Shirley Jacobs "A Voice from the City" Henry Lawson Tribute Album LP 1972

Shirley Jacobs (1927-2015) released this album in 1972 sub-titled  "Henry Lawson (1867-1922).
Henry Lawson was one of the two most prominent bush poets - the other, of course, was A.B. "Banjo" Paterson. He was also a great short story writer e.g. "The Loaded Dog" and "The Drover's Wife".

The album features musical arrangements of both better and lesser known Lawson poems with perhaps a preference for the more personal and romantic poems.

One of our visitors provided me with a copy made from his LP earlier this year. The included graphics were from an earlier offering. Many thanks to the two of you. It seems to be very hard to get good copies of Shirley Jacobs albums - presumably because their owners often played them. There are still a few glitches in the edited tracks but most will enjoy them.

Tracklist
1. The Bar
2. The Sliprails and the Spur
3. The Route March
4. A Voice from the City
5. The Wattle
6. To Hannah
7. Gypsy Too
8. Scots of the Riverina
9. The Fight at the Eureka Stockade
10. On the Night Train

Download FLAC version from here - 132MB
Download MP3 224-256 VBR MP3 version here - 38MB.
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If a download fails tell me by email at mr.stockman@gmail.com and I will re-up the file

John and Mary Kopke "The Ship Mahogany" LP 1982

This album features John and Mary Kopke who, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, were active folksingers based in Warrnambool in Victoria.
The album features a mix of tracks ably performed by this couple with some good vocal and instrumental backing.

The title comes from a self-penned song apparently about a wrecked ship discovered somewhere near Warrnambool. Of course, regulars to the blog will recognise a number of "standards" in this album.

Tracklist
1. The Ship Mahogany
2. Leaving Liverpool
3. Ballad of Cob and Co
4. MTA (Melbourne adaption)
5. Bo The Banjo Man
6. Flash Jack from Gundagai
7. Reedy Lagoon
8. Mary's Choice (trads)
9. Blame it on the Kellys
10. Drovers Dream
11. Ballarat-o
12. Click go the Shears.

Download FLAC version from here 180MB
Download MP3 225-256 VBR version from here 53MB
The downloaded files will need to be decompressed before playing.
Let me know by email - mr.stockman@gmail.com - if files are not available and I will fix it.