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BABBACOMBE LEE (CD)
- Island Remasters Series

2 August 2004

TRACKS:
The Verdict (Read by Philip Sterling-Wall) 0'28"
Little Did I Think (Dave Swarbrick) 2'19"
I Was Sixteen [Part 1] (Simon Nicol / Dave Pegg) 1'29"
John My Son (Simon Nicol / Dave Pegg) 0'44"
I Was Sixteen [Part 2] (Simon Nicol / Dave Pegg) 1'17"
St Ninian's Isle (Ronald Cooper) / Trumpet Hornpipe (Trad. Arr. Dave Swarbrick) 1'14"
Sailor's Alphabet (Trad. Arr. A.L. Lloyd) 5'50"
John Lee (Dave Swarbrick) 3'04"
Newspaper Reading (Read by A. L. Lloyd) 0'46"
Breakfast In Mayfair (Simon Nicol) 3'09"
Trial Song (Dave Swarbrick, Dave Swarbrick / Dave Pegg) 3'55"
Cell Song (Dave Swarbrick) 3'35"
The Time Is Near (Dave Pegg) 2'31"
Dream Song (Dave Swarbrick, Dave Swarbrick / Dave Pegg) 5'24"
Wake Up John [Hanging Song] (Dave Swarbrick / Dave Pegg) 5'25"

Farewell To A Por Man's Son (Dave Swarbrick)

4'55"

Breakfast In Mayfair (Simon Nicol)

3'59"

ISSUES:
UK (CD) Island Records IMCD 308 / 982 150-1 (2 August 2004) (issued in a slipcase) (In the Island Remasters Series)
JAPAN

(CD) Island Records UICY-9484 (17 November 2004) (Mini-LP CD in cardboard sleeve and Obi)

Track Sources:

Tracks 1-15:

Recorded August-September 1971 at Sound Techniques London
- previously issued on Island Records
ILPS 9175 (LP) / Island Records IMCD 153 (CD)

Tracks 16-17:

Were recorded in late 1974 for the BBC 2 Documentary about John Lee narrated by Melvyn Bragg.   The programme was broadcast in the BBC 2 " 2nd House" Series as " The Man They Couldn't Hang - John Lee" on 1st February 1975.

For musicians and personnel credits on Tracks 1-15 see original LP issue

Personnel On Track 16 (" Farewell To A Poor Man's Son" ):

Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Trevor Lucas, Jerry Donahue

Personnel On Track 17 (" Breakfast In Mayfair" ):

Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Trevor Lucas, Jerry Donahue, Sandy Denny

Research & Project Co-ordination by:

Tim Chacksfield

Project Co-ordination for Universal by:

Joe Black

CD Package Design by:

Phil Smee at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium

Original Album Design by:

Roberta Nicol

Tape Transfers & Remastering by:

Paschal Byrne at The Audio Archiving Company

Special Thanks to:

Simon Nicol, Ian Burgess, Ian & Stephanie Rennie, Sharon Johnston, Zoe Roberts & Martyn Scrivens

Thanks to:

Nigel Schofield, Neil Wayne and Editpoint Mastering for providing audio assistance

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