The Hosepipe Band Recordings

Kettleburgh Fete

Unlike the band's previous recordings, Kettleburgh Fete consists solely of dance music. There are dance instructions for the 12 tracks, provided by callers who work with the band: Mary Panton, Elaine Barker, Andrew Swaine, George Monger, Jonathan Seath and Phil Lyons. Our line-up for this CD includes our new drummer / percussionist Barney Monger, and Tom Miller, from The Geckoes, on electric guitar, keyboards and mandolin. The music consists mainly of old favourites, such as Speed the Plough and Smash the Windows combined with new compositions by Simon Haines and Val Woollard.

Tracklist
  1. Speed the Plough / Hampstead Heath [Trad. / Haines]
  2. Manchester Hornpipe / Pin Mill [Trad. / Woollard]
  3. Fork in the Road / Kevin's Kitchen[Woollard / Woollard]
  4. Curly-Headed Ploughboy / Duke of Lewes [Trad. / Haines]
  5. Nutley Waltz / Piltdown Waltz [Trad. / Haines]
  6. May's Hornpipe / Jet's Hornpipe [Woollard / Woollard]
  7. Smash the Windows / The Chequers Jig [Trad. / Haines]
  8. Jumping Jo / Knick Knack [Haines / Trad.]
  9. Newick March / Andrew's March [Haines / Dagg]
  10. Basil's Jig / Sybil's Jig [Haines / Haines]
  11. Harry Gidley's Waltz / Kettleburgh Waltz [Trad. / Haines]
  12. Becky's July Jigs 1 & 2 [Haines / Haines]

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Hell's Bells

Hell's Bells has 11 tracks and lasts 52 minutes. All but one of the tracks are new compositions by members of the Hosepipe Band.

Tracklist
  1. B Flat One / Flat 1B [Haines]
  2. Absolution / Deadly Lightshade [Woollard]
  3. Ivor's Jive [Coombs]
  4. Ginger Smart / Sunday in Imola [Woollard]
  5. Hell's Bells / Asdaboudicca [Haines]
  6. A.L.F. [Coombs]
  7. Rond a Francois Lefeuvre / Darjeeling Darling / Un Petit tour de Vielle [Trad / Coombs / Trad]
  8. Sagarmatha [Woollard]
  9. Joggin' Jumbo [Coombs]
  10. Arry Bela Fonte [Coombs]
  11. Towpath / Eric's Son's Waltz [Haines]

THE HOSEPIPE BAND: Hell's Bells

 

Polstead Meadow

New remastered redesigned edition now available. Polstead Meadow consists of music composed to accompany a series of etchings depicting Suffolk scenes by East Anglian artist Glynn Thomas . Many of these can also be used as dance tunes. A selection of Glynn's etchings can found at http://www.glynnthomas.com

Tracklist
  1. Take it Easy [Haines]
  2. Aldeburgh Steps [Woollard / Coombs]
  3. Pin Mill [Woollard]
  4. Polstead Meadow [Woollard]
  5. The Ferry Man [Haines / Woollard]
  6. The Blyth [Coombs]
  7. The Bright Tower [Haines]

 

Landslide

The band's first CD Landslide (1998), comprises 13 tracks representative of the traditional and original dance tunes and other instrumentals currently played by the band.

Tracklist
  1. The Vicar of Yeldham / Grants [Woollard]
  2. Lifted [Haines] / Larry Day [Trad.]
  3. Sloti Sloti [Coombs]
  4. Mr Sheen [Trad.]
  5. Landslide [Woollard]
  6. Handkerchief Heaven [Coombs]
  7. Will Atkinson's Hornpipes 1 and 2 [Haines / Woollard]
  8. Percy's [Coombs]/Finchingfield [Haines]/ West End Mazurka [Haines]
  9. For Mechanics [Trad] / [Woollard] / Hannah's Jig [Haines]
  10. O vaughan and doughty maiden / Artie [Coombs]
  11. Nude Rose [Frank Le Rest]
  12. Rumanic / Let's Party [Trad.]
  13. Eight-step waltz [ Denis Zaidmann] / Carrot [Coombs]

 

Waltzing for Pleasure and Profit

This recording features the band's first line-up, with Stuart Moffat on guitar. Originally on cassette only, this recording is now on CD.

Tracklist
  1. The Blighter / Not Jon's Jig [Woollard]
  2. Ms McLeod's / Reel of the 51st [Trad.]
  3. Waltzing for Pleasure and Profit [Moffat]
  4. Pea Stalk Polkas [Trad.]
  5. An Dro [Trad.]
  6. Aluminium is OK [Moffat]
  7. Ten Little Nigels [Moffat]
  8. The Friendly Beach Hut [Moffat]
  9. Polka a Pierre / Rumanic[ Trad.]
  10. My Modalin / The Gai Logis [Haines]
  11. Hanter Dro [Trad.]
  12. Italian Jig [Trad.]
  13. Viscount Ethos' Favourite / Lebendig und freylich [Moffat/Trad.]
  14. Polkas Bognolaises [Le Bihan]
  15. Robin Hood's Waltz / Babies Underwater / Matilda Waltzing [Woollard/Harle/Woollard]



All CDs: _6.00, including postage. Email us for a PayPal invoice or send send cheques, payable to V. Haines, to 33, Beaconsfield Avenue, Colchester, Essex CO3 3DH
For further information, contact Simon or Val on 01206 547830

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