GOTTLE O' GEER (LP)

May 1976

UK Front Cover	UK Back Cover	USA / Canada Front Cover	USA / Canada Back Cover
Eire Side 1	Eire Side 2	Eire

TRACKS:
SIDE ONE:
When First Into This Country (Trad. Arr. Dave Pegg)	2'27"
Our Band (Dave Swarbrick)	2'01"
Lay Me Down Easy (Dave Swarbrick / Bruce Rowland)	5'15"
Cropredy Capers (Dave Swarbrick / Bruce Rowland / Dave Pegg)	3'10"
The Frog Up The Pump (Trad. Arr. Dave Pegg)	3'12"
SIDE TWO:
Don't Be Late (Dave Swarbrick / Bruce Rowland)	3'21"
Sandy's Song (Sandy Denny)	3'34"
Friendship Song (Benny Gallagher / Graham Lyle)	3'00"
Limey's Lament (Dave Swarbrick / Bruce Rowland)	4'35"

Notes: Track 7 is always known as " Sandy's Song" but the real title is " Take Away The Load" Track 8 is listed on the UK and Australian covers as " Come And Get It" but corrected on the USA and Canadian issues to " Friendship Song" . The track is correctly titled on all issued versions of the actual disc. There is an " Island Advance Sampler" cassette of this album bearing the catalogue number ZCI 9389 which has the tracks in a different order: Side 1: When First Into The Country Our Band Don't Be Late Friendship Song Limey's Lament Side 2: Sandy's Song Lay Me Down Easy Cropredy Capers The Frog Up The Pump

ISSUES
UK	(LP) (by FAIRPORT) Island Records ILPS 9389 (May 1976)
USA	(LP) (by FAIRPORT FEATURING DAVE SWARBRICK) Island Records ILPS 9389 (October 1976) Antilles AN7054 (1986)
AUSTRALIA	(LP) (by FAIRPORT) Island Records L35876 (1976) (with Picture Inner Sleeve showing all Fairport LP covers available on one side with Steeleye Span covers on reverse)
GERMANY	(LP) (by FAIRPORT) Island Records 27447 XOT (1976)
CANADA	(LP) (by FAIRPORT FEATURING DAVE SWARBRICK) Island Records ILPS 9389 (1976)
NEW ZEALAND	(LP) (by FAIRPORT) Island Records L35876 (1976)
EIRE	(LP) (by FAIRPORT) Island Records ILPS 9389 (1986) LP manufactured in The Republic Of Ireland but housed in a sleeve printed in the UK.
HOLLAND	(LP) (by FAIRPORT) Island Records / Ariola - Eurodisc - Benelux 27 477 XOT (1976)

The back cover of the USA and Canadian issues feature a sepia photograph of Dave Swarbrick. All other issues feature a colour picture of the Band line-up that was current when the LP was issued (Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Bruce Rowland, Dan Ar Bras, Bob Brady and Roger Burridge).

See separate entry for CD issue

Musicians:
Dave Swarbrick	Vocals, Fiddle, Viola, Acoustic Guitar, Mandocello, Mandolin, Autoharp, Electric Dulcimer
Dave Pegg	Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
Bruce Rowland	Drums, Percussion, Piano, Organ, Backing Vocals
with
Simon Nicol	Electric Guitar (Track 9)
Martin Carthy	Acoustic Guitar (Track 4)
Eric Johns	Electric Guitar (Tracks 1, 7)
Ian Wilson	Electric Guitar (Track 4)
Nick Judd	Piano (Tracks 2, 6)
Robert Palmer	Harmonica, Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Benny Gallagher	Accordion (Track 8), Backing Vocals (Tracks 2, 6, 9)
Graham Lyle	Dobro (Track 8), Backing Vocals (Tracks 2, 6, 8)
Jimmy Jewel	Saxophone (Track 6)
Henry Lowther	Trumpet, Fluegel Horn (Track 6)
Bob Brady	Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Roger Burridge	Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Recorded:	Tracks 1, 3 recorded February 1976 at Sawmills Studios, Golant, Nr Fowey, Cornwall. Engineered by Tony Cox Most others recorded March 1976 at Island Studios, Hammersmith. Engineered by Simon Nicol
Assistant Engineer:	Dick Cuthell
Produced by:	Bruce Rowland
Remixed by:	Simon Nicol and Dick Cuthell at Island
Mastered by:	Melvyn Abrahams at I.C.B.
Sleeve Design Idea:	Paul Warren
Illustration:	Eckford/Stimpson with acknowledgment to Norman Rockwell

Note: Simon Nicol's guitar overdub on Track 9 was a replacement for a part Ron Wood had recorded when the basic backing track had first been laid down in 1972 for use on a Gerry Lockran LP.

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