Crab Wars Cover THE CRAB WARS (2-LP)
(A Ballad Opera Of The Olden times As Remembered By Sid And Henry Kipper)
August 1986
TRACKS:
SIDE ONE:
Sid And Henry Arrive
Come All You (Overture) by John Smith
The Prologue by Ashley Hutchings
Come All You by John Kirkpatrick
Sid's Round
Upspoke's Dream by Shep Woolley with Dave Bubb, Dick Nudds, Chris Sugden
Henry And Sid Get Some Out
I Wish I Was Plural No More by Martin Carthy and Cathy LeSurf
Sid Shuts Up
Oh! It's Hard by Mick Graves and Sarah Graves
Oh! It's Hard (Reprise) by Mick Graves, Sarah Graves, John Smith, Richard Digance

SIDE TWO:
Jolly Boasting Weather by Tim Laycock with Dave Bubb, Dick Nudds, Chris Sugden
Henry Finds Talking Thirsty Work
Lost And Foundered by John Kirkpatrick
Henry Doesn't Mind If He Does
The Parson Knows by Phil Beer with Dave Bubb, Dick Nudds, Chris Sugden
All Washed Up by Mick Graves
Sid Discusses (A Matter Of Convenience)
Brave Old World by Sarah Graves, Gary Carpenter

SIDE THREE:
Here Is The News (I) by Peter Bellamy
Henry's A Bit Short
Belle's On Her Toes by Cathy LeSurf
Sealed With A Curse by Cathy LeSurf and Shep Woolley
Sid Explains Himself
Ninety-Eight Not Out by Tim Laycock, Phil Beer
Henry Gets What He Deserves
Here Is The News (II) by Peter Bellamy
THE MASON'S A PRUNE by FAIRPORT CONVENTION

1'10"
SIDE FOUR:
The Leaving A Sheringham by Sarah Graves, Gary Carpenter with Mick Graves, Dick Nudds, Chris Sugden
Here Is The News (III) by Peter Bellamy
Henry Confuses The Issue (By Explaining Things)
In With the In-Breed by John Kirkpatrick
Sid Loses Count
Fall Down by Mick Graves and Sarah Graves with Phil Beer, Dick Nudds, Chris Sugden
A Narrator's Life by John Kirkpatrick
Fall Down (Reprise) by Sarah Graves, Mick Graves, Phil Beer, Richard Digance
Henry Comes Clean (In The Rain On The Way Home)

ISSUES:
UK (2-LP) Dambuster Records DAM 017 (August 1986)
This was issued on CD (DAMCD 017) but the Fairport Convention track was omitted despite the Artwork not being amended
Fairport Convention Track Source:
The Mason's A Prune (Trad. Arr. Ric Sanders) Previously Unissued
was recorded at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael, Oxon in May 1986. Engineered by Tim Matyear

Musicians:
Dave Pegg Bass Guitar
Dave Mattacks Drums
Simon Nicol Electric Guitar
Ric Sanders Violin
Martin Allcock Mandoline
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