Archive Treasures 2005–2015

product 86119What the title suggests, a collection of lie recordings, BBC sessions, demos, outtakes and odds and ends from the group's ten-year recording career.

Hughesy's assessment:

Intriguing     

Track listing: 2000 Miles (2015 Christmas single); On a Monday Morning (TFF Rudolstadt, Germany, 2009); I Wish, I Wish  ( Melbourne, 2008); Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk (Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 2008); Close the Coalhouse Door (Tyne Theatre and Opera House, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2011); Alifib/Alifie (Brighton Dome, 2012); The Gallowgate Lad (Tyne Theatre and Opera House, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2011); Felton Lonnin (BBC Radio 1 session); Tar Barrel in Dale (BBC Radio 2, 23 December 2008); Queen of Hearts (alternative demo, 2009); Sexy Sadie (from MOJO Presents the White Album Recovered, MOJO 179, 2008); A Dream of a Tree in a Spanish Graveyard (from Harbour of Songs, 2012); Oak, Ash & Thorn (from the Oak Ash Thorn tribute album, 2011; The Unthank Family Band (Hartlepool Folk Club, 2000)

Classics:Queen of HeartsTar Barrel in Dale

Almost there: Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk; Alifib/Alifie 

Worthwhile: 2000 MilesOn a Monday MorningI Wish, I Wish; ; Close the Coalhouse Door;; The Gallowgate LadFelton LonninSexy SadieA Dream of a Tree in a Spanish Graveyard ; Oak, Ash & ThornThe Unthank Family Band

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