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CHAS McDEVITT DISCOGRAPHY
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| ORIOLE RECORDS |
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| Recorded at Levy’s Sound Studios, New Bond St. London |
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| Jack Baverstock, producer. |
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| Freight Train* / Cotton Song |
Dec ‘56 |
CB 1371 |
| New Orleans (House of Rising Sun) / Worried Man## |
Mar ‘57 |
CB 1357 |
| Personnel; CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. Whistling; JOHN PAUL, Bass. NANCY WHISKEY,Voc*.Guit. DENNIS CARTER, Voc. Guit. |
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| MARC SHARRATT, Washboard. JIMMIE MacGREGOR##,Voc. Guit. |
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| Mandolin. ALEX WHITEHOUSE, Voc. Guit. |
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| Greenback Dollar / I’m Satisfied* |
May ‘57 |
CB 1371 |
| Face In The Rain / Sportin’ Life*+ |
July‘57 |
CB 1386 |
| My Old Man*## / Sing, Sing, Sing*+ |
Aug ‘57 |
CB 1395 |
| Johnnie O / Bad Man Stackolee* |
Aug ‘57 |
CB 1403 |
| Across The Bridge# / Deep Down* |
Aug ‘57 |
CB 1405 |
| Real Love# / Juke Box Jumble++ |
Aug ‘58 |
CB 1457 |
| “NANCY & CHAS” EP |
July ‘57 |
EP 7002 |
| Freight Train / Greenback Dollar |
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| Worried Man* / I’m Satisfied* |
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| “THE INTOXICATING MISS WHISKEY” 10” LP |
July ‘57 |
MG 10018 |
| Poor Howard / The Fireman’s Not For Me### / Sportin’ Life+ |
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| The Riddle Song### / I’m Satisfied / Face In The Rain / Bad |
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| Man Stackolee / Farewell### / Every Day Of The Week |
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| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. Mandolin, Whistling. NANCY WHISKEY, Voc. Guit. Solo Guit###. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS,# Voc. Guit. BILL BRAMWELL,## Voc. Guit. TONY KOHN,+Voc. Guit. |
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| LENNIE HARRISON, Bass. MARC SHARRATT, Washboard, Drums. |
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| JOHNNY PARKER,++ Piano. |
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| NANCY WHISKEY not on these tracks*. |
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| Sad Little Girl# / Teenage Letter* |
Nov ‘59 |
CB 1511 |
| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc#. Bass Guit*. EDDIE WARBURTON, Trombone*. KEITH BIRD, Tenor Saxophone*. |
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| EMBASSY RECORDS |
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| Recorded at Levy’s Sound Studios as |
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| THE CRANES SKIFFLE GROUP |
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| Banana Boat Song*# / Don’t You Rock Me Daddy O## |
Mar ‘57 |
W 223 |
| Freight Train** / Cumberland Gap |
W 238 |
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| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. Whistling. DENNIS CARTER, Voc. Guit. 2nd Whistling. ALEX WHITEHOUSE, Lead Voc##, Guit. |
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| MARC SHARRATT, Washboard. JOHN PAUL, Voc. Bass. JIMMIE |
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| MacGREGOR, Voc. Guit. Mandolin*. |
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| JACK BAVERSTOCK (Producer) Biscuit tin & Brushes. |
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| OLD GOLD RECORDS |
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| Freight Train / Greenback Dollar |
OG 9052 |
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| CHIC RECORDS, U.S.A. |
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| Freight Train / Cotton Song |
45 1008 |
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| EPIC RECORDS, U.S.A. |
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| Face In The Rain / Sportin’ Life |
5-9244 |
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| KAPP RECORDS, U.S.A. |
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| Sing, Sing, Sing / Johnny O |
K-216X |
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| Personnel as on ORIOLE CB 1395 & CB 1403 |
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| BELL RECORDS, U..S.A. |
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| The Most Of What Is Least / Don’t Blame Me |
1966 |
644 |
| Personnel as on COLUMBIA DB 7703 |
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| CUPOL RECORDS, SWEDEN |
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| Freight Train / Cotton Song |
CS 45/23 |
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| Johnny O / Bad Man Stackolee |
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| He’s Solid Gone* / Ella Speed*(With Nancy Whiskey Group*) |
CEP 174 |
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| VERSAILLES RECORDS, FRANCE |
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| Freight Train / Cotton Song |
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| It Takes A Worried Man / I’m Satisfied |
90 S 168 |
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| BELTER RECORDS, SPAIN |
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| Freight Train / Greenback Dollar |
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| It Takes A Worried Man / I’m Satisfied |
50.116 |
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| TOP RANK RECORDS |
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| Dream Talk / Forever |
1960 |
JAR 338 |
| Session musicians. Mus. Dir. JOHNNY DOUGLAS; A&R. DICK ROWE. |
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| HMV RECORDS |
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| Recorded Lansdowne Studios. A&R. Dennis Preston |
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| One Love / Can It Be Love |
1961 |
POP 845 |
| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc. |
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| DAVE SAMPSON’S HUNTERS; NORMAN SHEFFIELD, Drums. JOHN ROGERS, Bass. NORMAN STACEY & BRIAN PARKER, Gtrs. |
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| Mommy Out De Light / I’ve Got A Thing About You |
1962 |
POP 928 |
| Happy Family / Throwing Pebbles In A Pool |
POP 999 |
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| Session musicians. Mus. Dir. HARRY ROBINSON (Lord Rockingham). |
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| Cruel Love / I Never Will Marry |
1963 |
POP 1151 |
| Session musicians. OSSIAN ELLIS, Harp. JOHN WILLIAMS, Guit. |
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| Mus. Dir. MARTIN SLAVIN. |
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| COLUMBIA RECORDS |
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| “SIXTEEN BIG FOLK HITS” LP |
1965 |
33SX 1738 |
| Recorded London. A&R Roy Pitt. |
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| The Times They Are A Changin’/ Walk Right In / Where Have All The Flowers Gone / Catch The Wind / If I Had A Hammer |
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| House Of The Rising Sun / Michael / San Francisco Bay Blues |
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| Tom Dooley / Subterranean Homesick Blues / Little Boxes |
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| Green Green / Blowin’ In The Wind / Puff (The Magic Dragon) |
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| Cotton Fields / Go Tell It On The Mountain. |
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| “SIX FOLK HITS” EP |
1965 |
SSEG 8468 |
| Blowin’ In The Wind / Green Green / Tom Dooley / Walk |
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| Right In / If I Had A Hammer / Go Tell It On The Mountain. |
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| Personnel for above LP & release on HALLMARK 306032 ; CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc. Bass Guit. |
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| PETE STANLEY,Banjo, Guit. WIZZ JONES, Guit. RED REECE, |
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| Drums. MARC SHARRATT, Washboard, Drums. |
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| Don’t Believe Them / Where Am I Goin’? |
1965 |
DB 7595 |
| The Most Of What Is Least* / Don’t Blame Me# |
1966 |
DB 7703 |
| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc.Guit. Bass |
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| Guit#. WIZZ JONES, Guit.& 12 String. PETE STANLEY, Banjo, Guit,Autoharp*. RED REECE, Drums. |
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| When The Good Times Come+ / Never Wed An Old Man* |
1967 |
DB 7846 |
| Session musicians+. CHAS McDEVITT, SHIRLEY DOUGLAS,Guit*. |
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| “SIXTEEN ENGLISH FOLKSONGS” LP |
1966 |
SX 6082 |
| Seeds Of Love#*** / The Water Is Wide## / Ophelia’s Song |
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| Sweet Nightingale***/ Let No Man Steal Your Thyme / The |
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| Tailor’s Breeches*** / Cattle Smock+++ / Greensleeves## |
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| As I Roved Out## / Kinrid’s Garden* / Madeira M’Dear |
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| My Mother Chose My Husband / Never Wed An Old Man** |
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| The Most Of What Is Least+**++ / Good Ale / The Leavin’ |
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| Of Liverpool. |
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| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc.Guit. |
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| Autoharp*, Bs Guit**. THE CROFTERS (Gef &Martin)Voc.Guit***. |
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| GEF LUCENA, Kalimba#, Ocarina+++, JIM SULLIVAN, 12 String##. WIZZ JONES, Guit+. PETE STANLEY, Autoharp++. |
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| “NAUGHTY BUT NICE” EP |
1966 |
SEG8471 |
| Recorded Regent Sound, Denmark Street, London. |
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| Mommy Out De Light / Naughty But Nice / Follow Me |
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| Forbidden Fruit* / Night Food* / The Anvil At Gretna Green |
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| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc.Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc.Guit. Bass Guit.CLEM CATTINI, Drums*. |
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COLUMBIA RECORDS |
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| Recorded Johannesburg South Africa.. |
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| Mr. Man* / Mummy Out The Light# |
1967 |
DSA 711 |
| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc. Bs Guit#. |
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| Session musicians. Mus. Dir. GUS GALBRAITH (Flugal Horn). |
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| FONTANA RECORDS |
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| Recorded Philips Sound Studios, Stanhope Place. London. |
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| A&R Jack Baverstock. |
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| City Smoke* / One Man Band# |
1968 |
F 957 |
| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc. Bass Guit#. RED REECE, Drums#. |
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| Session musicians*. Mus. Dir. KEN WOODMAN. |
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| PRESIDENT RECORDS |
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| Recorded Pan Studios, Swiss Cottage, London. |
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| Freight Train / Snowbird |
1972 |
PT 376 |
| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. Whistling. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc. |
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| Bass Guit. WIZZ JONES, Guit. PETE STANLEY, Banjo, Guit. |
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| MARC SHARRATT, Washboard. |
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| A Boy Child Is Born / Amazing Grace |
1973 |
PT 410 |
| CHAS McDEVITT, SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc. IRENE CHANTER,Voc Backing . |
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| Session musicians. Mus.Dir. MARTIN SLAVIN. |
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| JOY RECORDS |
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| Recorded Pan Studios, Swiss Cottage, London. |
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| “OLD, NEW, BORROWED & BLUE” LP |
1972 |
JOYS 241 |
| Rose Garden / Everything I Own / The First Time Ever I Saw |
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| Your Face / Kansas City / I Could Say / La Bamba / Walk |
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| Right In* / Mummy Out The Light* / She’ll Be There |
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| Snowbird* / Try To Remember* #/ Freight Train* |
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| Session musicians. Mus. Dir. GUS GALBRAITH. |
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| CHAS McDEVITT*, Voc. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc. Guit. Bass Guit*, Autoharp#. WIZZ JONES, Guit. |
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| PETE STANLEY, Banjo, Guit. MARC SHARRATT, Washboard. |
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| Recorded Grange Chigwell, Regent Sound & Commodore. |
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| “TAKES YA BACK DON’T IT” LP & Cassette. |
1976 |
JOYS 263 |
| Bloodshot Eyes# / Thirty Days* / Crazy World* / La Bamba* |
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| Peggy Sue# / Freight Train# / Walk Right In / Cottonfields** |
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| San Francisco Bay Blues / Rock Island Line** / Tom Dooley |
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| Wabash Cannonball*. |
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| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. WIZZ JONES, Guit. PETE STANLEY, Banjo, Guit. MARC SHARRATT, Washboard. JOE BROWN*, Guit, |
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| Fiddle, Autoharp. Slide Guitar. JOHN POLWYN**, Banjo, Guit. |
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HALLMARK RECORDS |
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| “SKIFFLE PARTY” CD & Cassette. |
1995 |
301702 |
| Freight Train / Everyday Of The Week / My Old Man / Sing, |
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| Sing, Sing / Trottin’ To The Fair / I Dig You Baby / County |
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| Jail / BB Blues / Poor Howard / Sportin’ Life / She Moves |
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| Through The Fair / Bad Man Stackolee / Come All Ye Fair |
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| And Tender Ladies / Greenback Dollar. |
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| Personnel as for ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3007 |
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| “BIG FOLK AND PROTEST HITS OF THE 60’s” CD & Cassette |
1997 |
306032 |
| Walk Right In / Puff (The Magic Dragon) / Go Tell It On The |
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| Mountain / If I Had A Hammer / Tom Dooley / Michael / House Of |
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| The Rising Sun / Blowin’ In The Wind / Cottonfields / Where |
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| Have All The Flowers Gone / San Francisco Bay Blues / Little |
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| Boxes / Freight Train */ Green Green / Subterranean Homesick |
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| Blues / Catch The Wind / The Times They Are A Changin’ |
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| Personnel as for COLUMBIA RECORDS 33 SX 1738 |
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| *Personnel as for PRESIDENT RECORDS 376* |
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| BEAR FAMILY RECORDS |
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| “THE CHAS McDEVITT SKIFFLE GROUP” CD |
1999 |
BCD 1615 |
| (With Nancy Whiskey & Shirley Douglas) |
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| Recorded between 1956-1960 |
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| Freight Train / Cotton Song / New Orleans / Don’t You Rock |
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| Me Daddy O / Banana Boat Song / Worried Man / Freight |
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| Train (2) / Cumberland Gap / Greenback Dollar / I’m |
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| Satisfied / Face In The Rain / Sportin’ Life / Poor Howard |
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| The Fireman’s Not For Me / The Riddle Song / Bad Man |
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| Stackolee / Farewell / Everyday Of The Week / My Old Man |
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| Sing, Sing, Sing / Johnny O / Bad Man Stackolee (2) / Across |
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| The Bridge / Deep Down / Real Love / Juke Box Jumble / Sad Little Girl / Teenage Letter. |
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| Personnel as for ORIOLE and EMBASSY RECORDS. |
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| ROLLERCOASTER RECORDS |
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| “NANCY & CHAS” 7” LP (33rpm) |
1993 |
RCEP 113 |
| Recorded live at The Royal Festival Hall, 22 April 1957 |
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| Everyday Of The Week* / I Saw The Light + / Ballad Of The |
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| Titanic*** / Greenback Dollar# / Freight Train# |
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| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. Whistling. DENNIS CARTER, Voc***, |
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| Guit. ALEX WHITEHOUSE, Voc+. Guit. JOHN PAUL, Voc. Bass, |
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| MARC SHARRATT, Washboard. NANCY WHISKEY, Voc#. Guit. |
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| “CHAS McDEVITT SKIFFLE GROUP” CD |
1993 |
RCCD3007 |
| Broadcasts & acetates recorded between 1957-1959 |
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| Freight Train* / Bad Man Stackolee / County Jail* / I’m |
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| Satisfied (1) / I’m Satisfied (2) / She Moves Through TheFair* |
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| My Old Man**(1) / My Old Man**(2) / Poor Howard |
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| Greenback Dollar* / Sing, Sing, Sing*** / BB Blues / Deep |
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| Down / Born To Be With You# / I Want A Little Girl*** |
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| Across The Bridge# / Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies# |
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| Sportin’ Life*** / Trottin’ To The Fair# / Everyday Of The Week Face In The Rain# / Goin’ Home / Tom Hark / It Makes No |
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| Difference Now# / Goodmornin’ Blues / Real Love# / Pop Pourri |
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| Everyday I Have The Blues*** / I Dig You Baby##++ / Ace In |
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| The Hole / Tom Hark / Teenage Letter+. |
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| CHAS McDEVITT, Voc. Guit. Mandolin. Whistling. NANCY WHISKEY, Voc*. Guit. SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, Voc#. Guit. Bs Guit+. |
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| TONY KOHN,Voc***. Guit. BILL BRAMWELL, Voc**.Guit. |
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| LENNIE HARRISON, Bass. / MARC SHARRATT, Washboard, Drums. |
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| LES BENNETTS, Voc##. Guit. / RED REECE, Drums++. |
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| Same personnel for HALLMARK 301702. |
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| **********CURRENT RELEASE*********** |
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| “CHAS McDEVITT & FRIENDS” CD |
1999 |
RCCD6004 |
| Recorded between 1956-1999 |
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| Walk Right In / San Francisco Bay Blues / Rock Island Line |
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| Tom Dooley / Worried Man / Cotton Song / Freight Train |
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| Bad Man Stackolee / Sweet Tooth+ / What A Crazy World |
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| La Bamba / Thirty Days / Wabash Cannonball / Peggy Sue |
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| Subterranean Homesick Blues / Bloodshot Eyes / Dr. Jazz** |
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| Tin Roof Blues##** / The Glory Of Love** / Postman’s |
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| Lament** / Magpie Stomp** / Seduced**# / Come On |
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| Mister**# / Goin’ Home*** / When You Were Sweet 16***. |
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| Personnel as for JOYS 263 except for; JOE BROWN GROUP+. |
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| WEST LONDON RHYTHM KINGS**, JOHN KEEN, Trumpet; JOHN LAWES, Clarinet; JOHN HOWLETT, Trombone, JOHN |
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| RODBER, Bass; BRIAN ‘DIPPER’ DUDDY, Drums; TIM WAKE, |
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| Banjo; MOLE BENN, Sousaphone#; KERRY McDEVITT, Voc##. |
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| THE LONNIGANS***; EDDIE ARMER, Harmonica. JOHN ARMER, Trombone, Guit. STEVE SIMPSON, Guit. CHRIS RODEL, Bass. CHRIS COMAC, Banjo, Guit. DEREK MASON,Washboard. | ||
| SHARON DRAIN, HARRIET THOMAS, RICHARD BARKER, Backing vocals. |
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| DISKY |
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| "SKIFFLE, As Good As It Gets" Double CD . 61 tracks |
2000 |
DO 250522 |
| I'm Satisfied/Greenback Dollar/Freight Train/ Poor Howard Personnel as for Rollercoaster records Plus tracks from Donegan, Duncan, Vipers, Les Hobeaux, Jimmy Jackson, Chris Barber, Don Lang etc. "SKIFFLE, As Good As It Gets" Vol 2 Double CD . 60 tracks Badman Stackolee/BB's Blues/Sporting Life/Goin' Home/My Old Man/Across The Bridge/Face In The Rain Personnel as for Rollercoaster Records Plus tracks from Donegan, Duncan, Vipers, Avon Cities, Johnny Parker, Barnstormers Spasm Band etc. |
2001
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DO 999862 |