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“Monkfish Mix-Up At Farmers’ Market” CD
(released 20th September 2020)
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or find it on Spotify, Deezer, iTunes, Amazon, Tidal, and so on.
CD temporarily sold out
Tracks:
1. The Fisherman’s Son To The Ice Is Gone [1:51]
2. Our Lousy Hops [1:35]
3. Blues Run The Game [1:55]
4. Gypsy Davy [1:59]
5. “Deport First And Hear Appeals Later” [2:15]
6. My Darling One, or Hard Rain [4:00]
7. The Final Curtain Call [2:05]
8. Old Cries Of Nottingham [2:26]
9. Loco Fireman [2:53]
10. Fearful Song [2:27]
11. Rise Up [1:54]
12. Walked In The Middle [2:59]
13. Witch Hunt [1:59]
14. Shellshock [2:52]
15. Duty Of Care [2:40]
16. My Father Had An Acre Of Land [1:34]
17. Pete Morton’s Attitude [1:05]
18. Think About Things [2:21]
19. The Poor Man Pays For All [2:40]
20. Three Drunken Huntsmen [2:08]
Songwriting credits: 1, 2, 4, 16, 19, 20 traditional / arranged by Paul Carbuncle; 3 Jackson C. Frank; 5, 10, 14, 15, 17 Paul Carbuncle; 6 Cara Luft / Bob Dylan; 7 Seth Corbin; 8 Cookie; 9 Don Bilston (The Fireman’s Song); 11 Rob James & The International Brigade; 12 Alan S. Robinson; 13 Mark Wilson; 18 Daði Freyr.
Album title by Gideon Coe, so I now owe him 76p. Recorded and engineered partly by Cookie in Bulwell and Kimberley (Notts), partly by Snave Dave in Canterbury (Kent), and partly by Paul Carbuncle in Sherwood (Notts). Additional vocals by Cookie, Kent Quake, and Hank Weedon. Additional instrumentation by Tweed Giant and Kent Quake. Photos by Keith Turner, Carol Cullen, and Steve Carbuncle. Cover design by Kent Quake. Total running time 45:38. © 2020 Paul Carbuncle. Lousy Hops Records BUNCLE005.
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“A Cold Cup Of Tea And A Howl Of Despair” CD
(released 21st February 2018)
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Tracks:
1. Dublin Bill [3:54]
2. Chopping An Onion [2:36]
3. The Eclipse [2:30]
4. Their Front Pages [1:27]
5. Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid? [1:58]
6. Pig Farmer [2:06]
7. Hopping Down In Kent [2:32]
8. The Jolly Tinker [1:48]
9. Ben Kenobi [2:20]
10. Song For Davee [2:03]
11. The Blue Lion, or The Undoing Of Scamping Ned [4:05]
12. Rivers Of Blood [2:34]
13. Squirrels [2:29]
14. I’d Sooner Go Hedging [2:18]
15. No Followers, or The Young Man From The Country [2:23]
16. The Weasel [2:25]
17. The Boots Were Black [5:16]
Songwriting credits: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 & 12 Paul Carbuncle; 3, 5, 7, 8, 11 & 15 traditional / arranged by Paul Carbuncle; 9 Les Barker; 13 Steve Carbuncle; 14 Frank Mansell; 16 words by Ted Hughes / music by Paul Carbuncle; 17 Cookie.
Recorded and engineered by Cookie in Wilford, Bulwell, and Kimberley (Notts). Front cover photo by Andy Hastings. Total running time 44:53. © 2018 Paul Carbuncle. Lousy Hops Records BUNCLE001.
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“A Life Spent Staring At Chairs” CD
(released 9th April 2018)
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Tracks:
1. The Dreadnought [2:18]
2. The Mermaid [2:14]
3. The Coast Of High Barbary [2:05]
4. Tibbie Dunbar [2:01]
5. Haul Away Joe [3:51]
6. The Chesapeake And The Shannon [2:01]
7. The Golden Vanity [2:40]
8. Claudy Banks [3:13]
9. Life In The Merchant Navy [3:56]
10. Heave Away My Johnny [2:10]
11. Henry Russell’s Last Words [2:41]
12. The Folkestone Murders [3:35]
13. The New York Trader [3:21]
14. Andrew Rose, or Captain Rodgers’ Cruelty [2:28]
15. Monday Morning [2:06]
16. Do Me Ama [2:22]
17. Turpin Hero [3:07]
18. The Jolly Chair-Men [2:32]
19. The Hartlake Bridge Disaster [2:21]
20. Poverty Knock [3:11]
21. Three Jolly Sneaksmen [1:56]
22. The Grey Cock [3:18]
23. The Greenland Whale Fisheries [2:25]
24. Knock On The Door [2:20]
25. When Johnny Comes Marching Home [2:38]
26. Censors [0:51]
Songwriting credits: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 traditional / arranged by Paul Carbuncle; 4 Robert Burns (augmented by Jim McLean); 9 Julie Wigley; 11 Diana Jones; 24 Phil Ochs; 25 traditional / reworked by Jim Page (and rearranged by Roy Bailey); 26 words by D. H. Lawrence / music by Paul Carbuncle.
Recorded and engineered by Cookie in Wilford, Bulwell, and Kimberley (Notts). Front cover photo and design by Christopher Frost (A Touch Of Frost Photography). Total running time 67:52. © 2018 Paul Carbuncle. Lousy Hops Records BUNCLE002.
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“Carbuncular Christmas!” CD
(released 9th November 2018)
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CD temporarily sold out
Tracks:
1. The Holly And The Ivy [2:19]
2. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen [2:05]
3. We Three Kings Of Orient Are [2:35]
4. What Is A Shooting Star? [1:08]
5. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [1:52]
6. Ding Dong Merrily On High [1:02]
7. Nu Är Det Jul Igen [1:22]
8. Auld Lang Syne [1:42]
9. As I Sat On A Sunny Bank [1:31]
10. Jingle Bells [1:04]
11. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night [1:38]
12. King Herod And The Cock [1:23]
13. Virgin Mary Had One Son [1:59]
14. Little Donkey [2:03]
15. O Little Town Of Bethlehem [2:31]
16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas [2:07]
Songwriting credits: 1, 2, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16 traditional / arranged by Paul Carbuncle and Cookie; 3 John Henry Hopkins; 4 Hy Zaret & Lou Singer; 5 Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn; 6 George Ratcliffe Woodward (to a trad. tune); 8 Robert Burns (to a trad. tune); 10 James Lord Pierpont; 11 Nahum Tate; 14 Eric Boswell; 15 Phillips Brooks & Lewis Redner.
Recorded and engineered by Cookie in Bulwell and Kimberley (Notts). Front cover photo by Cookie. Total running time 28:57. © 2018 Paul Carbuncle. Lousy Hops Records BUNCLE003.
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“As A Weasel Sucks Eggs” CD
(released 25th October 2017)
Limited edition of 100 copies [sold out]
Tracks:
1. Foodbanks And Ferraris [2:49]
2. Sing John Ball [2:00]
3. Chopping An Onion [2:36]
4. The Boots Were Black [2:52]
5. If Harry Don’t Go [1:53]
6. No Followers, or The Young Man From The Country [2:22]
7. The Mermaid [2:48]
8. The Dreadnought [2:18]
9. Hopping Down In Kent [2:30]
10. Rivers Of Blood [2:38]
11. The Coast Of High Barbary [2:06]
12. Madam Chicken [0:42]
13. Do Me Ama [2:23]
14. The Folkestone Murders [3:27]
15. The Eclipse [2:35]
16. Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires, in which Robin Hood rescues three squires [4:22]
17. Squirrels [2:36]
18. The Doleful Dance Of Death, or The Shaking Of The Sheets [2:07]
19. Pig Farmer [2:02]
20. The Grey Cock, or The Lover’s Ghost, or Willie’s Ghost, or The Night Visiting Song [3:19]
21. Ben Kenobi [2:12]
22. The Golden Vanity [2:37]
23. The Weasel [5:07]
Songwriting credits: 1 Sally Ironmonger; 2 Sydney Carter; 3, 10 & 19 Paul Carbuncle; 4 Cookie; 5 Alun Parry; 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20 & 22 traditional / arranged by Paul Carbuncle; 12 & 17 Steve Carbuncle; 21 Les Barker; 23 words by Ted Hughes / music by Paul Carbuncle.
Recorded and engineered by Cookie in Wilford, Bulwell, and Kimberley (Notts). Front cover illustration by Ben East. Total running time 60:31.
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“New Boots And Shanties” CD
(released 18th June 2016)
Limited edition of 20 copies [sold out]
Tracks:
1. Heave Away My Johnny [2:21]
2. The Mermaid [2:49]
3. Chopping An Onion [2:33]
4. Haul Away Joe [3:53]
5. The Jolly Tinker [1:43]
6. Sing John Ball [1:59]
7. The Chesapeake And The Shannon [2:07]
8. The Drunken Sailor [3:09]
9. Claudy Banks [3:15]
10. The Eclipse [2:36]
11. Pig Farmer [2:03]
12. Tibbie Dunbar [1:57]
13. The Coast Of High Barbary [2:07]
14. Andrew Rose, or Captain Rodger’s Cruelty [2:37]
15. Three Jolly Sneaksmen [1:58]
16. The Greenland Whale Fisheries [2:27]
17. Life In The Merchant Navy [3:58]
18. Poverty Knock [3:13]
19. Do Me Ama [2:24]
20. Monday Morning [2:08]
21. The Dreadnought [2:25]
22. The Jolly Chair-Men [2:33]
23. Song For Davee [2:22]
24. The Miner’s Lad [3:03]
25. Hopping Down In Kent [2:38]
26. Ben Kenobi [2:06]
Songwriting credits: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 traditional / arranged by Paul Carbuncle; 3, 11 & 23 Paul Carbuncle; 6 Sydney Carter; 12 Robert Burns (augmented by Jim McLean); 17 Julie Wigley; 26 Les Barker.
Recorded and engineered by Cookie in Wilford and Kimberley (Notts). Cover design by Cookie. Total running time 66:38.
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Tracks on compilation CDs
“REBEL RAMBLE: MISFITS, MINSTRELS, POETS” (2023)
CD 1, Track 7: William Oliver The Informer (Paul Carbuncle)
“TANZANIA” (2019)
Track 6: Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank)
Track 12: Three Drunken Huntsmen (traditional /arranged by Paul Carbuncle)
“PUNK 4 THE HOMELESS” VOLUME 2 (2018)
Track 10: Rivers Of Blood (Paul Carbuncle)
“CASSETTE” VOLUME ONE (RANDOM SATURDAY SESSIONS) (2016)
Track 8: Tom Paine’s Bones (Graham Moore)
Track 11: The Drunken Sailor (traditional), performed with Jimi Mack, Vincent Watts, and John Hardy
“UPENDO” (2016)
Track 7: Chopping An Onion (Paul Carbuncle)
Track 8: The Chesapeake And The Shannon (traditional /arranged by Paul Carbuncle)
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