THE 4 CD COLLECTIONS

(4)       OVER IN EAST ANGLIA                 
                        from 1916, a wartime nurse sings across the years to us from a
                        military hospital in Ipswich; from Littleport, a poet from the same era                  now has a tune for her town's "Anthem"; the River Great Ouse washes                  away; the green, green grass of Over keeps growing; The Mountains of                Ely give eternal hope; a mother sings with pride to her new-born;                                what's new about pussycats,eh?; East Anglia now has a Whistling                                     Postie, Knocking too, to go with its Singing one; and The River Great                   Ouse still washes away......   
                        9tracks.  about 33 minutes of music.
 
(3)       TOWN & GOWN FOLK
                        around the City of Cambridge....from Wandlebury Hill to the famous                     pub The Cambridge Blue via Fenner's Cricket Ground, The Botanic                      Gardens, the radio-telescope of Lord's Bridge, Mill Road. Singers of                    all sorts. Mr Thomas Hobson himself. And a memorial to some World                         War 2 airmen whose graves lie nearby...
                        16 tracks.  about 53 minutes of music                       
 
(2)       FEN FOLK
                        travelling through Time and Place through corners of Fenland....
                        Fen Tiger, old and new; The Ship of The Fens; The George Cross                          heroes who saved a Fenland town; Oliver Cromwell, painted Warts                       And All; airmen, naval men and welcome/unwelcome visiting soldiers;                  Fen Skaters; A Beautiful Lady!; a helicopter journey over Over; bog                     oaks; and the people who really "built" The Fens....
                        big cd of 23 tracks.     about 70 minutes
 
(1)       BICYCLE CITY LIGHT BLUES
                        an early recording with the first "line up" of HOBSON'S VOICE.
                        Most songs and performances became included in the later cds above.                  Additional items often  enjoyed in concert are Live & Let Live,                               celebrating the unique Cambridge pub in Mawson Street; and The Mill                 Road Winter Fair, celebrating the wonder of how this now-hugely                                     popular event struggled into its birth....
                        17 tracks.   about 43 minutes
 
 
All cds are available from                  john.rees3@btinternet.com      tel 01954 230619
cost  £5 for 1 cd                       £8 for 2               £10 for 3 or 4
 
Each of the cds  4, 3 and 2 include a beautifully designed booklet giving some background to the story behind each song or tune. They have been created by Ralph Percival of www.ralphdesign.co.uk, and are an artistic reaction to the songs.