The Sultans of Squeeze is a splendid new collaboration between two of England’s finest squeezebox maestros - masters of all that needs squeezing. JOHN KIRKPATRICK well known from his recordings with Brass Monkey, the Richard Thompson Band and solo has teamed up with the House Band’s acclaimed CHRIS PARKINSON to record a diverse collection of tunes and songs. The duo take on a powerful repertoire drawn from the English tradition, music hall, zydeco and some original compositions.

“Exceptionally fine playing from two of the best in the business. It’s interesting, lively and fun – what more could you possibly want?” The Living Tradition.

Nominated as "duo of the year" 2006 BBC Radio2 Folk Awards



track list:
Under Paris Skies
Ye Gentlemen Of High Renown
A Tankard Of Ale
Canone Cannelloni
Fare Ye Well, Lovely Nancy
Golden Glove
Since My Bird Has Flied Away
Squeeze Box
Liberty Bell
The Knock On The Door / Cooley’s Reel / Sally Gardens
African Waltz
On Pulling Down The Rail Of Parky’s Shower Curtain
The Rambling Sailor
El Choclo
I’m A Hog For You

Release date: 21st July 2005
Barcode number: 5020393 305624

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A remarkable journey through the English Midwinter in music and song. The customs and traditions of England at Midwinter yield a breathtaking array of dazzling riches. Accordion maestro John Kirkpatrick takes the listener through tunes celebrating Midwinter dance, rhymes of hope and luck-bringing, songs in honour of food and seasonal merriment and an original song all about the Nativity from the on-looking creatures viewpoint.



JOHN KIRKPATRICK ~ voice, button accordion, anglo concertinas and two-row melodeon
SALLY KIRKPATRICK ~ vocals

"This CD will be on throughout our Christmas" Living Tradition

track list:
The Wassail Cup Carol
The Jovial Tinker
The Holly & The Ivy
Chuckling Hens
That Great Christmas Pud
The Boar’s Head Carol
The Pig On A Tricycle
Carolling & Crumpets
The Cherry Tree Carol
Hey For Christmas (or The Shropshire Wakes)
The Sherborne Mummers’ Song
Jogging Along With My Reindeer
The Pantomime Schottische
The Miner’s dream Of Home / The Bells
Rolling Downward

Release date : 30th October 2006
Barcode number: 5020393 306027

find out more about the world of John Kirkpatrick at: www.johnkirkpatrick.co.uk

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A stunning series of duets with some of John's favourite musicians was the inspiration for this great new album. Recorded by Oliver Knight in Robin Hood's Bay and then added to at studios as far apart as London, Los Angeles and Sydney! Collaborating musicians include Richard Thompson, Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Bob Johnson, Ray Fisher, Alistair Anderson, Kevin Dempsey, Ben Mandelson, James Fagan & Nancy Kerr. Mazurka Berserker contains some of the finest (and most complicated) music JK has ever recorded.



track list:
The Bold Keeper
with Nancy Kerr ~ fiddle and James Fagan ~ bouzouki
The Citroën Took Unleaded After All
with Alistair Anderson ~ English Concertina
There Stands A Cottage
with Bob Johnson ~ electric guitar
Black Bess
Fain I Would
Tripping To The Quintles
with Kevin Dempsey ~ guitar
Dust To Dust
Nodrog's Woofing Waltz
with Dave Swarbrick ~ fiddle
Her Gown So Green
The March Of The Siamese Children
with Martin Carthy ~ guitar
Belinda Brown
Dance Of The Jews / Lebedik un Freylech
with Richard Thompson ~ electric guitar
The Song Of The Weaver
with Ray Fisher ~ lead vocal and Martin Carthy ~ chorus vocal
The Pickpocket's Mazurka / Mazurka Berserker
with Ben Mandelson ~ Vietnamese lap steel and bouzouki
Release date: 17th September 2001
Barcode number: 5020393 303026

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“To make no bones” about something - to say or do something without delay or scruple, regardless of the consequences; to be honest and direct without any risk that the statement may be misunderstood; to come straight to the point.

Make no bones - two CDs of new recordings by John Kirkpatrick – each one representing one half of a typical evening’s performance. No frills, no additives, just how it comes.

Too come straight to the point - John Kirkpatrick is widely acknowledged as a master of the squeezebox. A world class musician who has been at the forefront of the British folk scene for nearly forty years. Fledg’ling Records are very proud to announce this splendid new double CD set capturing Mr K at the top of his game.

track list: CD one
Saint George
Here’s to Coalport China / The Ironbridge Hornpipe
The Farmers and the Cow
King George the Third’s Minuet / Valentine’s Day
The Wild, Wild Berry
The Nutcrackers and the Sugartongs
Cold Blows the Wind
We Be Come A-Shroving
Fish and Bird
St. David’s Day / St Patrick’s Day In The Morning / St. George’s Day

CD two
Uncle Jeremy’s Winking Rabbit / Above The Bank
Nelson’s Death and Victory
The Nobleman’s wedding
Tristan and Iseult / The Dark Queen
On Yonder Old Oak
Lord Bateman
Freda Chucked A Sock / Scraping the Mould Off the Marmalade
I Wanna go Twang (But I Just Go Tooraloo).

Barcode number 5020393 306522
Release date 23rd April 2007 - the auspiciously appropriate St. George’s Day

more John K information will be found at: www.johnkirkpatrick.co.uk

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A great new solo album from Mr Kirkpatrick - what more can we say. This time out he explores the Morris Dance tunes of Shropshire - tunes from the repertoire of the Shropshire Bedlams and Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish, the two dance sides he helped form in the mid-1970s. Spectacular virtuoso playing - it's easy see why John is regarded as a world class squezebox player. All this plus some incredibly informative and amusing sleevenotes from John.





track list:
Bluff King Hal
The Dancing Oolert / The Jubilee Clip
Fair Play / Traveller's Joy
Old Towler / Sawdl y Fuwch
The Herefordshire Lasses/ The Buffoon
Shreds And Patches
The Middle
Road / The Daisy Chain
Bainis
The Gazebo Trot / Brivitting The
Cauliflowers
John Locke's Polka / Such A Getting Upstairs I Never Did See / Polly Put The Kettle On / Speed The Plough
The Waterloo Dance
The One Armed Bandit
Stretching With Edward / Pontylinks
April Fool
Ted
The Brecon Hornpipe / Capturing Camilla
The Duck Race

Release date: 10th May 2004
Barcode number: 5020393 304528

Price: £12.00
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Squeezebox maestro JOHN KIRKPATRICK is one of the giants of the British folk scene. Over the past three decades he has appeared on hundreds of recordings, yet, seldom has he had the opportunity to record a whole album of his original compositions. The Dance of the Demon Daffodils is just that – a splendid collection of his tunes recorded by the master.

“I’ve been making up tunes for almost as long as I’ve been playing them. It’s impossible to explain why that should happen, but it just does. Quite a few of my own compositions have been recorded over the years, not only by me.” At the last count John had composed over 130 tunes, The Dance of the Demon Daffodils showcases 32 of the very best.



JOHN KIRKPATRICK - accordions, melodeons and concertinas

1 The Dance of the Demon Daffodils
2 The Black Stallion / Prasutagus
3 The Three Piece Suite
4 Leaping Jack / Living in Sin / Great Gusto
5 Puddleglum’s Misery / Accordionism / Jump at the Sun
6 Chomping the Barley / The Rat-a-Tat Polka / Benders in the Vestry
7 The Henceforward Lover
8 The Three Speed Plough / The Hafren Hornpipe and a Half / Unchristmas
9 The Source of the Thames
10 Kerlebbeddy’s Hat-Trick / The Singing Devil / The Pineapple Patch
11 Petal of Spice / Blossom Made of Fire
12 Mrs Fox Dances / The Trout in the Crown
13 Shiner
14 Hunting the Deer / The Boar Hunters
15 Footing the Bill / An Unexpected Pleasure
16 The Fork Stuck Under the Door / Fishing on a Bicycle

Release date : 15th June 2009
Barcode number : 5020393307529

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A tremendously powerful and important recording from 1972 – MORRIS ON led to a re-examination of the English Morris dance and an upsurge of interest that continues to this day. Lovingly remastered and packaged in a smart new digipac, the classic MORRIS ON makes a welcome return to the catalogue.

In 1972 three former members of Fairport Convention – Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson and Dave Mattacks – got together with accordion-maestro John Kirkpatrick and acclaimed folk fiddler Barry Dransfield to record this ground breaking album. The results were quite extraordinary and led to a re-examination of the Morris tradition and the formation of many new dance sides. Thirty seven years later, leader Ashley Hutchings continues to tour with his popular Morris On band.
track list:
1 Morris Call
2 Greensleeves
3 The Nutting Girl
4 Old Woman Tossed In A Blanket / Shepherd’s Hey / Trunkles
5 Staines Morris
6 Lads A’Bunchum / Young Collins
7 Vandals of Hammerwich
8 Willow Tree / Bean Setting / Shooting
9 I’ll Go And List For A Sailor
10 Princess Royal
11 Cuckoo’s Nest
12 Morris Off

ASHLEY HUTCHINGS - bass guitar, vocals
JOHN KIRKPATRICK - vocals, button accordion, anglo concertina, harmonium, tambourine
RICHARD THOMPSON - vocals, electric guitar
DAVE MATTACKS - drums, tambourine
BARRY DRANSFIELD - vocals, fiddle and acoustic guitar
with
SHIRLEY COLLINS - vocals
BERT CLEAVER - pipe and tabor
RAY WORMAN & the CHINGFORD MORRIS MEN - dancing

Release date : 18th January 2010
Barcode number : 5020393 303729

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Back in print - a tremendously entertaining and ambitious compendium of English traditional dance music played by some of England’s finest folk-rock musicians.

Following the extraordinarily successful ‘Morris On’, Ashley Hutchings and John Kirkpatrick returned to the studio to record this ambitious collection – presenting a complete history of English traditional dance music played with brio and power, interspersed with leading actors reading from Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and William Shakespeare. Amongst the featured musicians are Simon Nicol, Phil Pickett, Sue Harris, Peter Knight, Ray Warleigh and Roger Swallow. One of the very finest folk-rock records from the early 1970s’ golden age.

track list:
1 The Beginning of the World
2 Stantipes / Percussion Bridge / Trotto
3 Nonsuch / Cuckold’s All Awry
4 The Dashing White Sergeant / The Devil Among The Tailors
5 Haste To The Wedding / The Triumph / Off She Goes
6 Long Odds / Mr. Cosgill’s Delight
7 Bonny Breastknot / Double Lead Through
8 Barley Break / Cushion Dance
9 The Hare’s Maggot
10 Sir Roger De Coverley

ASHLEY HUTCHINGS
JOHN KIRKPATRICK and chums

Release date : 18th January 2010
Barcode number : 5020393 303828

Price: £12.00
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