The Elliots of Birtley: A Musical Portrait

Description

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. We believe that musical and cultural diversity contributes to the vitality and quality of life throughout the world. Through the dissemination of audio recordings and educational materials we seek to strengthen people's engagement with their own cultural heritage and to enhance their awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of others. Year of Recording 1961. Record Label Folkways Records. Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Credits Produced by Peggy Seeger ; Artist Eliots of Birtley (Musical group) ; Produced by Ewan MacColl ; Design by Ronald Clyne ; Cover photo by Hayward Smead. 101 Nancy Grey and Betsy Grey - Betsy Bell and Mary Grey - Child 201 / Stanley Market (medley) Elliot Family 6:18. 102 Family History / How Much Has Tha Gettin' - How Much Have You Got? / My Father Died a Month Ago / Salvation Army Free from Sin / Mary-Ann Teacake / Pit Lie Idle / Come Up and See Your Grannie / Look on the Wall and You'll See a Big Spider / I'll Tell My Ma When I Get Home / Henry My Son (medley) Elliot Family 9:35. 103 We Went Along a Bit Further - The Three Jovial Welshmen / Billy the Bob - The Cutty Wren - Hunting of the Wren, / The Sucking Pig / My Mother Says I Never Should (medley) Elliot Family 6:35. 104 Rhymes Medley Elliot Family 9:35. 201 In the Bar-room - The Celebrated Working Man Elliot Family 10:08. 202 Little Chance Elliot Family 16:08. 203 Elliot Family Medley Elliot Family 3:42.