Songs of the Newfoundland Outports, by Various Singers

Songs of the Newfoundland Outports

by Various Singers

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1.	Joshua Osbourne (Seal Cove, White Bay) - The Babes in the Greenwood 03:07	buy track
2.	Annie Walters (Rocky Harbour) - Bar the Door O 01:29	buy track
3.	Jim Keeping (Burnt Islands) - The Unquiet Grave 02:00	buy track
4.	Mary Ann Galpin (Codroy) - The Pretty Ploughboy 04:02	buy track
5.	Joshua Osbourne (Seal Cove, White Bay) - The Bonny Bonny Banks of Ardrie-O 04:41	buy track
6.	Alan MacArthur (Upper Ferry, Codroy Valley) - Oran Na Caillich 02:25	buy track
7.	Charlotte Decker (Parson's Pond) - Bright Phoebe 01:35	buy track
8.	Josephine Costard (Loretto, Cape St. George) - Le Bon Vin 02:30	buy track
9.	Tom Morry (Ferryland) - The Sealers' Ball 02:47	buy track
10.	Leonard Hulan (Jeffries) - The Ferryland Sealer 01:43	buy track
11.	Patrick Rossiter (Fermeuse) - The Loss of the Eliza 08:49	buy track
12.	Arthur Nicolle (Rocky Harbour) - Twin Lakes 02:10	buy track
13.	John T. O'Quinn (Searston, Codroy Valley) - The River Driver's Lament 02:36	buy track
14.	Kenneth Pink (Rose Blanche) - Labrador 02:22	buy track
15.	Patrick Rossiter (Fermeuse) - The Fisher Who Died in his Bed 04:47	buy track

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During the decade from 1951 to 1961, folksong collector Kenneth Peacock made numerous visits to Newfoundland, recording traditional singers for The National Museum of Canada. His work was later published in a 3 volume set of books called “Songs of the Newfoundland Outports”. The collection presented lyrics and music notation to over 1000 folk songs and became the “bible” for young musicians such as the band Figgy Duff and others who wished to learn and perform authentic Newfoundland folk material. In the early 1980s, through collaboration with folklorist Edith Fowke and The Canadian Folk Music Society, I learned that many of those early field recordings had been preserved, which led me to contact Mr. Peacock and the National Museum of Canada with a proposal to release some of the better recordings on a LP. The result was this album of wonderful unaccompanied singing from the 1950s, representing singers from many different parts of the Province. I felt the project was especially significant given that most of these singers were no longer living, enabling the listener to be transported back in time to an era when outport customs still thrived. Accompanying the record is an 8 page booklet with photos, lyrics and liner notes plus a piece by Kenneth Peacock himself entitles “The Collector Recollects” (well worth the read). This 1984 release is the last of the vinyl albums from my label, Pigeon Inlet Productions, and one which I have always taken great pride in having produced. We are forever indebted to Kenneth Peacock for this seminal work in preserving and making available this wealth of precious material.

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released June 30, 1984

Produced by Kelly Russell
Recorded by Kenneth Peacock between 1951 & 1961
Lyrics & Notes prepared by Edith Fowke
Photos by Jim Truscott
Financial Assistance by Canadian Folk Music Society and NL Arts Council

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Kelly Russell St. John'S, Newfoundland and Labrador

In 1979 I created "Pigeon Inlet Productions", a record label dedicated to production, promotion and distribution of recordings by NL folk artists who would likely never be recorded by the major labels. These records have not been available for a very long time and I felt it was time that some permanent record exists that these records exist - Kelly ... more

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