • Liner Notes [The Story Of The Transports]Eric Fowler
  • OboeSophia Wilson
  • Producer, Design [Sleeve]Peter Bellamy
  • SerpentAlan Lumsden
  • Vocals [Abe Carman]A. L. Lloyd
  • Vocals [Henry Cabell]Mike Waterson
  • Vocals [Street-singer]Peter Bellamy
  • Vocals [Susannah Holmes]Norma Waterson
  • Vocals [The Coachman]Vic Legg
  • Vocals [The Convict]Martin Winsor
  • Vocals [The Father]Nic Jones
  • Vocals [The Mother]June Tabor
  • Vocals [The Shantyman]Cyril Tawney
  • Vocals [The Transports]The Watersons
  • Vocals [The Turnkey]Martin Carthy
  • Whistle, Recorder [Garklein-flotlein]Keith Thompson
  • Written-ByPeter Bellamy

Notes

Recorded at Livingston Studio August-September 1977.

Australian WRC pressing, sourced from original stampers and featuring unique sleeve art. Reissued in June 1979 - pressing variations, if any, unknown.

World Record Club: Registered Office - 605 Camberwell Road, Hartwell, Victoria, 3124.

Companies

  • Recorded At – Livingston Studios