by Ewan MacColl
Sung by The Oldham Tinkers
Gerry Kearns - guitar and vocals first verse
John Howarth - concertina, banjo, whistle and vocals second verse
Dave Howard - mandolin and vocals third verse
[Verse 1]
I found my love by the gasworks croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 2]
I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the Salford wind
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 3]
Clouds are floating across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl in the streets at night
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 4]
I'm going to make a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
We'll chop you down like an old dead tree
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Gerry Kearns - guitar and vocals first verse
John Howarth - concertina, banjo, whistle and vocals second verse
Dave Howard - mandolin and vocals third verse
[Verse 1]
I found my love by the gasworks croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 2]
I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the Salford wind
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 3]
Clouds are floating across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl in the streets at night
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 4]
I'm going to make a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
We'll chop you down like an old dead tree
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town
VISION & REVISION 2 LPs & CDs 2019
TOPIC 80
THE FIRST 80 YEARS OF TOPIC RECORDS
“Folk music never goes away. You may not hear it, but it is always there, just over your cultural horizon. It lives in families, in communities, in the villages and towns and cities, and the hearts of the people. Each generation takes what it needs and gives what it can to the tradition, each wave of newcomers turning another farrow, sowing new seeds.
For eighty years, Topic Records has played a major role in this process, ensuring the old voices are still audible and creating a space for those that hear them to make new recordings of their own. Formats come and go, but like the music, Topic endures, long may it do so.
BILLY BRAGG
DESCRIPTION
'Vision & Revision is a landmark, deluxe compilation to mark the 80th anniversary of Topic Records, the oldest independent record label in the world. Including 20 exclusive tracks by the cream of British folk music revisiting songs from Topic's vast back catalogue. Both gatefold double vinyl and double CD feature deluxe, silver foil blocked, debossed artwork.
'Vision & Revision' is a unique celebration of folk music, as a crop of contemporary artists delve into Topic's treasure chest, pull out all manner and variety of ballads and broadsides and breathe new life into them.
Topic Records has established itself as not only the pre-eminent British folk music label but one widely respected throughout the world. Topic has released some of the most influential folk recordings of modern times by a host of revered artists, from Anne Briggs to Peggy Seeger to June Tabor to Ewan MacColl and many, many more.
This 20 track double LP and CD comes housed in a special deluxe, debossed, silver foil-blocked package.
TRACKS
DIRTY OLD TOWN by Ewan MacColl
Sung by The Oldham Tinkers
John Howarth vocal, banjo, concertina & whistle, Gerry Kearns vocal, guitar, Dave Howard vocal and mandolin
EWAN MACCOLL-MUSIC CORP LTD
Recorded by Dave Howard August 2018 in Bury, Lancashire.
Sung by The Oldham Tinkers
Gerry Kearns - guitar and vocals first verse
John Howarth - concertina, banjo, whistle and vocals second verse
Dave Howard - mandolin and vocals third verse
It was a privilege to record Dirty Old Town, written by Ewan MacColl and originally performed by him and Peggy Seeger. He was such a brilliant and legendary singer and song writer. No wonder it is such a popular choice in folk clubs and pubs around the land and a song which is very close to home for us, the Oldham Tinkers.
THE OLDHAM TINKERS
TOPIC 80
THE FIRST 80 YEARS OF TOPIC RECORDS
“Folk music never goes away. You may not hear it, but it is always there, just over your cultural horizon. It lives in families, in communities, in the villages and towns and cities, and the hearts of the people. Each generation takes what it needs and gives what it can to the tradition, each wave of newcomers turning another farrow, sowing new seeds.
For eighty years, Topic Records has played a major role in this process, ensuring the old voices are still audible and creating a space for those that hear them to make new recordings of their own. Formats come and go, but like the music, Topic endures, long may it do so.
BILLY BRAGG
DESCRIPTION
'Vision & Revision is a landmark, deluxe compilation to mark the 80th anniversary of Topic Records, the oldest independent record label in the world. Including 20 exclusive tracks by the cream of British folk music revisiting songs from Topic's vast back catalogue. Both gatefold double vinyl and double CD feature deluxe, silver foil blocked, debossed artwork.
'Vision & Revision' is a unique celebration of folk music, as a crop of contemporary artists delve into Topic's treasure chest, pull out all manner and variety of ballads and broadsides and breathe new life into them.
Topic Records has established itself as not only the pre-eminent British folk music label but one widely respected throughout the world. Topic has released some of the most influential folk recordings of modern times by a host of revered artists, from Anne Briggs to Peggy Seeger to June Tabor to Ewan MacColl and many, many more.
This 20 track double LP and CD comes housed in a special deluxe, debossed, silver foil-blocked package.
TRACKS
- Beaulampkin - Martin Simpson
- Jack Frost - Peggy Seeger
- She Moves Through The Fair - John Smith
- The Banks Of Sweet Primeroses - Josienne Clark & Ben Walker
- Seven Gypsies - Oysterband
- Searching For Lambs - Nancy Kerr
- The Deserter - Sam Lee
- Go Your Way - Kitty Macfarlane
- As I Roved Out - Lisa O'neill
- Fable Of The Wings - Chris Wood
- Dirty Old Town - The Oldham Tinkers
- Workers' Song - Rachael Mcshane & The Cartographers
- The Light Bob's Lassie - Richard Thompson
- Polly Vaughan - Olivia Chaney
- Napoleon's Dream - Martin Carthy
- I Wish My Love Was A Cherry - Lisa Knapp
- Shawnee Town - Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys
- Bay Of Biscay - Emily Portman & Rob Harbron
- Nancy Of Yarmouth - Eliza Carthy & Olivia Chaney
- The Sea Captain - Lankum
DIRTY OLD TOWN by Ewan MacColl
Sung by The Oldham Tinkers
John Howarth vocal, banjo, concertina & whistle, Gerry Kearns vocal, guitar, Dave Howard vocal and mandolin
EWAN MACCOLL-MUSIC CORP LTD
Recorded by Dave Howard August 2018 in Bury, Lancashire.
Sung by The Oldham Tinkers
Gerry Kearns - guitar and vocals first verse
John Howarth - concertina, banjo, whistle and vocals second verse
Dave Howard - mandolin and vocals third verse
It was a privilege to record Dirty Old Town, written by Ewan MacColl and originally performed by him and Peggy Seeger. He was such a brilliant and legendary singer and song writer. No wonder it is such a popular choice in folk clubs and pubs around the land and a song which is very close to home for us, the Oldham Tinkers.
THE OLDHAM TINKERS
VISION & REVISION 2 LPs & CDs 2019
TOPIC 80
THE FIRST 80 YEARS OF TOPIC RECORDS
TOPIC 80
THE FIRST 80 YEARS OF TOPIC RECORDS