Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Chanteys
[Tracklist]
A1 Heart of Oak (02:47)
A2 Rum Runner (02:47)
A3 Strike the Bell (02:29)
A4 Gloucester Boys (02:29)
A5 Hog Eye Man (01:25)
A6 Santianno (01:45)
A7 South Australia (02:27)
A8 Grimbsby Town (03:20)
B1 The Diamond (02:16)
B2 Doodle Let Me Go (01:38)
B3 Black Ball Line (01:26)
B4 The Big Bow Wow (01:45)
B5 Fire Down Below (01:51)
B6 Reuben Ranzo (01:29)
B7 Life of a Leaf (03:22)
B8 Tom Bowling (00:35)
B9 Uncle Nobby's Steamboat (02:59)
[Credits]
X-Seamen's Institute (accordion/guitar/banjo/drum/fiddle/mandola/tambourine/whistle/vocals)
Producer: John Townley
[Notes]
The performance group X Seamens Institute, founded in 1969 in New York City, was dedicated to performing traditional songs of the sea, including both traditional work songs called "chanteys" and "forecastle" songs sung by sailors for recreation. The quartet enthusiastically performed its repertory of American and English sea songs accompanied with rich and varied instrumentation, ranging from 12-string guitars, banjoes, fiddles, and percussion. Penny whistle and ocarina can also be heard. Liner notes provide information about the X Seamens Institute and the lyrics for each song.
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